--- title: Sharing a state between windows without a serve | daily.dev description: Learn how to share a state between multiple windows without a server by using Local Storage and Shared Workers. Understand the concept of Shared Workers and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sharing-a-state-between-windows-without-a-serve-nrutfuxaj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sharing a state between windows without a serve | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to share a state between multiple windows without a server by using Local Storage and Shared Workers. Understand the concept of Shared Workers and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sharing-a-state-between-windows-without-a-serve-nrutfuxaj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NrutfUXAJ.png og:image:alt: Sharing a state between windows without a serve og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sharing a state between windows without a serve **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 6 min read · 1257 upvotes · 41 comments ## Summary Learn how to share a state between multiple windows without a server by using Local Storage and Shared Workers. Understand the concept of Shared Workers and their role in communication between instances of the same script. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@revanthshalon** · 11 upvotes > In trading a lot of the apps provide console level trading allows sync of multiple windows, now if this could be replicated by a browser, that could eliminate the need for the console applications to be installed.. I could provide an interactive ui for the same console apps which would improve the user experience.. this opens up a lot of possibilities for me .. Love this ! I think this idea is sensational and all of this started with the 3d sphere shared by Figurative **@kenkenneed** · 9 upvotes > Bro this is so coool **@nzeidan** · 5 upvotes > The power of WebWorker + localStorage **@47kyo** · 4 upvotes > waste of time **@ranmaniax** · 2 upvotes > we know this is cool, but what is it for? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sharing-a-state-between-windows-without-a-serve-nrutfuxaj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Sharing a state between windows without a serve","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sharing-a-state-between-windows-without-a-serve-nrutfuxaj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sharing-a-state-between-windows-without-a-serve-nrutfuxaj"},"datePublished":"2023-12-23T18:51:13.499Z","dateModified":"2024-08-30T02:18:38.339Z","description":"Learn how to share a state between multiple windows without a server by using Local Storage and Shared Workers. 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