function: p2p
216 products, primary matches first, then adoption-weighted; health v2 shown.
| Product | Health v2 | Stars | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| cdnbye/hlsjs-p2p-engine A JavaScript library that layers a WebRTC datachannel-based peer-to-peer network on top of hls.js, letting viewers share HLS video segments… | 51 | 1073 | active |
| ArweaveTeam/arweave The official Erlang implementation of the Arweave protocol, a distributed, cryptographically verified permanent archive built on a cryptocu… | 87 | 1072 | stable |
| fm-sys/pairdrop-android PairDrop for Android is an open-source Android client for the PairDrop/Snapdrop browser-based local file sharing service. It integrates wit… | 70 | 1070 | active |
| G-Ray/pikatorrent PikaTorrent is a cross-platform BitTorrent client built with Flutter that lets users stream and download torrents on desktop and mobile dev… | 81 | 1018 | active |
| Bitmessage/PyBitmessage PyBitmessage is the reference client for Bitmessage, a peer-to-peer protocol for sending encrypted, authenticated messages without central … | 61 | 2883 | maintenance |
| picotorrent/picotorrent PicoTorrent is a tiny, hackable BitTorrent client written in modern C++ and built on Rasterbar-libtorrent. It offers a native Windows inter… | 23 | 2761 | maintenance |
| lbryio/lbry-android The official LBRY Android app, a mobile browser and wallet for the LBRY decentralized content network. It lets users discover, view, publis… | 23 | 2396 | maintenance |
| ggerganov/wave-share A proof-of-concept browser application that shares files between nearby devices by performing WebRTC signaling through audio tones instead … | 32 | 2311 | maintenance |
| veggiedefender/torrent-client A tiny BitTorrent client written in Go that implements the original 2001 BitTorrent protocol spec. It was built as an educational weekend p… | 32 | 2038 | maintenance |
| mafintosh/torrent-stream torrent-stream is a low-level Node.js streaming torrent client that exposes files inside a torrent as readable streams, downloading pieces … | 32 | 1973 | maintenance |
| steemit/steem Steem is the C++ implementation of the Steem blockchain, a delegated proof-of-stake (DPOS) network designed for social media applications a… | 65 | 1949 | maintenance |
| perlin-network/noise noise is an opinionated, easy-to-use peer-to-peer networking stack for decentralized applications and cryptographic protocols, written in G… | 23 | 1830 | maintenance |
| xuperchain/xuperchain XuperChain is an open-source blockchain framework from Baidu's XuperChain Lab for building high-performance permissioned alliance networks.… | 23 | 1705 | maintenance |
| ssb-server ssb-server is the gossip and replication server for Secure Scuttlebutt, a peer-to-peer append-only log store that acts as a database, ident… | 23 | 1702 | maintenance |
| CovenantSQL/CovenantSQL CovenantSQL is a decentralized, Byzantine fault tolerant SQL database built on SQLite with blockchain features like immutable query history… | 23 | 1528 | maintenance |
| miguelfreitas/twister-core Twister is an experimental peer-to-peer microblogging application with a core daemon (twisterd). It uses a Bitcoin-like blockchain for dece… | 32 | 1405 | maintenance |
| cloudwu/mptun A small C-based peer-to-peer VPN tunnel over UDP that can aggregate multiple network paths between a client and server. It lets users combi… | 32 | 1242 | maintenance |
| lidgren/lidgren-network-gen3 Lidgren.Network is a C# networking library for the .NET framework that uses a single UDP socket to provide a simple client-server messaging… | 32 | 1221 | maintenance |
| librevault/librevault Librevault is an open-source, peer-to-peer, decentralized file synchronization application written in C++. The client is currently being re… | 10 | 1205 | maintenance |
| p2pool/p2pool P2Pool is a decentralized peer-to-peer Bitcoin mining pool implemented in Python that runs alongside a local bitcoind node. It forms a netw… | 63 | 1199 | maintenance |
| fanchangyong/deershare DeerShare (小鹿快传) is a web-based P2P file transfer tool that uses WebRTC for direct peer-to-peer connections with WebSocket signaling. It le… | 32 | 1177 | maintenance |
| 0xs34n/blockchain-cli A minimal blockchain command-line interface built with Node.js that lets users create blocks, mine with proof-of-work, validate chain integ… | 32 | 1158 | maintenance |
| sudomesh/disaster-radio Disaster Radio is a work-in-progress long-range, low-bandwidth wireless mesh network project for disaster recovery, powered by solar energy… | 60 | 1129 | maintenance |
| qri-io/qri Qri is a dataset version control system built on the distributed web (IPFS), letting users version, publish, discover, and collaborate on d… | 23 | 1112 | maintenance |
