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Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks

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770 points ananddtyagi | 2 comments | 07 Jul 25 00:05 UTC | HN request time: 1.06s | source
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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[07 Jul 25 00:27 UTC] No.44485454[source]▶
Looks pretty interesting.

From what I can see, it's a native IOS/MacOS app (SwiftUI). I don't see an Android version.

Also seems pretty spartan, but it looks like it could be embedded in "friendlier" apps.

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1. ckcheng ◴[07 Jul 25 00:33 UTC] No.44485509[source]▶
No android but “can” be built?

> protocol is designed to be platform-agnostic. An Android client can be built

https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat?tab=readme-ov-file#a...

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2. ChrisMarshallNY ◴[07 Jul 25 00:36 UTC] No.44485528[source]▶
As long as it's Swift, I guess. The Protocols files seem "agnostic." I think the lower-level hardware files might need to be rewritten, though, so he's saying that an Android developer could write an app that incorporates the protocol.

If I were an Android developer, though, I'd just use the Swift files as a requirements spec, and write it native.