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   Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 20:55:35 JST Polychrome :blabcat:
   I'm looking for a #mesh messenger application for Android that doesn't require registering an account on a remote network server despite claiming that it can function without the internet.
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 11:07:56 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • Dr. Fyzziks
     @drfyzziks no mesh on that one AFAIK.
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     Dr. Fyzziks (drfyzziks@makervine.net)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 11:07:58 JST Dr. Fyzziks

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     @Polychrome This looks interesting/promising:

     https://briarproject.org

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 11:10:26 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • Briar Project
     @txt_file @briar have each node on the network also act as a router, enabling messages to travel long distances on the network through strangers. That's how mesh networks generally work.
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     txt.file (txt_file@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 11:10:27 JST txt.file

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     • Briar Project

     @Polychrome define mesh, please.
     @briar can do some kind of mesh via Bluetooth.

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     T_X (t_x@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 11:24:43 JST T_X

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     • B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced

     @Polychrome #Qaul comes to my mind, it's in development for quite some time: https://qaul.net/. But haven't really used it myself yet. What I did use successfully is @mwarning 's simplistic #Meshenger: https://github.com/meshenger-app/meshenger-android
     But despite its name it doesn't have a built-in #mesh feature, you'd need to use it over a layer 2 #MeshNetwork like @batadv / #Freifunk. Similarly, for texting instead of voice @pidgin's #Bonjour Chat comes to my mind (but I think there is no Android app for it yet?)

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