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24 alternatives to WebRTC based encrypted data transfer between peers

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

This is a peer-to-peer data transfer tool that uses WebRTC technology to enable encrypted communication directly between users without relying on a central server. It is designed for anyone who needs to securely share… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WebRTC based encrypted data transfer between peers launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    📦 Command line peer-to-peer data transfer tool based on libp2p. - dennis-tra/pcp

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Serverless, E2E encrypted P2P file transfer via WebRTC.

    Jul 2026 · rootwin-project.github.io · its alternatives →

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    I have decided to open source this project to increase trust even further. In case you have seen my previous posts, this is an update for berb.app, a WebRTC file sharing app. My goal is simple: send files between devices in real-time without installing crap or uploading to any servers.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Blockchain-based secure & private file sharing for everyone

    2023 · send.transferchain.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi, creator here. This is a demo of our recent work presented at Oakland (IEEE S&P): https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/368. The server and client code are written in Rust and available here: https://github.com/menonsamir/spiral-rs. The general aim of our work is to show that homomorphic encryption is practical today for real-world applications. The server we use to serve this costs $35/month! A quick overview: the client uses homomorphic encryption to encrypt the article number that they would like to retrieve. The server processes the query and…

    2022 · spiralwiki.com · its alternatives →

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    Web site to securely transmit files between browsers

    2021 · sendfiles.dev · its alternatives →

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    WebRTC For The Curious # Introduction # WebRTC For The Curious is an open-source book created by WebRTC implementers to share their hard-earned knowledge with the world. It’s written for those who are always looking for more and don’t settle for abstraction. Key features # Focus on protocols and API

    2020 · webrtcforthecurious.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    Secure & private cloud storage & file sharing

    2023 · transferchain.io · its alternatives →

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    WebRTC Connect Experiment - https://aquigorka.com/webrtc-qr/ - AquiGorka/webrtc-qr

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Send any file, any size, straight from browser to browser

    Jun 2026 · jfsendit.com · its alternatives →

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    Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Webrtc SDK is for developers to install and customize realtime communication between devices and enable secure streaming of video, audio to Kinesis Video Streams. - awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I’d like to share a open source project I’ve been working on: Weblink, a pure web-based file transfer and chat application built on WebRTC. No downloads or installations are needed—everything works directly in your browser. Key features include: - Works seamlessly as a PWA for sharing files/text through the system - File synchronization and resuming interrupted transfers - Video calling - Clipboard and folder transfer (folders are auto-compressed) Weblink uses a serverless P2P architecture, supporting multiple backends like Firebase and self-hosted WebSocket, and ensures signaling…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Made this to use my laptop terminal session on mobile without data going through a server. tt start -p mypassword → get a URL (qrcode) → open in browser → enter password → connected. Direct webrtc datachannel between your machine and browser. Signaling server is a cloudflare worker, exchanges ~2KB of sdp/ice metadata then gets out of the way. Password never transmitted - argon2id derives 256-bit key locally on both ends. All terminal i/o gets nacl secretbox encryption before hitting the datachannel. double encrypted with dtls underneath but I wanted the relay to see nothing useful…

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Share a terminal session over WebRTC. Contribute to maxmcd/webtty development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I just released weron, a P2P VPN that uses WebRTC for transport which I've been working on for the last couple of months. It can create both layer 2/Ethernet and layer 3/IP overlay networks, and the underlying transport layer can be easily embedded to write your own P2P apps with Go. Compared to for example Tailscale, WireGuard and ZeroTier, its much harder to block on a network level and also significantly easier to set up, while not sacrifing much performance. I'd love to get your feedback :)

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    No server, no database, crypto encrypted file transfer.

    Jul 2026 · peer-drop-pi.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN — I built Pairlane, a WebRTC-based P2P file sharing tool. Core idea: file bytes never pass through the server. The server only does WebSocket signaling (Cloudflare Workers + Durable Objects), while the actual transfer happens peer-to-peer over a WebRTC DataChannel. It works for: - browser ↔ browser - browser ↔ terminal - terminal ↔ terminal (via an npx CLI wrapper) CLI quick start: - npx pairlane send /path/to/file - npx pairlane receive --output-dir ./downloads Security: - Optional E2E encryption (AES-GCM). The key lives in the URL fragment (#k=...) and is never…

    Jan 2026 · getpairlane.com · its alternatives →

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    gRPC over WebRTC. Contribute to jsmouret/grpc-over-webrtc development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ShareDrop is a peer-to-peer file sharing app powered by HTML5 WebRTC.

    2014 · sharedrop.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I’ve been working for the past 10 months on p2party, a TypeScript/C/WASM library which you can find at https://github.com/p2party/p2party-js and demo at https://p2party.com , that lets you spin up an encrypted peer-to-peer mesh with nothing more than a shared URL. Why I built it: I wanted something between https://file.pizza and “ephemeral Signal chat”, but with my custom cryptographic idea (I know I know... WebRTC is already encrypted and it is easy to go wrong etc.). The project started as a toy for sharing large DAW files with my…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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