File Details |
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File Size | 8.2 MB |
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License | Open Source |
Operating System | Linux |
Date Added | June 19, 2007 |
Total Downloads | 459 |
Publisher | Tom Jacobs |
Homepage | Localhost |
Publisher's Description
Localhost is a program that lets you access a shared, world-wide file system through your web browser. This file system is maintained in a fully decentralized way by all of the computers running Localhost. The program uses BitTorrent technology, and P2P Distributed Hashtable technology called Kademlia. (Localhost is a modification of Azureus.)
You can think of this program as one big shared network drive, built using BitTorrent so that it scales well and doesn't need a central server. You could also think of this program as a decentralized index for files distributed via BitTorrent; one that naturally evolves to keep the most popular files, and remove the unpopular ones. You could also think of it as a Wikipedia for files.