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Sync with Couchbase Lite

    March 23, 2025
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    Use Sync Gateway to sync with Couchbase Lite apps.

    Syncing with Couchbase Lite Apps

    Couchbase Lite client applications use a Replicator process to synchronize their local database, through a Sync Gateway database, to a remote Couchbase Server database (server- or cloud-based) — see: [fig-sync-diag].

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    Figure 1. Sync from Cloud/Server to Edge
    Pull Replication

    This is the process by which clients running Couchbase Lite download database changes from the remote (server) source database to the local target database

    Push Replication

    This is the process by which clients running Couchbase Lite upload database changes from the local source database to the remote (server) target database

    For more on how to build applications using Sync Gateway replication see the Couchbase Lite documentation set for the appropriate language:

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