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       title: "202506131236"

     

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       date: 2025-06-13, 12:36:21 +02:00

     

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       section: journal

     

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       link: https://tonk.substack.com/p/tonk-the-explainer

     

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       tags:

     

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         - llm

     

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         - secondbrain

     

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         - localfirst

     

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       [[Tonk]] [released an explainer](https://tonk.substack.com/p/tonk-the-explainer) about their new release - "a CLI that helps you vibe code your second brain", "designed to simplify the process of building custom dashboards, tools, and AI agents using your own data."

     

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       Explicitly mentions remixing your [[Obsidian]] content.

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         - Automerge

     

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       github: https://github.com/tonk-labs/tonk

     

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       telegram: https://t.me/+9W-4wDR9RcM2NWZk

     

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       Build your own little internet

     

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       The streamlined toolkit for vibe coding over your data

     

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       Tonk is a copilot-friendly framework that helps developers build grassroots apps on **decentralised, interoperable, private** data stores.

     

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       Vibe coders use the Tonk CLI to turn their data into custom dashboards, tools & agents.

     

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       If you're building personal apps for you and your friends, and want to keep them **independent**, **flexible** & **discreet**, then Tonk is for you.

     

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       Pull in files, notes, web data — then create freely, without backend headaches.

     

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       Tonk is an opinionated state management framework for coding with AI. It's analogous to Ruby on Rails, but for AI, and optimised for putting users in control of their data (rather than platforms).

     

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       Tonk's mission is to create a world in which people are free to build their own software and collaborate over their own networks.

     

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       AI is fuelling a surge of creative technologists crafting personal tools bespoke to local contexts - where working with data feels as intuitive as molding putty.

     

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       But for symbiotic software to evolve at the speed of thought, we need better data infrastructure that's lightweight, flexible and interoperable.

     

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       The principles guiding Tonk's development are:

     

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       As the web fragments into unique digital worlds, we envisage a cryptographic, maximally-interoperable data-sharing network that connects us without losing our organic diversity.

     

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       1. Any app from any ecosystem should be able to call any data from any user (if the user permits),

     

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       2. Data custodians should reliably cede control to users,

     

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       That's the new internet we're building.

     

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       ## Tech Stack

     

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       Tonk achieves this with:

     

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       ### Keepsync

     

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       - Local-first architecture

     

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       - Integrations with your data*

     

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       - Distributed access control*

     

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       <https://tonk-labs.github.io/tonk/keepsync.html>

     

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       * under development

     

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       Keepsync is our local-first sync engine that provides real-time collaboration and local-first data management for Tonk applications. It uses [[Automerge]] CRDTs under the hood to enable automatic conflict resolution when multiple users edit the same data, and when working offline.

     

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