LimeBits is a new platform for open-source web code development. It's based on a radically simple architecture, in which code executes primarily in your browser, rather than on a central server.
The LimeBits server is greatly simplified: it acts as a storage device rather than a computational engine. It's highly scalable because computational load is distributed out to the client browsers.
LimeBits is much simpler to program than traditional web platforms. Developers need only one programming language — like JavaScript — which runs in the browser.
The LimeBits server maintains consistency between multiple clients. It's an advanced server which supports the WebDAV standard — the read-write web.
Because LimeBits uses client-side JavaScript, rather than server-side languages like PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, or Java, websites on LimeBits are completely copyable. On LimeBits, not even dynamic websites, in which pages are created on-the-fly, are hidden.
This means that LimeBits is great for sharing your web code. LimeBits is intended to support the growth of a new, open-source community in which contributing and sharing your creations is the norm. Others can then find, copy, customize, and extend your code.
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