Messaging
Briar
Briar Project · DE · since 2018-05
Peer-to-peer messenger that works over Tor, Bluetooth, or local Wi-Fi. No servers at all. Built for activists in censorship environments. Android + desktop Linux only.
Open sourceAuditedE2EEGPL-3.0Free
Pros
- + Survives infrastructure shutdowns
- + Pure P2P, no operator can be coerced
- + Forum and blog features
Cons
- − No iOS app
- − Requires both peers online to deliver
- − Not for casual chat
Highlights
- ▸Works without internet (Bluetooth/Wi-Fi mesh)
- ▸No central server, no metadata
- ▸Tor by default
Specs at a glance
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Yes
- E2EE
- Yes
- Audited
- Yes
- Self-host
- No
- HQ
- DE
- Pricing
- free
- Platforms
- 2 platforms