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iroh
Rust2022–2026
n0-computer / iroh

iroh

IP addresses break, dial keys instead. A library that adds QUIC + NAT Traversal to your apps.

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31Mentions
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13KGitHub stars
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IP addresses break, dial keys instead. A library that adds QUIC + NAT Traversal to your apps.

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HN mentions by year31 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-09-06 18:02:23 UTC to 2026-08-26 19:00:40 UTC.

0510152022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 1 submissions, 7 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 14 mentions; 2 submissions, 12 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC817
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC14212
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I built something similar by forking Vibetunnel[0] and turned into a Next.js app that runs on my laptop. Then I connect my laptop and phone to the same Tailscale network and use the 100.xx on my phone to access the same application on my phone. Your app is better than the web app I have since it's native, but we still need to use your CLI and daemon to work. Would be really nice if you supported Tailscale. Also take a look at Zedra[1]. It's similar to yours and powered by Iroh[2] which will replace the need for Tailscale. 0. https://github.com/amantus-ai/vibetunnel 1. https://github.com/tanlethanh/zedra 2. https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh
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As I see, it tries to explain. But as someone who's not a network specialist, I fail to see how this is not a glorified P2P DNS. Maybe this example helps: https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh#rust-library const ALPN: &[u8] = b"iroh-example/echo/0"; let endpoint = Endpoint::bind().await?; // Open a connection to the accepting endpoint let conn = endpoint.connect(addr, ALPN).await?; // Open a bidirectional QUIC stream let (mut send, mut recv) = conn.open_bi().await?; // Send some data to be echoed send.write_all(b"Hello, world!").await?; send.finish()?; // Receive the echo let response = recv.read_to_end(1000).await?; assert_eq!(&response, b"Hello, world!"); // As the side receiving the last application data - say goodbye conn.close(0u32.into(), b"bye!"); // Close the endpoin
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t and all its connections endpoint.close().await;
In Iroh 1.0
Look into Sendme [0] and AltSendme [1] (which is a GUI around the former), they use Iroh [2] which is an open-source encrypted peer-to-peer relay service to send data so there are no limits whatsoever for sending and receiving files, because there's no central server. From my earlier comment about a similar thread a couple days ago about which file sharing apps people use [3]: [0] https://github.com/n0-computer/sendme [1] https://github.com/tonyantony300/alt-sendme [2] https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906587
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