Roam

👥kind protocolusage storageenc optionaltopology p2pentity siloed
started
2000
by
David Ratner, Peter Reiher, Gerald Popek, UCLA LASR

Wide-area peer replication system, descendant of UCLA's Ficus and Rumor filesystems. Peer-to-peer optimistic replication organized into "wards" of mutually-interested nodes; designed for mobile users syncing across the internet. Research code, never widely deployed.