Notes 
Uses Oxen Service Nodes (also used by Session) as routers to safeguard user privacy and anonymity.
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
Lokinet
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Threat level
Targeted
A targeted-tier tool. Built for a real, capable adversary. Overkill for everyone below. Threat levels
Our take
An onion-routing network that rides on Oxen Service Nodes, the same infrastructure behind Session, which is both its differentiator and its risk: a smaller, less-scrutinized network than Tor with a far thinner relay base. That means weaker anonymity-set guarantees in practice, however clever the design. It’s worth watching and experimenting with if mixnet alternatives interest you. For anything where your safety actually depends on the result, Tor’s maturity and scale still win.
GitHub at a glance
oxen-io/lokinet GPL-3.0 decentralizeddecentralized-internetdhtipv4-networkipv4-supportlokinetonion-routingoverlay-networkvpn
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Last commit
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Latest release
v0.9.14
1.3y ago, 41 total
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opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
1 commits, active 1 of 26 weeks
32 contributors since Jun 2018
Languages
- C++ 83.2%
- CMake 4.7%
- Python 3.9%
- Other 8.2%
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Website at a glance
lokinet.org
A+ score 115
Strong website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 2d ago
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Lokinet license, in plain English
GPL-3.0 Strong copyleft
Free to use and modify, but anything you distribute that is built on it must also be open under the same license.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Patent use
- Private use
Requires
- Disclose source
- Same license
- State changes
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Strong copyleft keeps every distributed version open. A vendor cannot fold this into a closed product and ship it without releasing their changes.
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