soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Browser-Based Euro Office Clone
This is an experimental, local-first project designed to demonstrate client-side managed functionality without requiring any setup. By leveraging the FileSystem API, it offers a unique approach to storing files directly on your device from your browser.
Current Features:
- PWA (Progressive Web App)
- Local-first storage
- Word processor
- Spreadsheet tool
- PDF capability
Coming Soon:
- Support for more file types
- Storage synchronization
- Collaborative editing
- Encryption at rest
- P2P file-transfer
Long-Term Goals (Clones of):
- NextCloud
- WhatsApp
- Instagram
- WeTransfer
Note: This project is experimental, far from finished, and presented strictly for testing, feedback, and demo purposes (USE RESPONSIBLY!).
Check out the demo version and let me know your thoughts!
Demo: https://enkrypted.chat/?tab=file
#WebDev #JavaScript #PWA #LocalFirst #OfficeSuite #FileSystemAPI #Tech #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #Privacy #SelfHosted #NextCloud #P2P #WebDevelopment #IndieDev #Coding #DevCommunity #TechNews #AppDevelopment #FreeSoftware #BrowserApp
Listening to SOLARCAST.cc with Zelf@sunbeam.city and Aljosha-Meyer.de talk willowprotocol.org and worm-blossom.org #p2p #p4p #content-addressing #decentralized #local-first #offline #sneakernet #scuttlebutt #earthstar
💩 -> 🦄
https://solarcast.cc/media/podcasts/solarcast/1780851415_d54b2b03a76443a9a2c6.mp3
Zerion 2.0.3 is now live on F-Droid, Play Store and GitHub. This is our most stable release yet.
What’s in it: reliable voice calls in both directions, video calls as opt-in beta, faster startup, and lower battery use during sync.
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.professor.zerion
GitHub: https://github.com/zerionproject/Zerion/releases/latest
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.professor.zerion
#fdroid #foss #privacy #tor #android #encryption #p2p #opensource #infosec #grapheneos
One bigest risky problem with any kind of peer-to-peer (p2p) that many users don't realize is about leaking your IP.
Yes, no central server may sound good. But direct p2p bring other problems. When using central server as a relay, only the central server knows your IP, not your p2p partner. But as we move to p2p, your partner will knows itu because communication will be direct between you and your partner.
Unfortunately, most messaging apps use p2p communication for voice/video call to optimize latency and they don't warn users about the risk of ip leaks. At least, on #whatsapp we can enable relaying so our IP address protected.
But there's no option about it on #deltachat
Unfortunately it will be hard to implemented call relay on deltachat, because it doesn't have central server. Maybe we need to create public relay server to accomodate it.
The simplest solution is to allow user to disable call feature.
New release is out! Now you can go to `agregore://sites` to see which #p2p sites you've created or loaded. From there you can explore their files or purge the data. https://github.com/AgregoreWeb/agregore-browser/releases/tag/v2.21.1
Interested in #decentralization and #p2p ? Want to contribute to #OpenSource software?
Check out our "good first issue" project board and see if something sparks your interest.
For example Beaker Browser and Impervious Browser seem to have been shelved several years hence.
Are there any other peer-to-peer browsers worth inspection?
WhatsApp Clone, but Decentralized with P2P Messaging
"Secure and private" is the general goal.
This is a technical/concept demo of a fairly unique approach using a browser-based, local-first and webrtc.
This is intended to introduce a new paradigm in client-side managed secure cryptography. We can avoid registration of any sort.
Features:
* P2P
* End to end encryption
* Signal protocol
* Post-Quantum cryptography
* File transfer
* Local-first
* No registration
* No installation
* No database
* TURN server
Feel free to reach out for clarity instead of diving into the docs/code.
IMPORTANT: While this is aiming to provide a secure experience, it isnt audited or reviewed. **Shared for testing, feedback and demo purposes only.** Please use responsibly.
#Privacy #OpenSource #P2P #WebRTC #Decentralization #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #FOSS #SelfHosted #NoCloud #AntiCorp #Encryption #WebDev #TechLiberty #PrivateMessaging #Networking #DataPrivacy #InternetFreedom #LocalFirst #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #ZeroKnowledge #PrivacyTech #IndieDev #NoSignup #NoInstall #DecentralizedWeb #SecureMessaging #BrowserApp #TechEthics #P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging #PWA
4 years, 65 versions, and now iroh 1.0. Here's to the next chapter and stability: a wire protocol you can depend on, with plenty of incremental features on the roadmap.
Dial keys, stay connected.
