RetroShare is a Open Source cross-platform, Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralised communication platform.It lets you to securely chat and share files with your friends and family, using a web-of-trust to authenticate peers and OpenSSL to encrypt all communication.
RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, forums and channels
Website:
http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/retroshare/?source=directory
Features
- Serverless, completely decentralised
- Multiple simultaneous downloads / uploads
- Search Friends
- Messages
- Forums
- Channels
- Voice over IP
- Instant messaging
- Groupchat
- GnuPG Authentication
- OpenSSL Encryption
- adding downloads via website links
- Plugins support
- UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support
- Graphical User Interface written with Qt4 toolkit
- System tray integration
What is RetroShare?
RetroShare is the next generation sharing network, which provides:
- Reliable Identification and Authentication of your friends.
- Plus an Introduction Scheme which connects you to the friends of your friends, and facilitates network growth.
- Encrypted Communication, ensuring all shared information is known only to you and your peers.
- A Communication Platform which can potentially support services such as Secure Email, File Sharing, Streaming, Video or Voice over IP, Photos, Wall and Messaging
- A Decentralised Social Sharing Network designed **For the People** with no dependancies on any corporate system or central servers.
