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RetroShare

Retroshare is a free and open-source peer-to-peer communication and file sharing app based on a friend-to-friend network built by GNU Privacy Guard (GPG). Optionally peers may exchange certificates and IP addresses to their friends and vice versa.

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Available in
38 languages
Developers
Cyril Soler · Gioacchino Mazzurco
License
GNU General Public License
Operating system
Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Haiku
Original author
Robert Fernie
Platform
Cross-platform

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RetroShare

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples58
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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RetroShare

Top relations

related to Anonymity · 8
RetroShare → Although, DHT, Friends, IP/certificate, Search, Since, The, This
related to File sharing · 8
RetroShare → File, Files, HTTP-compliant, In, It, SHA-1, Turtle F2F, Turtle Hopping
related to history · 8
RetroShare → An, Electronic Frontier Foundation's, It, Mark Fernie, November, On, PiShare, Raspberry Pi
related to Authentication and connectivity · 6
RetroShare → After, Friends, GPG, IPv6, November, OpenSSL
related to Caveats · 5
RetroShare → German Court, In, ISP, Opsec, While Retroshare's
related to Communication · 5
RetroShare → I2P, RSS, Tor, Video, VoIP
related to User interface · 3
RetroShare → In, Qt, The
Developers · 2
RetroShare → Cyril Soler, Gioacchino Mazzurco
Available in · 1
RetroShare → 38 languages
License · 1
RetroShare → GNU General Public License

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Important terminology

friends network communication source files may user file sharing friend-to-friend users see links anonymous ip one destination file-sharing external gpg

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RetroShareAvailable in38 languages1.00infobox
RetroShareDevelopersCyril Soler1.00infobox
RetroShareDevelopersGioacchino Mazzurco1.00infobox
RetroShareLicenseGNU General Public License1.00infobox
RetroShareOperating systemLinux, Windows, macOS, Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Haiku1.00infobox
RetroShareOriginal authorRobert Fernie1.00infobox
RetroSharePlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
RetroShareRelease2006; 20 years ago (2006)1.00infobox
RetroShareRepositorygithub.com/RetroShare1.00infobox
RetroShareStable release0.6.7 / 30 November 20231.00infobox
RetroShareTypeAnonymous P2P, friend-to-friend, chat, instant messaging, newsgroups, voice over IP, email client and BBS1.00infobox
RetroShareWebsiteretroshare.cc1.00infobox
RetroShareWritten inC++1.00infobox
RetroShareis afree and open-source peer-to-peer communication and file sharing app based on a friend-to-friend network built by GNU Privacy Guard0.90text

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