BeeChat: Offline Messenger

BeeChat lets you message the people around you when there is no cell signal or internet: at a festival, on a hike, at a campsite, in a crowded stadium, or during an outage.

Messages travel over Bluetooth, phone to phone. If your friend is out of direct range, nearby BeeChat phones relay the message for you (up to 7 hops), so the network grows with every person who joins.

• No account, no phone number, no internet
• End-to-end encrypted: only you and the recipient can read messages
• Add contacts in person with a QR code and verify them with a safety number
• Status: let your crew know with one tap if you are OK or need help
• Messages wait and are delivered when the person comes back in range
• See nearby devices and the state of your network ("Hive")
• No ads, no tracking, no data collected

Your identity is created on your device and stays there. Messages are stored encrypted on your phone only; there are no servers.

Note: Bluetooth range is roughly 10–100 m per hop, depending on the environment. Range grows as more people nearby use BeeChat.