# cryptosphere/cryptosphere

Encrypted peer-to-peer web application platform for decentralized, privacy-preserving applications

Repository: https://github.com/cryptosphere/cryptosphere
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cryptosphere
Homepage: https://cryptosphere.io
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-01-30T20:04:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5390, "days_push": 3868, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1144, forks 47 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:45.210827+00:00)

## What it is
Cryptosphere is a global peer-to-peer cryptosystem for publishing and securely distributing content pseudonymously with no central point of failure, written in Ruby. It features an integrated cryptographically secure reputation system providing a distributed web of trust, inspired by Freenet, Tahoe-LAFS, and Git.

## Use cases
- publish content pseudonymously without a central server
- distribute files over an encrypted peer-to-peer network
- build decentralized privacy-preserving web applications
- run a federated node in an open p2p cryptosystem
- rely on a cryptographic web of trust instead of central moderation

## When to choose
- you want to experiment with p2p encrypted publishing concepts in Ruby
- you need a Git-inspired decentralized content distribution design reference

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready software - the project is explicitly experimental
- you need an actively maintained tool - the last release was in 2016
- you need a supported alternative like IPFS, Freenet, or Tahoe-LAFS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: p2p, cryptography, security, privacy
- domain: privacy, security, microservices, censorship-circumvention
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: p2p, encrypted-publishing, web-of-trust, decentralized-web, pseudonymous, freenet-alternative

## Member repositories
- cryptosphere/cryptosphere (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.210827+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:34:44.168034+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cryptosphere/cryptosphere (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.210827+00:00, sha 4e4e90164568)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.