Alternatives to I2P

Encrypted overlay network for anonymous sites, messaging and file sharing. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as I2P.

  • Lokinet

    Onion-routed network built on staked nodes, routing at the IP layer.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Lokinet is a GPL-3.0 onion-routed network on staked nodes that routes at the IP layer with lower latency, but its network and anonymity set are much smaller.

  • InviZible Pro

    Android app bundling Tor, I2P and DNSCrypt with a no-root mode.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    InviZible Pro bundles I2P with Tor and DNSCrypt in one Android app with per-app rules and no-root mode, but it is Android only and battery heavy.

  • Orbot

    Tor VPN for Android and iOS that can route chosen apps.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroidiOS

    Orbot routes chosen apps on Android and iOS through Tor, a larger network than I2P, but lacks I2P's built-in email, torrenting and site hosting.

  • Hyphanet

    A peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant, anonymous publishing and communication, formerly known as Freenet.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Hyphanet focuses on censorship-resistant anonymous publishing with a friend-to-friend mode, runs only on desktop, and is slower than the regular web.

  • GNUnet

    A GNU network protocol stack for building secure, decentralised and privacy-preserving peer-to-peer applications.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    GNUnet is a Linux-only protocol stack for building metadata-resistant peer-to-peer applications, more technical and less of a ready network.

  • Yggdrasil

    An experimental, end-to-end encrypted IPv6 mesh network run as a lightweight userspace software router.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSCommand line

    Yggdrasil is an encrypted IPv6 mesh network on many platforms, still alpha-stage and not designed to hide your IP address.

Also worth comparing

These listings name I2P as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • i2pd

    A full-featured C++ implementation of the I2P router for joining the anonymous I2P network.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsLinuxAndroidCommand line

    I2P is the original Java-based router for the same network, open source, with built-in anonymous email, torrenting and site hosting on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.