Miru is a set of web-based tools for media editing. In this talk, I'll present the video editing features that we're developing, and our journey to intuitive collaboration with offline support using CRDTs. I'll outline some similarities and differences between a video editing timeline and a rich text document, the CRDT libraries we evaluated, and what approaches did and didn't work for our editor.

speakers: 'Taye Adeyemi'

link: 'https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/K73PG3-miru-collaborative-video-editor/'

We implemented a prototype that enables real-time collaborative editing in Writer.

This prototype takes the form of a special read-only mode that allows inserting, deleting, and editing comments by way of the y-crdt/yrs CRDT library.

speakers: 'Michael Stahl'

link: 'https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/B73VPR-writer-comments-crdts-prototype/'

PouchDB and CouchDB have been an absolute Local-First Dream Team since 2013. In this workshop, we'll show you why. Join us for hands-on time with PouchDB itself, a look at a fleshed out demo app to see how the Open Source projects PouchDB, CouchDB and app state fit together, and a quick glance at a convenient Open-Source way to easily host your own CouchDB.

We'll cover:

We'll also share a bit about why we believe it is important to build on Open Source projects with a clear governance structure, so you can rely on it for the long-term.

Time permitting, we'll share some of the extraordinary projects we have built with PouchDB & CouchDB:

speakers: 'Alex Feyerke'

link: 'https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SDHGJY-local-first-meet-pouchdb-couchdb/'

We introduce Peergos, a peer-to-peer protocol for end-to-end encrypted storage, social networking, and application hosting built on top of libp2p. Peergos combines cryptographic identity, content addressing, and decentralized access control into a unified protocol where users fully control their data, identity, and applications without relying on trusted servers.

Instead of treating encryption as an add-on, Peergos integrates cryptographic capabilities directly into its data model: files, directories, social data, and application state are all encrypted and access-controlled by default. We will explain the design of Peergos' capability-based access control, how key rotation and sharing work in practice, and how identity portability is achieved without central authorities.

We will also introduce the Peergos application sandbox, which allows untrusted applications to operate over private user data without exposing plaintext or keys. This enables privacy-preserving apps such as social feeds, collaborative editing, and backups to run directly on encrypted storage.

The talk will include live demos and a discussion of performance trade-offs, limitations, and open problems in decentralized encrypted systems, including search, discovery, and offline access.

More info: https://peergos.org

https://book.peergos.org

https://github.com/peergos/peergos

speakers: 'Ian Preston'

link: 'https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WXN9KF-peergos-e2ee-web/'

This talk is a call-to-action to join our campaign to convince the European Union that, in order to secure its digital future, it should invest in open source maintenance via an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF).

Right now, the EU is negotiating its multi-year budget for the period of 2028-2034. Traditionally, the EU budget has been focused on regional development and agriculture, but more and more policymakers are realizing that investment in our digital infrastructure is just as important as maintaining physical roads and bridges. Last year at FOSDEM, we discussed with you what an EU fund for open source maintenance should look like. A lot has happened since then: We have conducted an in-depth study into the political, legal and economic feasibility of an EU-STF, building on the successful example of the German Sovereign Tech Agency. We assembled a coalition of supporters from industry and civil society, and we have presented our proposal to the European Parliament and Member States.

Now it's time to take the campaign to the next level and we need your support to make it happen. The goal of this session is to present the findings of the feasibility study for the EU-STF and demonstrate why mission-driven investment, coordinated by the public sector, is important for the diversification of Europe's funding landscape. It will demonstrate concretely how such a proposal can directly improve the sustainability and health of the open source community globally, and why this is so important for Europe in achieving its digital future.

speakers: 'Nicholas Gates

link: 'https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/KES3TH-funding_europes_open_digital_infrastructure_a_detailed_case_for_an_eu_sovereign_/'

OCapN (Object Capability Network) is a secure messaging protocol designed for the next generation of distributed applications. It leverages the capability security model (if you don't have it, you can't use it) to provide secure, peer-to-peer functionality with ergonomics that resemble ordinary programming. It has a rich set of features including promise pipelining, network transport agnosticism, error handling across networks, distributed acyclic garbage collection, and third-party handoffs providing powerful ways to share references with any peer. This talk will provide a tour of the protocol and show how it makes distributed, peer-to-peer development easier.

speakers: 'Jessica Tallon'

link: 'https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QPUXCQ-ocapn_the_secure_decentralized_protocol_of_the_future/'

https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/14425

Thanks to the talented mod authors !

Manually install the Starfield mod, Gergel Ebanex 1.2.0 Technical Demo for SAF, on Linux. This video has no audio. If you prefer sound, feel free to play a song in the background while viewing.

Starfield Game Version: Starfield 1.15.222

Update: Mielu91m, the SAF mod author, is working on a fix for the issue mentioned below:

Unfortunately, when you load a save then exit to the main menu, the next saves you load will be bugged; The animations won't play.

If you load a save after starting the game or load different saves without returning to the main menu, the animations play correctly and the bug doesn't occur.

If you encounter the issue, restarting the game or your PC should fix it, but the bug will reoccur when exiting to the main menu.

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