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Re:Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages wi... by Vinnl on Sunday May 05, 2024 @06:43AM (#40263788)
Hmm thanks, so that says:

> To broker connections, PeerJS connects to a PeerServer. Note that no peer-to-peer data goes through the server; The server acts only as a connection broker.

> If you don't want to run your own PeerServer, we offer a free cloud-hosted version of PeerServer.

So I suppose there's still a server, but it's shared and run by two folks based on donations: https://peerjs.com/peerserver

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Re:Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages wi... by cl3misch on Sunday May 05, 2024 @08:11AM (#40264253)
Without data going through the server it should be pretty cheap to host, right?
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Re:Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages wi... by dkraj on Sunday May 05, 2024 @08:36AM (#40264391)
That is why there are public STUN servers available by google that any one can use: stun.l.google.com:19302 stun1.l.google.com:19302 stun2.l.google.com:19302 stun3.l.google.com:19302 stun4.l.google.com:19302
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