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Retroshare
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Retroshare establishes encrypted connections between users and their friends to create a decentralized network of computers (a Friend-to-Friend network). On top of this network it provides distributed services such as chat, mail, file sharing, forums, boards, channels, and experimental voice/video calls. It is designed to provide maximum security and anonymity, optionally routing traffic over Tor or I2P.
What it's for
Send encrypted text and images via chatDiscuss in decentralized chat rooms similar to IRCSecurely chat with friends-of-friends via distant chatSend encrypted messages (mail) stored on friends' nodes for offline deliveryShare files with friends or the whole network using swarming similar to BitTorrentSearch for shared filesRead and write forum posts offline, synced when onlineShare pictures or links via Boards with voting and commentingPublish files via Channels and subscribe to auto-download latest filesMake free and secure voice/video calls (experimental VoIP plugin)Connect anonymously over Tor/I2P to hide IP even from friend nodes
Features 20
- Anonymous tunnels for privacy beyond direct friends
- Boards for sharing pictures/links with voting and commenting
- Channels for publishing and subscribing to files
- Decentralized chat rooms similar to IRC
- Distant chat to securely chat with friends-of-friends
- Encrypted mail delivered via friends' nodes when offline
- Encrypted peer-to-peer (Friend-to-Friend) network connections
- Experimental VoIP plugin for voice and video calls
- Extensible via JSON API and plugins
- File search across the network
- File sharing with swarming similar to BitTorrent
- Offline-readable, auto-syncing decentralized forums
- Optional DHT to locate friends
- Optional dynamic DNS support
- Optional routing over Tor and I2P networks
- PGP-based authentication
- Rich smiley set for chat
- Specific builds that embed and manage Tor automatically
- TLS (OpenSSL) transport encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy
- UPnP/NAT-PMP port forwarding support
At a glance
free tieropen sourceAPI
TypeDesktop app
DeploymentInstalled (local)
PlatformsAndroid, Linux, macOS, Windows
Integrations
TorI2P
Pricing
Retroshare is free of charge and does not generate any kind of money; there are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service.
RetroshareFree
Entirely free and open-source software with no hidden costs, no ads, and no terms of service.