Vaultrice Blog

Insights, tutorials, and updates from the Vaultrice team. Learn about real-time development, best practices, and the latest features.

How to Add a Live "Who's Online" List to Your React App in 5 Minutes

How to Add a Live "Who's Online" List to Your React App in 5 Minutes

Add a collaborative "who's online" list to your React app in just 5 minutes. This tutorial walks you through building a live-updating avatar pile, like in Figma or Google Docs, using a simple React hook and Vaultrice—no backend required.

The Ultimate Guide to Cross-Domain State Sharing in React

The Ultimate Guide to Cross-Domain State Sharing in React

Stop struggling with iframe hacks and broken cookie solutions. This ultimate guide for React developers explains how to solve cross-domain state sharing the modern way. Follow our step-by-step tutorial to build a real-time, synced shopping cart that works seamlessly across multiple domains using Vaultrice.

Taming Stateful at the Edge: A Real-Time API with Cloudflare Durable Objects

Taming Stateful at the Edge: A Real-Time API with Cloudflare Durable Objects

A technical deep dive into how we built Vaultrice, a global real-time API, by leveraging Cloudflare Durable Objects. Discover the architectural patterns we used to tame stateful logic at the edge and solve the hard problems of managing WebSockets and live presence in a serverless environment.

How to Build a Full-Featured React Chat App in Minutes (Open-Source Starter)

How to Build a Full-Featured React Chat App in Minutes (Open-Source Starter)

Announcing our new, free, open-source Vite + React starter kit. Clone the repo and get a production-ready, real-time chat app with presence, persistence, and typing indicators running in minutes.

Build a Production-Ready React Chat App in 3 Minutes with One Component

Build a Production-Ready React Chat App in 3 Minutes with One Component

Build a production-ready, real-time React chat app in minutes using a single ChatRoom component—includes presence, typing indicators, and persistent message history.

Zustand vs. Vaultrice? A Guide to Local and Shared State Management

Zustand vs. Vaultrice? A Guide to Local and Shared State Management

A practical guide comparing Zustand and Vaultrice — when to use local UI state vs shared, real-time state, and how to combine them for collaborative apps.

What's the Difference Between localStorage and NonLocalStorage? A Developer's Guide

What's the Difference Between localStorage and NonLocalStorage? A Developer's Guide

Compare browser localStorage with Vaultrice's NonLocalStorage — a real-time, cross-device, offline-first, and secure alternative for modern web apps.

How to Build a Live Poll in React in Under 5 Minutes (Without managing a Backend)

How to Build a Live Poll in React in Under 5 Minutes (Without managing a Backend)

Add a real-time, persistent poll to any React app in minutes using Vaultrice — no backend required. Instantly sync votes across all users with a single component.

Case Study: How Locize Deployed a Secure, Real-Time Poll in Minutes with Vaultrice

Case Study: How Locize Deployed a Secure, Real-Time Poll in Minutes with Vaultrice

A technical deep dive into how the leading localization platform, Locize, used the @vaultrice/react-components library to securely gather real-time user feedback.