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driftdb
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jamsocket / driftdb

driftdb

A real-time data backend for browser-based applications.

2Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
953GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

A real-time data backend for browser-based applications.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 11:56:56 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-02-03 16:02:13 UTC to 2023-05-09 10:54:06 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122023-01-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsJan 302023-02-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMar 202023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 8

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jan 302023-01-30 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-06 00:00:00 UTC202
Feb 62023-02-06 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC110
Feb 132023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 202023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 272023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 62023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 132023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 202023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 272023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 32023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 102023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 172023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 242023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 12023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC000
May 82023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I ported some tests from jest to bun recently and have been been pleasantly surprised -- it was pretty much a drop-in replacement and the speed difference is certainly noticeable. That said, it was a tiny and simple test set[1]. It may not be ready yet for more complex tests, as the docs warn[2]: > You've never seen a JavaScript test runner this fast (or incomplete). [1] https://github.com/drifting-in-space/driftdb/blob/main/js-pk... [2] https://bun.sh/
In Bun vs Node Benchmark - no one cares about speed as much as your CI does
Good catch, this should be in the react docs but it's missing. Until then, it's pretty simple. You call `const presence = usePresence({})` and pass in any data you want, and the `presence` value that gets returned is an object that maps client IDs (a unique string for each client) to the values that they passed in to `usePresence`. Here's an example from the voxel demo: https://github.com/drifting-in-space/driftdb/blob/af64f62b29... And from the canvas demo: https://github.com/drifting-in-space/driftdb/blob/af64f62b29...
In Show HN: DriftDB – an open source WebSocket backend for real-time apps

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