Shutdown Notice

The MuWire project has been shut down. It is not available for download anywhere and while you are free to build from source, it will most likely not work.

Java I2P warning

Do NOT use the Java implementation of I2P. Use the C++ one. You can read more at the pastebin URLs below:

Clearnet:

https://paste.i2pd.xyz/?77b8e66d0f366f87#BSA1kWMHpbAjFbRVRqQdf25feRQJ1sBY4mTDVNvs5dxj

Inside I2P (if that site does not resolve, check reg.i2p):

http://privatebin.i2p/?77b8e66d0f366f87#BSA1kWMHpbAjFbRVRqQdf25feRQJ1sBY4mTDVNvs5dxj

In that paste I make the claim that I have donated 1000 BTC to the Java I2P project. You can verify that by checking transaction hash:

0e42e4c782c73385f2c6b699da5fb81d4609bec4864550818020512bb90e30aa

MuWire - Easy Anonymous File-Sharing

MuWire is a file publishing and networking tool that protects the identity of its users by using I2P technology. Anyone with a desktop computer and an internet connection can create a unique anonymous online persona and publish information of any kind without fear of censorship or persecution. MuWire works on any platform Java works on, including Windows, MacOS, Linux, Rapsberry Pi.

Users can then use their MuWire identities to publish files, search for files published by others, subscribe to each other’s publications and communicate through chat and messaging. Furthermore, users can establish trust-based relationship with each other where they assign a “trust level” to their contacts.

The current stable release is available for download at https://muwire.com. .zip bundles built from the latest source code are available on the continuous integration page.

You can find technical documentation in the doc folder. Also check out the Wiki for various other documentation.

Building

You need a JDK version between 11 and 18 inclusive. Newer versions may not work. After installing that and setting up the appropriate paths, just type

./gradlew clean assemble

If you want to run the unit tests, type

./gradlew clean build

If you want to build binary bundles that do not depend on Java or I2P, see the muwire-pkg project. If you want to package MuWire for a Linux distribution, see the Packaging wiki page.

Running the GUI

Type

./gradlew gui:run

The setup wizard will ask you for the host and port of an I2P or I2Pd router.

Docker

MuWire is available as a Docker image. For more information see the Docker page.

Reproducible build

The zip distribution of MuWire can be build reproducibly on some systems. For more info see the reproducible build page.

Translations

If you want to help translate MuWire, instructions are on the wiki Translate page.

Creating your own MuWire network

If you want to create your own MuWire network instructions are on the Wiki.

Related Projects

• MuWire Tracker Daemon - The MuWire Tracker Daemon (or mwtrackerd for short) is a project to bring functionality similar to BitTorrent tracking to MuWire. For more info see the Tracker page.
• MuCats - MuCats is a project to create a website for hosting hashes of files shared on the MuWire network.
• MuWire Seedbox Daemon A headless daemon that only serves files and is controlled via a JSON-RPC interface. Suitable for seedboxes.
• MuWire Seedbox Console A web console to manage one or more seedbox daemons.

GPG Fingerprint

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