Part of epic #131. Was the deferred "PR-E" follow-up; now also interop-driven (Tiles is all-in on iroh). See docs/interop/tiles-alignment.md. Context Tiles' primary networking is iroh...
FOSDEM 2026 - iroh p2p connections
iroh is a library to establish direct connections between two peers, wherever they are on the internet. It takes care of using different transports and holepunching as needed, to reliably establish connectivity. To the application a normal QUIC connection is presented. The aim is to be a connection layer for p2p, providing greater user agency.
Deep dive into iroh: A replacement for WireGuard or a P2P layer for your application?
Just last week, the iroh project announced the release of its v1.0. What is iroh? Well, I'm glad you're asking because it's a very interesting project that I'm following for
TIL: Iroh: peer-to-peer networking for app developers
I came across Iroh (via, via) today as it hit 1.0 and found it a really interesting solution to a problem I knew existed but had not thought a lot about. Judging from the comment sections, it seems pretty clear that lots of people are confused as to exactly what Iroh is. I don’t think their launch post does their product justice at all, and their tagline is “IP addresses break, dial keys instead” which sounds cool, but if you think about it for just a second, you’ll end up with lots of questions. The biggest one is: “so how is this different from a mesh VPN like Tailscale, ZeroTier, Netbird, etc.?” It’s only after reading a lot of developers’ comments on the threads that I feel I understand: Iroh is aimed at application developers who want to communicate P2P between machines running their app, while mesh networks are aimed at network admins who want to connect devices they own/manage together.
The road to iroh 1.0
It is done. After four years of work and various pivots we have released iroh 1.0.
Whisper - keith.is
End-to-end encrypted P2P chat using Iroh and Bluesky identity. No servers, no logs. Your ATProto DID is your address book, Iroh handles the rest.
iroh 1.0
Tiles version 0.4.13 Alpha 17 has been released. Adds Linux support with llama.cpp, configurable inference runtime controls, capability-based P2P syncing with UCAN, improved device linking, and reliability improvements for tool calling and streaming. Release notes: tiles.run/share/YXQ6Ly9kaWQ6cGxjOnZreGY…
Shared chat session by @ankeshbharti.com | Tiles
www.tiles.runTiles version 0.4.6 Alpha 10 has been released. tiles.run/download Adds peer-to-peer device sync, built with @iroh.computer's QUIC networking stack, and encryption at rest for local chats.
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