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The goal of TUDNET is to be a popular censorship-resistant network communications app. The “TUD” in “TUDNET” stands for “The User Decides”. It means that the decisions about what content is produced, published, and consumed on TUDNET will be made by the user, not by government, big-tech companies, or other third party interests. At least, that is the goal.

“Do not try and censor the website, that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth… There is no website.” — TUD-Boy

User features planned for TUDNET include the following services:

  • Publishing, downloading, and viewing of text, audio, and video files.
  • Live streaming of text, audio, and video.
  • Bi-directional live streaming between two or more users for chatting and conferencing.
  • Searching for content, both local and remote.

TUDNet will use various means to achieve its goals, for example:

  • To reduce the risk of network failure, TUDNET will be decentralized with peer-to-peer (P2P) network architecture. This means that each user device can act as both a client and a server. There will be no central servers.
  • To reduce the risks to the project’s source code and the app’s developers, the app will be Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
  • Content redundancy will be achieved by using overlay-network-based content sharing and backup. Any content that has been received by a device will be available to be sent to other devices, until that content is deleted.
  • Network redundancy will be achieved, when possible:
    • by using multiple physical network types, such as: cable Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and the ultimate backup network Sneakernet, and
    • by using multiple alternative pathways within the physical networks.
  • To enhance popularity and attract users away from services that provide censored content, TUDNET will be made easy to use, specifically so easy that your computer-phobic elderly grandmother will want to use it.

Also, it is hoped that TUDNET or other apps using similar technology will eventually provide OTHER services that are now being provided by large centralized entities, services such as:

  • trade [shopping, auctions, etc.]
  • IOU/account management
  • navigation
  • delivery
  • ride sharing
  • etc.

If you would like to examine the source code for this project or contribute to it then visit

https://github.com/DWRoscoe0/tudnet

Please monitor this website for further developments.