NUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. Our high-level goal is to provide a strong free software foundation for a global network that provides security and in particular respects privacy.

GNUnet started with an idea for anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing, but has grown to incorporate other applications as well as many generic building blocks for secure networking applications. In particular, GNUnet now includes the GNU Name System, a privacy-preserving, decentralized public key infrastructure.

First, in addition to the GNUnet sources you must download the latest version of various dependencies. Most distributions do not include sufficiently recent versions of these dependencies. Thus, a typically installation on a "modern" GNU/Linux distribution requires you to install the following dependencies (ideally in this order):