Guide to I2P and I2P services - Version 1

**PREFACE**

There has been a guide to Tor hidden services for a long while now. It was about time for an I2P guide. For reference, here's the latest Tor Guide for Hidden Service (V. 4.0) http://pastebin.com/zRLGDRCM

Please read the FAQ at the end of this document for information on how to connect to the services listed below.

**I2P services**

SEARCH ENGINES:

eepsites - This search engine has been around for a long number of years. Also available on the clearnet via http://eepsite.com "This site provides a web interface to a database about files available within the anonymous I2P network. A dedicated, automated web crawler keeps the database up-to-date." http://eepsites.i2p

eye.i2p - Supports somewhat advanced query options. http://eye.i2p

epsilon.i2p - "Epsilon Search is a search engine that indexes eepsites on I2P." http://epsilon.i2p

IMAGEBOARDS:

Oniichan - Chan run by chisquare. Many categories, active-ish. http://oniichan.i2p

Anch - "This site was made by anarchists and for anarchists. This site is russian-speaking, except /int/, which is international." http://anch.i2p

(PERSONAL) SITES AND BLOGS:

augenscheinlich - A blog in Germany about Net politics, surveillance, secret services, leaks, and so forth. Frequently updated as of this writing. http://augenscheinlich.i2p

str4d - Home of str4d. It has guides, a blog, links, notes, and infographics. http://str4d.i2p

killyourtv.i2p - KillYourTV's home. Including How-Tos, a blog and a description of his services. http://killyourtv.i2p

Shadow Life - "Enjoy your stay below the radar". Well written and lenghty posts on anonymity. Would recommend. http://shadowlife.i2p

Cheech-Wizard - Blog of resident I2P user Cheech-Wizard, serving comics, music and thoughts. http://cheech-wizard.i2p

Dark Like My Soul - fancycakes' blog. Interesting and useful blogposts. http://dlms.i2p

SIGINT - Personal site/blog of sigint. http://sigint.i2p

dcherukhin - Personal blog and link list of a Russian man named Dmitriy Cherukhin. Appears to be an academic. http://dcherukhin.i2p

Raegdan's Refuge - Yet another Russian blog. http://mcr76yyq5f2e6a3b5vvrd5v6uyseyzhgculi6leptadjd5ua7c4q.b32.i2p

The Anon Dog - Daily updated links to (news) articles on politics, security, revolts, etc. "h4364r's Anonymous Daily on I2P" http://theanondog.i2p

Actap's Home page - "I'm Actap from Russia. Increasing Internet censorship level in my country brought me here." Hosts a constantly updated list of sites banned in Russia. http://actap.i2p

φlabs - Anja's "little corner on cipherspace". http://philabs.i2p

Chiron's I2P Eepsite - Entertaining homepage of a seemingly disorganised and at times angry German I2P user with limited grasp of the English language. He has added a puzzle to his website which leads to his personal information. Confirmed to be the manliest man on I2P. Rumored to be the operator of the I2P mainframe. http://i2p2go.i2p

sighup's eepsite - "Homepage of sighup". A blog, IRC logs of some irc2p channels, contact information, and some other stuff. http://sighup.i2p

darrob.i2p - Personal site of darrob. Some Tahoe-LAFS related stuff. http://darrob.i2p

peek-a-boo eepsite - ReturningNovice's eepsite. http://i2peek-a-boo.i2p

justme.i2p - Home of RandomI2PUser. Some books, music and programs available. http://justme.i2p

Meeh's home - One or two tutorials and a description of the services run by Meeh. http://meeh.i2p

Home of a Japanese I2P user. http://benkiman.i2p

lurker.i2p - "A non-organic lifeform". Home of Frost, the operator of ZeroFiles. Has a blog and a hosts.txt file. http://lurker.i2p

Complication - A really old personal site. Interesting snippets from the beginning of I2P when there were just a handful of users. Hasn't been updated in a couple of years. http://complication.i2p

Man of Perdition - "Things your goverment & church don't want you to know." Do not enter without triple-layered tinfoil hat. http://manofperdition.i2p

Freshcoffee - Plain and simple but well crafted home of cervantes. Lists some cryptographic keys. http://freshcoffee.i2p

