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WordForge

A document editor you can actually own.

RoleDesign + build (solo)
Year2024
TypeProduct · Privacy tooling
StackTipTap · Yjs · Supabase · Claude API · Docker

Overview

WordForge is what a collaborative editor looks like when the person who owns the data is the person who wrote it. Real-time editing, an AI assistant and self-hosting, delivered as a complete product across four build phases.

The challenge

Real-time collaboration, AI and self-hosting each fight you individually — together they're a systems problem. The build had to stay coherent across 100+ source files without becoming a maze.

What went into it

  • Real-time collaborative editing via Yjs on a TipTap core
  • AI assistant powered by the Claude API
  • One-command Docker self-hosting with CI/CD via GitHub Actions
  • Delivered in four phases across 106 source files
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