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Open-Source P2P Apps (reddthat.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by tatoko556@reddthat.com to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Any open source P2P apps you can recommend? Anything really, torrent/file sharing/messenger...

https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent
https://github.com/c0re100/qBittorrent-Enhanced-Edition
https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole and its GUI
https://github.com/schollz/croc
https://code.briarproject.org/briar
https://github.com/session-foundation/session-android (not purely peer-to-peer.)
https://tailscale.com/
https://www.getmonero.org/ (not a software)

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[–] tatoko556@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

thanks a lot!

Syncthing doesn’t only work on LAN, it can work through any network interface including Tailscale and yggdrasil, and has public relay nodes in case you don’t. I’m pretty sure you can also host your own relay nodes if you want to.

didn't know this, thank you!