Top 15 Freenet Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites" (web sites accessible only through Freenet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship. Freenet is decentralised to make it less vulnerable to attack, and if used in "darknet" mode, where users only connect to their friends, is very difficult to detect.

1. OnionCat

OnionCat OnionCat creates a transparent IPv6 layer on top of TOR's hidden services. It allows users to anonymously access Internet services. It transmits any kind of IPv6-based data transparently through the TOR network on a location hidden basis. You can think of it as a point-to-multipoint VPN between hidden services. OnionCat......

2. Phantom

Phantom The Phantom protocol is a system for decentralized anonymization of generic network traffic. It has been designed with the following main goals in mind:1. Completely decentralized.2. Maximum resistance against all kinds of DoS attacks.3. Theoretically secure anonymization.4. Theoretically secure end-to-end transport encryption.5. Completely (virtually) isolated from the "normal" Internet.6. Maximum......

3. OneSwarm

OneSwarm Supports both bittorrent protocol and a friend-to-friend version of the same protocol which in most situations makes you anonymous.......

4. SMesh

SMesh SMesh is a seamless wireless mesh network being developed by the Distributed System and Networks Lab at Johns Hopkins University. It provides peer-to-peer connectivity, Internet connectivity, and fast handoff to mobile clients across the mesh. Clients get connected automatically through standard DHCP. No software or drivers need to be installed......

5. Osiris SPS

Osiris SPS Osiris is a free portal creation software. The portals created with Osiris don't need a central server; they are safe, indestructible and anonymous. In those portals, all users have the same rights, so the standard hierarchies (administrators, moderators, members) of regular forums are not present, even if they are supported.The......

6. Peergos

Peergos PeerGos is Java client for a decentralised, secure file storage, sharing and social network that's surveillance resistant and doesn't expose your friend network.It is based on the network IPFS , with its DNS service which is IPNS.......

7. Librevault

Librevault Librevault is an open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization program, designed with convenience and privacy in mind. Our goal is to make a better alternative to BitTorrent Sync and Syncthing.......

8. RetroShare

RetroShare RetroShare is a open source cross-platform, private and secure decentralized communication system. It lets you to securely chat, share photos, videos, and more, using OpenPGP to authenticate peers and OpenSSL to encrypt all communication.RetroShare features:ChatSend text and images. Discuss with various people in chat rooms. Express your emotions with the......

9. Anomos

Anomos Anomos is a pseudonymous, encrypted multi-peer-to-peer file distribution protocol. It is based on the peer/tracker concept of BitTorrent in combination with an onion routing anonymization layer, with the added benefit of end-to-end encryption. By combining these technologies, we have created a platform where by no party outside of the trusted......

10. Syncthing

Syncthing Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it's transmitted over the Internet.......

11. WinMX

WinMX WinMX was a FREE file-sharing program that allowed you to connect, download, and share files with MILLIONS of other users through the decentralized WinMX Peer Network. Once WinMX is installed, you had access to one of the largest and most diverse networks of shared media files in the world. Features......

12. Netsukuku

Netsukuku Mesh routing protocol designed to handle a massive amount of nodes with very low resource consumption. Thanks to this feature it can be easily used to build a worldwide distributed, anonymous and uncontrolled network, separated from the Internet, without the support of any servers, ISPs or authority controls.......

13. ZeroNet

ZeroNet ZeroNet uses Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent technology to build a decentralized censorship-resistant network.Users can publish static or dynamic websites into ZeroNet and visitors can choose to also serve the website. Websites will remain on-line even if it is being served by only 1 peer.When a site is updated by its......

14. Demonsaw

Demonsaw Demonsaw is a new type of information sharing application that allows you to share your files securely. It's the next leap in the evolution of a free Internet, and the debut of social cryptography. Demonsaw is designed to protect your anonymity and hide what you're sharing. Your IP address is......

15. PeerGuardian

PeerGuardian PeerGuardian is a privacy oriented firewall application. It blocks connections to and from hosts specified in huge blocklists (thousands or millions of IP ranges). Its origin seeds in targeting aggressive IPs while you use P2P.PeerGuardian integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP,......