Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

#1

Post by im_dario » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 1:17 PM UTC

Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync
librevault.com

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

#2

Post by radarsat1 » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 3:39 PM UTC

Sounds awesome. I think your website could use an explanation of the term "zero-knowledge".

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

#3

Post by GamePad64 » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 3:54 PM UTC

radarsat1 wrote: post #2

Sounds awesome. I think your website could use an explanation of the term "zero-knowledge".

Thank you for advice. This revision of the website is a stub, it does not contain any useful information, just some general words. It will be heavily reworked soon.

Also, I will add the comparison table with Syncthing, BTSync and some cloud storages, like Dropbox.

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

#4

Post by stewbrew » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 3:55 PM UTC

How does it compare to syncthing et al?

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

#5

Post by GamePad64 » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 3:58 PM UTC

stewbrew wrote: post #4

How does it compare to syncthing et al?

There are certain differences between Librevault and Syncthing now:

* Librevault is simpler for the end user. From my perspective, Syncthing doesn't aim to be user-friendly. More like geek-only solution.

* Librevault supports adding a folder by key, like BTSync. And also, it supports a URL scheme for adding a new folder just by clicking it in the browser: https://librevault.com/blog/lvlt-scheme/

* inotify, fsevents, kqueue and ReadDirectoryChangesW support out of the box. Syncthing requires you to install a separate third-party plugin for this.

* DHT support, so it doesn't need any trackers for peer discovery. DHT is Mainline DHT, so it can connect to BitTorrent clients and ask them for peers. It means, that Librevault can participate in the world's largest distributed peer discovery network and will not suffer the lack of DHT nodes.

Also, it has a proper (!) desktop UI inspired by BitTorrent Sync 1.3.

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

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Post by ilurkedhere » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 4:15 PM UTC

Very nice. It seems a lot less janky than Syncthing (web UI, constant process restarts)

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

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Post by skrowl » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 4:22 PM UTC

ilurkedhere wrote: post #6

Very nice. It seems a lot less janky than Syncthing (web UI, constant process restarts)

SyncTrayzor (windows client implementing synching) is pretty nice. It runs as a tray icon but when you click it, it loads like a native app even though it's a web app (similar to electron)

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

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Post by Ar-Curunir » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 4:23 PM UTC

I wish people would stop using the phrase "zero knowledge" willy nilly. It has a specific meaning within cryptography.

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

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Post by ausjke » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 5:03 PM UTC

Geez, that's what I am exactly working on off-work, slowly but the idea is nearly 100% identical.

Re: Librevault: Open source zero-knowledge peer-to-peer file sync

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Post by swordswinger12 » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

GamePad64 wrote: post #3

radarsat1 wrote: post #2

Sounds awesome. I think your website could use an explanation of the term "zero-knowledge".

Thank you for advice. This revision of the website is a stub, it does not contain any useful information, just some general words. It will be heavily reworked soon. Also, I will add the comparison table with Syncthing, BTSync and some cloud storages, like Dropbox.

Have you thought about just not using the phrase "zero knowledge" at all?