How to use ZeroNet on Android?

[Mkmsuki061117]

How to use ZeroNet mobile on Android?

When I click the start button nothing happens, do I need to download a config file or something? ![Uploading Screenshot_2022-09-05-13-55-37-852_in.canews.zeronetmobile.jpg…]()

[caryoscelus]

it's unclear which version do you use ?

as ZeroNet is deprecated and vulnerable , it's recommended to use up-to-date fork . the only safe fork i could recommend is https://github.com/zeronet-conservancy/zeronet-conservancy which i maintain . while it lacks .apk , it's possible to install through termux on android

[canewsin]

@Mkmsuki061117 in.canews.zeronetmobile is ZeroNetX_mobile.apk from PlayStore, your screenshot is partially uploaded thus not visible, could you re-upload Error Screenshot ?

[neodark]

it's unclear which version do you use ?

as ZeroNet is deprecated and vulnerable , it's recommended to use up-to-date fork . the only safe fork i could recommend is https://github.com/zeronet-conservancy/zeronet-conservancy which i maintain . while it lacks .apk , it's possible to install through termux on android

Just for my information, why is ZeroNet deprecated ? Is the project dead ? Did a new project take officially over?

I am surprised by the lack of information. Thanks in advance for your answer.

[caryoscelus]

@neodark there are two large reasons official ZeroNet is deprecated : lack of tor onion-v3 support (which by this point of how outdated onion-v2 is basically means lack of possibility to stay anonymous IP-address-wise) that finally triggered creating forks despite development was stale for a while at that point ; security vulnerability discovered by @imachug (that by now is fixed in both zeronet-conservancy and ZeroNetX)

no fork or re-implementation has officially (whatever that should mean in case of decentralized network) taken over . unfortunately @shortcutme didn't create a devteam and didn't leave any note on whom he'd like to see official successor . judging by /Stats page , some nodes (whether actually used by anyone or not) are still using official ZeroNet client from this repository (and even older versions of it) , but i think most active users switched to either fork

I am surprised by the lack of information

information is quite abundant on the 0net , but pretty scattered . it would be nice if someone third-party would edit wikipedia page (i've only did minor edits so as to not self-promote the fork i maintain) , but unfortunately nobody volunteered as of yet (besides infamous 43.228.95.154)

[canewsin]

For ZeroNetX on PlayStore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.canews.zeronetmobile

[neodark]

Thanks a lot for the explanation @caryoscelus !

[tkbstudios]

it's unclear which version do you use ?

as ZeroNet is deprecated and vulnerable , it's recommended to use up-to-date fork . the only safe fork i could recommend is https://github.com/zeronet-conservancy/zeronet-conservancy which i maintain . while it lacks .apk , it's possible to install through termux on android

zeronet-conservancy is NOT recommended, it's not a safe fork. The only safe and up to date fork is ZeroNetX!! zeronet.dev

[caryoscelus]

zeronet-conservancy is NOT recommended, it's not a safe fork. The only safe and up to date fork is ZeroNetX!!

did you read the code and built it yourself ? can you point to any third-party review of either forks ?

[tangdou1]

The ZeroNetX project is dead, only the zeronet-conservancy project is currently alive.

[tkbstudios]

I've reviewed the code of the conservancy project and it looks correct, I remember I saw something strange at the beginning so idk