Reminder: There are no accounts in the classic sense anywhere with #chatmail or #deltachat.
It's all private profiles on end user devices which co-ordinate in a #p2p fashion. Chat profiles *use* email (relay) addresses for transporting messages through a federated e2ee-restricted SMTP network.
A chat profile or chat group has zero data on the server. It's radically different from classic email servers, Whatsapp, Signal, XMPP and Matrix servers which host and control chat identity.
Sia: Decentralized Cloud 🦫
Testing Sia. Your encrypted files stored on independent hosts' computers worldwide. 50 GB free.
Upload file, system spreads pieces to hosts, they store and get paid.
Pros: privacy, decentralization, no tracking.
Cons: app has bugs.
sia.storage
In the name of Bob 🦫
#privacy #decentralization #fediverse #opensource #Sia #P2P
Two more p2p lectures coming up at @offline ! Starting each at 19:00
✦ 08.05.26 Mesh Networks & Encryption
We continue here from last time focusing on the cryptography in mesh networks.
✦ 09.06.26 Identity Systems
Covering some approaches in handling user identities in p2p systems, DiDs, "trust" networks, petname systems, problems around privacy and anonymity, especially in combination with immutable data types
⁉ 👉 https://pads.offline.place/p/r.06dda241c03ad92f2a55c47f4bbdd419
Tomorrow is another #p2p lecture series event at @offline in #berlin
✦ 09.06. 19:00 Identity Systems!
We look into petname systems, multi-device setups, the decentralized identifier (DID) standard and privacy problems arising with attaching your identity "forever" to immutable data-types.
And I'm sure much more will come up as soon as we start!
More info here: https://pads.offline.place/p/r.06dda241c03ad92f2a55c47f4bbdd419
This is intended to introduce a unique approach in client-side managed secure cryptography. We can avoid registration of any sort.
Features:
PWA
P2P
End to end encryption
Signal protocol
Post-Quantum cryptography
Multimedia
File transfer
Video calls
Local-first
No registration
No installation
No database
TURN server
https://www.reddit.com/r/positive_intentions
#Privacy #OpenSource #P2P #WebRTC #Decentralization #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #FOSS #SelfHosted #NoCloud #AntiCorp #Encryption #WebDev #TechLiberty #PrivateMessaging #Networking #DataPrivacy #InternetFreedom #LocalFirst #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #ZeroKnowledge #PrivacyTech #IndieDev #NoSignup #NoInstall #DecentralizedWeb #SecureMessaging #BrowserApp #TechEthics #P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging #PWA
eMule is back, reborn as aMule 3.0.0. 380x faster downloads.
5 years of silence, broken. 🔥
What this means for P2P is bigger than you think.
https://geekrealmhub.com/amule-3-0-0-faster-p2p-sharing/
**First entry into RetroShare: how to find peers**
In RetroShare you don’t “find people” in the usual sense. You don’t search — you agree. This is a fundamental mindset shift; without it, the first launch will always feel empty.
The first thing to accept: there is no global lobby in RetroShare. The emptiness after installation is not a bug, but the honest state of a network without links. Until you have trusted contacts, you literally have no network.
**The basic method — out-of-band contact.**
Peers are found outside RetroShare. These are friends, colleagues, members of thematic communities, people from Matrix, XMPP, IRC, Mastodon, forums — any place where key exchange can happen safely. RetroShare does not start with a “search” button, but with the phrase: “here is my key.”
**The second path — a control peer.**
The most reliable way for first entry is a second instance you control, or a pre-arranged experimental partner. This removes uncertainty: if the connection fails, the issue is technical, not social.
**The third path — thematic islands.**
There are small RetroShare communities built around ideas: privacy, P2P, darknet research, offline activism. They are not widely advertised because the network is not designed for random influx. Entry always starts with dialogue, not a click.
**What does not work.**
Publishing keys into the void. Waiting for someone to add you. Relying on auto-discovery. This is centralized-network thinking applied to a system where it has no meaning.
**How to know you’ve found a peer.**
The contact comes online. The connection stabilizes. Services start working: chat, forums, file exchange. At that point RetroShare stops being an abstraction and becomes an environment for communication.
**Bottom line:**
in RetroShare, people appear first —
and only then does the network emerge.
#RetroShare #P2P #Decentralization #Privacy #MeshNetworks #FOSS #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #AnonymousNetworks #OfflineCommunication #KeyExchange #FediverseAdjacent #PeerToPeer #SecureComms #InternetArchitecture
We wrote an honest comparison of Zerion against Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, Threema, Wire, Session, Cwtch and Tox.
