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Web developers looking for a solution to ensure seamless data synchronization with CouchDB-compatible servers
About PouchDB
PouchDB is an open source JavaScript database inspired by Apache CouchDB, designed to run efficiently within the browser. It enables applications to store data locally while offline and synchronize it with CouchDB and compatible servers when back online, ensuring user data remains in sync across sessions. PouchDB supports cross-browser functionality, is lightweight, requires just a script tag and 46KB (gzipped) in the browser, and can be installed via npm. It is easy to learn, requiring some programming knowledge, and is fully open source, with development conducted openly on GitHub. PouchDB allows developers to build applications that function seamlessly offline and online, providing a consistent user experience regardless of network connectivity. It offers a simple API for creating, reading, updating, and deleting documents.
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