From 49a29ef9cdd7f6f4df27c590484b92eab80a447e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hardcore Sushi Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 12:17:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adding "Similar works" section in README --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 198ffce..f2bc953 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # AIRA -AIRA is peer-to-peer encrypted communication tool for local networks built on the [PSEC protocol](https://forge.chapril.org/hardcoresushi/PSEC). It allows to securely send text messages and files without any server or Internet access. +AIRA is peer-to-peer encrypted communication tool for local networks built on the [PSEC protocol](https://forge.chapril.org/hardcoresushi/PSEC). It allows to securely send text messages and files without any server or Internet access. AIRA automatically discovers and connects to other peers on your network, so you don't need any prior configuration to start communicating. ![Screenshot of a conversation between Alice and Bob on AIRA](/screenshot.png) @@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ When people want to send a file from one computer to another located only meters Likewise, when people are lazy, they talk sometimes to their friends in the next room using centralized mobiles apps like Whatsapp. Their messages can be exported thousands of kilometers away to reach Facebook's servers where they are analysed with the aim of offering personalized ads and selling your data before being sent on the same way back to your friend's smartphone. -All this practices generate useless traffic, overload servers, often breach privacy but above all pollute a lot. This is why I decided to build a more ecological and private way to communicate with near devices. There are many awesome P2P projects built on top of the Internet, but none of them provide local-network communications that work even totally disconnected from the rest of the world. AIRA is the first to provide this capability. +All this practices generate useless traffic, overload servers, often breach privacy but above all pollute a lot. This is why I decided to build a more ecological and private way to communicate with near devices. + +# Similar works +There are already some great projects that allow offline P2P communications, but they require that the peer you want to communicate with be a known contact, usually by first adding their public key to your contact list. + +- [Briar](https://briarproject.org) +- [berty](https://berty.tech) +- [BeeBEEP](https://www.beebeep.net) +- Add your own ! # Disclaimer AIRA is still under developement and is not ready for production usage yet. Not all features have been implemented and bugs are expected. Neither the code or the PSEC protocol received any security audit and therefore shouldn't be considered fully secure. AIRA is provided "as is", without any warranty of any kind.