Self-contained Networks
If you are currently browsing clearnet and want to access the dark web, this section is for you.
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openbsd="http://openports.se/net/tor"
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fdroid="https://support.torproject.org/tormobile/tormobile-7/"
googleplay="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser"
android="https://www.torproject.org/download/#android"
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title="I2P Anonymous Network"
image="/assets/img/legacy_svg/3rd-party/i2p.svg"
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description="The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a computer network layer that allows applications to send messages to each other pseudonymously and securely. Uses include anonymous Web surfing, chatting, blogging, and file transfers. The software that implements this layer is called an I2P router and a computer running I2P is called an I2P node. The software is free and open-source and is published under multiple licenses."
website="https://geti2p.net/"
i2p="http://i2p-projekt.i2p/"
windows="https://geti2p.net/en/download#windows"
mac="https://geti2p.net/en/download#mac"
linux="https://geti2p.net/en/download#unix"
freebsd="https://www.freshports.org/security/i2p/"
openbsd="http://openports.se/net/i2pd"
netbsd="http://pkgsrc.se/wip/i2pd"
fdroid="https://f-droid.org/app/net.i2p.android.router"
googleplay="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.i2p.android"
android="https://download.i2p2.de/android/current/"
source="https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved/guides/new-developers#getting-the-i2p-code"
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title="The Freenet Project"
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description="Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication. It uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information, and has a suite of free software for publishing and communicating on the Web without fear of censorship. Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke, who defined Freenet's goal as providing freedom of speech on the Internet with strong anonymity protection."
website="https://freenetproject.org/"
windows="https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html#windows"
mac="https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html#os-x"
linux="https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html#gnulinux-posix"
freebsd="https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html#gnulinux-posix"
openbsd="https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html#gnulinux-posix"
netbsd="https://freenetproject.org/pages/download.html#gnulinux-posix"
github="https://github.com/freenet/"
%}
Worth Mentioning
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ZeroNet - Open, free, and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network.
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text="Not anonymous"
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- RetroShare - An open source, cross-platform, friend-to-friend, secure, and decentralized communication platform.
- I2P-Bote - End-to-end encrypted decentralized mail system within the I2P network.
- GNUnet - GNUnet provides a strong foundation of free software for a global, distributed network that provides security and privacy.
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IPFS and IPFS Companion- A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS Companion is a browser extension for redirecting queries to a gateway of your choice (generally local).
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Yggdrasil
- An early-stage implementation of a fully end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network. It is lightweight, self-arranging, supported on multiple platforms, and allows pretty much any IPv6-capable application to communicate securely with other Yggdrasil nodes. Yggdrasil does not require you to have IPv6 Internet connectivity - it also works over IPv4.
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color="warning"
icon="far fa-question-circle"
tooltip="The project is currently in early stages but it is being actively developed."
text="Experimental"
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color="danger"
icon="fas fa-exclamation-triangle"
link=""
tooltip="Yggdrasil doesn't provide anonymity by default. Your peers know your IP address unless you configure it to only use Tor/I2P peers."
text="Not anonymous by default"
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