Retroshare Serverless Instant Chat Messenger and Email Client -> Port it!

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June 17, 2007 - 7:42am

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Retroshare Serverless Instant Chat Messenger and Email Client -> Port it!

Please add RetroShare Instant Messenger to the portable apps.
here you find the script, to make it portable:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=178712&package_id=...

http://retroshare.sf.net
http://sf.net/projects/retroshare

It is a serverless Messenger, discussed to be added to OpenOffice Suite, see the forum for that discussion and project start of RooSIM.

Retroshare (serverless) Instant Chat Messenger (here: Windows) is the next generation chat & file sharing network, which provides:

A private Peer to Peer (P2P) Network, which allows you to share information with friends you want to: So actually this Instant Messenger is a Friends-to-Friends Network.
Every Communication and Transfer in this Retroshare Instant Messenger is encrypted by symmetric RSA-Keys and offers reliable Identification and Authentication of your trusted friends.
An Introduction scheme to bootstrap your friends over a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) has been implemented, so your friend is found in the next online session - even if the IP-Adress has changed. Friends of Friends never connect.

Because you connect direct and encrypted only to your trusted friends, it is a fast and safe transfer of files. No other open and serverless Instant Messenger has such enhanced Filesharing capabilities.
Retroshare is a simple Messenger & Filesharing Program which connects you and your friends together for safe and secure sharing. But even more with turtle friends hopping: search files from friends of friends...
UPDATE 2007/05/21 to Version v.3.0.11a (UPnP Support)
See the homepage for further c++ and QT development:
- SIM-IM.org integration in a new Retroshare GUI tab
- turtle integration as a search method hopping over friends
- chunk caching with MD4 hash in the nodes for f2f hopping
- gui and bug fixes
- Webbrowser Main-Gui-Tab

June 17, 2007 - 6:46pm

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Cool.

I was just thinking the other day for something that allows you to share files with just people you choose, like your friends. And this is what this is? Or am I wrong. I'll try it out, but just from looking at the screen shots and reading the functions, I second this request.
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June 18, 2007 - 1:12pm

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yes, this is exactly the

yes, this is exactly the function: secure chat with friends and the option to send them open office files in a secure environment, aditionally it is a serverless Email system. it should be portable, a first script is given, developers are welcome to the project. besides, if from portableapps.com someone wants to make it portable, I suggest to join the sf.net retroshare project team to support the portable application there, then it could be used 1:1 here as well. Retroshare should be by default a one single directory installer.

June 18, 2007 - 3:11pm

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I second this!

If someone want to see a portable version go there and contribute. It`s almost portable already, the C++ code needs just some updates. The project admin is also very open for suggestions and new developers. He said, if you really want to help him then e-mail him.

Would also like this program here on portableapps.com aswell.

March 14, 2008 - 4:37pm

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RetroLocal

There seems to be a portable version already here: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

It's called "RetroLocal" rather than "Retroshare."

March 24, 2008 - 10:40am

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Even though there is already

Even though there is already a portable version, can someone please package it into PAF?

Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with Windows.

March 24, 2008 - 1:35pm

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Even Worth It?

Hardly anyone is using this thing. They only have about 80 downloads a day. Even a portable app with that few downloads would be deemed a failure and we'd probably drop it.

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March 24, 2008 - 1:39pm

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Yea?

It looks like they did a good job on it. Maybe we should give it a try, we could make them much more popular, or maybe it will stay unpopular. Why not give it a shot?

March 24, 2008 - 1:42pm

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Don't think so

An app like this depends on its popularity to be useful. You can only connect to other people who use RetroShare. So, if no one is using it, it's not very useful.

This is in contrast to, say, Jooleem, which had no downloads but we packaged because it was a cool game. It doesn't matter how many other people use it as it works by itself.

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March 24, 2008 - 1:42pm

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Sorry, but only80 downloads

Sorry, but only 80 downloads a day? Jeesh, if that's what PNotes was getting, I'd be ecstatic!

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March 24, 2008 - 1:44pm

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It Will

It'll be getting a *LOT* more once we release the portable version of it here.

80 downloads a day is pretty small. Heck, even command prompt portable gets a few hundred a day.. heh.

But like I said above, PNotes is useful on its own, so we can take a chance on it based on features. RetroShare depends on other users otherwise it's useless. So, if no one is using it, it doesn't make much sense for us to invest time in it.

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March 24, 2008 - 2:03pm

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I'm glad to hear it I is

I'm glad to hear it I is ecstatically happy.

I guess in a way its small, but it still seems huge to me.

I guess so. Maybe someone would like to take a crack at it though. Its not out of the question, right?

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March 24, 2008 - 6:43pm

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I like the concept very

I like the concept very much. It seems useful for groups of people to share files as a trusted group without people from the 'outside' jumping in to download files.

Say Portable Apps developers running this and sharing files that way. While i'm not sure what files, but I guess example scripts, graphics, installers, tests, documents etc.

Don't confuse the downloads a day with usefulness of the application. I think it's mainly because not everyone needs/cares about a trusted friend2friend network. But also most people just don't know this application exists.

It's also useful for companies who like to share files and information between people on different locations without having to resort to a FTP server or things like that.

Don't dismiss this tool, I think it has potential.

March 24, 2008 - 7:08pm

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I don't know if it is

I don't know if it is possible, but someone could modify it somehow so that people use other P2P Clients can somehow connect to it, or something to that effect. Also, if a PortableApps version is created, I'm sure people that visit this site will give it a try and a lot of us Forum Trolls would make use of it. Could be a new way to distribute PortableApps, whether they are Official Releases or Development Tests.

