Peer-to-Peer
A list of peer-to-peer resources.
This page lists names, links and short descriptions. The original list on GitHub is the source and belongs to its authors.
Modules
wrtc
native module for NodeJS
rtc
WebRTC suite
rtc-dcstream
streams2 layer for WebRTC data channels
rtc-signaller
transport agnostic signalling for WebRTC
rtc-quickconnect
high-level wrapper for creating WebRTC apps
rtc-switch
core logic for rtc-switchboard
rtc-switchboard
server side in-memory signaller
rtc-signal
core logic for client side signaling
rtc-mesh
create a P2P mesh data structure using data channels
rtc-core
core definitions and functions for rtc
rtc-everywhere
cross-everything WebRTC mega-project
webtorrent
streaming torrent client for node and the browser
peer-wire-swarm
swarm implementation for bittorrent
bittorrent-swarm
bittorrent swarm implementation
bittorrent-dht
BitTorrent DHT implementation
parse-torrent
parse a torrent identifier
simple-peer
Simple WebRTC video/voice and data channels
torrent-discovery
Discover BitTorrent and WebTorrent peers
bittorrent-tracker
BitTorrent tracker for client and server
create-torrent
Create torrent files
parse-torrent-file
Parse a torrent file
bittorrent-protocol
BitTorrent peer wire protocol
torrent
download torrents with NodeJS from the CLI
magnet-uri
parse a magnet URI
webtorrent-chrome
BitTorrent client as a Chrome App
peer-wire-protocol
peer wire protocol used in torrents for NodeJS
socket.io-p2p
signalling server and client library
node-torrent
torrent reader, write, and hash checker
torrent-piece
torrent piece abstraction
torrent-stream
streaming torrent engine used by peerflix
torrent-mount
Mount a torrent or magnet link as a filesystem
friends-swarm
a WebRTC swarm
peerbot
message seeding utility for friends
webrtc-swarm
create a swarm of P2P connections using WebRTC and a signalhub
signalhub
simple signalling server
peervision
live P2P streaming protocol
airswarm
network swarm that discovers other peers on the network using multicast DNS
torrent-blob-store
read-only BitTorrent backed streaming blob store
hyperlog
Merkle DAG that replicates based on scuttlebutt logs and causal linking
ble-swarm
swarm over bluetooth low energy
multicast-dns
multicast-dns in JS
screencat
WebRTC screensharing
torrent-docker
realtime boot of remote docker images using bittorrent
airpaste
Network pipe that auto-discovers other peers using mdns
polo
zero configuration service discovery
read-torrent
read and parse a torrent from a resource
magnet-link
get a magnet link from a torrent file
peervisionary
CLI combining airswarm and peervision
serverless-webrtc
serverless WebRTC
peer
peerjs server
scuttlebutt
real-time replication
secure-scuttlebutt
secure database with replication
scuttlebucket
nested scuttlebutts
scuttleboat
dynamic scuttlebucket
rtc-SCAMP
scalable membership protocol
rtc-SCAMP-mbr
scalable membership protocol
network
arbitrary network implementations between clients
BoundedBroadcastDefinition
broadcasting component on top of communication overlay
discover
distributed master-less node discovery
k-bucket
DHT k-bucket implementation
gossipmonger
real-time replication with scuttlebutt
kadoh
kademlia over HTTP
kademlia-dht
DHT
kademlia
kademlia
dhtkv
cli for bittorrent storing values in mainline torrent DHT
abstract-peer-routing
a test suite for implementing peer routing in libp2p
abstract-record-store
a test suite to implement in IPFS record store
libp2p-swarm
IPFS swarm implementation
libp2p-kad-routing
IPFS Kademlia routing
libp2p-kad-record-store
IPFS Kademlia record store
libp2p-distributed-record-store
IPFS distributed record store
libp2p-record
IPFS record object
libp2p-railing
railing of a Node through a bootstrap peer list
libp2p-random-walk
peer discovery via a DHT random walk
libp2p-mdns-discovery
peer discovery via mDNS
libp2p-utp
node uTP implementation
libp2p-spdy
multistream into Stream Multiplexing
libp2p-udt
node UDT implementation
libp2p-udp
node UDP implementation
libp2p-tcp
TCP implementation of abstract transport interface
peer-info
IPFS peer abstraction
peer-id
IPFS peer id
peer-book
Peer Store for libp2p and IPFS
muxrpc
multiplexed rpc
secret-stack
connect peers using secret handshakes
ssb-feed
secure scuttlebutt feed
mdns
discover services on your local network
append-only-torrent
create a sequence of torrent files for growing input
fully-connected-topology
create a fully connected topology (mesh)
blockcast
protocol for storing data in bitcoin blockchains
hive.js
browser-to-browser distributed cache for video using WebRTC
ipscend
deploy and host web apps on IPFS
babel-routing-protocol
routing over p2p mesh
butter
free parts of popcorn time
merkle-patricia-tree
as documented by Ethereum
rtc-data-stream
convert a WebRTC data channel into a stream
peermesh
p2p file transfer using WebRTC
peertransfer
sends files p2p securely in the browser
merkle-stream
generate a merkle tree from streamed data
discovery-channel
search for a key across multiple discovery networks
anonymous-networks
distributed, p2p chat app using IPFS
hyperdrive
A file sharing network based on rabin file chunking and append only feeds of data verified by merkle trees.
