• If you've just started I2P, the Active: numbers on the left should start to grow over the next few minutes and you'll see a "shared clients" local destination listed at the bottom of the sidepanel on the left (if not, see below). Once green stars are indicated next to your local destinations, there are a range of services you can access including:
• Anonymous File Transfer
  I2PSnark is integrated into I2P, providing anonymous, encrypted bittorrent. Alternately, Sponge develops an alternative bittorrent client called Robert written in Python. There is also a port of e-mule to I2P called i-mule [Urgently needs developers!], a hookup into the gnutella network, filedumps, webuploads et al.
• Anonymous E-mail
  Postman's I2P-based mail system can be accessed either via I2P's built-in webmail (aka susimail) or using any mail client that supports smtp and pop3. Accounts can send and receive mail from the normal internet. For an account, visit hq.postman.i2p. Alternately, I2P-Bote is a new serverless, end-to-end encrypted e-mail system (with web interface), installable as a plugin.
• Anonymous Chat
  Start your IRC client (eg. chatzilla) and connect to the server at 127.0.0.1 port 6668. This points at one of two IRC servers hosted on I2P by Postman and Badger, but neither you nor they know where the other is, and your ISP or government is unable to intercept your conversation!
• Forums & Blogging
  Syndie is a distributed forum and blogging plaform for I2P [Urgently needs developers!]. There's also an I2P plugin port of the Java-based pebble blogging platform ported to I2P by zzz, available on i2plugins.i2p.
• Plugins for I2P
  Extend the usefulness of I2P by installing plugins… you can browse the plugins and related info on i2plugins.i2p.
• Darknet & Public Web browsing
  On I2P you can host anonymous websites (aka eepsites) and other services (eg. ssh over I2p, your own irc server etc), and you can also access the normal web anonymously via I2P. Configure your browser to use the HTTP proxy I2P provides at 127.0.0.1 port 4444, then browse to an eepsite or a normal http:// address. Some useful resources are listed below:
  
  • forum.i2p: a secure and anonymous connection to forum.i2p2.de
  • www.i2p2.i2p and mirror i2p-projekt.i2p: secure and anonymous connections to www.i2p2.de
  • eepsites.i2p: an anonymously hosted search engine of eepsites
  • ugha.i2p: ugha's eepsite, a wiki that anyone can edit, and lots of links
  • fproxy.tino.i2p: Freenet proxy
  • echelon.i2p: software archive (I2PFox, iMule, I2P-Messenger etc) and information about I2P including a beginner's guide.
  • paste.i2p2.i2p: secure and anonymous paste service.
  • There are many more eepsites - just follow the links from the ones you see, bookmark your favorites, and visit them often!

Anonymous Encrypted Webserving

• Ready to roll!
  I2P comes built-in with a ready-to-go webserver for hosting your own anonymous website (eepsite) on the I2P darknet: a Jetty instance listening on http://127.0.0.1:7658/.
• Start your tunnel
  After starting up your pre-configured I2P Webserver tunnel, your eepsite will be visible to others. Detailed instructions for starting your eepsite are on eepsite quickstart guide.
• Host your own content
  To host your own content simply place your files in the eepsite/docroot/ directory (or place any standard JSP/Servlet .war files under eepsite/webapps, or standard CGI script under eepsite/cgi-bin) and they'll show up. You can also run any alternative webserver platform over I2P and replace the built-in server, or run it on another tunnel.

Troubleshooting & Further Assistance

• Be patient
  I2P may be slow to start the first time as it searches for peers. If, after 30 minutes, your Active: connected/recent count has less than 10 connected peers, you should open I2P's port on your firewall for better connectivity.
• Check your proxy setttings
  If you cannot see any eepsites at all (even www.i2p2.i2p), be sure your browser proxy is set to 127.0.0.1 port 4444.
• Getting support online
  You may also want to review the information on the I2P website, post up messages to the I2P discussion forum, or swing by #i2p-help, #i2p or #i2p-chat on IRC at irc.freenode.net, irc.postman.i2p or irc.freshcoffee.i2p (they're linked together).