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24 alternatives to JavaScript library for robust peer-to-peer browser networks with WebRTC

A robust, minimal-server-interaction API for peer routing in the browser - Elijah-Bodden/Membrane

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. JavaScript library for robust peer-to-peer browser networks with WebRTC launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   KORE.io▲88

   A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

   2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

2. 2PT
   Peer-to-peer mini r/place with Proof of Work▲122

   Hi HN, This is a site where users can submit content and the shortest SHA256 value of nonce+content among them will make the site display the content. Very basic, without a blockchain. It's a static site with WebRTC and peer-to-peer. Why? I wanted r/place (Reddit canvas where users collaborate on a pixel grid), but with proof of work. This is my progress so far. It's a WebRTC app with peer to peer connectivity that forwards the best hashed values to other users, which verify them, display them and pass them on. There are many many improvements to be done (especially I should probably…

   2024 · tropical.pages.dev · its alternatives →

3. 3AE
   A example of running P2P network in browser (WASM+WebRTC+Chord DHT)▲35

   2023 · rings.rs · 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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   Decentralized networking library for (not only) games▲9

   Lightweight Peer-to-Peer networking engine for real time applications - inetic/libclub

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   PeerLite – WebRTC library with perfect negotiation using TypeScript▲24

   Lightweight WebRTC browser library that supports video, audio and data channels - skyllo/peer-lite

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   P2p IRC-inspired browser chat on WebTorrent▲44

   2018 · chr15m.github.io · its alternatives →

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   My Peer-to-Peer Multiplayer JavaScript Game Framework▲9

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9CA
   CapacitorJS – a webcomponent based client side router▲9

   2020 · capacitor.non.io · its alternatives →

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    Peer-to-Peer Direct Connections▲7

    2024 · roberts.pm · its alternatives →

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    Netflux-p2p, Client/server JavaScript API Based on WebRTC and WebSocket▲8

    Abstract peer to peer client transport API. Implementations based on WebRTC and webSocket to be done.

    2018 · coast-team.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Peer-to-peer web search over the YaCy network▲5

    SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine

    13d ago · search.my-yacy-node.org · its alternatives →

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    WebRTC based encrypted data transfer between peers▲25

    P2P WebRTC based encrypted data transfer between peers. - abhishekgahlot/gutenberg-rtc

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ranvier, a Node.js based telnet MUD codebase▲5

    2017 · ranviermud.com · its alternatives →

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    A distributed and persistent web crawler written in Go▲5

    Cross-platform persistent and distributed web crawler :link: - schollz/linkcrawler

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pagespace – Manageable websites with Node.js▲5

    2016 · versatile.nl · its alternatives →

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    Decentralized Graph Database for Node.js and Browsers▲14

    An open source cybersecurity protocol for syncing decentralized graph data. - amark/gun

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Monkberry▲6

    A JavaScript library for building web user interfaces

    2016 · monkberry.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Parallac.js – A JavaScript clone of Chapel for distributed computing▲6

    A Distributed Computing library written for Node.js based on Chapel. - briangu/parallac.js

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TR
    Towards route-less HTTP services in Scala▲8

    2017 · blog.buildo.io · its alternatives →

21. 21AW
    A web-browser to web-browser file sharing app (uses WebSockets, no DB)▲9

    2020 · easy-file-share.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Atorable, a peer-to-peer solution for high demand content▲5

    2022 · atorable.com · its alternatives →

23. 23FM
    Filelove – minimal P2P file transfer right in the browser▲9

    2022 · file.love · its alternatives →

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    JsonTree, a tool for turning JSON data into a collapsible html tree▲9

    A lightweight vanilla Javascript micro-library for making collapsible trees with JSON - MaxLeiter/jsonTree

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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