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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · 1d

Hivebot is a self-hosted collaboration platform thats runs on your computer, not in the cloud.

Run your own file/chat/video streaming server, right from your Mac/PC, using your own local storage.

#privacybydesign #videoproduction #video #videoproducer #mediaproduction #mediaproducer

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Hivebot - Instantaneous Media sharing

Hivebot - Hivebot makes file sharing faster, less expensive, and more secure than traditional cloud-based solutions for media production companies.

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · 1d

Hivebot is a self-hosted collaboration platform thats runs on your computer, not in the cloud.

Run your own file/chat/video streaming server, right from your Mac/PC, using your own local storage.

#privacybydesign #videoproduction #video #videoproducer #mediaproduction #mediaproducer

hivebot.co

Hivebot - Instantaneous Media sharing

Hivebot - Hivebot makes file sharing faster, less expensive, and more secure than traditional cloud-based solutions for media production companies.

hivebot.co

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · 12d

alt-core v2025.10.24 released (OSS)

#privacybydesign #privacy #security #selfhosting #selfhosted #P2P

Release Notes
github.com/sync-differe...

Release v2025.10.24 - Release · sync-different/alt-core

v2025.10.24 - Release Notes NEW: Support for alt-core deployment as Mac application. Script for .app creation and changes in code to support it. NEW: Optimized file I/O in backend to support large...

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · 15d

Today's global outage reminds us, once again, of the fragility of systems that rely on centralized architectures with single points of failure.

Meanwhile, our alt-core servers are humming along 24/7/365 with 0-min of unplanned downtime.

#privacybydesign #selfhost #outage #zerodowntime

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · 26d

github.com/sync-differe...

Releases · sync-different/alt-core

A self-hosted, decentralized filesystem and file manager written in Java. - sync-different/alt-core

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · 26d

alt-core (OSS) v2025.10.09 released

Release Notes
- NEW: Merged the new web app UI, rewritten from ground up using React, Redux, and Vite. New UI in web/cass/uiv5/dist/ folder
-…

#privacybydesign #privacy #security #selfhosting #selfhosted #p2p

link to release below: 👇

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Oct 1

apps.apple.com/us/app/alter...

‎Alterante

‎Overview -------- Alterante allows you to set up your own private personal cloud on your Mac/PC and access all your files from your phone or tablet. Alterante automatically discovers, organizes, and...

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Oct 1

alterante v1.0.33 for iOS is out!

What's new:
- FIX: Fixed an issue when connecting to remote servers via 5G network.
- Other minor Nav/UI fixes

Alterante lets you share files, chat with humans & AI bots, stream videos, privately and securely .

#privacybydesign

Link below 👇

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Sep 30

when technology builds on the wisdom of nature, the magic happens.

nature has no hierarchies. nature has no power centers. nature tolerates no tyrants.

nature is decentralized. lets build the internet the way it was meant to be. one brick at a time.

github.com/sync-different

#privacybydesign

Alterante, Inc.

Advancing data privacy and data security for businesses, organizations, and individuals. - Alterante, Inc.

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Sep 18

apps.apple.com/us/app/alter...

‎Alterante

‎Overview -------- Alterante allows you to set up your own private personal cloud on your Mac/PC and access all your files from your phone or tablet. Alterante automatically discovers, organizes, and...

apps.apple.com

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Sep 18

alterante v1.0.31 for iOS released!

this release includes:
- support for large phone screens (e.g. ProMax)
- minor fixes for iOS26 compatibility
- other minor nav/ui fixes

#privacy
#privacybydesign

available on the Apple iOS store . link below 👇

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Jul 29

2/All storage and LLMs run privately, self-hosted, on-device, integrated with the distributed filesystem on the alt-core platform.
start building your own private AI services & agents
#oss #ai #llm

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Jul 29

1/this week on alt-core, we merged into main a service to launch & manage LLMs via LocalAI containers.
This makes it very easy for developers to launch and experiment with various on-device models for features including audio transcription, video analysis, search, and document Q&A bot services.

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Dec 1

Introducing Hivebot: a new enterprise file backup solution that enables organizations to store backups using unused storage across your corporate network, slashing your backup costs.

To learn more about HiveBot, simply complete the contact request form at alterante.com/hivebot_efb using code bsky1

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Aug 16

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Jul 19

… and resiliency using decentralized approaches and redundant architectures.

Centralized solutions inevitably create single points of failure (SPOFs). We need less SPOFs in society for maximum fluidity and uptime.

#airgap #p2p #privacybydesign #securitybydesign #peer2peer

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Jul 19

1/Today's tech outage has disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals, and critical emergency services.

Important to remind ourselves of the benefits of software solutions that are designed to "work without the Internet", and designed for high availability ….

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Jul 2

Store Now, Decrypt later (SNDL) - State actors & elite hacking groups are hoarding encrypted files & datasets, with the aspiration of decrypting in the [not too distant] future.

What if all your files were decrypted in X years?

youtu.be/-UrdExQW0cs?...

#privacybydesign

How Quantum Computers Break The Internet... Starting Now

A quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to st...

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · Jun 27

Privacy and data sharing has become a huge problem in our industry and companies are training their “AI” ML/LLM models with all your data.

At a minimum check , the privacy and data sharing policies of the products and services you consume every day.

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · May 25

We’ve been hearing more and more about “chat fatigue” — too many chats, too many channels.

At Alterante , we took a novel , innovative approach to instant chat communications , which resonates well with high-chat traffic environments.

Have you tried it yet ?

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · May 18

Are you an exceptional growth hacker in the Bay Area, with the grit and passion to thrive in a growing privacy startup? We are hiring for Head of Growth (onsite, no remote). #growth #hacker #growth #startup #hiring #marketing #privacy

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · May 4

… resources of their multiple devices on their networks untapped.

Accordingly, there exists a need for a system capable of providing file replication and management across a plurality of devices in a dynamic network environment.

alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · May 4

.. is removed from a computer, etc. The devices may have a plurality of different partitions, with each partition servicing a different file system type. Confronted with these obstacles, users have often relied on a single external drive for their storage backup, and left the distributed …

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · May 4

… replication unfeasible. Each computer device on a home or office network may have intermittent availability and may join and leave the network at unpredictable times, e.g. as a mobile phone is taken to work, as a laptop is brought home from school, as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device …

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alterante:// @agf.bsky.social · May 4

…resource to replicate and store their data across a distributed collection of storage devices.

Taking advantage of these disparate devices' resources is not easy. The topology of modern networks and the diversity of operating systems and hardware standards generally renders distributed …

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