Thanks. I’ve come across tox before. It’s a good implementation. The aim of my project is not to compete, but more to demonstrate a different approach to P2P technology.

A key detail in mine is that it’s made to work in a typical web browser. While things like chat functionality can be demonstrated in our app. The app is capable to do things like shared xr spaces and shared filesystems… Unfortunately those features are still in need of refinement before they become appealing to users, but it works for a proof-of-concept.

perhaps.

it started of very vanillajs, but i found that users didnt like the appearance. so i added a faily basic implementation of material ui.

existing frameworks were not compatible with the look, feel and funtionality i was after. i still havent achieved it, but im happy with the progress.

https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat

It uses webrtc for P2P connections.

Thanks. It’s been mentioned before and I’d like to take a look at it when I can make the time.

The project it’s in its early stages. There isn’t anything as formal as a protocol yet. That is also why there isn’t good documentation about it… The best I have for your question is:

https://positive-intentions.com/docs/research/authentication

Users can selfhost the frontend and backend independently. When creating a profile, you can set it to use your own peerjs-server (set preferences)

The frontend is only run as client-side JavaScript. There isn’t a step to “set up clients”.

Thanks. I want to also investigate if YJS could also fit into the app.

It’s similar to matrix in many ways. The key difference is with mine it’s is purely browser based. Unlike traditional solutions like matrix where you have a (self)hosted server, mine does not require things like registration or installation.

I’m using peerjs-server. I’m also investigating other ways to achieve peer discovery which itself could be quite a discussion.