Schwarzwald - Quite an empty website. http://schwarzwald.i2p

Doom - Yet another empty personal website. It lists a GPG key. http://doom.i2p

luminosus - Lists some contact information. http://luminosus.i2p

Cable Viewer - "A Cat's Mirror of Wikileaks Cablegate site." http://leakager.i2p

main.paraZite - A mirror of the (in)famous "paraZite" http://loinen.i2p

I2P Planet - "planet.i2p is an RSS aggregator for I2P trackers, blogs, and other feeds." http://planet.i2p

hashparty - "Home of hashparty, the blackhat hash cracking feast!" http://hashparty.i2p

Cool looking site in Spanish about privacy, government control, GSM, mobile phones, privacy, security, hacks, IMSI-catcher, etc. http://quematumovil.i2p

UC ZEON - UC 0079-0093 ZEON REMNANTS. http://uczeon.i2p

Buråsskolan - A Swedish site (or rather, a page) about cryptoanarchy (I suppose). http://kryptoanarki.i2p

anarchydocuments.i2p - A mirror of texfiles.com's "Anarchy and Explosives and General Mayhem" section. http://anarchydocuments.i2p

Abusos judiciales en España - Info about abuse by courts and lawyers in Spain. http://abusos.i2p

Info Security - A Russian blog on information systems security. Seems dead. http://infosecurity.i2p

Anarplex - Darknets and cipherpunked agorism. http://anarplex.i2p

Lenta.i2p - Very active news blog on Russian affairs. http://lenta.i2p

FreeZone - A Russian blog. http://freezone.i2p

SLS.i2p - Yet another Russian blog. Seems to cover politics. http://sls.i2p

Antheogen - A Russian site about psychoactive funghi (I think) http://entheogen.i2p

FILESHARING:

PaTracker 1.7 aka Postman's I2P tracker, or simply Postman. I2P's main torrent tracker. Has been up for years. Very active, very reliable. Lots of good stuff. http://tracker2.postman.i2p

DifTracker - A large body of French content http://diftracker.i2p

exotrack.i2p - Deserted but functional. http://exotrack.i2p

Myttk - A Russian torrent site. http://myttk.i2p

Welterde - Opentracker that has been up for a number of years. http://tracker.welterde.i2p/stats?mode=top5

Chisquare's opentracker announce URL http://hvvybpef5nabnizizyy6ei57a77na4urifa4np65vpfzwq5csfra.b32.i2p/a

An opentracker run by KillYourTV http://tracker.killyourtv.i2p

A Russian opentracker. http://ptt.i2p/index_eng.html

Les Hérétiques - Very well-designed collection of French literature, including detailed descriptions. Mostly (only?) EPUB files. http://heretiques-ebooks.i2p

lib.i2p - A modest (~500) collection of Russian ebooks. http://lib.i2p

Free Book Library - 20045 books, 410 comics, 33 magazines, 134 textbooks. Warning: Facebook Like button on page! http://ebooks.i2p

Gusion - A modest collection of ebooks (~290). Mostly fiction. Uses the Calibre ebook management software. http://gusion.i2p

Library Genesis - I2P leaf of the Library Genesis project (now nearing 1 million ebooks). http://u76v7ha6j4jmtz3k2lseaso5qy36lxs77klhovmptufwcodovatq.b32.i2p

Document Heaven - "Document Heaven wants to be an eepsite, which collects links and magnet links to scientific or otherwise interesting non-fictional papers, documents and books. This eepsite is hosted in the spirit of the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto." http://documentheaven.i2p

Cheech-Wizard - An index of music and comics uploaded by Cheech-Wizard to Postman. http://cheech-wizard.i2p

amidoinitrite - Manga, music, books, Youtube. http://amidoinitrite.i2p

lyncanthrope.i2p - French movies and music http://lycanthrope.i2p

openmusic.i2p - An open directory with some gigabytes of music. http://openmusic.i2p

mp3arc - Fairly big open directory of "hard music". At least 800 albums (haven't counted them). Sorted by artist. http://mp3arc.i2p

Anonymix - "Multitracks, Acapellas, Instrumentals, and More" for download. Requires registration. http://anonymix.i2p

leecher.i2p - Some popular TV series including The Walking Dead, The Simpsons, South Park, and more. http://leecher.i2p

serien.i2p - An index of German TV series available via torrents. http://serien.i2p

