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🛑 Stop letting API clients leak your data to the cloud and idle at 500MB RAM. Meet LightBase: a bare-metal, C-powered, local-first API cockpit built for sovereign developers. ⚡ Pure C99 Core: Embedded QuickJS sandbox evaluates tests in microseconds. 📁 100% Git-Tracked: Stores collections as plain JSON files—collaboration is just a Git PR. 🤖 Offline Silicon AI: Pipes context via UNIX sockets into local llama.cpp engines. Zero cloud bloat. Zero dependencies. Pure speed. 🚀🔥💎
I built LightBase because I got completely fed up with everyday dev tools forcing cloud accounts, tracking telemetry, and idling at 500MB of RAM just to test an API endpoint. Software should be fast, transparent, and respect your data.
Inspired by the raw freedom of the open-source ecosystem, I wanted to build a sovereign workspace that keeps your data where it belongs: on your machine. So, I engineered a ultra-fast C99 core engine, embedded QuickJS directly into memory for instant test execution, and wired a zero-network UNIX socket bridge to let you run AI prompt context completely offline via local llama.cpp.
By saving your collections as flat, plain JSON files, collaboration becomes as simple as a Git PR. No cloud locks. No bloat. Just pure local metal.
Just launched LightBase (C99 local-first API client). Looking for brutal feedback on the offline local AI implementation
About LightBase on Product Hunt
“Lightweight API & Database Desktop Client”
LightBase was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #118 on the daily leaderboard. 🛑 Stop letting API clients leak your data to the cloud and idle at 500MB RAM. Meet LightBase: a bare-metal, C-powered, local-first API cockpit built for sovereign developers. ⚡ Pure C99 Core: Embedded QuickJS sandbox evaluates tests in microseconds. 📁 100% Git-Tracked: Stores collections as plain JSON files—collaboration is just a Git PR. 🤖 Offline Silicon AI: Pipes context via UNIX sockets into local llama.cpp engines. Zero cloud bloat. Zero dependencies. Pure speed. 🚀🔥💎
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Who hunted LightBase?
LightBase was hunted by Aarav Kharade. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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