Peergos

Peergos is a peer-to-peer encrypted global filesystem designed to keep user data private by default, with cryptographic access control and minimal metadata leakage. It combines secure storage and sharing with a private social layer and a platform for running web apps against user-controlled data.

Key Features

• End-to-end encrypted storage with client-side keys and signed writes
• Fine-grained access control and secure sharing with users and capability links
• Metadata-resistant design intended to reduce visibility into file structure, sizes, and relationships
• Private social features designed to minimize exposure of friendship graphs
• Web interface plus alternative access options such as CLI and filesystem bindings

Use Cases

• Private personal or team file storage with cryptographic sharing controls
• Hosting a user-controlled “private web” workspace for documents and media
• Building or running web apps that operate on user-owned data with constrained permissions

Limitations and Considerations

• Does not provide anonymity by default; privacy goals differ from network-level anonymity
• Some advanced privacy goals (e.g., stronger friend-graph resistance) depend on additional routing approaches

Peergos is suited for users who want a secure-by-default storage and sharing system built on peer-to-peer principles. It emphasizes user-controlled identity, encrypted data, and minimizing server trust for private collaboration and communication.