Briar is Android-only and BitChat is iOS-only.
A quick search shows a few other cross-platform candidates: https://www.geckoandfly.com/22562/chat-without-internet-connection-mesh-network/
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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So something that was already made multiple times over but now with Techbro bullshit in the mix. Amazing.
So many options out there for this already. Whyyyyy make another one? Just contribute to one that already has been built and make it better Jack. You're so fucking close to being a good guy, but you just can't figure it out.
Because venture capital will control this one if it catches on
Sounds like it will be ~~proprietary~~ alternative to Briar.
It's licensed under the "unlicense" which is public domain adjacent. But yes Briar exists and I'm not sure what this really does any better that's any more usable. It's at least interesting to see that he may have finally understood what decentralized actually means with this though. And competition is always a good thing even if it's over things that are mostly useless to the public.
My bad. The article didn't mention the license, but they compared it to Bridgefy so I assumed it was the same crap.
Fair assumption given that it's Dorsey.
Should’ve called it “Meshchat” or “Bluechat”.
I got a spot on the testflight. Seems interesting but no one around me using it to test :)
free open source software gets downvoted but musk spam is tolerated. Lemmy liberals are fuckin weird