The Web Alternatives

The Web is described as 'The most known form of internet. The world wide web' and is an website in the online services category. There are nine alternatives to The Web, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best The Web alternative is I2P, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to The Web are IPFS, Hyphanet, ZeroNet and Hypercore Protocol.

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  1. I2P icon
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    The I2P network provides strong privacy protections for communication over the Internet. Many activities that would risk your privacy on the public Internet can be conducted anonymously inside I2P.

    46 I2P alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
    • I2P is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to The Web.

    • I2P is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to The Web.

    • I2P is Free and Open SourceThe Web is also Free and Open Source
    • I2P is Privacy focusedThe Web is not according to our users
  2. IPFS icon
     175 likes

    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.

    69 IPFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Firefox
     
    • IPFS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to The Web.

    • IPFS is Free and Open SourceThe Web is also Free and Open Source
  3. ZeroNet icon
     126 likes

    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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • gevent
    • Self-Hosted
    • NameCoin
    • Python
    • JavaScript
     
    • ZeroNet is the most popular Web-based alternative to The Web.

    • ZeroNet is Free and Open SourceThe Web is also Free and Open Source
  4. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • JavaScript
     
  5. Solid icon
     12 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Named Data Networking (NDN) is an architectural realization of the broad Information Centric Networking (ICN) vision that enables communications by named, secured data at the network layer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux Mobile
     
    • Named Data Networking Project is the most popular iPhone alternative to The Web.

    • Named Data Networking Project is Free and Open SourceThe Web is also Free and Open Source
  7. This project was created in order to support a new internet. One that is more open, free, and censorship-resistant in comparison to the old internet. An internet that eventually wouldn't need to rely on telecom towers, an outdated grid, or all these other "old...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
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