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This was recently made possible by the advanced holepunching techniques, made by the HolePunch company.
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# Why peer-to-peer?
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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.
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Peer-to-peer solutions such as PeerViewer have the advantage of:
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- Electron, for building standalone applications using open web standards.
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- Bitcoin and Lightning, for accepting payments without needing anyone's permission or approval.
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# Installation instructions
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## All-in-one bundles
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The .AppImage and .zip releases are all-in-one bundles that don't require any dependency installation.
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- Use the .AppImage if you want an all-in-one portable file that just works when you make it executable and start it.
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- Same for the .zip; just extract it where you like and double-click the "peerviewer" file.
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- If you use the AppImage or the .zip, you need to create your own shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu, if you want one.
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## Debian/Ubuntu
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To install the dependencies for the Debian/Ubuntu Linux .deb package, you may need to run or install something like:
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