Tox
★ 2.7kA self-hosted alternative to Slack
About
Tox is a peer-to-peer, serverless instant messaging project aimed at making secure and private communication accessible to regular users. The README describes toxcore as the underlying cryptographic...
Community Ratings
No ratings yetNew this week
Read recap →Weekly Recap — Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026
Features
- peer-to-peer messaging
- serverless communication
- encryption and authentication
- callback-based API
- friend requests
- message sending
- echo bot example
- multimedia chats
- bootstrapping support
- toxcore iteration loop
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Jul 6, 2016
- Install Methods
- binarysource
- Requirements
- libsodiumcmakemakelibvpxopus
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- C
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
Tags
Track your self-hosted stack
Bookmark software to try, rate tools you've used, and keep your collection in one place.
Metadata extracted from README on Mar 25, 2026
Related Software
Hyphanet
1.2k
Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication and publishing, providing a distributed, encrypted, decentralized datastore.
Custom CommunicationsCopyleft LicenseSocial Networks+2
RetroShare
2.0k
RetroShare is a decentralized, private, secure, cross-platform communication toolkit for sharing files, chat, messages, forums, and channels.
Custom CommunicationsCopyleft LicenseSocial Networks+2
Chitchatter
2.3k
Chitchatter is a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer communication tool for private chat, video, screen sharing, and file transfer.
Custom CommunicationsVideo ConferencingP2P File Sharing+1
GNUnet
Software framework for decentralized, peer-to-peer networking.
Custom CommunicationsP2P File SharingNetwork Utilities+1
Syncthing
89.3k
Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program that keeps files in sync between two or more computers.
File SynchronizationCopyleft LicenseP2P File Sharing+1
PeerTube
15.4k
A free, decentralized, federated video platform for hosting, sharing, and livestreaming videos.
Media ServersFully FOSSCopyleft License+3
7 ContainersFully FOSS
qBittorrent
40.7k
qBittorrent is a BitTorrent client built in C++/Qt and powered by libtorrent.
P2P File SharingCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+2
Sonarr
17.0k
Sonarr is a PVR application for Usenet and BitTorrent users that automatically tracks TV episodes, downloads missing or improved releases, and organizes them.
Media ManagementCopyleft LicenseAutomation Tools+2
Radarr
14.6k
Radarr is a movie collection manager that monitors RSS feeds, interfaces with download clients and indexers, and automatically sorts, renames, and upgrades movie files.
Media ManagementCopyleft LicenseP2P File Sharing+2
OnionShare
7.1k
OnionShare is an open source tool for securely and anonymously sharing files, hosting websites, and chatting over the Tor network.
Simple File UploadsCopyleft LicenseP2P File Sharing+1
slskd
4.0k
A modern client-server web application for using the Soulseek file-sharing network.
P2P File SharingCopyleft LicenseMedia Management+2
Transmission
15.3k
Transmission is a fast, free BitTorrent client with native desktop apps, a headless daemon, and a web UI for remote control.
P2P File SharingMedia ManagementCopyleft License