Benefic is a multimodal knowledge system that connects text, voice notes, video, photos, and 3D content in one spatial canvas. It syncs across devices via end-to-end encrypted WebRTC — no port forwarding, no setup headaches.

Yes. All connections use DTLS-SRTP end-to-end encryption. Benefic cannot read your content — even when it handles the networking to get your data between devices.

Does Benefic require port forwarding?

No. Benefic handles all the networking for you — no ports to open, no firewall rules, no DNS to configure.

How is Benefic different from Obsidian or Notion?

Obsidian and Notion are text-first. Benefic treats video, audio, photos, and 3D content as first-class — linkable, searchable, and connected alongside text. All syncing is end-to-end encrypted, so Benefic can never read your content.

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TL;DR

Benefic is a multimodal knowledge system — text, voice notes, video, photos, and 3D content in one spatial canvas, synced across devices via encrypted peer-to-peer WebRTC.

Benefic connects all the ways you think — text, audio, video, images, and 3D content — in one linked, searchable system. Everything syncs across your devices with end-to-end encryption — we handle the networking, and we can’t read your content.

How Benefic Works

Benefic uses WebRTC — the same technology behind HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms and Discord — to sync your content across devices.

Direct peer-to-peer — after the initial handshake, traffic flows device-to-device
No port forwarding — no DNS records, no firewall rules, no reverse proxies
End-to-end encryption — every connection uses DTLS-SRTP, so Benefic cannot read your content even when it facilitates the connection

How Benefic Compares

Feature	Benefic	Obsidian / Notion	Plex / Jellyfin
Text, audio, video, 3D	All first-class	Text-first, media as attachments	Media only, no notes
Sync model	End-to-end encrypted WebRTC	Cloud or local-only	Port-forwarding or VPN
Privacy	E2E encrypted — we can’t read your data	Varies (Notion: cloud)	Server has full visibility
Setup	No port forwarding, no config	n/a	Router and network configuration
Content linking	Everything linkable	Text links only	None

Encryption Standards

All WebRTC sessions in Benefic are secured with DTLS-SRTP, which provides:

Authentication between your devices
Integrity protection for all transmitted data
End-to-end encryption for all content types
Benefic never holds your encryption keys