PeerViewer.org is a remote desktop and support solution that uses direct (peer-to-peer) connections between client and server. It's completely free for unlimited personal and commercial use.
This is the first open-source release, by popular demand!
Why peer-to-peer?
Traditionally, when you use network apps such as TeamViewer, place audio and video calls or share files, your data is going through intermediate servers which are expensive to host, can harm your privacy, increase latency and consume additional bandwidth.
Peer-to-peer solutions such as PeerViewer have the advantage of:
- Being the highest bandwidth AND lowest latency way of establishing a network connection.
- Ensuring maximum privacy for all participants.
- Being low cost, making it possible to survive on a pay-what-you-can/voluntary/donation basis.
- Minimizing time-to-market and allowing for quick MVP's without a lot of server-side datacenter setup work.
Building blocks
We're lucky to be standing on the shoulders of giants to pull this off.
Here's are a few key, free and open-source technologies that make this possible:
- HolePunch, for establishing direct peer-to-peer connections.
- LNBits, for quickly building reusable payment QR codes using the LNURLp standard.
- Electron, for building standalone applications using open web standards.
- Bitcoin and Lightning, for accepting payments without needing anyone's permission or approval.