Hyphanet

For other uses, see Freenet (disambiguation).

Hyphanet
FProxy index page (Freenet 0.7)
Developer
Release	March 2000 (2000-03)
Stable release	0.7.5 build 1506  / 21 February 2026
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform: Unix-like (Android, Linux, BSD, macOS), Microsoft Windows
Platform	Java
Available in	English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese, Russian
Type	Anonymity application, peer-to-peer, friend-to-friend, overlay network, mix network, distributed data store
License	GNU General Public License version 3 only
Website	www.hyphanet.org
Repository	https://github.com/hyphanet/fred

Hyphanet (until mid-2023: Freenet) is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, anonymous communication. It uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information, and has a suite of free software for publishing and communicating on the Web without fear of censorship. Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke, who defined Freenet's goal as providing freedom of speech on the Internet with strong anonymity protection.

The distributed data store of Hyphanet is used by third-party programs and plugins to provide microblogging and media sharing, anonymous and decentralised version tracking, blogging, a generic web of trust for decentralized spam resistance, and Shoeshop for using Freenet over sneakernet.