# Hyphanet

> Hyphanet is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the team chat category. Anonymously share files, browse and publish freesites (web sites accessible only through Hyphanet) and chat on forums. It has 1,220 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-2.0 license.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/hyphanet/fred |
| Website | https://hyphanet.org/ |
| GitHub stars | 1,220 |
| Forks | 236 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| License | GPL-2.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Java |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | Java |
| Categories | Team Chat |
| Commits, last 12 months | 110 |
| Last commit | Sep 19, 2026 |
| Latest release | build01507 (Sep 4, 2026) |
| Created | Apr 25, 2009 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: anonymity, hyphanet, privacy

## Install

Hyphanet installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/hyphanet/fred.

Need it installed for you? [appsgit installation help](https://appsgit.com/services/install): a fixed quote by email, single app installs from $79.

## Similar apps in Team Chat

- [Rocket.Chat](https://appsgit.com/apps/rocket-chat): Communications platform that puts data protection first (alternative to Gitter.im and Slack). (46,213 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Novu](https://appsgit.com/apps/novu): Notification infrastructure for developers. (40,118 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Mattermost](https://appsgit.com/apps/mattermost): Platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle, can be integrated with Gitlab (alternative to Slack). (39,271 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Chatwoot](https://appsgit.com/apps/chatwoot): Customer communication platform (alternative to Intercom and Zendesk). (37,569 stars, MIT, Ruby, Docker)
- [ntfy](https://appsgit.com/apps/ntfy): Push notifications to phone or desktop using HTTP PUT/POST, with Android app, CLI and web app, similar to Pushover and Gotify. (34,644 stars, Apache-2.0, Go, Docker)
- [Zulip](https://appsgit.com/apps/zulip): Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application. (25,998 stars, Apache-2.0, Python)
- [SimpleX Chat](https://appsgit.com/apps/simplex-chat): The most private and secure chat and applications platform - now with double ratchet E2E encryption. (19,521 stars, AGPL-3.0, Haskell)
- [Apprise](https://appsgit.com/apps/apprise): Apprise allows you to send a notification to almost all of the most popular notification services available to us today such as: Telegram, Discord, Slack, Amazon SNS, Gotify, etc. (17,531 stars, BSD-2-Clause, Python, Docker)

---

Canonical page: https://appsgit.com/apps/hyphanet
Source: appsgit (https://appsgit.com), the app store for github. Data from the GitHub API, refreshed nightly.
Machine access: JSON API https://appsgit.com/api/v1/apps (OpenAPI: https://appsgit.com/openapi.json), MCP server https://mcp.appsgit.com/mcp, full index https://appsgit.com/llms-full.txt.