Hyphanet
Anonymously share files, browse and publish freesites (web sites accessible only through Hyphanet) and chat on forums.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 32% of tracked projects; popularity more than 38%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.2k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | build01507 · 4 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 19 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | Java |
Is Hyphanet actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 107 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 35 of them.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 67% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, build01507, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Hyphanet ranks #24 of 46 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Hyphanet actually does
Hyphanet is a peer-to-peer platform designed for anonymous file sharing, forum chatting, and hosting isolated web sites known as freesites. It routes traffic through a distributed datastore to conceal the identity of both publishers and consumers.
Best fit: It suits users who require censorship-resistant communication and decentralized publishing without relying on traditional server infrastructure.
Worth knowing: Development activity is slowing, and the distributed routing model can introduce latency and heavy disk I/O demands.
Deployment notes
Because the application is written in Java, you will typically need to provision a suitable Java runtime environment and allocate persistent storage for the distributed datastore.
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