Freenet Lives!
Real-Time Decentralized Applications at Scale
February 6, 2025
Freenet vs Traditional Web
The Core Idea
Small-World Routing
Decentralized Consistency
merge(A, B) = merge(B, A)
merge(merge(A, B), C) = merge(merge(B, C), A)
Peer Synchronization
Summaries
Exchange
Compare
Deltas
Send
Peer 1
Peer 2
Summary
Summary
Delta
Delta
Summaries & deltas are opaque bytes; contracts define their meaning
Subscription Trees
Contract location ·
Nearby peers host ·
Subscribe →
Tree forms →
Instant updates
Subscription Tree Propagation
Watch updates propagate through the subscription tree
No Infrastructure Required
Live Demo: Network Dashboard
River: Decentralized Chat
Real-time · End-to-end encrypted · No servers · Open source
Building on Freenet
AI-Accelerated Development
Rebuild every internet service, decentralized.
That's a lot of work. AI changes the economics.
dapp-builder skill
- Claude scaffolds Freenet apps
- River architecture patterns
- Contract → Delegate → UI
Maintaining quality
- Unverified code is the real risk
- CI + comprehensive tests as guardrails
- AI drafts, tests verify, humans review
- AI reviews catch issues humans miss
Same quality bar. Higher speed.
Agent Infrastructure
Get Involved
🖥️
Run a Peer
freenet.org/quickstart🛠️
Build Something
freenet.org/resources/manual/tutorial🤖
Use AI
freenet-agent-skills