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March 24, 2008 - 7:48pm

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The whole purpose of it is

The whole purpose of it is to not have people that use peer to peer to connect. It's for a PRIVATE network for sharing files and information. If people troll about that it's just they did not understand the type of application.

I actually found this app when I was looking for some p2p apps and found it to be unique and worth a try. Alas I havent used it much but I'm sure it will be usefull one day.

This is not Peer2Peer software, it's Friend2Friend software!

March 24, 2008 - 7:57pm

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I understand that. Perhaps I

I understand that. Perhaps I should have been more specific. You could set permissions for each file, such as Friends Only and Open Sharing. That would make it private.

Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with Windows.

March 24, 2008 - 9:52pm

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Well you can allow trusted

Well you can allow trusted friends of your friends...

March 25, 2008 - 3:32pm

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The 4`er series are

The 4`er series are currently in testing. Retroshare improves more and more. For me it`s now in a useful state. Serverless (the dht) and nat to nat connections are working fine now. This application has great potential. It`s still not perfect and has some bugs but its ok.

New version is here
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=178712

Not much need anymore for the retrolocal version. You can start retroshare with creating a small bat on windows with the content:
start retroshare.exe -c .\Data
withing the program folder.

Only the shared and imcomming folder need to be set manual.

Anyone can join the project and improve it. Even distribute a .paf release.

If portableapps.com would help to make this application more known (by hosting a portable version here) I think this would help the project and be "nice". So my vote is to host it here.

March 25, 2008 - 3:49pm

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It's not a popularity

It's not a popularity conquest. But this is a cool app.

But even if it had millions of downloads... it relies on trusted friends inviting each other. So even if 1 million users had it, it would be no guaranty that someone who downloads it could connect to 'a' network instantly.

There is no real alternative to this tool other than people setting up FTP servers or sending each other a file.

While the popularity will grow if PortableApps would release a portable version, it will still have the same 'problem' it currently has... setting up a network.

Nice and help the project aside, it would be cool to have a portable version of this application. Wether PortableApps.com wants it official or not. I personally would like to have a portable version!

March 25, 2008 - 5:28pm

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God help me. Have you looked

God help me.

Have you looked at how it stores its settings? INI, XML, or registry?

Are there any command line switches?

Not yelling at you just asking a few questions.

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March 25, 2008 - 5:46pm

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It`s running on windows,

It`s running on windows, linux and also mac. So I don`t think it will relay much more on windows registery then forced to.

Settings are stored withing ini alike files.

The only switch I know is -c Data, this changes the folder where settings and keys are stored. Dunno about other switches.

Any questions no one can answer here may be asked in the retroshare forums, answers go fast there. http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=618174

March 25, 2008 - 5:48pm

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windows linux and mac.

windows linux and mac. Yeah, I doubt it has much to do with the registry.

ini, schweet

-c would be great!

Maybe I'll do this after PNotes gets thru.

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March 25, 2008 - 5:55pm

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Sadly wrong conclusion. I

Sadly wrong conclusion. I talked to a dev of a win/lin/mac ap and the win app uses registry... (Not talking about this app though)

March 26, 2008 - 9:39am

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Well, some things are os

Well, some things are os specific and you need the registery. But using the registery to store things you can also store in files is a bad idea.

March 25, 2008 - 5:48pm

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Well, for the "network" you

Well, for the "network" you just need two computers (you and a friend or two computers of yours). No servers needd, no dyndns needed, firewalls are also no big problem.

March 25, 2008 - 8:17pm

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As already mentioned

this would be an awesome tool for developers to use to share information and files; alongside the IRC channel, and these forums it would be great.

June 19, 2008 - 4:10pm

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So anyone can take this? If

So anyone can take this?

If there need to be made some changes to the core you can mail DrBob directly. I don't think much core changes would be need for a fully portable version.

June 24, 2008 - 8:17pm

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I have made a portable

I have made a portable version, but I had some issues with it-mainly, not being able to connect to anyone! I took the download down, as it left some turds on the desktop, but I can ad the code and relink it tonight

Do they have an irc channel or something like that? I prefer chat to emails.

Edit: Is there a "Real" reason why I need to portablize this? The only thing that comes up is the partials folder on the desktop- which you could delete afterwords.

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June 24, 2008 - 9:47pm

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Its normal you can't just

Its normal you can't just connect to 'a network'. I assume you understand this is meant as a private way of sharing files with a group of trusted contacts. So a couple of people (say Portable Devs for example) come together and start using this app to share files among the closed group of people.

I still hope to see a portable version one day, just in case of needing a tool to set up a small shared private file sharing network.

June 24, 2008 - 10:02pm

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Its normal you can't just

Of course this is not an app you load up and get access to millions of files, but that's not the purpose. So the main issue you have - not connecting to anyone- means just you haven't got a group (yet) to connect to.
No. Sorry LOGAN. B23 and I were trying to connect. I had his cert and he had mine. But, we couldn't seem to find each other online even though we were.

I still hope to see a portable version one day, just in case of needing a tool to set up a small shared private file sharing network.
Me too, but, its hard to work on a app that doesn't behave at all.

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June 23, 2011 - 2:59pm

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Retroshare portable, current version, integrates into platform

RetroShare_0.5.1c_4163_portable.zip
http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
Unzip to a folder in your portableapps folder, and then start up the portableapps platform and there it is. I'm running Win 7 Enterprise and after starting RetroShare some extra un-needed icons appeared in the menu of the platform. Right clicked them to "hide". Platform is all tidy again.
Thank you to RetroShare developers and JH.
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