| arboliva/AirChat AirChat is a free communication tool that transmits messages over radio waves or audio without requiring internet or cellular infrastructur… | 32 | 1087 | maintenance |
| cjb/GitTorrent GitTorrent is a peer-to-peer network that shares Git repositories over BitTorrent, acting as a decentralized alternative to GitHub. It inte… | 32 | 4756 | experimental |
| gfodor/p2pcf P2PCF is a JavaScript library that provides low-cost, serverless WebRTC signalling using a Cloudflare Worker and R2 bucket. It offers room-… | 23 | 1064 | maintenance |
| WaykiChain/WaykiChain WaykiChain is an open-source public blockchain node implementation (coind) written in C++, designed as a decentralized finance (DeFi) infra… | 23 | 1043 | maintenance |
| socketio/socket.io-p2p A JavaScript library that sets up WebRTC peer-to-peer connections between browsers using the Socket.IO event protocol, with Socket.IO handl… | 32 | 1037 | maintenance |
| trottier/original-bitcoin A historical archive of Satoshi Nakamoto's original Bitcoin v0.1 source code, preserved for study and reference. It is not a maintained for… | 10 | 1009 | maintenance |
| freenet/freenet-core Freenet is a fully decentralized peer-to-peer network implemented in Rust that acts as a global shared computer and distributed key-value s… | 95 | 3087 | experimental |
| TryQuiet/quiet Quiet is an encrypted peer-to-peer team chat application that serves as a private alternative to Slack and Discord, syncing messages direct… | 93 | 2641 | experimental |
| elendirx/web2web A proof-of-concept for serving websites entirely via torrents and the Bitcoin blockchain, with no webserver or domain. A Bitcoin OP_RETURN … | 32 | 2243 | experimental |
| saljam/webwormhole WebWormhole is a tool that creates ephemeral, peer-authenticated WebRTC pipes between computers for sending files or data, secured with a P… | 58 | 2079 | experimental |
| buckyos/CYFS CYFS (CYberFileSystem) is a Rust-implemented protocol stack that upgrades the Web's basic protocols (TCP/IP+DNS+HTTP) to enable fully decen… | 23 | 1440 | experimental |
| tomaka/redshirt Redshirt is an experimental operating system written in Rust where all executables are WebAssembly programs loaded from an IPFS-like decent… | 58 | 1434 | experimental |
| darkrenaissance/darkfi DarkFi is an anonymous Layer 1 blockchain built in Rust that uses zero-knowledge cryptography (zk-SNARKs, halo2, a zkVM) to enable fully pr… | 75 | 1366 | experimental |
| aethereans/aether-app Aether is a peer-to-peer desktop client for ephemeral, self-moderated public discussion communities, similar to Reddit but with no central … | 32 | 1256 | experimental |
| dennis-tra/pcp pcp is a command-line peer-to-peer file transfer tool built on libp2p that transfers data directly between peers without relying on central… | 10 | 1100 | experimental |
| lmatteis/torrent-net TorrentNet is a C application that builds distributed search engines on top of the BitTorrent network and SQLite databases. It lets users q… | 32 | 1030 | experimental |
| ipfs/js-ipfs A JavaScript implementation of the IPFS peer-to-peer protocol, usable as a library in Node.js and browsers or as a CLI daemon for adding an… | 10 | 7395 | abandoned |
| beakerbrowser/beaker Beaker Browser was an experimental peer-to-peer web browser built on Electron that added APIs for hosting 'hostless' applications using the… | 10 | 6744 | abandoned |
| dragonflyoss/dragonfly-archived Dragonfly is a CNCF-graduated P2P-based file and container image distribution system that accelerates large-scale data delivery by leveragi… | 10 | 5930 | abandoned |
| qTox/qTox qTox is a cross-platform instant messaging desktop client supporting encrypted text chat, voice and video calls, and file transfer over the… | 10 | 4978 | abandoned |
| status-im/status-legacy Status is a free, open-source mobile Ethereum client combining a private messenger, crypto wallet, and Web3 browser, built with ClojureScri… | 10 | 4020 | abandoned |
| LUX-Core/lux LUX Core is the full-node client for the LUX cryptocurrency, a 2017 fork of the Bitcoin codebase written in C++ that implements a hybrid Po… | 23 | 3739 | abandoned |
| ssbc/patchwork Patchwork is a desktop social networking and messaging app built on the Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) peer-to-peer gossip protocol, allowing use… | 10 | 3569 | abandoned |
| moose-team/friends Friends is an open-source, peer-to-peer chat application built with Electron that works like Slack but without central servers. It authenti… | 10 | 3161 | abandoned |
| golemfactory/clay Clay Golem is a Python implementation of a decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace for renting idle CPU and GPU computing power, with Ethere… | 10 | 2877 | abandoned |
