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Any of you awesome fedizens learning anything good, or just thinking anything about #decentralization, #p2p, and #p4p protocols this week? I want to hear what is alive for you. It does not need to be profound nor novel.
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@dirk exactly, even IRC could be work around with, one of the main problems with #IRC is that you need to be online to receive messages tho, but that is about the same for some #P2P messengers like #Jami and #briar so an IRC client could for sure work in a similar way that it waits for the peer to be online to send a message you tried to send while they were offline, just like p2p messengers
ideally you would need to pair it with some kind of "offline inbox" service tho to be really usable in the current times where most people are on mobile and apps get killed in background, this is also the main limitation of p2p apps
another important limitation of IRC is that it is centralized, this is a no-go for me, but many people go for centralized options like #Signal and most main-stream users are on #WhatsApp, #Telegram, etc. so in that regard IRC is not inferior to them
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Secure and Private Decentralized P2P Encrypted Messaging over Git and WebRTC
This project demonstates a unique approach to secure messaging. The approach is different enough that it can't be easily compared to Signal or SimpleX.
The core philosophy around secure messaging here is that it can work in a way that avoids installation and registration by enabling users to host their own data.
The project is far from finished, but im putting together some docs for the "how it works". It's pretty outside-the-box thinking (and that doesnt make it a good idea), so it would be great if you could share your thoughts on the approach.
Website: Glitr.io
Features:
WebApp
P2P / WebRTC
Local-first / Local-only
No installation
TURN server
Encrypted-at-rest
Signal protocol
Post Quantum cryptography
Video calls
TOR / anonymous via Git
Serverless over WebRTC
#Privacy #OnlinePrivacy #DataPrivacy #Infosec #CyberSecurity #OpSec #DigitalRights #AntiSurveillance #DataOwnership #E2EE #P2P #PeerToPeer #WebRTC #LocalFirst #LocalOnly #NoCloud #NoRegistration #PWA #SignalProtocol #PostQuantum #Cryptography #SecureMessaging #PrivateChat #EncryptedChat #Decentralized #SelfHosted #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #DevCommunity
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Glitr.io
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Peertube is way more fun when you have Peers, so @smn and @orinoux watched a 4320p video with me and naturally @smn are so nerdy we both instinctually took screenshots to share how well it works 🤣
#peertube #friends #p2p #fediverse
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a screenshot of the 'stats for nerds' on the video overlay showing that 364 MB of data uploaded
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a screenshot of the 'stats for nerds' on the video overlay showing that 109 MB of data uploaded
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@cirku17
Why not #P2P alternatives?
@VeilidNetwork
https://freenet.org/
They can also be designed with non-authoritarian power (moderation) structures in mind, without any sysadmin who can take over / be coerced by governments.
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Yes, tricky challenges.
Having this supported in browser space might greatly help, but if it happens at all it would come with its own huge problems. We have a highly unhealhty browser oligopoly, and such native support - if it would be just that - would see corporate capture and takeover of fedi space, and the values and culture we hold dear being lost.
And don't forget the mobile duopoly where Apple and Google reign.
New technology trends exist, like #LocalFirst, #P2P (renewed uptake), and #WebAssembly, that could lead to technological paradigm shifts where both the browser hegemony and cloud dominance can be broken. We might come to hybrid decentralization (federated + P2P), having self-sovereign clients in control of their data, interacting over the social graph of the Prosocial web (of apps and services).
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Just published this tool for managing tunnels between devices using #p2p networking. Kinda like tailscale but without the need for central services. Desktop app release is incoming later this month. https://www.npmjs.com/package/setkamost
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#Mastodon voice messages?
"Make social vocal" ?
Voice #filters added for #privacy?
(like #TikTok funny voice masks but more human sounding?)
= voice messages + #masks / filters ?
(a risk but much more #progressive #P2P)
Protection with a voice 'mask'.
What do you think ?
(Text is limited = can't cover the human expression range like voice and for some text isn't possible / too hard).
Also #Jitsi (https://meet.osna.social/) + integrated voice #masks?