FINANCIAL:

VEscudero's Service for Buying and Selling Bitcoins - Very well established and reputable Bitcoin trader. http://bitcoiner.i2p

LTC Guild - Litecoin mining pool. http://ltcguild.i2p

Darsek - "virtual card, internet payment processor and money transfer system". http://darsek.i2p

∏x5 - "∏x5 Investment Fund is an Offshore entity outside your jurisdiction, managed by veteran investment gurus." http://pix5.i2p

PURCHASEABLES:

ChemHack's - "Apothecary and Potions". Currently selling homemade GHB and Suboxone http://chemhack.i2p

Darknet Products - Selling virtual machines and bootable USBs. http://darknet-products.i2p

SOCIAL:

id3nt - I2P's main microblogging service. http://id3nt.i2p

Jisko - Another microblogging service. Hasn't been around as long as id3nt, but has frequent and constant activity. http://jisko.i2p

Visibility - Fully functional social network. Active (read: not dead), but could do with more users. "You can add friends, upload files, share images, write blogs, create pages, add bookmarks, create polls, and more..." http://visibility.i2p

GAMING:

I2Play - "Welcome! I2Play provides anonymous gaming services over I2P. Admittedly the selection of games that can be played over I2P is reasonably small due to the requirement that they be tolerant of lag, but that doesn't stop us trying!" OpenTTD and Tetrinet. http://i2play.i2p

I2P Chess Client - "Here you can play chess with other users and robots either in casual play or for ranking. Also, you can interact with the users through the chat rooms. You don't need to install any other program, you just need to register using the link, enter and play!" http://chess.i2p

(FILE)HOSTING:

ZeroFiles - A file and image host with a 10mb upload limit. http://zerofiles.i2p

Gallery - Not exactly an image host pur sang, but it hosts images. About 40k of them. http://gallery.i2p

open4you - A Russian/English site offering free hosting. http://open4you.i2p

Blackhosting - A Russian hosting provider that accepts Bitcoin. http://blackhosting.i2p/en/

CODING / DEVELOPMENT / PLUGINS / I2P RELATED SOFTWARE:

ZZZ - The main developers forum of I2P. http://zzz.i2p

i2p2.i2p - I2P's project page. Go here for the nitty gritty on how I2P works. http://www.i2p2.i2p

trac - I2P bug reporting and general ticket creation. http://trac.i2p2.i2p

stats.i2p - "The home for I2P statistics". Has been around since forever. http://stats.i2p

BigBrother - Distributed network statistics gathering. http://bigbrother.i2p

sponge - Home of I2P for Android, Seedless, and sponge himself. http://sponge.i2p

echelon - Your #1 source for I2P plugins. http://echelon.i2p

Plugins - "An app-store for I2P plugins" http://plugins.i2p

I2P Plugins - Yet another source of plugins. http://stats.i2p/i2p/plugins

AyuDownloader - "AyuDownloader is an Plugin using the EepGet class from i2p developers to download larger files easy from Eepsites." http://ayudownloader.i2p

Ipredia - "Home of IprediaOS". An operating system for I2P. "IprediaOS is a fast, powerful and stable operating system based on Linux that provides an anonymous environment. All network traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and anonymized." http://ipredia.i2p

Projects.i2p - Projects.i2p is a community-focused projet management site for I2P coding projects, providing optional wikis, forums, document management, bug tracking and much, much more. If you'd like to host a project here, please contact one of the site admins, either on I2P's IRC network, or via e-mail. http://projects.i2p

Repo - "This site is a central information hub for repository hosting services around I2P." http://repo.i2p

git.repo.i2p - A public, anonymous Git hosting site. http://git.repo.i2p

Deadman - iMule repository. http://deadman.i2p

OUTPROXIES:

ExitProxy - Run by Russians. Multiple IPs available. http://exitproxy.i2p

Meeh's Tor outproxy - "I have a outpoxy free for use. With this you should be able to access both .i2p/.onion and clearnet sites." http://meeh.i2p/?p=services&sp=other

PASTEBINS:

PasteThis.i2p - Has been up for at least a year. Stable and actively used. http://pastethis.i2p

ZeroBin - "ZeroBin is a minimalist, opensource online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES." http://zerobin.i2p

