Insomnia: [Discussion] Open source sync server

[rohinrohin]

Would like to understand the possibility of an open source sync server.

Does not have to be a real-time sync and can simply commit to a git repo from the UI and teams can read and push to repos from the UI.

However an open source sync server would be great as well!

I'm happy to help in any way I can to support this effort.

Let me know your thoughts on this.

Created another issue since the other one was closed and over two years old.

Linked to #190

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[rohinrohin]

Hey @gschier - I am still interested in building this. Would you be able to help me out on some of the implementation details?

Here is my current thought process:

1. Build a plugin that is able to export and import current workspace
2. Link the exporter to a version controlled (git) repo to track all the changes.
3. Exporter will show conflicts in the UI and the user can resolve the conflict.
4. Click/Trigger based sync and not a realtime sync.

What are you thoughts on this? Do you see any bottlenecks that I would face if I implement it like this?

Thanks and looking forward to your response,
Rohin Gopalakrishnan

[jirian]

Hi! For some time now, I've been trying to get devs of Insomnia to release the synchronization server as open source. I've found some old issues, where @gschier is considering this (https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues/190), he says "I'm not that worried about how it will affect revenue. There are plenty of companies (eg. Sentry and GitLab) that use the same open-source model.". I've tried to start discussion in these issues again, I've tried to text some of the devs. Unfortunately with no response. But since I'd really appreciate the sync server being open source, or at least an open source alternative to the official sync, I propose making this ourselves. Would anyone be interested in contributing to this? I've already done some reverse engineering, but I'm not able to do this myself. All insights are appreciated!

[jirian]

In any case, i've created this repo: https://github.com/jirian/insomnia-server, feel free to create issues about anything that comes to your mind.