Build Peer-to-Peer Applications with Pear Runtime

JS Nation

JSNation 2024

David Mark Clements

Pear Runtime: Zero-Infrastructure, P2P High-Scale Applications

JSNation 2026

Battle-tested applications with peer-to-peer OTA updates are running in production. Rapidly growing with millions of users added monthly.Using a module and a CLI tool, you too can deploy a peer-to-peer production application with drastically lower complexity than traditional deployment means.

No Servers, No Cloud, No Masters: Make P2P Apps With Pear

Web Engineering Summit

Web Engineering Summit 2026

Introducing a combined Peer-to-Peer Runtime, Development &amp; Deployment tool named Pear. Build, share &amp; extend unstoppable, zero-infrastructure P2P applications. Welcome to the Internet of Peers. See docs.pears.com.

Learn how to rapidly build peer-to-peer applications with Pear Runtime. No servers required. Understand peer-to-peer paradigms and construct applications from well-defined building blocks. This workshop will cover how to create both Desktop and Terminal applications (with discussion for Mobile) that work entirely peer-to-peer from anywhere in the world. By the end of this workshop you should know how to build a new type of highly scalable application with entirely reduced infrastructural costs (~0) along with suitable architectures and best practices for peer-to-peer applications. From the creator of Pear Runtime and the company that brings us keet.io. Table of content:- Introducing Pear- Initial Q &amp; A- Getting Setup- Creating a Pear Desktop Application- Sharing a Pear Application- Running a Pear Application- Creating a Pear Terminal Application- Releasing a Pear Application- Architectural Discussions- Wrap-up Q &amp; A