TUTORIALS AND INFORMATION:

Salt Wiki - The main I2P Wiki as of writing. A valuable resource with a big and broad variety of information. Also available as a Tor hidden service http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Satori - "This is a wiki dedicated to cryptographic, anonymity, and security information." http://satori-wiki.i2p

The Darknet Wiki - Seems underdeveloped and deserted. http://darknet-wiki.i2p

wiki.meeh.i2p - Good resource with information not found elsewhere. "This is a wiki for i2p and how to use its functions and services." http://wiki.meeh.i2p

rus.i2p - Main Wiki for Russian I2P users. http://rus.i2p

Прогроморье - Another Russian Wiki. This one seems oriented towards more technical subjects. http://progromore.i2p

WikiI2p-ES - A wiki for latinos. http://lawiki.i2p/wiki-es

I2P Tutorials - Tutorials in German. http://tutorials.i2p

I2P/Tor Workshop Notes - "By the less than anonymous Adrian Crenshaw". http://irongeeks.i2p

PrivacyHawk - A useful resource for tutorials on a variety of topics. "Welcome to PrivacyHawk's Growing List of Tutorials". http://privacyhawk.i2p

ADDRESSBOOK SERVICES:

stats.i2p - The oldest and most popular addressbook service of I2P. Curated. http://stats.i2p

I2P Name Registery - Second most popular addressbook service. "Domain name registrations will not be rejected based on content." http://inr.i2p

I2Host- Yet another jumper service. http://i2host.i2p

COMMUNICATION SERVICES:

Postman's mail service aka mail.i2p. Has been online since 2004 with no breaks. Solid email provider. http://hq.postman.i2p

Mumble server by TronDev. Voice chat for the darknet. http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/TronDev_Mumble_Server

i2p-bote - Distributed secure email - http://i2pbote.i2p or http://plugins.i2p/i2pbote

Inscrutable XMPP - Also available as a Tor hidden service. Includes information on connecting to Inscrutable XMPP with various clients. http://inscrutable.i2p

Salt XMPP - See the wiki for a tutorial, configuration, client list, etc. Also available as a Tor hidden service. http://salt.i2p/xmpp.html + http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/Salt_xmpp

Inscrutable and Salt have S2S (between one another) and multi-user chat.

Haste XMPP - Also available as a Tor hidden service and on the clearnet http://haste.i2p

I2P Chat - A web chat run by who.i2p. Almost only Russians in here. http://who.i2p/chat/

Salt NNTP - Text only NNTP server. Also available as a Tor hidden service. http://salt.i2p/nntp.html + http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/Salt_nntp (tutorial)

UPTIME CHECKERS AND LINK LISTS:

Marcadores - A link list by a Latino user - http://marcadores.i2p

Null - Link list (and blog) by 77@0x7@0x01. Nice retro design. http://null.i2p

The Anon Dog - Excellent link list with descriptions. http://theanondog.i2p/cgi-bin/eepsites.py

Who is up? - Uptime checker by a Russian. http://who.i2p

Perv - One of the older uptime checkers. http://perv.i2p

identiguy aka eepstatus - Stable. http://identiguy.i2p

FORUMS:

forum.i2p - I2P's oldest forum. The most active forum in the I2P anglosphere. http://forum.i2p

forum.salt.i2p - Salt's forum. http://forum.salt.i2p

forum.rus.i2p - Main forum for Russian I2P users. Very active. http://forum.rus.i2p

The Holocaust Forum - "Open and civilized debate on the Holocaust". http://holocaust.i2p

COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT EDITING:

Salty Pad - An I2P Etherpad instance. http://oniichan.i2p/ep/pad/

Infinote - For use with an Infinote client. Might be better than Etherpad. No Javascript required. http://str4d.i2p/services/infinote/

KEY SERVERS:

KillYourTV's SKS OpenPGP Keyserver http://killyourtv.i2p/sks

Inscrutable's SKS OpenPGP Public Key Server http://keys.inscrutable.i2p

Echelon's I2P OpenPGP Public Key Server. http://keys.echelon.i2p

VARIOUS/OTHER:

Tabak - 1 page of information on.. tabacco. In Russian. An i2p-bote address is listed too. http://tabak.i2p

