Hyphanet

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GNU General Public License v2.0Open Source — No PaywallBinary · Source8 active committers (12mo)

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Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform designed for censorship-resistant communication and publishing. It provides a distributed, encrypted, decentralized datastore that can support applications such as...

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Features

censorship-resistant communication
publishing
distributed datastore
encrypted datastore
decentralized datastore
forums
chat

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Last Updated: Oct 10, 2026
Created: Apr 25, 2009
Install Methods: binarysource
Requirements: GradleAntJava
Runtime / Stack: Java
Privacy & Independence: No Cloud Required
Deployment: Deployment: no container deployment found

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