Hyphanet
Anonymously share files, browse and publish _freesites_ (web sites accessible only through Hyphanet) and chat on forums.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 40 commits in the last 90 days, latest release build01507 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: Slack alternatives, WhatsApp alternatives, Microsoft Teams alternatives, Discord alternatives.
At a glance
Hyphanet quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,228
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- build01507, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to Hyphanet
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Freenet is a platform for censorship-resistant communication and publishing. It is peer-to-peer software which provides a distributed, encrypted, decentralized datastore. Websites and applications providing things like forums and chat are built on top of it."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Hyphanet scores 82/100, #25 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: 40 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (build01507, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,228 stars add 12.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
40 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
build01507 released 2 months ago
- Stars 12.4 / 20
1.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 40
- Last 90 days
- 110
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #25 of 44 tools in Communication - Custom Communication Systems by health , between Live Helper Chat (#24) and OTS (#26) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Java |
| Latest release | build01507 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 1,228 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | hyphanet/fred ↗ |
Hyphanet vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Hyphanet (Communication - Custom Communication Systems), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket.Chat | 99 | 46k | MIT | today |
| Chatwoot | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Mattermost | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| One Time Secret | 94 | 3k | MIT | yesterday |
| Hyphanet (this tool) | 82 | 1.2k | GPL-2.0 | 1 month ago |
| RetroShare | 58 | 2k | GPL-2.0 | 22 days ago |
Hyphanet: common questions
Is Hyphanet still maintained?
Hyphanet had 40 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, build01507, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.