Infrastructure on Arivu

Arivu Is Now Open Source

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Historical note, July 2026: This post describes the first open-source self-hosting setup. Arivu has since been rebuilt as a Go application with embedded frontend assets and SQLite persistence, and AI provider configuration is optional rather than required for the core workflow. See Arivu Is Simpler to Self-Host Now and the current self-hosting guide for the supported deployment model.

Arivu is open source. The entire application - backend, frontend, browser extension - is now available on GitHub under the MIT license. You can read the code, run it on your own server, and contribute back.

Faster Everything

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Historical note, July 2026: This post describes the earlier React/Vite application stack. Arivu has since moved to a simpler self-hosted Go application with embedded frontend assets and SQLite persistence. The performance goal remains, but the current runtime architecture is documented in Arivu Is Simpler to Self-Host Now.

Arivu just got faster. A lot faster.

We migrated the entire frontend to React 19 and Vite, and the difference is night and day. Cold starts that used to take seconds now happen in milliseconds. The app feels instant, not “fast for a web app” instant, but actually instant.