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We use the *staggered broadcast* technique when relaying gossip messages to reduce message amplification. In our basic simulation, it brings amplification down from 3.5 to 1.5. The idea is simply to accumulate gossip messages and relay them after a fixed interval of time. This has two effects: 1) Old messages that haven't been sent yet are replaced by newer ones, so only one message is sent after the delay. 2) Because nodes have their own intervals, messages are not all sent at the same time, which reduces the chance of messages crossing paths. For now we only turn this on for inventory messages, since this is the least likely to be noticed by users, and also the most problematic currently.
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Radicle Heartwood Protocol & Stack
Heartwood is the third iteration of the Radicle Protocol, a powerful
peer-to-peer code collaboration and publishing stack. The repository contains a
full implementation of Heartwood, complete with a user-friendly command-line
interface (rad) and network daemon (radicle-node).
Radicle was designed to be a secure, decentralized and powerful alternative to code forges such as GitHub and GitLab that preserves user sovereignty and freedom.
See the Protocol Guide for an in-depth description of how Radicle works.
Installation
Requirements
- Linux or Unix based operating system.
- Git 2.34 or later
- OpenSSH 9.1 or later with
ssh-agent
📀 From binaries
Requires
curlandtar.
Run the following command to install the latest binary release:
curl -sSf https://radicle.xyz/install | sh
Or visit our download page.
📦 From source
Requires the Rust toolchain.
You can install the Radicle stack from source, by running the following commands from inside this repository:
cargo install --path radicle-cli --force --locked --root ~/.radicle
cargo install --path radicle-node --force --locked --root ~/.radicle
cargo install --path radicle-remote-helper --force --locked --root ~/.radicle
Or directly from our seed node:
cargo install --force --locked --root ~/.radicle \
--git https://seed.radicle.xyz/z3gqcJUoA1n9HaHKufZs5FCSGazv5.git \
radicle-cli radicle-node radicle-remote-helper
Running
Systemd unit files are provided for the node and HTTP daemon under the
/systemd folder. They can be used as a starting point for further
customization.
For running in debug mode, see HACKING.md.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md and HACKING.md for an introduction to contributing to Radicle.
License
Radicle is distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).
See LICENSE-APACHE and LICENSE-MIT for details.