Knit - offline peer-to-peer messaging - added to fDroid this week (f-droid.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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sounds like it can replace Briar?

An offline, serverless mesh messenger for Android — end-to-end encrypted, no internet, no accounts, no Google Play services.

Your phones talk directly to each other over Wi-Fi Aware and Bluetooth LE, and relay for one another hop by hop.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.getknit.knit/
https://github.com/getknit/knit

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[-] strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you for your service. o7

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2026

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