permissionlesstech/bitchat-android
decentralized mesh chat
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Where it stands
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3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 14 days ago, with 61 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #13 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 26, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Implements a secure, decentralized peer-to-peer chat app over Bluetooth mesh networks for Android devices.
- Enables private, serverless communication without internet or phone numbers, supporting cross-platform messaging with iOS.
- Use for offline group chats in areas without cellular or Wi-Fi coverage using Bluetooth mesh networking.
- Use for privacy-focused messaging where users want encrypted communication without accounts or persistent identifiers.
- Use for location-based chat channels leveraging geohash to connect users in the same geographic area.
Should you depend on it?
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License
GPL 3.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
A secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks. No internet required for mesh chats, no servers, no phone numbers - just pure encrypted communication. Bitchat also supports geohash channels, which use an internet connection to connect you with others in your geographic area.
This is the Android port of the original bitchat iOS app, maintaining 100% protocol compatibility for cross-platform communication.
You can download the latest version of bitchat for Android from the GitHub Releases page.
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Forks
2.0K+153
Open issues
397+89
Compared with peers in Android
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rustdesk/rustdesk | 128.9K | +859 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| google/comprehensive-rust | 33.5K | — | 45 | — |
| appium/appium | 22.2K | — | 60 | 1 day ago |
| bia-pain-bache/BPB-Worker-Panel | 13.9K | — | 22 | 109 days ago |
| permissionlesstech/bitchat-android | 8.0K | — | 75 | 14 days ago |
| JetBrains/koog | 4.7K | — | 58 | 45 days ago |
| Category median | 22.2K | — | 58 | — |
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