RetroShare Alternatives for Mac

Alternatives to RetroShare for Mac with any license

Discord

All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Stop paying for TeamSpeak servers and hassling with Skype. Simplify your life. You'll never go back.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone BSD iPad FreeBSD
Voice Call Share your screen Ad-free Chat Bot ... Text chat Video calling Group chat Push to talk Custom roles Encrypted chat Group Voice Chat Low Latency Multi Channel Public groups chat Reactions Voice channels Camera capturing Channel manager Community based Custom Smileys Dedicated Server Hosting Development API Direct Messaging Electron based Free voice/text servers Gaming-focused In-app server browser In-Game Overlay Integrated Chat Integrated File Sharing Interface Overlay Low bandwidth usage Low memory usage Night mode/Dark Theme Permission system Persistent Chat Photo Sharing Positional audio Responsive design Share your screen Sign on to Access All Platforms Single Sign-On Team Collaboration Webcam overlays Youtube Gaming Integration Add a feature

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Signal

TextSecure and RedPhone have been merged to create Signal! Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in real time with all your friends at once, and share media or attachments all with complete privacy. The server never has access to any of your communication and never stores any of your data. * Say Anything - Send high-quality group, text, picture, and video messages, all without SMS and MMS fees.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Ubuntu Touch
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Encrypted chat Security focused Texting ... Video calling Encrypted calls Encrypted Connection Self destructing messages Video calling Voice Call Color coding Electron based Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Group chat Integrated File Sharing Mobile friendly Night mode/Dark Theme Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Privacy focused Private messaging File Sending Voice messages Add a feature

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Tox

With the rise of widespread government monitoring programs, Tox is an easy to use application that allows you to connect with friends and loved ones without anyone else listening in. Tox is built with the idea that you can keep up with friends and family without having your privacy violated. While other big-name services require you to pay to unlock features, Tox is free in both price, and in liberty. That is, you’re free to do whatever you wish with Tox.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD
Decentralized Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused ... Built-in player Apps with End-to-End Encryption Share your screen Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Group chat Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Texting Video calling Voice Call Add a feature

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Deluge

Deluge is a full-featured BitTorrent client for Linux, Unix and Windows. It is written in python, uses libtorrent (rasterbar) at its core and GTK for the main user interface along with web and console interfaces for advanced client/server facility. Deluge features a rich plugin collection; in fact, most of Deluge's functionality is available in the form of plugins. Deluge was created with the intention of being lightweight and unobtrusive.
- Retroshare is a whole multiple chat/mail/group program while Deluge's main purpose is to download torrents. Guest • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Not the same scope as RetroShare! Guest • Jul 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- torrent client only, not p2p or edonkey. altersoft • Jan 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD libtorrent ... Python
Ad-free Ad-free Built-in Torrent client Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Portable Add a feature

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Riot.im

Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging, filesharing, voice and video conferencing (beta on Android and web), integrations to tools like GitHub, Jira, Jenkins and much more soon. Vector is built on the Matrix.org open standard which provides bridges to other systems such as Slack, IRC and a lot more soon.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Decentralized Group chat Matrix.org protocol ... Video calling Voice Call Community based Custom widgets DRM Free Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Add a feature

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Jami

Ring positions itself as a potential free Skype replacement Open Source and cross-platform. Ring gives you a full control over your communications and an unmatched level of privacy. SIP-compatible softphone and SIP-based instant messenger for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X and Android. Communicate in multiple ways: • A telephone: a simple tool to connect, communicate and share. • A teleconferencing tool: easily join calls to create conferences with multiple participants.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone
Decentralized Distributed Apps with End-to-End Encryption Peer-To-Peer ... Share your screen Video calling Add a feature

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Soulseek

Soulseek® is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek® unique is our community and community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to meet people with the same interests, share information, and chat freely using real-time messages in public or private. Soulseek®, with its built-in people matching system, is a great way to make new friends and expand your mind!

Free Mac Windows Linux
Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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rTorrent

rtorrent is a BitTorrent client for ncurses, using the libtorrent library. The client and library is written in C++ with emphasis on speed and efficiency, while delivering equivalent features to those found in GUI based clients in an ncurses client.

