Labs/Weave

Install the latest released version of the Weave Sync Add-On

Install the latest development snapshot of the Weave Sync Add-On

What is Weave

Weave is a Mozilla Labs project to integrate web services into Firefox by allowing users to securely share their data with other instances of their own software, other users and 3rd parties. The Weave project includes a Firefox add-on, a server component, and data sharing APIs.

The first service under the Weave umbrella is the synchronization service. The Weave Sync 1.0 add-on lets you securely take your Firefox experience with you to all your Firefox browsers. Mozilla operates a hosted server, and the source code for the server is open so that any user may operate their own server if they wish. The synchronization product keeps bookmarks, history, form data, passwords, tabs, and user preferences, and provides an API to allow add-on developers to synchronize their data as well.

You can read more about Weave in its "project page," as well as the Weave User Forum.

User Information

Project Management

Weekly Meetings
Roadmap - Upcoming release plans

Development

Extension Build Instructions - How to get the Weave extension source code and build it yourself.
Server Setup Instructions - How to get the Weave server source code and run your own server
QA - Testing Weave
Commit Rules - How to commit to Weave
Latest build

Documentation

Crypto - How Weave uses cryptography
APIs - Server APIs
How To Write a Sync Engine for a New Data Type
Adding Weave support to an extension by Wladimir Palant (written on 2009-06-01)
Mozilla Weave: A Bird's-eye View great overview, albeit slightly out of date.
Notifications - Using the notifications system to notify users about Weave events/problems.
OAuth Overview - Some notes about how OAuth might apply to Weave.
Attic - a few links, now outdated