moose-team/friends

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases archived

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3161 stars · 334 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Friends is an open-source, peer-to-peer chat application built with Electron that works like Slack but without central servers. It authenticates users via GitHub SSH keys, replicates messages over WebRTC using a gossip protocol (hyperlog), and supports offline communication via mDNS and Bluetooth LE.

Use cases

• chat with friends without a central server
• peer-to-peer messaging over the web
• offline local network chat
• chat that works without internet
• decentralized slack alternative
• message friends over bluetooth without wifi
• self-owned chat data

When to choose

• you want a serverless, censorship-resistant chat experiment
• you need messaging on a local network with no internet
• you want to study P2P gossip protocols like hyperlog and scuttlebutt
• you're comfortable building from source and contributing fixes

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready, reliable chat tool
• you require end-to-end encryption or anonymity
• you want a polished installable app without building it yourself
• you need active maintenance or support

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

chat-interface p2p auth networking messaging-platforms privacy cross-platform cross-platform webrtc gossip-protocol hyperlog decentralized-chat mdns bluetooth-le github-auth offline-first real-time electron desktop nodejs

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