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The Programmer’s Fulcrum 4 September, 2026
Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. This post originally appeared on The Fulcrum. As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism. IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Welcome to this week’s The Programmer’s Fulcrum.
It’s your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Open Social development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism.
This post originally appeared on The Fulcrum.
As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional benefit of weakening authoritarianism.
IMHO, the best way to do that is to use tools from the Techno Anarchist Manifesto to build your own site(s) to participate in the Open Media Network. Then you should share it (them) via Real Simple Syndication (RSS), Open Social, and possibly a newsletter or podcast. This approach is similar to what some call the IndieWeb and its POSSE philosophy.
The second best strategy is to have accounts on open social and use the hell out of them. And do the same with a RSS feed reader.
We publish TPF on Fridays so you can enjoy it over your weekend.
There’s good stuff in all of our categories, so please take the time to enjoy and bookmark the items most relevant to your goals. We hope you are inspired to create new ones.
Or you can scroll down to your favorite section.
FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And may involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck´em.
Featured Item(s)
Iris Meredith writes:
So, when I hear a tech person say that something’s “just a tool”, I can’t help but read it as an unwillingness to take responsibility, as an industry, for what we put into the world and for what we do to ourselves. Tools, unfortunately, simply cannot be the neutral, separate thing that so much of the tech world would like them to be, and pretending otherwise, let alone telling people affected by the tools that they’re simply using them wrong, is an abdication of our moral duty to avoid, inasmuch as is possible, doing harm. We really ought to do better.
There’s no such thing as Just a Tool
There is such a thing as TechBros, unfortunately. And their cuntier cousins, AIBros. And apolitical is a synonym for fascism-friendly. At least straight-up Nazis aren’t hypocrites.
Social Coding Commons writes:
… in modern society, generally speaking, we give too much credence to the technosphere. We take the idea that innovation equates to societal progress as a given, to which we must subsequently adapt ourselves. We tend to turn things around, where “digital transformation” suddenly means how humans must adapt their lives to new technology that comes to disrupt it. And not the other way round.
The Fediverse has evolved purely as a technosphere (unfortunately).
Paradigm shift to the Prosocial web
A fan-fucking-tastic piece.
On a relate note, Hamish Campbell has thoughts on Open Governance Bodies / Building:
Power stays with the people doing the work
This is a good explanation of how digital communities and projects can govern themselves.
And we published an article this week, where I write:
The premise of this article is that developing or using ActivityPub tools, participating in the Fediverse, publishing to the Indie Web / Open Media Network, and adopting the arsenal of the Techno Anarchist Manifesto are the new punk.
ActivityPub, the Fediverse, the IndieWeb/Open Media Network, and Techno Anarchism = Punk Rock
CMSs
Jan Miksovsky explores
Origami Projector: a Glitch-like app for site editing
A great idea. Although only available on newer Macs unfortunately.
I also ran across AnyPub, an editor for Standard.Site publications.
CSS Tricks explores the:
WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration
Good news for those migrating legacy sites. And avoiding the shit known as React, at least some of the time.
Why Do I Write This? writes:
Neocities is for nostalgic masochists
Seems about right.
Scraps! expounds:
Mark W.Rites says:
Alt Text is the Ocean You Thought Was a Pond
Faircamp announces:
And Vidnight has:
I disagree with the take that the internet is dead
Enjoy the open web peeps. It helps keep me sane. And I am happy to see this from a 20 year old. 🙂
Ghost
Spectral Web Services has:
I accidentally built an image library for Ghost
This should be in Ghost core. It sucks that it isn’t.
Their competitor, Magic Pages has:
Good stuff.
Tools
Tuta has:
Digital Sovereignty Study: EU IT leaders are quitting U.S. Big Tech
U.S. Sanctions against Autistici / Inventati are the next wake-up call for digital sovereignty
KDE examines:
NLNet urges:
Apply for funding before November 3rd 2026
They are going the correct direction with AI use, which is to severely restrict it.
