PYpyinstallwoes·Aug 14, 2024Submission
Superhighway84 a uncensorable decentralized internet discussion system
3 points · Open discussionmrusme
superhighway84
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superhighway84
USENET-inspired, uncensorable, decentralized internet discussion system running on IPFS & OrbitDB (https://tty.fail/mrus/superhighway84)
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What it is
USENET-inspired, uncensorable, decentralized internet discussion system running on IPFS & OrbitDB (https://tty.fail/mrus/superhighway84)
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What Hacker News says
8 sourcesIn the self-hosted space, I've been really enjoying playing around with decentralized encrypted overlay mesh networks like Nebula. Here's the current list of my faves (all Wireguard based).
Open-source projects not-quite-prod-ready:
- WebMesh: Golang, decentralized nodes
https://github.com/webmeshproj
- InnerNet: Rust, with subnet ACLs
https://github.com/tonarino/innernet
- Wesher: Golang, simple mesh with pre-shared key
https://github.com/costela/wesher
- Wiresmith: Rust, auto-configs clients into a mesh
https://github.com/svenstaro/wiresmith
Open source projects with company-backed SaaS offerings:
- Netbird: Golang, full-fledged solution (desktop clients, DNS, SSO, STUN/TURN, etc)
https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird
- Netmaker: Golang, full-fledge solution
https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker
Honorable mention:
- SuperHighway84
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- more of a Usenet-inspired darknet, but I love the concept + the author's personal website:
https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84
https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/superhighway84
While I do like the idea behind a P2P E2EE chat, I believe that unless you're willing to invest heavily into OrbitDB and IPFS, this project will stay niche at best.
The performance issues that come along with running OrbitDB/IPFS on a machine, let alone a mobile device, are still significant unfortunately. Adding Electron on top of what is already a heavy-weight application is probably going to make people's devices go brrrrr all the time. Not only that, but I would argue that for instant communication this stack might not be the best idea in terms of performance in first place.
Besides, the way IPFS has been (and still keeps) changing their dozens of libraries doesn't make development particularly smooth either. OrbitDB is always behind the latest IPFS version due to all these changes that are being introduced. Hence unless you're planni
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ng to allocate developer time on these two things as well, my guess is that you probably won't have too much fun with your back-end.
The integration with Tor is another thing that will likely be a time drain for developers, as other people here already pointed out, and that will lead to even more performance issues down the line.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the idea behind this project. However, I feel like the aspirations are unrealisticly high and the actual outcome might be realtively frustrating for the average end-user. Having that said, I would love my gut feeling to be proven wrong!
Disclaimer: I'm the developer of Superhighway84 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System#App..., https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84), a USENET-inspired, uncensorable, decentralized internet discussion system running on IPFS & OrbitDB.
Someone created a Usenet-like thing on IPFS. https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84
It's kind of dead. IIRC the dev put that on the back burner in favor of a new BBS-like app. https://github.com/mrusme/neonmodem
In Ask HN: Is it time to resurrect a Usenet clone?Superhighway84 is a Usenet-inspired, uncensorable, decentralized P2P BBS
3 points · Open discussionSomething like that?
https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84
In Ask HN: I miss Usenet. Are there any modern equivalents?This may help to quench your nostalgia https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84
In Ask HN: I miss Usenet. Are there any modern equivalents?It's a little ironic that this application actually does not run on Windows[1] apparently due a bug in a library[2] unfixed since 2018, which is owned and maintained by a $83B publicly-listed company[3], last updated 14 days ago, but unwilling to fix that little cross-platform bug.
[1]: https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84/issues/13
[2]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/issues/621
[3]: https://github.com/uber-go
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