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RetroShare

Secured and decentralized communication system

Chat & Communication ★ 2k stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Secured and decentralized communication system. Offers decentralized chat, forums, messaging, file transfer.

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Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Active community (2k GitHub stars)
  • Written in C++
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is RetroShare secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for RetroShare's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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SelfHostIndex: 67 · good

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