# Peer5/ShareFest

Web based p2p file sharing built on WebRTC Data Channels API

Repository: https://github.com/Peer5/ShareFest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sharefest
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-11-17T07:25:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5066, "days_push": 3211, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1687, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:22.231517+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: p2p, file-upload, http-server
- domain: web-development, files, networking
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: webrtc, file-sharing, peer-to-peer, data-channels, serverless, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- Peer5/ShareFest (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.231517+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 2026-08-30T03:38:50.548378+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Peer5/ShareFest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.231517+00:00, sha cf434a7643ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.