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD
Command Line support Add a feature

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Tribler

Tribler is an application that enables its users to find, enjoy and share content. With content we mean video, audio, pictures, and much more. Tribler has three goals in helping you, the user: find, consume and share content. We aim to show just how easy file-sharing can be. We now added anti-spam measures using channels. Search box with suggestions Anti-spam features Video-on-demand support Fully distributed
- Warning Host's IP can be used as exit nodes: it means that if some other user downloads something illegal, you could be prosecuted because your IP appears! Even on Tribler official website, a Disclaimer states: "Do not put yourself in danger. Our anonymity is not yet mature. Tribler does not protect you against spooks and government agencies."
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Decentralized Distributed Integrated File Sharing Integrated Search ... Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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BiglyBT

BiglyBT is a feature filled, open source, bittorrent client based on the Azureus open source project, now Vuze . Features: Swarm merging across torrents that share the common files. BiglyBT detects similar files in multiple torrents automatically, and merges swarms to download files faster and, if possible, fix incomplete torrents. Rate limiting to limit rates globally, by download, by tag, peer-set (e.g.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD
i2P integration Swarm Merging Ad-free Built-in Media converter ... Built-in player Support for DLNA Integrated Chat Meta-Search Media Streaming Support for TOR Support for WebTorrent Add a feature

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GNUnet

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. Anonymity is provided by making messages originating from a peer indistinguishable from messages that the peer is routing. All peers act as routers and use link-encrypted connections with stable bandwidth utilization to communicate with each other.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Decentralized Distributed Mesh network Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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Bitmessage

Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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aMule

aMule is an opensource alternative to eMule : aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP (country flags). It was forked from the xMule source code on August 18, 2003, which itself is a fork of the lMule project, which was the first attempt to bring the eMule client to Linux.
- Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 2.3.2, released in September 2016, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Support for eD2K/eDonkey protocol Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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Onionshare

OnionShare lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size with someone. It works by starting a web server, making it accessible as a Tor hidden service, and generating an unguessable URL to access and download the file. It doesn't require setting up a server on the internet somewhere or using a third party filesharing service. You host the file on your own computer and use a Tor hidden service to make it temporarily accessible over the internet.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Tor Browser Bundle
Anonymity Add a feature

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Ricochet

Anonymous instant messaging for real privacy.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Anonymity Apps with End-to-End Encryption Peer-To-Peer Serverless Add a feature

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Twister

twister is the fully decentralized P2P (Peer-to-peer) microblogging platform leveraging from the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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Demonsaw

Demonsaw is a new type of information sharing application that allows you to share your files securely. It's the next leap in the evolution of a free Internet, and the debut of social cryptography. Demonsaw is designed to protect your anonymity and hide what you're sharing. Your IP address is never revealed to the world. Share whatever you want, with whomever you want, without fear.

Free Mac Windows Linux
Decentralized Anonymity Add a feature

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Orbit

Instant messaging rooms for the distributed network IPFS.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux IPFS JavaScript ... Go (Programming Language)
No features added Add a feature

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Dialog Messenger

dialog app is built and designed for corporate communication on all types of mobile devices - tablet, mobile phones etc. All the information that is been transmitted via the mobile app syncs with the web interface, archived and easy to search - by the word, file name, or sender.

Free Personal Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Self-Hosted
Encrypted chat Reactions Real time collaboration Team work ... Text chat Add a feature

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EiskaltDC++

EiskaltDC++ is a program for UNIX-like systems that uses the Direct Connect and ADC protocol. It is compatible with other DC clients, such as the original DC from Neomodus, DC++ and derivatives. EiskaltDC++ also interoperates with all common DC hub software.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
Integrated Chat Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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WASTE

WASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application that features instant messaging, chat rooms and file browsing/sharing capabilities. WASTE is a decentralized chat, instant messaging and file sharing program and protocol. It behaves similarly to a virtual private network by connecting to a group of trusted computers, as determined by the users. This kind of network is commonly referred to as a darknet.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Decentralized Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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Peergos

PeerGos is Java client for a decentralised, secure file storage, sharing and social network that's surveillance resistant and doesn't expose your friend network. It is based on the network IPFS , with its DNS service which is IPNS.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted ... Java
Decentralized Distributed Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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GoldBug

GoldBug is a secure Instant Messenger. You can be sure with using GoldBug (GB), that no third party can look into your chat communication. Private user-to-user communication remains private. GoldBug therefore uses strong multi-encryption with different layers of modern encryption technologies of well known and revised crypto libraries (like libgcrypt (GnuPG) and OpenSSL). The app offers as well decentral and encrypted Email and decentral public E*IRC-Chat.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
AES256 encryption Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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MUTE

MUTE File Sharing is a peer-to-peer network that provides easy search-and-download functionality while also protecting your privacy.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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OneSwarm

Supports both bittorrent protocol and a friend-to-friend version of the same protocol which in most situations makes you anonymous.
- Discontinued The last code commit on GitHub was on May 25th, 2012.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Anonymity Anonymity Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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