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Patchwork

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A decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB).

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
Discontinued

Patchwork v3.18.1 was the last release.It is no longer in development since May 2021. Furthermore, the GitHub repository was archived.

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Peer-To-Peer
  2.  Decentralized
  3.  Works Offline
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  No Tracking
  6.  Distributed
  7.  Encrypted Chat

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  • secure-messaging

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Patchwork information

  • Developed by

    US flagSecure Scuttlebutt Consortium
  • Licensing

    Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    37 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Social & CommunicationsFile SharingSecurity & Privacy

GitHub repository

  •  3,574 Stars
  •  333 Forks
  •  0 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 12, 2021 (Archived)
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Patchwork was added to AlternativeTo by Benjamin Lupton on Jul 22, 2016 and this page was last updated Dec 15, 2023.
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What is Patchwork?

It's better than email because:

  • Private messages are end-to-end encrypted, always.
  • You have to follow somebody to get messages from them, so you won't get spammed.
  • Your mail can be public broadcasts or private, and you'll only see replies by people you follow.
  • The datastructure is a global mesh of append-only logs, which can support new types of data (not just "mail").
  • Users are not bound to one server/host (what we call "pubs") and do not have to trust the servers.
  • It's very easy to setup and maintain your own pub.

It's better than twitter and facebook because:

  • Private messages are end-to-end encrypted, always.
  • The software runs on your device, so there's nobody tracking your browsing.
  • The application-code is FOSS, so you're free to fork or write new applications without a gatekeeper setting terms.
  • Data is saved to your disk, and so the application works offline.
  • You can sync directly with friends over the wifi.

Because we're still in development, you'll need to contact an SSB team member (in #scuttlebutt on Freenode) to get onto the network! That's our informal barrier to entry right now, since we're not prepared for lots of users yet.

Patchwork embeds the Scuttlebot networked database, so if you're running Patchwork, you don't need to run another scuttlebot server.

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