Named Data Networking Project Alternatives

Apps similar to Named Data Networking Project include IPFS, which is free and open source. Other options are ZeroNet, Gopher, Gemini (protocol) and Hypercore Protocol. In total there are nine Anonymizing Networks like Named Data Networking Project for the web, Mac, Windows, Linux and self-hosting.

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  1. IPFS icon
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    IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem. It combines ideas from Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the web. It is like a single bittorrent swarm, exchanging git objects. IPFS provides an interface as simple as the HTTP web, but with permanence built in.

    71 IPFS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
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    • Firefox
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  2. ZeroNet icon
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    ZeroNet uses cryptography (Bitcoin library) and BitTorrent DHT (centralized trackers) to build a distributed censorship-resistant network.

    30 ZeroNet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • gevent
    • Self-Hosted
    • NameCoin
    • Python
    • JavaScript
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  3. Gopher icon
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    is a TCP/IP application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  4. Gemini is a new application-level internet protocol for the distribution of arbitrary files, with some special consideration for serving a lightweight hypertext format which facilitates linking between files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Hypercore Protocol is a peer-to-peer data network built on the Hypercore logs. Hypercores are signed, append-only logs. They're like lightweight blockchains without the consensus algorithm. As with BitTorrent, as more people "seed" a dataset it will increase the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • JavaScript
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  6. Solid icon
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    Solid (derived from "social linked data") is a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized Web applications based on Linked Data principles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Stacks.BTC icon
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    Stacks -Formerly Known as Blockstack- is a new decentralized internet where users own their data and apps run locally. Take back control over your digital life. A browser portal is all you need to get started.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  8. HTTP icon
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    is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, and hypermedia information systems.[1] HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.

    9 HTTP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  9. The Web icon
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    The most known form of internet. The world wide web.

    9 The Web alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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