# freenet/freenet-core

Declare your digital independence

Repository: https://github.com/freenet/freenet-core
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freenet-core
Homepage: https://freenet.org/
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cryptography, decentralized, distributed-hash-table, freenet, p2p, privacy, rust
Last push: 2026-08-25T22:14:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1874, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 306}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3087, forks 190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:42.151706+00:00)

## What it is
Freenet is a fully decentralized peer-to-peer network implemented in Rust that acts as a global shared computer and distributed key-value store, where keys are WebAssembly 'contracts' governing state validation and synchronization. It lets users run a local peer that serves decentralized, censorship-resistant applications (like the River chat app) through the browser, with no central servers.

## Use cases
- run a censorship-resistant peer-to-peer network node
- build decentralized apps without servers
- host decentralized group chat like River
- publish content anonymously without a central platform
- replace centralized web services with p2p alternatives
- store and sync data across a distributed hash table

## When to choose
- you want applications that cannot be taken down or centrally controlled
- you need privacy-focused, serverless communication and publishing
- you want to experiment with WebAssembly-based decentralized contracts
- you prefer Rust tooling and browser-accessible p2p apps

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade stability - the project is in alpha
- you need a mobile client - none exists yet
- you require guaranteed low-latency or SLA-backed infrastructure
- you dislike auto-updating software with telemetry enabled by default

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: p2p, cryptography, networking, http-server, websocket, wasm, privacy, search-engine
- domain: privacy, censorship-circumvention, microservices, networking, self-hosted, security
- platform: windows, rust, browser, cross-platform
- tags: decentralized-web, distributed-hash-table, small-world-routing, peer-to-peer, censorship-resistance, contracts, anonymous-publishing, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- freenet/freenet-core (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.151706+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 2026-08-30T07:27:31.281616+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/freenet/freenet-core (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.151706+00:00, sha 8ff2286b9c1d)
  - homepage: https://freenet.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.835989+00:00, sha 382d62cd6283)
  - site_page: https://freenet.org/about/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.844723+00:00, sha 80ecfd5b293a)
  - site_page: https://freenet.org/about/papers (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.847052+00:00, sha 12e1180e6456)
  - site_page: https://freenet.org/about/news (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.848908+00:00, sha 8f4d6c49ddc3)
  - site_page: https://freenet.org/about/video-talks (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.851214+00:00, sha 3b63b1bf1f9b)
  - site_page: https://freenet.org/about/people (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.852685+00:00, sha dd972dca8ab4)
  - site_page: https://freenet.org/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.854095+00:00, sha 9e1f3b801565)
  - site_page: https://freenet.org/about/news/services-without-servers-video-talk (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:48.855579+00:00, sha 126a507241cc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.