Freenet / Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1498 has been released via auto-update on the network, but installers are still delayed due to security testing of the signing infrastructure.
Install Freenet / Hyphanet for Windows, for GNU/Linux, macOS and other *nixes, or for Android. See the download page for more information and other platforms.
Windows installers have to be signed to avoid triggering warning messages. Due to the forced renaming we have to establish a new signing workflow with a new signature provider.
The new signature provider has a higher standard of security. This is
something we cherish, because the signing pipeline we built for that
now always runs the script verify-build on every release. That
script checks whether what is released as jar actually matches what
can be built from sources. That way developers cannot be pressured to
smuggle treacherous code into binary releases without automatically
raising red flag. Until now we had to rely only on anonymous users
running this script — that’s still the safest, so please keep doing
that — and now we have a second layer of protection.
This higher standard of security means, though, that they are getting their github actions support checked by a thirdparty security tester, and this takes time. Therefore it will still take some time until we can provide a new Windows installer. Until then, please install using the older installers.
If you install from such an installer, your node will update automatically to the most recent version once after it connected to the network. Build 1498 has already been deployed networkwide, so this is what you’ll get.
We will additionally provide the new release on this website once the installers are ready.
What is Freenet / Hyphanet?
Hyphanet is the original Freenet,
a peer-to-peer platform for
censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting
publishing and communication.
I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet? --Mike Godwin, Electronic Frontier Foundation
What about the name Hyphanet? See Freenet renamed to Hyphanet.
That Hyphanet can keep moving forward and help people worldwide to exercise their basic rights and freedoms is the work of amazing volunteers, both contributors and people running Hyphanet nodes.
Contribute
If you want to help us get better, please chat with us in #freenet @ irc.libera.chat. And give us time to answer, we’re all volunteers and might not be in your timezone.
To get into development right-away, have a look at one of the Freenet / Hyphanet Projects or just get fred and fix something that annoys you.
And to take on something that makes a big difference, have a look at the high-impact tasks.
Thank you for your contributions, and thank you for using Freenet / Hyphanet!
-- AB
Install Freenet / Hyphanet for Windows, for GNU/Linux, macOS and other *nixes, or for Android. See the download page for more information and other platforms.