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{{short description|Peer-to-peer Internet platform for censorship-resistant communication}}
{{other uses|Freenet (disambiguation)}}
{{use dmy dates |date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox software
| title = 
| name = Freenet
| logo = Freenet logo.svg
| logo caption = 
| screenshot = The_welcome_page_of_Freenet_Hyphanet.png
| caption = FProxy index page (Freenet 0.7)
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = <ref name="People">{{cite web| title = People| url = https://freenetproject.org/people.html| date = 22 September 2008| publisher = Freenet: The Free Network official website| access-date = 31 May 2014| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053414/https://freenetproject.org/people.html| archive-date = 21 September 2013}}</ref>
| released = {{start date and age|2000|3}} <!-- {{Start date|2000|03|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| discontinued = No
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q540|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q540|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q540|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q540|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| repo = https://github.com/hyphanet/fred
| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]: [[Unix-like]] ([[Android operating system|Android]], [[Linux]], [[BSD]], [[macOS]]), [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform = [[Java (Sun)|Java]]
| size = 
| language = English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese, Russian<ref>[https://github.com/freenet/fred/tree/master/src/freenet/l10n Language specific versions of Freenet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207061812/https://github.com/freenet/fred/tree/master/src/freenet/l10n |date=7 February 2018 }}, ''GitHub: Freenet''.</ref>
| language count = <!-- DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does -->
| language footnote = 
| genre = [[Anonymity application]], [[peer-to-peer]], [[friend-to-friend]], [[overlay network]], [[mix network]], [[distributed data store]]
| license = GNU General Public License version 3 only
| website = {{URL|https://www.hyphanet.org}}
| standard = 
| AsOf = 
| logo_alt = Logo of Freenet
| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of Freenet 0.7.5
}}
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'''Hyphanet''' (until mid-2023: '''Freenet'''<ref name="Hyphanet">{{Cite web |title=Freenet renamed to Hyphanet |url=https://www.hyphanet.org/freenet-renamed-to-hyphanet.html |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=hyphanet.org|date=26 June 2023 }}</ref>) is a [[peer-to-peer]] platform for [[censorship]]-resistant, [[Anonymity application|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.<ref name="What is Freenet?">[https://freenetproject.org/whatis.html What is Freenet?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916012340/https://freenetproject.org/whatis.html |date=16 September 2011 }}, ''Freenet: The Free network official website''.</ref><ref name="Peers in a Client/Server World, 2005">Taylor, Ian J. ''From P2P to Web Services and Grids: Peers in a Client/Server World''. London: Springer, 2005.</ref>{{rp|151}} Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by [[Ian Clarke (computer scientist)|Ian Clarke]], who defined Freenet's goal as providing [[freedom of speech]] on the Internet with strong anonymity protection.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997286,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708213917/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997286,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2008|title=The Infoanarchist|last=Cohen|first=Adam|date=26 June 2000|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian-Beckett2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/nov/26/dark-side-internet-freenet |title=The dark side of the internet |last=Beckett |first=Andy |date=26 November 2009 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=26 November 2009 |archive-date=8 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908073158/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/nov/26/dark-side-internet-freenet }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.locut.us/2009/11/26/the-guardian-writes-about-freenet/ |title=The Guardian writes about Freenet (Ian Clarke's response) |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519101142/http://blog.locut.us/2009/11/26/the-guardian-writes-about-freenet/ }}</ref>

The distributed data store of Freenet is used by many third-party programs and plugins to provide [[microblogging]] and media sharing,<ref name="sone">{{cite web|url = http://draketo.de/licht/freie-software/freenet/sone-pseudonymes-microblogging|title = Sone: Pseudonymes Microblogging über Freenet|access-date = 15 September 2015|archive-date = 5 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151005053905/http://draketo.de/licht/freie-software/freenet/sone-pseudonymes-microblogging|url-status = live}}, German article, 2010</ref> anonymous and decentralised version tracking,<ref name="infocalypse">{{cite web |url=https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/Infocalypse |title=Infoclypse |department=Wiki |website=[[Mercurial]] |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103010527/https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/Infocalypse |url-status=live }}</ref> blogging,<ref name="floghelper">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/freenet/plugin-FlogHelper-staging|title=Flog Helper: Easy Blogging over Freenet|website=[[GitHub]]|date=7 February 2019|access-date=16 December 2011|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205041917/https://github.com/freenet/plugin-FlogHelper|url-status=live}}</ref> a generic [[web of trust]] for decentralized [[Anti-spam techniques|spam resistance]],<ref name="weboftrust">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.freenetproject.org/WoT|title=Web of Trust |date=7 February 2019|access-date=15 September 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208180619/https://wiki.freenetproject.org/WoT|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Web Of Trust |url=https://github.com/hyphanet/wiki/wiki/Web-Of-Trust |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref> Shoeshop for using Freenet over [[sneakernet]],<ref name="shoeshop">Freenet over Sneakernet. Freenet Key: USK@MYLAnId-ZEyXhDGGbYOa1gOtkZZrFNTXjFl1dibLj9E,Xpu27DoAKKc8b0718E-ZteFrGqCYROe7XBBJI57pB4M,AQACAAE/Shoeshop/2/</ref> and many more.