Organic Maps has:
Threat Model shows us:
VPNs
Mullvad is:
Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead
Chat / Team Chat
FluffyChat shows us:
How to use end-to-end encryption in FluffyChat
About Signal reports:
Signal introduces new notification settings for Android and Desktop
Browsers
Servo shares:
July in Servo: more platforms, faster canvas, web fonts in SVG, and more!
9to5Linux reports:
Mozilla Firefox 155 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Remember to use Firefox forks like Zen, Waterfox, or Librewolf.
Webkit has:
Submit your ideas for Interop 2027
Fixing Top-Level Await in Safari
Remember not to use Safari for anything you want kept private. And preferably not at all.
Cloud
Nextcloud shows us:
Fuck Google!
Writing
Joplin shares:
The new table editor in the Markdown editor is awesome. The addition of AI features sucks. At least they are optional you can use a local model.
LibreOffice announces:
Bon. AI should almost never be used, but if it is (translation), it should be as an optional extension.
Creative
Kdenlive announces:
9to5Linux reports:
OpenShot 4.0 Open-Source Video Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
Audacity 4.0 Open-Source Audio Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
Linux / Open Android
And:
Debian Project Formalizes Responsible Use of Generative AI
Like Linux core, Debian chooses to slowly ensloppify and likely enshittify.
F-Droid has its weekly summary:
Searching complexity and Taler update
This week’s featured OMN tool
Dokieli
Write, publish, and annotate articles from your web browser. Your content stays yours.
Programming
Typemill expounds:
On the way to automate user manuals and knowledge bases
This is a legitimate use of local AI. It’s the second most legit use after translation.
Git
The Linux Foundation has a useful course for KISS developers (rare for them):
Share Smarter GPU Resources and Master Git
from First Commit to Merge Conflict
Their learning platform subscription is not cheap, but this might be worth a one month one while you finish the course.
HTML
Vasilis van Gemert explores:
What are we not talking about anymore?
Master.dev examines:
New Things You Should Know About HTML Here in Mid 2026
Great stuff.
Vale says:
As in unnecessary.
JavaScript
Ollie Williams explores:
Highlighting a range of text inside an input or textarea
A rarely needed though legitimate use of JavaScript.
AI
So AI is now fucking over tech conferences as well:
Lettre ouverte pour la survie des événements techniques en France
And freelancers:
Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
One of the main purposes of AI is to drive down the cost of labor (it’s a fascist artifact). And these are the consequences when you use it.
Other
OakChris1955 looks at:
Migrating from Cloudflare Pages to Codeberg Pages wasn’t that difficult, actually
I have used Codeberg to deploy a test Publii site. And it worked great. But, you were limited to one site at that point.
This week’s featured programming tool
Markdown
Write for your website and documentation. And not for AI.
ActivityPub
ActivityPub for WordPress shares:
9.3.0 — Modern Signatures and a Summer of Security Reports
This is a perfect example of what an update announcement should be. 😉
Social Coding Commons opines:
I argue that ForgeFed and ActivityPub should support multi-types as specified in Activity Streams
They are correct and this provides an insight into why AP development is so slow and convoluted. And to why there is much less innovation in the Fediverse as compared to the Atmosphere with ATProto. ActivityPub is just more anarchic.
Not that its a bad thing, as I point out in my featured article. Plus, it’s definitely more enshittification-resistant.
Plus, core ATProto has much more money and developers behind it than ActivityPub does.
Terence Eden has:
A reasonably practical guide to validating RFC 9421 HTTP Signatures for ActivityPub in PHP
ActivityBot is the recipient of an NLnet grant!
In effect he’s creating something similar to Starling for bots. And it’s for use as a developer learning tool.
A review of the ActivityPub book.
Andros Fenollosa explores:
Building a decentralized bulletin board (and accidentally reinventing Nostr)
Abuuba announces:
Interesting.
Mobilizon needs you:
This week’s featured ActivityPub featured tool
ForgeFed
ForgeFed is a federation protocol for software forges and code collaboration tools for the software development lifecycle and ecosystem.
Permanent aside here (unfortunately)
This is a perpetual pet peeve because many people aren’t able to comprehend ⬇️:
- The Fediverse is for communities (private, semi-private, formal, informal, or otherwise)
- and the Atmosphere is for the masses (unwashed, washed, or otherwise).
