P2P alternatives for centralised products

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Many services have problem that each other and thus their valuable database is not connected to each other. imagine what would happen if websites suddenly ceased to exist due to a failure blackout - google, facebook, youtube - half of humanity would be cut off from the world. And this problem fixed P2P model.

Recommendens links: https://github.com/kgryte/awesome-peer-to-peer

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kompowiec2List by kompowiec2, last updated 
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  1. reep.io icon
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    services to replace: any file hosting File sharing using WebRTC, ideally for IM which not supported DCC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
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    Cjdns is a networking protocol and reference implementation, founded on the ideology that networks should be easy to set up, protocols should scale up smoothly, and security should be ubiquitous.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    protocol to replace: HTTP icon HTTP this compilated kademilia + bittorrent + git + CDN

    a lot of time will pass before he accepts, however, he would solve the problem of the almost all services

    https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Firefox
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    IPFS Peers Map
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    IPFS Status Page
  4. Protocols replace: email is great protocol which is de facto standard hovewer does exists experiments with p2p version. Also worth mentioning Jami icon Jami Ricochet icon Ricochet Mesh icon Mesh Cryptocat icon Cryptocat RetroShare icon RetroShare

    P2P communications have a cons that isn't federated so not recommended every day. one exception is here but isn't P2P.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    centralised services to replace: Facebook icon Facebook X icon X Google Plus icon Google Plus VK icon VK Gab icon Gab Tumblr icon Tumblr ... mastodon worked similar to XMPP, is decentralized, fully interoperable, federated using ActivityPub

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Android Tablet
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