| lg/murder Murder is a Ruby-based deploy tool from Twitter that uses BitTorrent (via BitTornado) to distribute files to hundreds or tens of thousands … | 10 | 2514 | abandoned |
| vzex/dog-tunnel Dog Tunnel is a Go-based peer-to-peer tunneling tool that provides port mapping over UDP using the KCP protocol, with NAT hole punching ass… | 10 | 2169 | abandoned |
| Peer5/ShareFest ShareFest is a web-based peer-to-peer file sharing application built on WebRTC Data Channels, letting users share files instantly via a bro… | 32 | 1687 | abandoned |
| orbitdb-archive/orbit Orbit is a distributed, serverless, peer-to-peer chat application built on IPFS and orbit-db. This repository is the original project hub a… | 10 | 1632 | abandoned |
| mikeal/roll-call Roll Call is a free, open-source voice chat service with multi-party audio calls and podcast-quality recording, built on WebRTC peer-to-pee… | 23 | 1558 | abandoned |
| amule-project/amule aMule is a cross-platform peer-to-peer file-sharing client based on eMule, supporting the eD2k and Kademlia networks. This specific reposit… | 79 | 1343 | abandoned |
| rs-ipfs/rust-ipfs An implementation of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) in Rust, providing a blockstore, libp2p integration with DHT content discovery a… | 10 | 1281 | abandoned |
| automerge/hypermerge Hypermerge is a Node.js library for building peer-to-peer collaborative applications without server infrastructure, combining the Automerge… | 10 | 1277 | abandoned |
| cryptosphere/cryptosphere Cryptosphere is a global peer-to-peer cryptosystem for publishing and securely distributing content pseudonymously with no central point of… | 10 | 1144 | abandoned |
| ipfs-inactive/js-ipfs-http-client A JavaScript client library for the IPFS HTTP API that implements the interface-ipfs-core specification, letting applications talk to a rem… | 10 | 1042 | abandoned |
| gitchain/gitchain Gitchain is a decentralized, peer-to-peer network for hosting Git repositories, applying ideas from Bitcoin, Namecoin, and DHTs. It runs as… | 32 | 1030 | abandoned |
| schollz/croc croc is a Go CLI tool that lets any two computers securely transfer files and folders peer-to-peer with end-to-end encryption via PAKE, fal… | 99 | 40107 | stable |
| slackhq/nebula Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool (mesh VPN) built on the Noise Protocol Framework, using certificates and security groups for m… | 95 | 17658 | stable |
| Pion WebRTC Pion WebRTC is a pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API, enabling real-time audio, video, and data communication without cgo or external … | 98 | 16742 | active |
| Monero Monero is the reference implementation of the Monero (XMR) privacy-focused cryptocurrency, including the full node daemon (monerod), wallet… | 93 | 10803 | active |
| tonyantony300/dashbeam DashBeam (formerly AltSendme) is an open-source peer-to-peer file transfer application that sends files and folders of any size directly be… | 83 | 9309 | active |
| lightningnetwork/lnd A complete implementation of a Lightning Network node written in Go, capable of opening and closing payment channels, routing onion-encrypt… | 94 | 8186 | stable |
| markqvist/Reticulum Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack written in Python that builds encrypted, resilient local and wide-area networks over LoR… | 99 | 7046 | active |
| aidlearning/AidLearning-FrameWork AidLux (originally AidLearning) is an AIoT development platform that runs a native Ubuntu Linux environment with GUI, deep learning tooling… | 70 | 5797 | active |
| Tribler/tribler Tribler is a privacy-enhanced BitTorrent client with built-in decentralized search and content discovery, using a custom Tor-like onion rou… | 89 | 5303 | active |
| mimblewimble/grin Grin is a minimal, open-source implementation of the Mimblewimble blockchain protocol, providing a privacy-preserving digital currency with… | 93 | 5093 | active |
| Bitcore Bitcore is a full-stack monorepo from BitPay providing infrastructure for building Bitcoin and blockchain-based applications, including a b… | 66 | 4988 | active |
| openziti/zrok zrok is an open-source tool for securely sharing local web services, files, and TCP/UDP resources over the internet without firewall or NAT… | 89 | 4645 | active |
| PurpleI2P/i2pd i2pd (I2P Daemon) is a full-featured C++ implementation of an I2P client, providing a universal anonymous network layer with end-to-end enc… | 93 | 4176 | active |
| xubiaolin/docker-zerotier-planet A Docker-based one-click deployment tool for self-hosting a private ZeroTier Planet (root) server, with an optional web management panel. I… | 66 | 4073 | active |
| vlcn-io/cr-sqlite cr-sqlite is a run-time loadable extension for SQLite and libSQL, written in Rust, that adds multi-master replication and CRDT-based confli… | 66 | 3774 | active |
