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Glossary & FAQ

Glossary

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  • Adapter – Plugin that knows how to talk to an external service.
  • Event – An immutable record representing an import, publish, or enrichment.
  • Projection – A derived view built from events for fast reads.
  • POSSE – Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.
  • PESOS – Publish Elsewhere, Syndicate to Own Site.

FAQ

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Is Otso open source?

Section titled “Is Otso open source?”

Yes. The code is available under the MIT license.

Do I need a server?

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No. You can run Otso locally with SQLite and deploy later if desired.

Can I mix SQLite and Postgres?

Section titled “Can I mix SQLite and Postgres?”

Not in the same project, but you can migrate using the export/import commands.

How are credentials stored?

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Secrets live in environment variables or the OS keychain. They are never committed to your repo.