1. You hold the keys
Every post, comment, and vote is Ed25519-signed in your browser. A website or relay can carry data or go offline — it can never forge your identity.
Permissionless · server-less · anon
Where the people building peer-to-peer hang out.
A permissionless, server-less message board for anons who ship P2P — and the front door to the whole Pear ecosystem of real apps.
pear
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01 Who we are
We build peer-to-peer because the internet should work without asking permission.
No servers. No sign-ups. No account recovery. No companies to shut down. No terms of service. No one to complain to. Just keys, protocols, and code.
If centralized services are fragile, we work on the alternative. If your data lives in someone else's database, you don't own it. If your identity requires their approval, you don't have one. This isn't a rant — it's a building project.
Anonymity here isn't pretending. It's the default. Everyone on this network is a 32-byte public key. Whatever name you go by is the one you pick.
No permission needed
No gatekeeper sits between you and shipping. Publish a key, you're live.
You are a 32-byte key
Anonymity is the default, not a feature. The name is the one you choose.
Own your data
It lives on your device and syncs peer-to-peer. Nobody else's database.
00 Intro
A 60-second intro to peer-to-peer.
You do not need a protocol PhD to hang out here — only a clear picture of who holds the keys.
2. Peers share signed records
Like peerit, each author writes a single-writer outbox. Devices merge only what verifies. Forged rows are dropped at ingest.
3. Two doors, one board
This browser is the easy on-ramp. PearBrowser opens the same board over hyper:// with full swarm replication.
4. Spam costs work
Posts mint a small proof-of-work. Votes are reputation-weighted so brand-new keys barely move ranking.
Ready? Open the board · Get PearBrowser · All entry options
02 The board
A peer-to-peer hacker news that runs on no servers.
Every user runs their own node. Posts sync peer-to-peer over Hyperswarm, signed by each author's Hypercore. The historical terminal package is not currently installable while native v3 delivery is being migrated.
Hypercore-signed posts
Every post is cryptographically signed by its author's Hypercore. Tamper-evident by construction.
Reputation-weighted voting
Votes carry the weight of the keys behind them. Signal rises without a central moderator.
Hashcash-gated
Submissions cost a little proof-of-work. Spam pays a price; humans barely notice.
Lives in your terminal
The historical product was a terminal app. Native delivery is paused until a signed AppRelease and verified local host are available.
No servers, ever
Nodes find each other on Hyperswarm + HyperDHT. Nothing to host, nothing to seize.
Freedom-first culture
Share your build. Ship in the open. The vibe is anons who actually make things.
Native delivery migration in progress
Native install pending signed AppRelease and verified local host
Use the community/browser surface while native delivery is pending.
03 The ecosystem hub
PearBrowser Network catalog · version 3The curated front door to real P2P apps.
p2pbuilders doubles as the showcase. The catalog lists browser surfaces and companion apps, with browsable links and explicit migration status. HiveRelay supports availability; it never grants native install authority.
Pear POS
point of sale
P2P point-of-sale with AI product recognition and self-custodial USDT / Bitcoin payments via the Tether WDK.
AI recognitionTether WDKself-custodial
Pear Tickets
event ticketing
Offline-capable, signed-Hypercore event ticketing with Lightning, Cashu, and Stripe at checkout.
offline-capableLightningCashu
pearpaste / Paste
notes & clipboard
Local-first, end-to-end encrypted notes and clipboard sync across desktop and Expo mobile.
E2EElocal-firstdesktop + mobile
Pear Dealroom
data room
Zero-infra, E2EE virtual data room for M&A with a signed, tamper-evident audit trail.
E2EEzero-infraaudit trail
PearTube
video
Decentralized P2P video — iOS, Android, and macOS built from a single codebase.
iOSAndroidmacOS
The Board
community
This community's own terminal app — the permissionless P2P hacker news anchoring the catalog.
TUIHypercore-signedlive
Early-stage & demo apps
pear-commsApp-to-app voice / video / messaging SDK.demo
pear-bazaarOffline-first marketplace.demo
pear-exchangeP2P crypto exchange.demo
pear-sanduqOffline bearer-cash wallet on Cashu.demo
pear-ridesGeohash discovery for rides.demo
pear-staysGeohash discovery for stays.demo
pear-homeLocal-first IoT.demo
pear-sahifaAuthenticated offline news.demo
pear-openclawAI-agent orchestration mesh.demo
04 The builder stack
One stack, consistent across every app.
The same primitives power the board and every app in the catalog — running on Pear or Bare, with HiveRelay as the optional always-on availability layer.
Data
- Hypercore
- Hyperbee
- Hyperdrive
Convergence
- Autobase · multi-writer
Discovery
- Hyperswarm
- HyperDHT
Runtime
- Pear
- Bare
HiveRelay is the optional always-on availability layer. Pin a drive to HiveRelay and it stays reachable 24/7 even when no other peers are online — without making it a server.
P2P on mobile, for real Pre-alpha
react-native-pear-end runs a real Pear backend — Hypercore, Hyperswarm, HyperDHT, and Autobase — inside React Native, with native UDP via UDX. No WebView, no WSS bridge. It is pre-alpha today.
05 Build & ship
From idea to listed app — no gatekeeper.
No app-store approval. No DNS. No server. Just keys and the network.
Write a Pear app
Build on the stack with Pear or Bare. Your code, your keys.
Publish as a drive
Ship browsable Hyperdrive content with a stable web link. Native releases require their own signed authority.
Pin to HiveRelay
Auto-pin for 24/7 availability so peers can fetch it any time.
List in the catalog
Add it to the PearBrowser Network catalog — it shows up in the browser's app store and the pages index.
06 Enter
Three ways in — same board, different ceilings.
Start in any modern browser. Graduate to PearBrowser when you want full Hyperswarm P2P. Native terminal delivery is a separate migration track and not required to hang out.
1 · Open the board in this browser
Instant on-ramp. Identity and signatures stay in the browser; this origin only delivers static code.
Enter p2pbuilders →2 · Full P2P in PearBrowser
Install PearBrowser, then open the live Hyperdrive. Peers replicate signed outboxes directly.
hyper://ac1977a75cc84b46af0af8bb559cd4ebbe10507eb0f51d863e289d09635f6d74/
3 · Build with us
Source, schema, and ship scripts live in the open repo — same stack as peerit.
GitHub →