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Offline-First with CouchDB and PouchDB in 2025


Neighbourhoodie Software is a software development company based in Berlin, Germany. We are experts in CouchDB, PouchDB, and Offline First.

The Pouchnotes source is heavily commented, but if you’re interested in a bit of a higher-level walkthrough and some general tips for working with CouchDB and PouchDB, read on! We start a continuous, bi-directional replication between the local PouchDB and the user’s database in the remote CouchDB, meaning the two will be eventually consistent. Note that we’re using the convention of adding a type key to every CouchDB document 1, this just makes dealing with data a lot simpler in the long run.

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