About CRDTs • Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (opens in new tab)

A Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDT) is a data structure that simplifies distributed data storage systems and multi-user applications. In many systems, copies of some data need to be stored on multiple computers (known as replicas). Examples of such systems include: Mobile apps that store data on the local device, and that need to sync that data to other devices belonging to the same user (such as calendars, notes, contacts, or reminders); Distributed databases, which maintain multiple...