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title: "Try Freenet: Join River"
title: "Install Freenet: Join River"
date: 2025-01-01
draft: false
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Install Freenet and you'll join the live chat room where the project's developers and users talk.
It's the fastest way to see the network in action.
It's the best way to see the network for real.

The room runs as a Freenet contract: code that lives across the peer-to-peer network instead of on
a central server. No company hosts it, no account to make, no admin who can shut it down.

Want to look before installing? [Try River in your browser](/try/), a hosted demo of this same
room with no download. It runs on a peer we host instead of one on your machine, so it's a
preview rather than the real thing.

{{< alert type="warning" >}} **Alpha notes:** Freenet is under active development.

- **Auto-updates:** your peer updates as the network evolves; older versions stop working over
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system-wide service instead: `sudo freenet service install --system`

**Network requirements:** Freenet uses UDP hole punching for peer-to-peer connections. Most home
routers support this without configuration. Strict corporate firewalls may block connections.
routers support this without configuration. Strict corporate firewalls may block connections. If
yours does, the [hosted demo](/try/) usually still works, since it reaches the network over HTTPS
through a peer we host.

Need to remove Freenet? See the [uninstall guide](/uninstall/).

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