Swarmnero

Peer-to-peer social, tipped in Monero.

Swarmnero is a true P2P social network. No servers. No algorithms. No ads. Just you, your posts, and your people — with native Monero tipping built in.

Runs on Pear Runtime. Auto-updates over P2P.

🍐 Built with Pears

Current release: v0.10.0 (release 4847)

Swarmnero app home screen

Install

Swarmnero runs on Pears — the peer-to-peer app platform from Holepunch. Install Pears once, then launch Swarmnero with a single command. Updates arrive automatically over the P2P network.

  1. Install Pear Runtime (one-time, ~30 seconds):
    npm i -g pear
    Don't have Node.js? See the full install guide.
  2. Launch Swarmnero:
    pear run pear://y3m1mm1xxrqj9jz5jpicc57rt4dem5t5g9s78j9riqft94u4j6jy

What makes it different

Fully peer-to-peer

No central servers. Your posts replicate directly between devices over the Hyperswarm DHT.

Monero tipping

Built-in XMR wallet. Tip posts and replies. No custodians, no middlemen.

Paywalled posts

Encrypt premium content, gate it behind a Monero payment. Fully automated unlock — no manual approvals.

Private DMs

End-to-end encrypted direct messages between mutual follows. X25519 + crypto_secretbox.

No algorithms

Chronological timelines. Follow who you want. Discover via friends-of-friends and hashtag search.

Your keys, your identity

Ed25519 identity stored locally. Optional password encryption. Export and import at any time.

Support Swarmnero

Swarmnero is free and open source. If you want to help fund development and keep it running, become a supporter inside the app — $12/year in XMR gets you a Supporter badge and optional off-device feed backup.