retroshare ☆

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Description:
Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralised communication platform

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 0.6.7a,0c03e93a4-01-03-2024-MacOS-10.15.7-Qt-5.15.11,0.6.7.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Networking

Tags: p2p decentralized encryption file-sharing messaging voip

Install: brew install --cask retroshare

About:
RetroShare is a decentralized, open-source communication platform that enables secure, serverless file sharing, messaging, and VoIP over a friend-to-friend (F2F) network. It uses a web-of-trust model and end-to-end encryption to ensure that only direct connections can communicate, providing strong privacy. The platform supports anonymous chat forums, channels, and distributed hash table (DHT) based routing.

Key Features:

End-to-end encryption and web-of-trust security
Serverless, decentralized F2F network architecture
Integrated file sharing, messaging, and VoIP
Anonymous chat forums and channels

Use Cases:

Secure, private communication among trusted contacts
Decentralized file sharing without central servers

Alternatives:

RetroShare Legacy – The legacy client; this cask provides the modern Qt5-based build for macOS.
Tox – Alternative decentralized messaging; Tox is fully P2P but lacks RetroShare's forums and channels.

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