- and corporate social media is for naive fools and intentional cunts.
So, recognize their natures and don’t ask the two protocols to go against them. This is also why we have accounts on both platforms and use them differently.
Fediverse
TootSDK announces:
A new release of TootSDK – 23.3.0
Owncast announces:
Owncast v0.3.0 has been released!
Fedilab Apps has:
FediHood now lets you sign up and log in with your Mastodon account
This definitely makes it more useful.
Mastodon announces:
We just released Mastodon v4.7.1, v4.6.7, v4.5.17 and v4.4.24
And the Real Grunfink announces:
I’ve just published version 2.95 of Snac
Bonfire
Bonfire has:
Bonfire 1.0.7: what’s new and what’s next
Great stuff.
Building shared infrastructure for the Fediverse
Very important because -> see my comments about the Social Coding Commons piece above.
More
Andros Fenollosa notes:
There is no such thing as full decentralization
A great overview and explanation.
Open Risk Management goes down an empirical rabbit hole:
Towards a Graph Calculus for Decentralized Social Networks
マリウス shares:
Hyperuplink: Discuss like it’s 1998
Cool.
ATProto
Venoom examines:
Decentralizing social media using ATProto and Matrix (venoom)
Eventuallycoding has:
Le piège de la transparence par défaut sur Bluesky et le protocole ATProto
Skyreader shares the:
Atmosphere
Structural Integrity explains:
W Social is a textbook case for everything wrong with digital sovereignty
Roomy looks at:
P2P
Worm-Blossum shares its:
Webrings
Ross Floate has:
I built a new website. It’s happiest when you leave.
Very cool. I am going to try to replicate this on one of my sites.
XMPP
The Association for Progressive Communications has an interview:
Libervia on building an all-in-one communication platform grounded in the right to privacy
Daniel Gultsch celebrates:
Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence
Matrix
Matrix has:
Neo Nominated for Open Source Competition
This Week in Matrix 2026-09-04
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Blasts from the past
Previous Symfony Station Posts
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Header illustration with text over dark background of stars, spaceship, and astronaut.
@renardboy Without #Devs ACTIVELY choosing people it's over.
Too late / people are too untrained to socialise - so to try #P2P with everyone during crisis is very limited esp. after the emergency is over.
Doesn't last long (we had 100 crisis per month already / money is the ongoing crisis too!).
Maybe #Tech and #Money (#banks / access to people) go together well.
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🤔 no longer funded by #ProtocolLabs are #Shipyard who...
"...are the core maintainers of #IPFS, #libp2p, and other foundational open-source #web3
primitives."
Seems like a big deal. They're shutting down their work on a lot of this #p2p infrastructure. #FOSS
https://ipshipyard.com/blog/2026-the-end-of-ipfs-at-shipyard/
http://127.0.0.1:7509/v1/contract/web/8nXH9SDHE28yPVbudRJDnf3mJi1AFZeV9EYGsqeya1Nv/
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site
Freebird decentralized microblogging on Freenet
Freebird is a decentralized microblogging app on Freenet allowing users to post short messages, follow authors, and engage in threaded conversations without a central server.
microblogging
freenet
decentralized
peer-to-peer
social
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𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲:
https://thewhale.cc/posts/peertube-on-mobile
A mobile app is now available on F-Droid to let you watch videos on PeerTubePeer. Tube is a federated (ActivityPub) video streaming platform using P2P (WebTorrent) directly in the web browser.
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A mobile app is now available on F-Droid to let you watch videos on PeerTubePeer. Tube is a federated (ActivityPub) video streaming platform using P2P (WebTorrent) directly in the web browser.
Still pretty happy with what we did here for #p2p #ActivityPub https://distributed.press/2023/12/05/announcing-distributed-press-social-inbox-1-0/
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The biggest problem for peer to peer ActivityPub is the fact that ActivityPub is primarily a "pull" protocol. You need to fetch a remote actor before interacting with it. This is not feasible in the environment where nodes are intermittently online.
