Revisiting this thread because we're about to have 6x more people using
our network for a week...
I have created a page on the wiki for this infor since I think that's a
more elegant and useful way to curate this information. The wiki page is:
https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/wiki/LAN-messaging-apps
The content of that page is copied here for convenience.
~ Pato
COPY OF WIKI PAGE:
What p2p apps do we know of that work on computers and/or cell phones
that can do chat (asynchronous?), calls, and/or file sharing on the LAN?
Peer auto-discovery is optional.
Previously mentioned on this thread:
RetroShare
- platform:
- LAN peer auto-discovery:
- functions:
- stability/usability:
- website:
Ring, https://ring.cx/
- platform:
- LAN peer auto-discovery:
- functions:
- stability/usability:
- website: https://ring.cx/
Briar
- platform: Android
- LAN peer auto-discovery: no, initial connection face-to-face
- functions: text chat
- stability/usability:
- website: https://briarproject.org/
Scuttlebutt / Patchwork / Patchbay
- platform: Linux/Windows/Mac yes, Android in alpha
- LAN peer auto-discovery:
- functions:
- stability/usability:
- website: www.scuttlebutt.nz
Bitmessage
- platform:
- LAN peer auto-discovery:
- functions:
- stability/usability:
- website:
ZeroNet
- platform:
- LAN peer auto-discovery:
- functions:
- stability/usability:
- website:
KouChat
- platform: Linux, Android
- LAN peer auto-discovery: yes
- functions: synchronous text messaging, file sending
- stability/usability: some messages get dropped, otherwise very simple
and easy
- website:
WiFi Walkie Talkie
On 02/11/2018 02:30 PM, Amuza wrote:
>
>
> On 29/07/17 18:04, bruno vianna wrote:
>> I installed it, and it doesn't seem like it.
>>
>> The way you add new contact is pretty clever (two devices face to face
>> scanning their qr-codes), but I'd prefer to have it auto-discover
>> peers in my local network....
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Patricio Gibbs
>> <patricio@altermundi.net <mailto:patricio@altermundi.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Does Briar do LAN peer auto-discovery?
>> It just went to public beta.
>> https://briarproject.org/manual <https://briarproject.org/manual>
>>
>>
> I think both Briar [0] and Ring [1] are supposed to work in the LAN.
> I tried them both a couple of times but they both gave me different
> problems.
> They may be working now. If not, I guess -and hope- sooner or later they
> will, as I think both projects are being developed actively.
> If anyone tests them please let us know the results.
>
> [0] https://briarproject.org/
> [1] https://ring.cx/
>
>
>> On 06/19/2017 05:35 AM, Amuza wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19/06/17 11:26, Nicolas Pace wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 2017-06-16 at 16:50 +0200, Amuza wrote:
>>
>> Hey sisters,
>>
>> Let me share some good news for community networks
>> -and bad ones for
>> ISPs:
>>
>> Actually, ISPs also get benefited cause they don't use
>> upstream for
>> this :)
>>
>>
>> Yes. But I meant ideally ISPs might end up not being needed at
>> all.
>>
>> 0.- Bitmessage has been working on LAN peer
>> auto-discovery. It is
>> already in v0.6 branch, we tested it and it works.
>>
>> 1.- Retroshare will finally have asynchronous
>> messaging working
>> (Retroshare already has LAN peer auto-discovery).
>>
>> 2.- Impressive ZeroNet is aware of the importance of
>> LAN peer
>> auto-discovery and they are going to add this feature.
>>
>> Thanks Amuza!
>> Have been looking for this application layer
>> functionality... i think
>> we need to dig more on this part.
>>
>> Are you doing something in this area?
>>
>>
>> Just pushing any decentralized project I like so that they add
>> LAN peer auto-discovery.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
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