| vnt-dev/vnt VNT is a Rust-based VPN tool for quickly building virtual LANs across the internet, with NAT traversal, P2P tunnels, and point-to-network /… | 94 | 3180 | active |
| ElementsProject/lightning Core Lightning (CLN) is a specification-compliant Lightning Network node implementation written in C, maintained by Blockstream and in prod… | 97 | 3088 | stable |
| peterq/pan-light pan-light is an unofficial Baidu Netdisk (Baidu Yun) desktop client built with Go and Qt5/QML that achieves high-speed segmented downloads … | 23 | 12129 | maintenance |
| i2p/i2p.i2p I2P (Invisible Internet Project) is the reference Java implementation of a decentralized, anonymizing peer-to-peer overlay network that rou… | 89 | 2685 | stable |
| blenderskool/blaze Blaze is a progressive web app for peer-to-peer file sharing between multiple devices using WebTorrent (WebRTC) with WebSockets as a fallba… | 23 | 2478 | active |
| learnhouse/learnhouse LearnHouse is a next-generation open-source learning management system (LMS) for creating, sharing, and selling educational content. It com… | 99 | 2203 | active |
| RetroShare/RetroShare RetroShare is a free, open-source, cross-platform, decentralized Friend-to-Friend (F2F) communication platform built in C++ with Qt. It pro… | 67 | 2012 | active |
| dswd/vpncloud VpnCloud is a high-performance peer-to-peer mesh VPN written in Rust that runs over UDP with strong end-to-end encryption (Curve25519 and A… | 23 | 1978 | stable |
| nymtech/nym Nym is a decentralized privacy platform built in Rust, centered on a mixnet that shuffles Sphinx packets to protect network-level metadata,… | 99 | 1912 | active |
| SpatiumPortae/portal Portal is a command-line file transfer utility for sending files and folders between any two computers. It uses PAKE2 end-to-end encryption… | 23 | 1766 | active |
| markqvist/Sideband Sideband is an end-to-end encrypted, infrastructure-less LXMF messaging and LXST telephony client for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows, bu… | 96 | 1753 | active |
| mafintosh/peerflix Peerflix is a command-line streaming torrent client for Node.js that downloads torrents while simultaneously serving the video or audio ove… | 32 | 6273 | maintenance |
| gensyn-ai/rl-swarm RL Swarm is an open-source, permissionless peer-to-peer framework for running reinforcement learning training swarms over the internet, bui… | 54 | 1679 | active |
| snltty/linker Linker is a self-hosted networking tool written in C# that combines P2P hole punching (UDP/TCP, IPv4/IPv6) with server relay to provide vir… | 94 | 1489 | active |
| coder/wush wush is a command-line tool for transferring files and opening remote shells between computers over peer-to-peer WireGuard connections. It … | 41 | 1460 | active |
| ChainSafe/lodestar Lodestar is a TypeScript implementation of the Ethereum Consensus (proof-of-stake) specification, providing a beacon node, validator client… | 98 | 1419 | active |
| libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system Libbitcoin System is a cross-platform C++ toolkit library for building Bitcoin applications, serving as the base library of the broader lib… | 67 | 1394 | active |
| ShouChenICU/FastSend FastSend is a browser-based peer-to-peer file transfer tool built on WebRTC, supporting fast file and folder transfers with end-to-end encr… | 67 | 1307 | active |
| liamcottle/reticulum-meshchat Reticulum MeshChat is an Electron-based mesh network communications app built on the Reticulum Network Stack. It lets users exchange encryp… | 88 | 1218 | active |
| mobilecoinfoundation/mobilecoin MobileCoin is a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency payments network designed for mobile devices, implemented in Rust. The repository contain… | 66 | 1172 | active |
| fanpei91/torsniff torsniff is a Go CLI tool that sniffs torrent metadata from the BitTorrent network by participating in the DHT and connecting to peers to d… | 10 | 4014 | maintenance |
| IceFireDB/IceFireDB IceFireDB is a decentralized, high-performance distributed database written in Go that bridges Web2 and Web3 ecosystems. It offers Redis-co… | 67 | 1154 | active |
| tholian-network/stealth Stealth is a secure, privacy-focused web browser, scraper, and proxy built in JavaScript that emphasizes automation, bandwidth efficiency, … | 32 | 1145 | active |
| metartc/metaRTC MetaRTC is a pure C WebRTC SDK designed for embedded, IoT, and robotics devices, implementing a complete WebRTC protocol stack (ICE, DTLS/S… | 78 | 1143 | active |
| torlando-tech/columba Columba is a native Android messaging and voice call app for the Reticulum network, sending LXMF messages and making LXST calls without int… | 82 | 1116 | active |