FreedomBox/Features

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Features

Implemented

Here is a list of user-facing features that have been implemented in !FreedomBox. You can also check FreedomBox introduction and supported hardware related pages.

Use Cases for User Applications

With !FreedomBox, you can:

* Share files:
  * Transfer large files with Deluge, with Transmission, or with I2P.
  * Upload files to your website for others to consume publicly.
  * Privately share files with Bepasty.
  * Keep your files synchronized to your !FreedomBox  with Syncthing.
  * Locally with Samba.
* Publish web content:
  * Publish a blog  with Ikiwiki.
  * Host a personal or community wiki with MediaWiki.
  * Host regular websites:
    * Each user has her own website.
    * There can be a system-wide website with User Websites .
* Publish multimedia content (photos, videos, music, ...) with MiniDLNA.
* Sync your calendar and contacts with Radicale.
* Organize your e-books into collections with Calibre.
* Chat with friends:
  * 1 To 1 chat calls (!FreedomBox intermediates establishing connection, then peers talk to each other) with JSXC?, or with Matrix+Coturn?
  * Host chat rooms (traffic goes through !FreedomBox):
    * Text: with Ejabberd.
    * Audio: with Mumble.
    * Video: ??
  * Remain connected to some external room while you're absent.
    * Text: with Quassel, or with I2P.
* Share your internet connection with local devices.
  * Escape search engine filter bubbles using a metasearch engine like Searx.
  * Block ads while browsing the web. With Privoxy.
* Connect securely to your !FreedomBox services from the internet through OpenVPN.
  * in order to publish services in untrusted networks
  * in order to access through untrusted networks as if you were locally there.
* Host your own web office apps:
  * Check your email with Roundcube.
  * Read news with Tiny Tiny RSS.
  * Host a multiplayer block sandbox with Minetest.
  * Collaboratively edit a text document with infinoted.
* Circumvent censorship using a socks5 proxy like Shadowsocks.
* Learn how to use each application:
  * Offline Manual
  * Online resources
  * Community support
    * Forums
    * Mailing List
    * IRC channel
* Other features and solutions

Use Cases for the System Owner

* Invite friends to use your box:
  * Grant !FreedomBox accounts and access privileges to users (See Users and Groups).
  * Use a single login for !FreedomBox Interface, XMPP, Ikiwiki and SSH
  * Share infrastructure resources:
    * Provide DNS service for your local network with bind.
    * Connect storage devices (See Storage).
    * Provide a linux  (including python3, etc) console accesible through SSH.
* Connect your !FreedomBox to the world:
  * Access your !FreedomBox from the public Internet via Pagekite, Tor, or DNS.
  * Obtain a certificate for your domain from Let's Encrypt.
  * Manage network connections over Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or PPPoE (See Networks).
* Control your !FreedomBox:
  * Customize it:
    * Configure system name and interface language (See Configure).
    * Configure time zone and network time service (See Date and Time).
  * Know what's happening in your box:
    * Run diagnostic tests (See Diagnostics).
    * View which services are allowed through the firewall (See Firewall).
    * Watch storage consumption in each device (See Storage).
    * from a web interface with Cockpit.
  * Solve and prevent troubles:
    * Upgrade software packages automatically (See Software Upgrades).
    * View disk information or expand a partition (See Disks).
    * Create and restore filesystem snapshots (See Snapshots).
    * Backup your data with Borg (See Backups).
    * Configure service discovery (See Service Discovery).
* Learn how to administer your box:
  * Offline Manual
  * Online resources
  * Community support
    * Forums
    * Mailing List
    * IRC channel

Planned

These features are planned for upcoming releases.

* Run your own federated social networking server (diaspora*)
* Host your photos and videos (MediaGoblin)
* Run your micro-blogging social network (GNU Social, Mastodon, Pleroma)
* Email server
* Scheduled backups
* Manage and share your bookmarks (Shaarli)

Applications available in each Release

||Application||Description||Debian 9 (Stretch)||Debian 10 (Buster)||Comment|| || Dynamic DNS || Access to !FreedomBox ||  ? || (./) || || || Pagekite || Access to !FreedomBox ||  ? || (./) || || || Tor || Anonymity Network || (./) || (./) || || || I2P || Anonymity Network || {X} || {X} || added in buster-backports || || Transmission || !BitTorrent Web Client || (./) || (./) || || || Deluge || !BitTorrent Web Client || (./) || (./) || || || Minetest || Block Sandbox || (./) || (./) || || || Radicale || Calendar and Addressbook || (./) || (./) || || || Quassel || Chat Client (IRC) || (./) || (./) || || || JSXC || Chat Client (XMPP) || (./) || (./) || || || Ejabberd || Chat Server (XMPP) || (./) || (./) || || || Matrix Synapse || Chat Server (Matrix) || {X} || (./) || only in buster-backports || || Roundcube || Email Client || (./) || (./) || || || Bepasty || File Publishing || {X} || {X} || added in buster-backports || || Sharing || File Publishing ||  ? || (./) || || || MLDonkey || File Sharing || {X} || (./) || || || Tahoe-LAFS || File Storage (Distributed) ||  ? || (./) || || || Syncthing || File Synchronization ||  ? || (./) || || || Infinoted || Gobby Server || (./) || (./) || || || Tiny Tiny RSS || News Feed Reader || {X} || (./) || || || Calibre || Organise e-Books || {X} || (./) || || || Shadowsocks || SOCKS5 proxy || {X} || (./) || || || OpenVPN || Virtual Private Network || (./) || (./) || || || Mumble || Voice Chat Server || (./) || (./) || || || Repro || VoIP Server (SIP) || (./) || {X} || || || Privoxy || Web Proxy || (./) || (./) || || || Searx || Web Search || {X} || (./) || || || MediaWiki || Wiki || {X} || (./) || || || Ikiwiki || Wiki and Blog || (./) || (./) || ||

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