webrtc-connect
Establish WebRTC Data Channels between browser-node and node-node with a TCP/HTTP/WebSockets "createServer/attach" like interface
discovery-network
a p2p discovery network
rtc-stream
Webrtc using regular node streams
viraljs
p2p distribution of apps
wrtc-ice-cand-parse
WRTC Ice Candidate parse
deejay
Music player that broadcasts to everyone on the same network
osm-p2p-db
p2p database for open street map data
dns-discovery
Discovery peers in a distributed system using regular dns and multicast dns.
k-rpc-socket
Low level implementation of the k-rpc network layer that the BitTorrent DHT uses
ucat
ucat(uTP cat) implementation in JavaScript to be used with Node.js
k-rpc
Low-level implementation of the k-rpc protocol used the BitTorrent DHT.
osm-p2p-server
serve open street map 0.6 api endpoints over a local p2p http server
secure-webrtc-swarm
webrtc-swarm with whitelisting and encryption.
node-ice
Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) (RFC 5245) for Node.js
node-rtc-peer-connection
RTCPeerConnection for Node.js
ipfs-merkle-dag
IPFS Merkle DAG JavaScript Implementation
ipfs-blocks
JavaScript Implementation of Block and BlockService
electron-webrtc
Use WebRTC in Node.js via a hidden Electron process
peerweb.js
A client side library for fetching and rendering a static website from a torrent
webcoin
SPV Bitcoin client for Node.js and the browser
swarmlog
create a p2p webrtc swarm around a hyperlog
discovery-swarm
A network swarm that uses discovery-channel to find peers
discovery-server
A tcp/utp server that auto announces itself using discovery-channel
ipfs-hyperlog
IPFS Merkle DAG that replicates based on scuttlebutt logs and causal linking.
karma-peer
Test p2p apps in multiple browsers with karma
nuTorrent
A Pure Javascript BitTorrent Client
hyperlog-seed
seed content hashes embedded in a hyperlog
peer-tweet
Decentralized feeds using BitTorrent's DHT.
torrent-worker
Streaming torrent client in a web worker for Node.js
hyperlog-webtorrent-seed
seed webtorrent magnet links from a hyperlog
swarmbot-webtorrent
webtorrent seeding plugin for swarmbot
peer-exchange
Decentralized peer discovery and signaling
kad
extensible implementation of the kademlia distributed hash table for node.js and the browser
kad-webrtc
WebRTC transport for kad Kademlia implementation
freeice
Get free, randomized STUN and TURN servers for your WebRTC application
web-to-dat
Clone a website and share with dat
webtorrent-cli
WebTorrent, the streaming torrent client. For the command line.
ipfs-data-importing
JavaScript implementation of the layout and chunking mechanisms used by IPFS
chatwizard
p2p webrtc chatroom client
js-gossip-cyclon
Cyclon Gossip: (P2P membership management) in Javascript
CheckWebPeer
Check WebRTC peers of torrents.
hyperdrive-archive-stream
Join the p2p swarm for a given hyperdrive archive.
hyperirc
Read IRC through hypercore
spellcast
p2p live streaming in the browser
orbit
Distributed peer-to-peer chat application on IPFS
orbit-db
Distributed peer-to-peer database on IPFS
peer-network
Create servers/clients that listen on names instead of ports and hostnames and are accessible over the internet
resilient-swarm
An efficient, secure, and reliable WebRTC swarm.
