Eidetica Documentation

Welcome to the official documentation for Eidetica - a decentralized database built on Merkle-CRDT principles with built-in peer-to-peer synchronization.

Key Features

• Decentralized Architecture: No central server required - peers connect directly
• Conflict-Free Replication: Automatic merge resolution using CRDT principles
• Content-Addressable Storage: Immutable, hash-identified data entries
• Real-time Synchronization: Background sync with configurable batching and timing
• Multiple Transport Protocols: HTTP and Iroh P2P with NAT traversal
• Authentication & Security: Ed25519 signatures for all operations
• Flexible Data Models: Support for documents, key-value, and structured data

Project Structure

Eidetica is organized as a Cargo workspace:

• Library (crates/lib/): The core Eidetica library crate
• CLI Binary (crates/bin/): Command-line interface using the library
• Examples (examples/): Standalone applications demonstrating usage

Choose a section to get started:

• User Guide: Learn how to use the Eidetica library.
• Internal Documentation: Understand the internal design and contribute to Eidetica.
• Design Documents: Architectural documents used for development.