Open-source p2p software
213 open-source libraries, tools and applications tagged p2p, ranked by how closely p2p is their primary purpose, then by adoption and maintenance health. Each entry links to a page with sources, use cases and when to choose or avoid it.
213 products, primary matches first, then adoption-weighted; health v2 shown.
| Product | Health v2 | Stars | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| rtorrent libTorrent is a high-performance BitTorrent library written in C++ for Unix-like systems, designed to power multiple torrent clients. It di… | 77 | 1003 | active |
| Bitmessage/PyBitmessage PyBitmessage is the reference client for Bitmessage, a peer-to-peer protocol for sending encrypted, authenticated messages without central … | 57 | 2885 | 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 | 2758 | maintenance |
| 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 | 2393 | 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 | 2313 | 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 | 2041 | 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 | 1974 | 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… | 61 | 1947 | 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 | 1831 | 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 | 1707 | maintenance |
| xuperchain/xuperchain XuperChain is an open-source blockchain framework from Baidu's XuperChain Lab for building high-performance permissioned alliance networks.… | 23 | 1703 | maintenance |
| CovenantSQL/CovenantSQL CovenantSQL is a decentralized, Byzantine fault tolerant SQL database built on SQLite with blockchain features like immutable query history… | 23 | 1531 | maintenance |
| Twister Twister is an experimental peer-to-peer microblogging application with a core daemon (twisterd). It uses a Bitcoin-like blockchain for dece… | 32 | 1404 | 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… | 60 | 1202 | 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 | 1157 | maintenance |
| Disaster Radio Disaster Radio is a work-in-progress long-range, low-bandwidth wireless mesh network project for disaster recovery, powered by solar energy… | 57 | 1132 | maintenance |
| Qri Qri is a dataset version control system built on the distributed web (IPFS), letting users version, publish, discover, and collaborate on d… | 23 | 1111 | 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 | 4761 | 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 | 1045 | 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 | 1035 | 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 | 1003 | 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… | 96 | 3110 | 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 | 2656 | 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 | 2241 | 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… | 55 | 2090 | 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 | 1442 | experimental |
| tomaka/redshirt Redshirt is an experimental operating system written in Rust where all executables are WebAssembly programs loaded from an IPFS-like decent… | 54 | 1435 | 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… | 73 | 1380 | 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 | 1258 | 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 |
| 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 | 7385 | 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 | 6738 | abandoned |
| Dragonfly Dragonfly is a CNCF-graduated P2P-based file and container image distribution system that accelerates large-scale data delivery by leveragi… | 10 | 5925 | 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 | 4976 | abandoned |
| Status Mobile App Status is a free, open-source mobile Ethereum client combining a private messenger, crypto wallet, and Web3 browser, built with ClojureScri… | 10 | 4023 | 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 | 3728 | 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 | 3571 | 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 | 3160 | abandoned |
| Golem (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 | 2509 | 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 | 2167 | 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 |
| Orbit Chat 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 | 1556 | 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… | 73 | 1347 | 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 | 1279 | abandoned |
| automerge/hypermerge Hypermerge is a Node.js library for building peer-to-peer collaborative applications without server infrastructure, combining the Automerge… | 10 | 1275 | abandoned |
| cryptosphere/cryptosphere Cryptosphere is a global peer-to-peer cryptosystem for publishing and securely distributing content pseudonymously with no central point of… | 10 | 1142 | 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 | 1040 | 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 |
| ethereum/go-ethereum Go Ethereum (geth) is the official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol, providing a full node client and development library. It ena… | 99 | 51390 | active |
| slackhq/nebula Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool (mesh VPN) built on the Noise Protocol Framework, using certificates and security groups for m… | 93 | 18399 | 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 … | 97 | 16804 | active |
| Monero Monero is the reference implementation of the Monero (XMR) privacy-focused cryptocurrency, including the full node daemon (monerod), wallet… | 88 | 10865 | 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… | 79 | 9800 | active |
| Lightning Network Daemon A complete implementation of a Lightning Network node written in Go, capable of opening and closing payment channels, routing onion-encrypt… | 95 | 8203 | stable |
| markqvist/Reticulum Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack written in Python that builds encrypted, resilient local and wide-area networks over LoR… | 95 | 7281 | active |
| AidLux (AidLearning) AidLux (originally AidLearning) is an AIoT development platform that runs a native Ubuntu Linux environment with GUI, deep learning tooling… | 63 | 5812 | 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… | 88 | 5319 | active |
| Grin Grin is a minimal, open-source implementation of the Mimblewimble blockchain protocol, providing a privacy-preserving digital currency with… | 90 | 5098 | active |
| Bitcore Bitcore is a full-stack monorepo from BitPay providing infrastructure for building Bitcoin and blockchain-based applications, including a b… | 67 | 4982 | 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… | 98 | 4751 | active |
| 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… | 87 | 4236 | 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… | 63 | 4082 | 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… | 63 | 3804 | active |
| 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 /… | 96 | 3228 | active |
| Core Lightning Core Lightning (CLN) is a specification-compliant Lightning Network node implementation written in C, maintained by Blockstream and in prod… | 99 | 3103 | 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 | 12117 | maintenance |
| I2P I2P (Invisible Internet Project) is the reference Java implementation of a decentralized, anonymizing peer-to-peer overlay network that rou… | 91 | 2730 | 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 | 2476 | active |
| learnhouse/learnhouse LearnHouse is a next-generation open-source learning management system (LMS) for creating, sharing, and selling educational content. It com… | 100 | 2404 | 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… | 66 | 2018 | 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 | 1977 | 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,… | 96 | 1950 | 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… | 94 | 1811 | 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 | 1765 | 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 | 6269 | 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… | 49 | 1676 | 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… | 89 | 1508 | 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 … | 38 | 1494 | active |
| ChainSafe/lodestar Lodestar is a TypeScript implementation of the Ethereum Consensus (proof-of-stake) specification, providing a beacon node, validator client… | 100 | 1426 | 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… | 68 | 1395 | 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 | 1317 | 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… | 86 | 1303 | 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… | 84 | 1237 | active |
| mobilecoinfoundation/mobilecoin MobileCoin is a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency payments network designed for mobile devices, implemented in Rust. The repository contain… | 66 | 1174 | active |
| IceFireDB IceFireDB is a decentralized, high-performance distributed database written in Go that bridges Web2 and Web3 ecosystems. It offers Redis-co… | 67 | 1159 | 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 | 4009 | maintenance |
| 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… | 72 | 1151 | active |
| tholian-network/stealth Stealth is a secure, privacy-focused web browser, scraper, and proxy built in JavaScript that emphasizes automation, bandwidth efficiency, … | 32 | 1149 | active |
| g0ldyy/comet Comet is a self-hostable Stremio add-on service that searches torrents, debrid services, and usenet for streams, with a Kodi add-on variant… | 79 | 1115 | active |
| djylb/nps NPS Enhanced is a lightweight, actively maintained NAT traversal and reverse proxy system with a Web management UI, based on the original e… | 86 | 1088 | active |
| starRTC StarRTC is a free cross-platform real-time communication SDK and self-hostable server suite providing instant messaging, one-to-one video c… | 23 | 3075 | maintenance |