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Selfhosted P2P File Transfer & Messaging PWA (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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App: https://chat.positive-intentions.com/

A p2p encrypted file transfer and messaging app. Here are some features below:

Open Source
Cross platform
- PWA
- iOS, Android, Desktop (self compile)
- App store, Play store (coming soon)
- Desktop
  - Windows, Macos, Linux (self compile)
  - run index.html on any modern browser
- Decentralized
Secure
- No cookies
- P2P encrypted
- No registration
- No installing
Messaging
- Group Messaging (coming soon)
- Text Messaging
- Multimedia Messaging
- Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
- Offline Messaging (in research phase)
- File Transfer
- Video Calls
Data Ownership
- Self Hosting
- GitHub pages Hosting
- Local-Only storage

Check it out!

App: https://chat.positive-intentions.com/
More info: https://positive-intentions.com/blog/introducing-decentralized-chat
GitHub: https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

its browser based. it uses webrtc to create p2p connections between browsers. concepts like authentication takes the form of using cryptography capabilities of a typical browser. the storage of data from messages to encryption keys are stored in indexedDB as provided by the browser of your choice. there is an emphesis on client-side browser-based capabilities in all parts of the app.

matrix is a good peer reviewed and generally reccommended solution. this project isnt intended to replace any existing solution. there are many other similar projects out there, but i notice there arent many presented as webapps. this is my attempt.