Gears API

How do I start?

Install Gears. Run the sample applications. Read the developer tutorial.

Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to web browsers.

Gears modules include:

LocalServer Cache and serve application resources (HTML, JavaScript, images, etc.) locally

Database Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database

WorkerPool Make your web applications more responsive by performing resource-intensive operations asynchronously

The latest version of Gears adds:

The ability to create desktop shortcuts Detailed status callbacks for ManangedResourceStore Support for sending complex objects to WorkerPools using sendMessage() Support for Firefox 3

More details about the improvements in 0.3 can be found on our API history page.

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