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24 alternatives to Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites

Access files on the decentralized, unblockable torrent swarm and visit links using Handshake domains. Decentralized internet is here. - publiusfederalist/federalist

A distributed website platform that uses torrent swarm technology to host and serve content without centralized servers. Users can create and modify websites that remain accessible across a peer-to-peer network. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Decentralized, Mutable, Serverless Torrent Swarm Websites launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Distributed search engines using BitTorrent and SQLite - torrent-net/README.md at master · lmatteis/torrent-net

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    For the past 5 years or so I've been working on a ground-up redesign of Freenet, my peer-to-peer project from the early 2000s (now renamed Hyphanet). The new Freenet has been up and running since December along with some early applications like River[1], our decentralized group chat and Delta - a decentralized CMS. Users have already started to build their own apps on Freenet including games, and we have some interesting apps in development like Atlas, a search/recommendation engine. Architecturally, this new Freenet is a global, decentralized key-value store where keys are webassembly…

    May 2026 · freenet.org · its alternatives →

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    A gateway to a new, decentralized internet

    2017 · blockstack.org · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, we build an open-source operating system extension for orchestrating robot swarms fully decentralized. This first beta version allows you to create fully decentralized robot swarms. The system will set up a wireless mesh network and run a p2p networking stack on top of it, such that nodes can interact with each other through various abstractions using our SDKs (Rust, Python, TypeScript) or a CLI. We hope this is a step toward better inter-robot communication (and a fun project if you have a few Raspberry Pis lying around). Our mesh network is created by B.A.T.M.A.N.-adv and we’ve…

    2025 · docs.p2p.industries · its alternatives →

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    Articles in this series Part I. Iterative ServersPart II. Forking ServersPart III. Pre-forking ServersPart IV. Threaded ServersPart V. Pre-threaded ServersPart VI: poll-based serverPart VII: epoll-…

    2019 · unixism.net · its alternatives →

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    Solid▲569

    A decentralized web by Tim Berners Lee, creator of the WWW

    2018 · inrupt.com · its alternatives →

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    A serverless, unblockable messaging system for Android. - megamattron/SplinterNet

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server. Contribute to Gargron/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Peerdium▲155

    World's first decentralised P2P publishing platform

    2018 · peerdium.vishnuks.com · its alternatives →

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    You already know that Peergos lets you store and share files securely and privately. Now, you can also host your own website on it! We always thought getting a

    2021 · peergos.org · its alternatives →

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    🧲 Easy to Use Torrent Client. Can be hosted in Cloud. Files can be streamed in Browser/Media Player. - varbhat/exatorrent

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Runkod▲219

    Decentralized web hosting

    2019 · mimichiba.com · its alternatives →

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    We built Nostr Web, a new way to publish and host websites that live entirely on the Nostr network instead of centralized servers. Each website is a collection of signed, verifiable Nostr events distributed across relays—so it can’t be taken down, censored, or lost. It includes: • DNS TXT records for domain-based discovery (_nweb.domain.com) • CLI publisher tool for versioned deployments (nw-publisher) • Browser extension (nw-extension) for native browsing experience • Relay v1.3.5 support for Nostr Web event kinds Try the live demo: https://nweb.shugur.com Repos:…

    Oct 2025 · nweb.shugur.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I built Webtor — an open-source engine that lets you stream .torrent and magnet links directly in the browser. - No swarm exposure — all torrent traffic runs server-side - In-browser playback via HLS - Progressive download with resume support - Lightweight JS SDK and public API - Fully self-hostable via Docker Demo: https://webtor.io GitHub: https://github.com/webtor-io SDK: https://github.com/webtor-io/embed-sdk-js Self-hosted: https://github.com/webtor-io/self-hosted API:…

    2025 · webtor.io · its alternatives →

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    Utopia▲61

    Decentralized blockchain network Utopia

    2021 · u.is · its alternatives →

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    A browser to explore a new internet for decentralized apps

    2017 · browser.blockstack.com · its alternatives →

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    Free anonymous decentralized cloud storage for everyone

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    IPFS▲84

    Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol for Blockchain powered web

    2015 · about.ipfs.io · its alternatives →

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    Hostful▲99

    Fastest way to host your websites & PDFs

    2023 · hostful.io · its alternatives →

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    Open-source protocol for a decentralized, user-owned web

    2024 · pubky.org · its alternatives →

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    ZeroNet▲119

    Decentralized websites using Bitcoin cryptography

    2015 · zeronet.io · its alternatives →

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