Graft is a transactional storage engine that enables strongly consistent and efficient data synchronization across edge and distributed environments. It achieves this by using lazy replication to sync data only on demand, partial replication to minimize bandwidth consumption and serializable snapshot isolation to guarantee data integrity. We’ve mentioned Electric in the Radar for a similar use case, but we see Graft as unique in turning object storage into a transactional system that supports consistent page-level updates without imposing a data format. This makes it well-suited to powering local-first mobile applications, managing complex cross-platform synchronization and serving as the backbone for stateless replicas in serverless or embedded systems.
