Local-First Conf 2025
Table of Contents
1. Overview
- Dates: May 26-28, 2025
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Attendance: ~300
- URL: https://www.localfirstconf.com/local-first-conf-2025
1.1. Venues
| Day | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | May 26 | The Delta Campus, Donaustraße 44, 12043 Berlin |
| 1 | May 27 | nHow Berlin, Stralauer Allee 3, 10245 Berlin |
| 2 | May 28 | nHow Berlin, Stralauer Allee 3, 10245 Berlin |
Day 0 (May 26): community day with workshops and unconference sessions. Days 1-2 (May 27-28): single-track main conference.
Afterparty: Oelgarten, May 28 at 7pm.
2. Speakers
| Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Peter van Hardenberg | Ink & Switch |
| Eileen Wagner | Ink & Switch |
| Brooklyn Zelenka | Ink & Switch |
| Alex Good | Ink & Switch |
| Johannes Schickling | Prisma / Overtone |
| James Arthur | Electric |
| Aaron Boodman | Rocicorp |
| Tuomas Artman | Linear |
| Nikita Tonsky | Instant DB |
| Joseph Gentle | Independent (Local-First OS) |
| Matthew Weidner | CMU PhD |
| Rasmus Andersson | Playbit |
| Anselm Eickhoff | Jazz |
| Jan Lehnardt | Neighbourhoodie / CouchDB |
| Jess Martin | SocioTechnica |
| Paul Butler | Jamsocket |
| Nathan Wienert | Tamagui / One |
| Mauve Signweaver | Decentralized Software Consultant |
| Thomas Steiner | Google Chrome |
| Zhanna Sharipova | Anytype |
| Adam Fish | Ditto |
| Alexander Thiele | Ocell / GDE Flutter |
| Dev Agrawal | Xolvio |
| Timo Wilhelm | Cloudflare |
| Chad Fowler | Blue Yard |
Recorded talks: https://www.youtube.com/@localfirstconf
3. Themes
- CRDT-based sync and conflict resolution
- Local-first access control and encryption
- Offline-capable collaborative applications
- Decentralized / P2P architectures
- UX patterns for eventual consistency
- Production deployments of local-first systems (Linear, Anytype, Ditto)
- Local-first OS concepts
- Flutter and cross-platform local-first
4. Sponsors
| Tier | Sponsors |
|---|---|
| Platinum | Jazz |
| Gold | PowerSync, Anytype, Cloudflare, Source |
| Bronze | Ditto |
5. 2026 Edition
Local-First Conf 2026 is scheduled for July 12-14, 2026, Berlin (Festsaal Kreuzberg, Am Flutgraben 2). Format: single track + Lab Day (Day 3, hosted by Ink & Switch). Confirmed speakers include Martin Kleppmann (Cambridge), Steve Ruiz (tldraw), Paul Frazee (Bluesky CTO). URL: https://www.localfirstconf.com/
6. Related
- Local-First Software - principles, CRDTs, Automerge, Yjs
- Ink & Switch: Local-First Software (original 2019 paper)
- SyncConf 2025 - related event, November, San Francisco