holepunchto/hyperswarm
A distributed networking stack for connecting peers. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2907
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1326 stars · 113 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hyperswarm is a JavaScript library providing a high-level API for finding and connecting to peers interested in a shared 32-byte topic over a distributed hash table (HyperDHT). Connections are end-to-end encrypted with Noise, and peers can act as servers (announcing) or clients (looking up) for each topic.
Use cases
- build a peer-to-peer chat app without servers
- find and connect to peers sharing a common topic
- create a serverless P2P network for my JavaScript app
- replicate data between peers over a DHT
- announce and discover services on a distributed hash table
- establish encrypted peer connections with hole punching
When to choose
- you want serverless peer-to-peer networking in JavaScript
- you need topic-based peer discovery with encrypted connections
- you are building on the Holepunch/Pear ecosystem (Hypercore, Hyperdht, Pear)
When to avoid
- you need a traditional client-server architecture with centralized infrastructure
- you are not working in JavaScript or a Bare/Node-compatible runtime
- you need guaranteed low-latency connections that a DHT-based swarm cannot provide
Facets
library · maturity active
networking p2p rpc networking microservices developer-tools cross-platform cli peer-discovery dht hole-punching noise-encryption hyperswarm holepunch pear peer-to-peer nodejs
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/holepunchto/hyperswarm · fetched 2026-08-28 · c3adf5592501
- homepage: https://docs.holepunch.to · fetched 2026-08-29 · 59e1c729fa30
- site_page: https://docs.pears.com/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 68b11b75ef11
- site_page: https://docs.pears.com/explanation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4cbafca4a9a2
- site_page: https://install.pears.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7baa75f28dd3
- site_page: https://docs.pears.com/reference/pear/cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3a3a510f2414
- site_page: https://docs.pears.com/getting-started/from-a-template/start-from-hello-pear-electron · fetched 2026-08-29 · f8b26fc69f57
- site_page: https://docs.pears.com/getting-started/from-a-template/start-from-hello-pear-bare · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44387ffa9dd6
- site_page: https://docs.pears.com/how-to/operate-an-app · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7b8fbc4db941
- site_page: https://docs.pears.com/how-to/manage-installed-applications · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6dda3b09cef3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| holepunchto/hyperswarm | main | 77 |
For agents
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