hyperdht
dht based on kademlia, with a focus on extensibility + modularity
hypercore-dag
DAGs on top of hypercore, allowing verified random-access to graph nodes
hypercore-archiver
A hypercore peer that will backup multiple hypercores/hyperdrives efficiently to disk.
hyperarchiver
Host, backup, and share hyperdrive archives
hyperpipe
Distributed input/output pipe.
hypername
Distributed name server
hyperreduce
Distributed reduce on top of hypercore
hyperfilter
Distributed map and filter
normcore
No-config distributed streams using hypercore
hyperfeed
p2p rss publishing
hyperdiscovery
Join the swarm for a given hypercore or hyperdrive feed.
dht-rpc
Make RPC calls over a Kademlia based DHT.
hyperdrive-multiwriter
present a bundle of hyperdrive archives together as a multi-writer view
hyperhealth
Monitor the health of a hyperdrive or dat, including peer count and peer mirror percentages.
assassin
Store key-value pairs in a decentralized NoSQL database built with hyperdrive.
hyperlapse
Distributed process manager
voter
Distributed voting based on Scuttlebutt
hyper-string
p2p conflict-free string primitive
hyperhost
P2P Node Servers in the Browser
hypertweet
concept tweet -> hypercore thingy
nile.js
Scalable peer to peer live video streaming built on torrents and webRTC
chatmesh
p2p chat using hyperdb
SIP.js
A simple, intuitive, and powerful JavaScript signaling library
noise-network
Authenticated P2P network backed by HyperSwarm and NOISE
Libraries
libwebrtc
companion to wrtc
p2p
browser JS library
SimpleWebRTC
browser JS library
signalmaster
signaling server for SimpleWebRTC
coturn
next evolution of the rfc5766-turn-server project
peerjs
simple peer-to-peer with WebRTC
go-peerstream
P2P multi-multiplexing in Go
ipfs
distributed file system
ipfs specs
specs for IPFS
ipget
wget for IPFS
btfs
bittorrent filesystem based on FUSE (C++)
swarmbot
mirroring for a p2p mesh of swarmlogs
p2p-graph
Real-time P2P network visualization with D3
planktos
Serving websites over bittorrent
dat
Sync data across the distributed web
Netflux
full mesh network of clients and/or servers.
libdatachannel
WebRTC DataChannels standalone implementation (C++)
Apps
friends
P2P chat
openbazaar
decentralized marketplace: reputation
ipfsbin
Run IPFS snippets
patchwork
p2p secure messaging
webtorrent-app
WebTorrent, the streaming torrent client. For OS X, Windows, and Linux.
snapdrop
A HTML5 clone of Apple's AirDrop
peerweb
PeerWeb browser
beaker
Decentralization tech in a browser built with electron.
PeerFast
https://github.com/DiegoRBaquero/PeerFast
ferment
Peer-to-peer audio sharing and streaming application. Like SoundCloud but decentralized. A mashup of ssb, webtorrent and electron.
roll-call
Free and reliable audio calls for everyone w/ browser p2p.
cache-p2p
CacheP2P is a highly distributed cache platform based on WebTorrent and runs only in the browser.
dropub
P2P publishing for everyone. Dropbox meets BitTorrent.
norcal
P2P calendaring
hyperpad
P2P collaborative text editor
Experiments
torrent-log
message feed over bittorrent
GitTorrent
A decentralization of Github using BitTorrent and Bitcoin
webrtc-ips
Stun IP address requests for WebRTC
web2web
P2P web powered by torrents and blockchain.
Workshops
chat-room-server-and-p2p
workshop example creating a websocket chat room replaced with p2p version using webrtc
p2p-file-sharing-workshop
Learn about distributed file sharing through a series of fun and exciting exercises.
Companies
Resources
bittorrent spec
BitTorrent specification
webtorrent.io
webtorrents for NodeJS and the browser
webrtc-ring
resource discovery
P2P design
Dominic Tarr on P2P design issues
webgc
gossiping
topology
different network topologies
ipfs
Academic papers on IPFS / Chinese version
p2pweb
Create a web where web pages are published/shared in a P2P fashion
bitweb
websites sharing using bittorrent
p2p handbook
introductory handbook on p2p tech & javascript
Other
brickhouse
security focused desktop applications
bigchaindb
A scalable blockchain database
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