Top 12 Python peer-to-peer Projects

nicotine-plus

1 75 2,164 9.8 Python

Graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network
Project mention: Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-12

limewire aint touchin soulseek
and it has people building alt.clients
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    https://nicotine-plus.org
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robosats

2 134 871 9.7 Python

A simple and private bitcoin exchange
tandem

3 1 697 0.0 Python

Typing in Tandem. Decentralized, cross-editor, collaborative text-editing!
kawaii-player

4 2 647 2.9 Python

Multimedia player, media library manager and portable media server with PC-To-PC casting feature.
PyTorrent

5 2 331 2.2 Python

Simple BitTorrent client made in Python - Use for learning
ZeroNet

6 12 251 5.9 Python

ZeroNetX - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network (by ZeroNetX)
DistributedCharge

7 2 27 7.9 Python

Creating a Bitcoin Lightning Network Enabled Energy Grid
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cmbarter

8 1 17 3.2 Python

Server-side software for managing peer-to-peer trading networks (circular multilateral barter).
hubstore

9 6 5 1.8 Python

Distribute, promote, discover, install, and run Python desktop applications
python_p2p

10 4 3 2.8 Python

Peer-to-Peer network in python
lightbase

11 1 3 6.4 Python

An abstract, low-cost database library built on peer-to-peer networks.
fluxchat-py

12 1 0 8.1 Python

A decentralized, peer-to-peer, encrypted chat written in Python.

Project mention: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2025) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-30

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

Python peer-to-peer discussion

Python peer-to-peer related posts

MP3 to EXE (1999)

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2024
Soulseek itself taking a long time to download from website?

1 project | /r/Soulseek | 2 Oct 2023
AOL pulls Nullsoft file-sharing software WASTE (2003)

2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Jul 2023
bitrate column??

1 project | /r/Soulseek | 4 Jul 2023
"Unlimited growth..."

1 project | /r/LateStageCapitalism | 2 Jul 2023
502 Bad Gateway

1 project | /r/zeronetx | 27 Jun 2023
Usenet is shit for music

1 project | /r/usenet | 25 May 2023
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Index

What are some of the best open-source peer-to-peer projects in Python? This list will help you:

#	Project	Stars
1	nicotine-plus	2,164
2	robosats	871
3	tandem	697
4	kawaii-player	647
5	PyTorrent	331
6	ZeroNet	251
7	DistributedCharge	27
8	cmbarter	17
9	hubstore	5
10	python_p2p	3
11	lightbase	3
12	fluxchat-py	0