Download Freenet

Important note for first time users

When you first start Freenet your node will not know other node on the network, you need to connect to other node. To find other node you can connect on irc server irc.freenode.com and join the room #freenet.

If you have a firewall or a NAT box click here for some info.
 

Windows

- Run freenet-webinstall

It will automatically install Freenet and other required components for you. When done, he launch your browser directly on Freenet.
(Freenet contains NO spyware or adware , it's Free Software! The source code is publicly available for review)
 
Freenet works best with Windows 2000, XP Professional or NT. Windows ME, 98 and 95 work less well.
 

Unix/Linux

You need to have a recent Java Runtime Environment. We have experienced best results with Sun's Java Runtime Environment which can be obtained from http://www.java.com/.
Java version 1.4.1 and later will work. However, be aware that there are applet security vulnerabilities in all versions prior to Java 5 update 4. Generally, we recommend using at least Java 1.4.2.

- Run freenet-webinstall

If you encounter some problems try this : javaws http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/freenet.jnlp

After you start Freenet wait a few seconds for it to start-up (on a slow computer, you may need to wait about 30 seconds), and visit http://127.0.0.1:8888/ in your web browser to access Freenet's user interface.
 

Hardware requirements

Minimum: 400MHz Pentium 2, with at least 192MB of RAM.
Recommended: 1GHz or more processor with 256MB RAM or more (especially if using Windows XP).
 

Upgrading

After installing Freenet, Windows users can upgrade to the latest daily Freenet "snapshot" release by clicking on "update.cmd" in the Freenet directory.

Linux users may similarily upgrade by running the update.sh shell script in the freenet/ directory.

Source Code

You can obtain the latest source code from SVN from https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/, or you can download a daily snapshot: