First QuantumGate alpha release (v0.2.3)

The first alpha release for QuantumGate has just been published over on GitHub. You can head on over to the releases page to download and try it. This version (v0.2.3) includes pre-built binaries to make it easier for interested developers to try out the library without having to set up a build environment (including all dependencies) to build the library from source code themselves.

Both Debug and Release versions of all the pre-built binaries are included in this release for the Win32 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows platforms, while only the latest release of Windows 10 and 2019 Server are supported.

The examples, tutorials and extensive documentation available in the wiki on GitHub will get you started ASAP. One of the quick ways to get a general idea of what’s possible using QuantumGate is to have a look at the TestApp executable file that is also included in the pre-built binaries. This application is primarily used to (stress) test most of the features of QuantumGate, but it also demonstrates instant messaging, file transfer, video and audio communications as well as a SOCKS5 interface for setting up a secure tunnel. A more detailed article taking a look at the SOCKS5 interface of the TestApp will be published soon.

About QuantumGate

QuantumGate is a peer-to-peer (P2P) communications protocol, library and API written in C++. The long-term goal for QuantumGate is to become a platform for distributed computing based on a mesh networking model. In the short term, the goal is to provide developers with networking technology that they can easily integrate and use in their own applications. For more information check out this introduction on Medium.