Announcement — 2026.05

AltNet.

A new peer-to-peer internet.
Sites, files, identities — and a family of apps to use them.

Launch date — TO BE ANNOUNCED —
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01Why

The internet was supposed to belong to everyone. Somewhere along the way, three companies took it. We’re giving it back.

PANMOX — May 2026
02What it is

Everyone is the network.

Install an AltNet app. Your computer joins the network. The more people who join, the stronger it gets.

No companies. No servers. Nothing to take down.

03It carries

Not just websites.

What you put through it is up to you.

Sites.

Drag a folder. It’s a website.

Files.

Any file. Any size. Share a link.

Identity.

Your name is yours. No one else can use it.

More coming

And more.

Feeds. Messages. Private spaces. Apps.

04Your name

Pick a name. Keep it forever.

yourname.alt

No registrar. No renewal fees. Yours, forever.

05The first apps

A network is just plumbing.

AltNet is the connective tissue. On top of it, a family of apps — built by us, and (eventually) by anyone.

In development

Studio.

The publishing app. Run a node, claim a .alt name, drop in a folder — it’s on the network.

Coming

Messenger.

End-to-end encrypted, peer-to-peer. Your messages never touch a server.

Coming

Drive.

Share folders. Sync across your own machines, or with the people you choose.

Coming

ID.

Your identity wallet. One keypair, one name, every app you ever use on AltNet.

06The plan

What’s shipping.

Windows.
The first platform.
Active build
In development
GNU/Linux.
Desktop and a headless version for servers.
Active build
In development
Browser extension.
Visit .alt sites without the app.
Active build
In development
macOS.
Native Mac app.
After desktop
Coming
Mobile.
iOS and Android. We’re still figuring out the battery math.
Researching
Research

Be there when it opens.

One email at launch. Nothing else.

No spam — one announcement, then silence

Free, forever.

AltNet will ship under the GNU General Public License v3. Every line auditable, every fork legitimate. No accounts, no subscriptions, no take-backs.

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Licensed under GNU GPL v3