šPear Runtime, a groundbreaking open-source špeer-to-peer app development platform, launched today, offering developers and users the most secure, efficient, scalable and cost-efficient platform for app development today and into the future.
Created by Holepunch, a Tether-backed company, šPear Runtime enables unlimited apps to be created using tried and tested open-source špeer-to-peer infrastructure, with the promise of zero server infrastructure costs, ever, to developers.
āOur mission is to prove that šPear Runtime can enable users to enjoy the economic, social and creative freedoms that constitute the core values of the Internetā commented Paolo Ardoino, Holepunch Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer. āWe challenge the conventional notion that servers are indispensable to online interaction and reject the idea that communication between users necessitates connection to mysterious data centers. We aim to dismantle the misconception that launching a digital enterprise requires exorbitant server infrastructure costs.ā
āšPear Runtime is an elegant and powerful solution to a recognized problem in the development community: how to build and launch an app that doesnāt grow exponentially in cost once itās successful,ā explained Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch. āWe encourage all developers to explore our code at www.pears.com, where you will have the freedom to build any app you envision. We are committed to supporting you throughout your app development journey, empowering you to create your own unique business models, free from the constraints of server costs.ā
Conceptualized and built by a mission-driven team, and engineered to be the most secure, efficient, and low-cost platform in existence, Pear Runtime will catalyze the app development community to fundamentally disrupt Web 2.0.
The Future
Pear Runtime vastly simplifies the creation of peer-to-peer applications. The platform provides developers with tools and solutions to build šP2P apps in which users retain complete control of their own data. Pear Runtime is designed to eliminate the need for centralized server environments, instead allowing devices and users to communicate directly with each other. This revolutionary approach promotes privacy, security, and decentralization in the digital realm.
āThe launch of šPear Runtime will drive a wave of decentralized, secure, and private digital experiences. By eliminating servers and server infrastructure costs, šPear Runtime will empower developers to disrupt existing Web2 platforms and re-envision the possibilities of the Internet,ā predicts Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch.
Holepunch has already developed and launched apps using šPear Runtime, including secure messaging app Keet.
Madsen further proposes, āPicture a P2P streaming service in which artists connect directly with their audience, retaining full rights and profits. Envision a decentralized learning platform where knowledge crosses oceans, connecting minds and fostering global understanding. Or perhaps an illimitable search engine, immune to the biases and censorship of its creators. Pear Runtime is all about direct connections ā unmediated, unfettered and unbreakable.ā
About Holepunch
Holepunch is a technology platform that allows tech developers to create apps with no servers whatsoever. The company provides its peer-to-peer platform on an open source basis, allowing developers to contribute to the project, and to utilize the open source code at no server infrastructure cost.
Holepunch provides a collection of āsmall javascript modulesā which can be combined to create unlimited šP2P apps, from VPNs to communication tools like Keet.
About Pear Runtime
šPear Runtime is the first open-source, interoperable špeer-to-peer live data protocol that enables app developers to create cost-efficient, scalable and secure apps with no server infrastructure costs. šPear Runtime will unleash a host of developers to disrupt legacy Web2 projects, all without servers and with zero server infrastructure cost.
šPear Runtime was created by a mission-driven team that values privacy, scalability and freedom above all else. Visit www.pears.com to access the šPear Runtime open-source interoperable peer-to-peer live data protocol.