Honest meaning: Signal gets credit for pioneering post-quantum key exchange, Cwtch is genuinely close in spirit, and each app is the right call for some threat model.
Where Zerion stands alone: post-quantum encryption on every single message, and everything (including calls) over Tor.
https://zerion.chat/blog/zerion-vs-mainstream-messengers.html
Let's talk architecture, not anecdotes. 🧱
Centralization is fragile. In Ep. 30 of Impractical Privacy, we are stripping back the myths:
🔗 Public Blockchains & CEX Funnels
💬 Metadata Whispers & E2E Fallacies
📡 P2P Mesh Networks
🌐 The math behind NAT Hole Punching and sovereignty.
Tune in for the deep dive into truly resilient networking.
👇
ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#P2P #CryptoPrivacy #Networking #Cybersecurity #Meshtastic #Privacy #Surveillance #Metadata #Decentralization #PrivacyMatters
@aral Wish you would do more people work - #p2p /circle groups in #Jitsi / #WebRTC
Worst is people not improving amongst the good and just pointing the bad stuff (you're doing GREAT but not transferring / developing other people).
#Mastodon / #SmallTech without good people sharpening / helping others up are low-level communicative users 1-way posting here and using better soft.
*** Develop people also ! ***
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(Would love to help / just need a bit of #trust in a few)
Inform your friends and family about these tools.
#Briar ... https://briarproject.org
"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."
#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc
"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."
#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net
"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."
#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org
"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."
#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat
"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."
#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org
"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."
#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download
"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."
"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."
#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/
"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."
#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan
"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."
#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app
"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."
#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech
Building secure peer-to-peer messaging apps is tough, and it's even tougher to get people to switch from what they already use. I've noticed that a great user interface and an intuitive design often matter more to people than terms like cryptography or end-to-end encryption.
That's why I've started building a UI library to tackle this head-on! It's a work in progress, but the goal is to create a more welcoming and seamless experience for new users.
Check out the UI library here: https://ui.positive-intentions.com
And you can see a live demo of the UI in action here: https://glitr.positive-intentions.com
I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback as I continue to shape it!
#PeerToPeer #SecureMessaging #P2P #UIUX #WebDevelopment #MaterialUI #ModuleFederation #DesignSystem #Cryptography #UI
#P2P #FileSharing #Networks #Darknet #Darkweb #Software
@infostorm@a.gup.pe @p2p@a.gup.pe @darknet@a.gup.pe @networks@a.gup.pe
I figured out several ways to run DarkMX on a headless server without GUI. This allows me to install it on a remote server without any desktop environment and run the software as a daemon without the GUI.
First I used the X forwarding feature of SSH to pipe the GUI to a local machine. On that machine I did all the configuration inside the GUI. Then I closed the program.
Then on the remote machine I used 'xvfb' to run DarkMX as a nohup'd daemon with a dummy GUI buffer. That way I don't need to be connected to the GUI from a local machine and the application will still run. It also uses less RAM without the GUI.
There are other ways to do this, such as VNC and xpra. I just chose the quickest, dirtiest method in this case.
Why would I go to all that trouble? Well, I don't need to, but there are some people who might need to publish while maintaining strict anonymity. So they would need tools like DarkMX and TOR. For me it's just fun.
DarkMX operates over the TOR privacy preserving network. As a result the location of my peer is hidden and extremely hard to impossible for an adversary to locate. So when I publish something, such as a letter, or paper, or opinion, anyone can download it since censoring it is not viable. It ensures that my speech remains free and available to the general public. Now when I author essays, papers, homiles and such, I can publish them as file shares, and I can publish them simultaneously as a TOR hidden website with the built-in webserver feature. So readers don't need DarkMX to read my files--they can just fire up TOR Browser or use a TOR proxy with their web browser. If they want to snarf a whole directory they can install DarkMX, or use a script to snarf them via TOR.
If you are inclined to fiddle around with installing this software on a headless server, please share the techniques and tools used that suit you.
(DarkMX download site: https://darkmx.app)
#DarkMX #P2P #FileSharing #Anonymous #SelfHosting #TOR #OnionNetwork #Censorship
@selfhosted@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe @darknet@a.gup.pe infosec@a.gup.pe
DarkMX is the continuation of WinMX. It is a peer-to-peer network with built-in web sites, file sharing, chat, all secured over the anonymous TOR protocol.
DarkMX and its predecessor have over 20 years of battle hardening. Run in a jail or container, it is a set it and and forget it way to ensure your data is made available to the network 24/7.