What if we used a special activity to request objects? I've described this idea in more detail in Asynchronous object retrieval:
https://codeberg.org/silverpill/feps/src/branch/main/aef6/fep-aef6.md
I think this mechanism, if combined with self-authenticating objects, should make ActivityPub compatible with store and forward protocols.
Decentralized browser-based P2P E2EE messaging.
The key detail that sets this apart from other messaging apps is the browser-based client-side cryptography philosophy.
No need to install anything. Your ID is crypto-random and so the app doesnt need to rely on any central registration system like phone numbers. Your ID is unguessable and to connect to someone, you have to explicitly share it.
WebRTC has other nuances like being to route through a shared network for secure/faster transfer.
I hope this project has reached a level i can share the following details. I've made a genuine effort towards documentation and transparancy. I dont think it'll ever be enough and so im still concerned it isnt ready to share. While im using AI throughout. This is not a vibecoded project. There is attention throughout for unit tests and formal-verification. With your feedback, id like to make improvements for clarity throughout.
This version of the app demonstrates a fairly unique approach using a browser-based, local-only and webrtc approach. I know it's impossible for any system to be the "world's most secure", but that isnt a reason to not try. By rigorously implementing an exhaustive list of security features and practices, the aim is to get as close as possible.
* [Enkrypted.Chat](https://enkrypted.chat/)
This is intended to demonstrate client-side managed secure cryptography.
* [Introducing Enkrypted Chat](https://positive-intentions.com/blog/introducing-enkrypted-chat)
* [Whitepaper (work-in-progress)](https://positive-intentions.com/docs/technical/whitepaper/complete-whitepaper)
* [Protocol Spec (work-in-progress)](https://positive-intentions.com/docs/technical/whitepaper/complete-protocol-spec)
* [Roadmap](https://positive-intentions.com/docs/technical/p2p-messaging-technical-breakdown/)
I know ive tried to compress a lot of my journey into one post. The project above is going to be tricky to understand. Feel free to reach out for clarity on any of the details.
IMPORTANT: While this is aiming to provide a secure experience, It is [not audited or reviewed](https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberSecurityAdvice/comments/1su8lir/security_audit_feedback_from_radically_open/). **Shared for testing, feedback and demo purposes only.** Please use responsibly.
#Privacy #OnlinePrivacy #DataPrivacy #Infosec #CyberSecurity #OpSec #DigitalRights #AntiSurveillance #DataOwnership #E2EE #P2P #PeerToPeer #WebRTC #LocalFirst #LocalOnly #NoCloud #NoRegistration #PWA #SignalProtocol #PostQuantum #Cryptography #SecureMessaging #PrivateChat #EncryptedChat #Decentralized #OpenSource #SelfHosted #BetaTesting #FeedbackWelcome #TechDemo #ProofOfConcept #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #DevCommunity
Input device on my docked #cyberdeck controlling a terminal ssh'd into my portable deck in the other room that's pumping audio into my bone conducting headset for my terminal screen reader. Pulling in services over the local #p2p net.
@mroach OK messengers worth a try...
1/ #ICQ with #NinaChat servers ?
https://nina.chat/
2/ #Retroshare #P2P #Share #Anything
https://retroshare.cc/downloads.html
#messenger #communication #P2P #filetransfer #chat
Also maybe useful for you @Vash
https://mastodon.social/@Vash@mstdn.games/114646841648412488
Also Mike Roach @mroach Jul 24, 2025 said:
I've got ICQ up and running on my fresh Windows 2000 install on the Tecra 8000!
Nina.chat is keeping #AIM, #ICQ, and #Yahoo Messenger alive!
I'm 353734 on there
Anyone used #RetroShare / @xeres before ?
#P2P #Share #Files #retro #Email #messages directly #PeerToPeer #Encrypted #Decentralised ( etc )
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The future of p2p is NOW (and here, with this people)
Aw it’s happening for real
@gwil @adz @cwebber @matthew @dholms.at
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People sitting in a panel. From the left: Sammy, Andreas, Christine, Matthew, Daniel.
