INFORMATION WARFARE · YGGDRASIL

The Informed on Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil is an encrypted IPv6 network. Every device makes its own permanent address from its own key, so nobody hands addresses out. Nodes link to peers and arrange themselves into a tree to find routes, and traffic is encrypted from end to end. Because it is ordinary IPv6, your browser, SSH and chat programs work over it without changes.

HOW TO JOIN

Three steps

1
Install Yggdrasil
Linux packages and a Windows installer are on the project site. On a Mac, the Homebrew package was switched off on 1 September 2026 because it failed Apple's Gatekeeper check, so build it with Go instead.
```
go install github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/cmd/yggdrasil@v0.5.14
```
yggdrasil-network.github.io ↗
2
Peer with our node
Make a config with yggdrasil -genconf, then add our node under Peers.
```
Peers: [
  tls://rns.theinformed.org:9001
]
```
3
Run it and open our site
Start Yggdrasil with admin rights so it can create its network interface, then open the address below in any browser, square brackets included.

OUR SITE, INSIDE YGGDRASIL ONLYhttp://[200:e084:3626:9a19:af4b:250d:9ef8:6568]/

OUR YGGDRASIL ADDRESS200:e084:3626:9a19:af4b:250d:9ef8:6568

OUR PAGES

What is on the Yggdrasil site

A page on how Yggdrasil works, from keys to routing, and a side-by-side comparison of Tor, I2P, Reticulum and Yggdrasil. It answers only to visitors already inside Yggdrasil.

RETICULUM OVER YGGDRASIL

Reach our Reticulum node through Yggdrasil

The same server runs our Reticulum node. Add this interface to your Reticulum config to reach it over Yggdrasil instead of the open internet.

[[The Informed over Yggdrasil]]
  type = TCPClientInterface
  enabled = yes
  target_host = 200:e084:3626:9a19:af4b:250d:9ef8:6568
  target_port = 4242

What this node is

A public Yggdrasil node on the same server as our Reticulum node, rns.theinformed.org. Sean Egan and Derek Conklin run it, h Bar CO funds it, and we keep it running around the clock. Anyone can peer with it.

What it does not hide

Yggdrasil is not an anonymity network. Your peers see your internet address, and every site you visit sees your Yggdrasil address, which never changes. It hides what you send, not who you are. For anonymity use Tor or I2P. For a network with no internet under it, use Reticulum.

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