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@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 ---
-title: "Try Freenet: Join River"
+title: "Install Freenet: Join River"
 date: 2025-01-01
 draft: false
 ---
 
 Install Freenet and you'll join the live chat room where the project's developers and users talk.
-It's the fastest way to see the network in action.
+It's the best way to see the network for real.
 
 The room runs as a Freenet contract: code that lives across the peer-to-peer network instead of on
 a central server. No company hosts it, no account to make, no admin who can shut it down.
 
+Want to look before installing? [Try River in your browser](/try/), a hosted demo of this same
+room with no download. It runs on a peer we host instead of one on your machine, so it's a
+preview rather than the real thing.
+
 {{< alert type="warning" >}} **Alpha notes:** Freenet is under active development.
 
 - **Auto-updates:** your peer updates as the network evolves; older versions stop working over
@@ -51,7 +55,9 @@ room name, click **"Leave Room"**, then get a new invite.
 system-wide service instead: `sudo freenet service install --system`
 
 **Network requirements:** Freenet uses UDP hole punching for peer-to-peer connections. Most home
-routers support this without configuration. Strict corporate firewalls may block connections.
+routers support this without configuration. Strict corporate firewalls may block connections. If
+yours does, the [hosted demo](/try/) usually still works, since it reaches the network over HTTPS
+through a peer we host.
 
 Need to remove Freenet? See the [uninstall guide](/uninstall/).