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Speaking of p2panda in the wild: @d1 will soon be hosting a group discussion and hands-on workshop exploring peer-4-peer: an approach to building digital tools rooted in the concepts of mutual-aid, free software, offline-first and peer-2-peer.
p2panda hacking in Go?! 
Our excitement levels are at all-time highs!
https://hackersanddesigners.nl/exploring-peer4peer-with-p2panda.html
Friend of p2panda, @pojntfx , recently gave a terrific, wide-ranging talk - titled 'A Digital Ecosystem That Is Free as in Democracy' - on the topic of sovereign app development.
p2panda is discussed in some detail, starting around the 21 minute mark (video link on the site below).
It's so exciting to see our work being mentioned in the wild like this 🥰 Thank you, Felicitas!
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Εύχομαι να δουλέψει...
#parkout #p2p Η νέα εφαρμογή που σας δείχνει ποιος οδηγός ξεπαρκάρει δίπλα σας - ΤΑ ΝΕΑ
https://www.tanea.gr/2026/07/06/economy/psaxnete-parkingk-stin-athina-i-nea-efarmogi-pou-sas-deixnei-poios-odigos-kseparkarei-dipla-sas/amp/
I'd like to share the latest version of my project.
It's a a decentralised P2P messaging app. The aim is of course privacy and security.
It demonstrates a fairly unique approach by using browser-based local-only storage with webrtc.
https://www.reddit.com/r/positive_intentions/comments/1tq1u62/introducing_enkrypted_chat
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#Privacy #OnlinePrivacy #DataPrivacy #Infosec #CyberSecurity #OpSec #DigitalRights #AntiSurveillance #DataOwnership #E2EE #P2P #PeerToPeer #WebRTC #LocalFirst #LocalOnly #NoCloud #NoRegistration #PWA #SignalProtocol #PostQuantum #Cryptography #SecureMessaging #PrivateChat #EncryptedChat #Decentralized #OpenSource #SelfHosted #BetaTesting #FeedbackWelcome #TechDemo #ProofOfConcept #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #DevCommunity
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Private meetings should be secure and private.
We've got mentioned in this academic publication, apparently we are "sophisticated"! 
Didn't read further to not get to the "however" part .. 🙈
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23560
#crdt #p2p #localfirst #sophisticated
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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
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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
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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
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Screenshot of a page navigated to agregore://sites with two tables. "locally created" shows two sites with dweb_scratchpad and scraped_sites.
The remotely loaded table contains "agregore.mauve.moe".
The top of the page says "This page lets you see what P2P sites you've loaded locally and allows you to browse their files or purge their data."
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Neo-spoon meme (scene from matrix movie where neo looks at a child bending a spoon which eventually tells him "there is no spoon") with the following words top: "On which server is your account?" and below the bending spoon "there is no account."
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Dear fedizens
I'm getting into secure resilient decentralised mesh p2p/p4p communication networks.
(Wow, that's a mouthful)
Could y'all give me some advice about relevant tech and hardware?
My primary use case is getting a few thousand people securely connected (messaging, preferably some web services as well) in a large area (hundreds of km²) with rugged terrain.
Eventually the use case will become fairly similar to "neighbourhood-first software", with 100k people across a few thousand km²: https://tv.lumbung.space/w/nzuB248U2LQA1LCn7vYmER
I've watched and read some stuff about #meshtastic, #meshcore and #reticulum, like
this blog post https://www.jonaharagon.com/posts/im-getting-into-mesh-networks-meshtastic-meshcore-and-reticulum
this glorious video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_F4rEaRduk
and #p4panda in this blog post https://lores.tech/blog/example-chat-app/
I'm leaning in favour of reticulum with p4panda on top, but can be convinced otherwise.
What sorta hardware is suitable?
Is #microreticulum functional?
Do you know of any decent guides?
Boosts welcome, cheers!
#fedihelp #fediask #mesh #networking #p2p #p4p #anarchism #digitalAutonomy #localResilienceTech #decentralization #decentralisation #neighbourhoodFirstSoftware
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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
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Send Messages Securely. No cloud. No trace.
Decentralized P2P encrypted messaging - No setup required
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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/
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... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
**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
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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
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@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)
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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.