Any

Get started

The block below is the whole loop; Install explains each line. A binary with nothing configured joins the production any-sync network — Networks if you want a sandbox.

$ export ANY_DATA_DIR="$HOME/.any-demo"
$ export ANY_INDEX_EMBEDDER=local
$ any init
  A new wallet was generated. Write down the recovery phrase below.
  You will NOT see it again. Anyone with this phrase owns the account.
<twelve words — your only way to restore the account>
{
  "accountId": "A8tR…",
  "created": true
}
$ any run &
LISTENING 127.0.0.1:7001
$ until any status >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 0.2; done
$ API=http://127.0.0.1:7001/v1
$ S=$(curl -fsS $API/spaces -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"name":"notes"}' | jq -er .id)
$ curl -fsS $API/spaces/$S/objects -H 'content-type: application/json' \
    -d '{"type":"page","initialProperties":{"any":{"name":"hello"}}}'
{
  "objectId": "bafyrei…"
}
$ curl -fsSN $API/spaces/$S/objects/query/subscribe -H 'content-type: application/json' \
    -d '{"sort":["-modifiedAt"],"limit":20}'
event: ready
data: {}

event: snapshot
data: {"records":[{"id":"bafyrei…","any":{"type":"page","name":"hello"},…}]}

event: changes
data: [{"versionId":"…","updated":[…]}]

Everything

Why local-first

Why it matters. A hosted backend is available exactly when its vendor is. In any every device holds the full state of every space it belongs to, every write lands locally first, and peers converge later through encrypted sync — the network is an optimisation, not a dependency. Relay nodes store ciphertext and can't read a single document.

• Reactive — every read has a live form: /query gives a snapshot, /query/subscribe keeps a window of results current.
• Mongo-style queries — $eq, $in, $regex, $text, nested paths, array matching, $group/$unwind pipelines.
• CRDT — concurrent edits from any number of devices merge deterministically; versions are content-addressed changes you can diff and view.
• Built-in messenger and editor — chat messages with reactions, mentions and read tracking; block documents with a markdown bridge; ready-made apps (wiki, journal, contacts, CRM) installed from a server catalog.
• Runtime in your data — programs, triggers and agent memory are records in your encrypted space, not rows in a vendor's database.

Also available as llms.txt for language models.