Anonet2 - The Anonet darknet. http://anonet2.i2p

q.i2p - "The I2P URL-Shortener" http://q.i2p

INTUIT.ru - A mirror of intuit.ru, which is.. something. In Russian. http://intuit.i2p

A hit counter for your eepsite. http://who.i2p/counter.html

BitTot - Yeah.. don't tell Putin about this. http://bitot.i2p

La lique des trolles - I don't have a clue what this is about. Some French closed forum. http://dumpteam.i2p

zzzot - See for yourself. http://encryptedphreak.i2p

MPAA NOTICE. http://mpaa.i2p

Does what it says on the tin. http://nyancat.i2p

SYNDIE (An open source system for operating distributed forums):

syndie-project.i2p - Syndie project website http://www.syndie.i2p

Syndie Documentation Project - A project to revive Syndie's documentation and make the software easier to use. http://fomjl7cori4juycw55kdlczpgzzhme6nox6zykokuiov6t5lxhvq.b32.i2p

syndie.darrob.i2p

syndie.echelon.i2p

syndie.inscrutable.i2p

syndie.killyourtv.i2p

syndie.meeh.i2p

syndie.welterde.i2p

A table of known Syndie archives. http://wiki.meeh.i2p

Syndie Gateway. http://mosfet.i2p

IRC:

The I2P IRC network aka irc2p - The biggest, most well known, most active IRC network in I2P. It works out of the box. Simply start I2P and point your IRC client to irc://127.0.0.1:6668

Nameless - An IRC network with some interesting anonymity enhancing features. Servers: irc.stream.i2p, irc.puredev.i2p, irc.philabs.i2p, irc.dlms.i2p

Single server networks belonging to particular users:

irc.killyourtv.i2p

irc.welterde.i2p

irc.meeh.i2p

TAHOE-LAFS:

"Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security." There is a public Tahoe-LAFS grid available in I2P, but we can't be bothered to describe it in this guide.

**Frequently Asked Questions**

HOW DO I CONNECT TO .I2P SITES?

We recommend you to use the Tor Browser. A visual tutorial on setting up the Tor Browser for use with .i2p sites can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/gwInM2e.png Plaintext:

1. Make sure I2P is running. Launch the Tor Browser. (Get it at https://torproject.org/)

2. Open the Torbutton Preferences.

3. Select "Use custom proxy settings". Set HTTP Proxy to 127.0.0.1 and the corresponding Port to 4444. Click "OK".

HOW DO I CONNECT TO I2P IRC SERVERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF IRC2P?

A visual tutorial can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/PxZLa.png

Plaintext:

1. http://127.0.0.1:7657/i2ptunnel/wizard

2. Select Client Tunnel -> click next

3. Select IRC for tunnel type -> click next

4. Name is whatever, description is whatever -> click next

5. Tunnel Destination is one of the below addresses (i.e. irc.puredev.i2p) -> click next

6. Set port to be an unused port like 6666 -> click next

7. Check AutoStart -> click Finish

8. Connect irc client to server at localhost on whatever port you chose in step 6 (don't use a proxy)

HOW DO I CONNECT TO OTHER I2P SERVICES?

Just do what you do when connecting to a non-irc2p IRC server. Point the appropriate client to the localhost:port combination that you set up for the tunnel.

CAN I USE I2P TO ACCESS NON-.I2P SITES AND SERVICES?

You can, but I2P is not built with proxy functionality in mind. There are some outproxies that allow you to access the clearnet though.

WHAT IS A "B32"?

TL;DR: a b32 is I2P's equivalent of an IP address. Longer explanation: The b32 is a "compressed" version of the b64, which is the actual destination key of an I2P service. All human-readable links are simply shortcuts for destination keys. This can be compared regular clearnet DNS, though I2P's "DNS system" (the address book) is completely local and only contacts I2P "name registrars" like stats.i2p or inr.i2p to get newly published addresses periodically.

ISN'T RELAYING TRAFFIC FOR OTHERS DANGEROUS?

You are not acting as a proxy. You are relaying encrypted traffic of which you know neither the source nor the destination. Depending on your country, there is usually close to zero risk involved in running a non-exit Tor relay. Relaying in I2P is no different.

ISN'T JAVA VERY INSECURE?