# Decentralized FL

**URL:** <https://discuss.flower.ai/t/decentralized-fl/867>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 27, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.flower.ai/t/decentralized-fl/867 "2025-03-27T06:57:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![jack20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jack20](https://discuss.flower.ai/u/jack20)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.flower.ai/t/decentralized-fl/867/1 "2025-03-27T06:57:34Z")

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Hello,

Is a implemention of a DFL Strategy or architecture possible in Flower. For example a peer to peer between clients without a aggregation and managemant server?

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**Author:** ![williamlm](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/discuss.flower.ai/williamlm/32/162_2.png) [@williamlm](https://discuss.flower.ai/u/williamlm)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.flower.ai/t/decentralized-fl/867/2 "2025-08-05T18:29:41Z")

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hi @jack20,

definitely an interesting question/proposal. Feel free to review [this PR](https://github.com/adap/flower/pull/5189) and add your thoughts to it. This is for now an external contributor example.