Qaul Alternatives

Qaul is described as 'Ad-hoc wireless mesh-network suite that harnesses the power of everyday devices such as computers and smartphones to create a Democratic, Non-Centralized, Mesh Network' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Qaul for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Apple TV apps. The best Qaul alternative is Hyphanet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Qaul are GNUnet, cjdns, LibreMesh and MUTE.

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  1. Hyphanet icon
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    Hyphanet (former Freenet) is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites".

    52 Hyphanet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • Hyphanet is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Qaul.

    • Hyphanet is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Qaul.

    • Hyphanet is Free and Open SourceQaul is also Free and Open Source
  2. GNUnet icon
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    GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. cjdns icon
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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
     
  4. LibreMesh icon
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    LibreMesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenWrt
    • LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment
     
  5. MUTE icon
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    MUTE File Sharing is a peer-to-peer network that provides easy search-and-download functionality while also protecting your privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. SMesh icon
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    SMesh is a seamless wireless mesh network being developed by the Distributed System and Networks Lab at Johns Hopkins University.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
     
  7. ninux icon
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    Ninux is an Italian wireless network community with the goal of creating and expanding a free, open and experimental computer network. It uses the OLSR (Optimized Link State Routing) Protocol, an IP routing protocol optimized for mobile ad hoc networks.

    24 ninux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. CCNx icon
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    The vision of Project CCNx® is to develop, promote, and evaluate a new approach to a communication architecture called content-centric networking.

    21 CCNx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Apple TV
     
  9. CoovaChilli icon
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    CoovaChilli is an open-source software access controller for captive portal (UAM) and 802.1X access provisioning, based on the popular (but now defunct) ChilliSpot project, and is actively maintained by an original ChilliSpot contributor.

    17 CoovaChilli alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • OpenWrt
     
  10. Digitata icon
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    Digitatas is a digital tree, a sapling to give technology to children of the Digital Generation. Under Open Hardware licensing by Open_Sailing and openet.org.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Digitata is the most popular Web-based alternative to Qaul.

    • Digitata is Free and Open SourceQaul is also Free and Open Source
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    Babel is a loop-avoiding distance-vector routing protocol for IPv6 and IPv4 with fast convergence properties. It is based on the ideas in DSDV, AODV and Cisco's EIGRP, but is designed to work well not only in wired networks but also in wireless mesh networks, and has been...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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