RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, forums and channels. The installer includes a portable installation option. RetroShare is a Open Source cross-platform, Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralised communication platform. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. ![]() Although the software is designed to be very user friendly, it requires you to be comfortable with some basic networking concepts. Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. RetroShare is a full featured and powerful sharing platform however it is not a "file sharing for dummies" application. RetroShare has a very different audience and threat model. RetroShare is available for free for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X. Briar and RetroShare use similar approaches. Other features include network search, UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support, built-in forums, plug-ins and more. RetroShare is not an anonymizing network, it is a friend-to-friend (F2F) network, or optionally a darknet. End-to-End encryption is a basic requirement for social network programs to respect privacy by design. In addition to sharing files, you can also exchange messages (with optional attachments) with your friends from an email-like communication client or the built-in messenger. All communication is encrypted and nobody else (not even your ISP) can see what you are sharing. RetroShare enables you to share files with your authenticated friends in complete privacy. Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Unlike other file sharing applications, RetroShare only allows people into your network who you exchange GnuPG certificates with (a certificate is created for you when you set up the server). Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail. Retroshare can be used in Tor and I2P networks Audio/video calls (experimental): make free and secure calls with the VoIP plugin. ![]() RetroShare is a file sharing and communication platform that allows you to create your own decentralised file sharing and communication network.
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