Peer5/ShareFest

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases no_license

Adoption not part of the score

1687 stars · 265 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ShareFest is a web-based peer-to-peer file sharing application built on WebRTC Data Channels, letting users share files instantly via a browser without uploading to cloud storage. It coordinates a BitTorrent-like mesh of browser peers through a Node.js coordinator server.

Use cases

• share a large file with many people without uploading it to Dropbox
• send files peer-to-peer directly between browsers
• distribute a file one-to-many over WebRTC data channels
• self-host a browser-based file transfer service
• study how WebRTC data channel file sharing works

When to choose

• you want serverless-style p2p file distribution in the browser
• you need a reference implementation of WebRTC data channel file sharing
• you want to avoid cloud storage for one-to-many file sharing

When to avoid

• you need a maintained, supported tool - the project was officially discontinued in 2017
• you need guaranteed reliability or support for modern browsers
• you need encrypted-at-rest or audited file transfer for compliance

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

p2p file-upload http-server web-development files networking browser cross-platform webrtc file-sharing peer-to-peer data-channels serverless web-server nodejs

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