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Swarm

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C tier on Decentralized Storage ServicesScore 5.9 · #10 of 25
Android app
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Free plan
No
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api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Summary

Swarm is ranked #10 of 25 in decentralized storage services on Everything Xiaomi. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows.

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Facts

What it does
Swarm provides decentralized infrastructure for transferring, storing, and sharing data across a peer-to-peer network.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Open source
Swarm describes its code as open source and its network as open and permissionless.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Storage model
Uploaded data is split into 4 KB chunks and distributed among nodes using Kademlia routing.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Privacy and messaging
Swarm describes its network as private by design and says its PSS messaging protocol uses end-to-end encryption.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Resilience
The site says local replication helps keep data available despite node dropouts or data loss.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Developer tools
Bee is the peer-to-peer client for joining the network, and Bee-js is its complementary JavaScript library for building decentralized apps.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Desktop app
Swarm Desktop is in beta and provides access through a lightweight node, with features to browse, upload, download, and manage data.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Desktop app data collection
The Swarm Desktop beta page says it includes Sentry monitoring and bug reporting software that automatically collects data to help improve the software.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Payments and storage
Publishers use BZZ to buy postage stamp batches for writing data and paying for storage; the displayed current storage price is 0 BZZ per 1 GByte for 1 month.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Node operators
Full node operators share disk space and may receive BZZ through a blockchain-based incentive system.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Integrations
The site says users can link uploaded websites to an ENS name and lists Uniswap, CoW Swap, and Jumper as exchanges for acquiring BZZ.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Who it serves
Swarm presents its tools as infrastructure for developers building and hosting dApps, NFT metadata, and media files.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Support
The Swarm Foundation operates a Discord support bot that flags likely questions for team review; the bot does not post replies, which are written and sent by a human team member.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026
Organization
The Swarm Foundation is a nonprofit established in 2021 and based in Switzerland.ethswarm.org · 4 Oct 2026

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