Secure P2P Platform — Files, Secret, Screen, Watch, Call, Collab

Rapidly is an open-source P2P platform. Everything runs directly between browsers over WebRTC — no Rapidly server ever sees your data, and every session is end-to-end encrypted.

• Files — encrypted P2P file transfer with no size limits, expiring links, and download quotas
• Secret — one-time-view encrypted text: API keys, credentials, tokens
• Screen — peer-to-peer screen share with no video ever relayed through a server
• Watch — synchronised video watch parties; host clock, drift bands, peer-to-peer
• Call — E2E-encrypted voice and video for 1:1 and small groups
• Collab — real-time documents + whiteboards, Yjs CRDT over the P2P data channel

Plus: Stripe Connect payments on top of Files, organisation-level controls, customer portals, and webhook delivery.

• Python 3.14+ and uv
• Node.js 24+ and pnpm
• Docker

# 1. Clone and configure
git clone https://github.com/rapidly-tech/rapidly.git
cd rapidly
./dev/setup-environment

# 2. Start infrastructure (Postgres, Redis, Minio)
cd server
docker compose up -d

# 3. Backend API (http://127.0.0.1:8000)
uv sync
uv run task db_migrate
uv run task api

# 4. Frontend (http://127.0.0.1:3000) : in a new terminal
cd clients
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Tip: For a fully containerised setup with hot-reload, run dev docker up from the repo root. See DEVELOPMENT.md for details.

Rapidly is a monorepo with a Python/FastAPI backend and a Next.js frontend, connected by a generated TypeScript API client.

rapidly/
├── server/                     # Python backend
│   ├── rapidly/                #   Application modules
│   │   ├── file_sharing/       #     File sharing & WebRTC signalling
│   │   ├── storefront/         #     Public share pages
│   │   ├── auth/               #     Authentication (OAuth, magic links)
│   │   ├── organization/       #     Multi-tenant organisation layer
│   │   └── ...                 #     Products, webhooks, notifications, etc.
│   ├── migrations/             #   Alembic database migrations
│   └── docker-compose.yml      #   Dev infrastructure
├── clients/
│   ├── apps/web/               #   Next.js dashboard & public pages
│   └── packages/
│       ├── ui/                 #     Shared component library (Tailwind)
│       ├── client/             #     Generated API client
│       └── customer-portal/    #     Embeddable customer portal SDK
└── dev/                        # Developer tooling & scripts

• Free for file sharing and secret exchange
• 2 % platform fee on paid shares (via Stripe): no monthly costs
• See the fee schedule for full details

We welcome contributions of all kinds: bug reports, feature requests, docs improvements, and code.

1. Read DEVELOPMENT.md for environment setup
2. Check open issues or propose a new one
3. Fork, branch, and open a pull request

Found a vulnerability? Please disclose it responsibly: see SECURITY.md.

• Reddit: questions, ideas, and chat
• GitHub Discussions: longer-form conversations
• X: announcements

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.