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I make Peersuite, a p2p encrypted discord alternative (lemmy.ml)

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Hey everyone.

I make Peersuite, an opensource free communication platform.

It's private by default, there's no sign-in or email collection.

It's peer-to-peer, there's no server, after discovery you are connected directly to your friends my AES-GCN encrypted WebRTC channels. It forms a mesh and identifies superpeers. Because there is no server, in order to save your data between sessions, you can download your workspace into a password encrypted file. Happy to answer any questions.

FEATURES:

chat with images, PMs, channels, and file send
group audio/video calling
screensharing
kanban board
whiteboard for diagrams/flowchartswith PNG export
collaborative document editing with formatted PDF export

The best way for self hosting is docker, its on dockerhub as openconstruct/peersuite. You can also download desktop versions from the github or use on the web at https://peersuite.space/

github - https://github.com/openconstruct/Peersuite

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I'll spin this up in docker and check it out tomorrow

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I don't want to rain on your parade, but to claim you're a Discord alternative is like saying a box is a an alternative to a luxury resort. You've got a lot of work to do before being a Discord alternative.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 days ago (8 children)

It's peer-to-peer, there's no server

The best way for self hosting is docker

🤔

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This needs to be widely known. I didn't test all the functions yet, but if this works, this is big!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That's so cool, but wouldn't everyone need automat port forwarding/opening like UPnP IGD / PCP to initiate connection? Not everyone has this enabled

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Not trying to shill, but seems like a perfect opportunity to integrate Tailscale for network access and then use the funnel feature to connect to peers.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Is this open source? Otherwise this feels like a honey pot.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago

Asked the same question I was gonna, so I did the googling.

https://github.com/openconstruct/Peersuite

AGPL

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (8 children)

And revolt was right there being all open source and stuff

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

But it's not decentralized

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The website gives a 404 error

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

I removed the dash at the end. Guess it was a typo

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Libre Software? Push-To-Talk?

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