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Chat and messaging

Explore 43 projects in the Chat and messaging category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

Apps to support civic action through chat and messaging technologies.

43 projects

Messages

Apple's closed messaging platform

Cupertino, CA
2011

Bitpart

Bitpart is a one-to-many messaging tool that plugs into Signal. It was designed with rights defenders, activists and journalists operating in risky or repressive environments, and is intended for anyone needing to communicate with a large network safely over Signal.

WhatsApp on Decidim

A Decidim WhatsApp chatbot feature that allows people without an email address and/or low connectivity to participate in Decidim instances

Geneva, Switzerland
WhatsApp, Decidim

bitchat

bitchat is a decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh networks.

California
2025

DRAPAC VPN Bot

This bot offers an interface for requesting and accessing VPN support via Telegram and WhatsApp.

Telegram, WhatsApp

mInt: Human-centered design principles for effective management of social boundaries in interoperable text messaging platforms

At the Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University

Copenhagen

Bulk Texting and Whatsapp on MyCamino

Mobile Pathways MyCamino platform equips immigration nonprofits with cutting edge mobile technology so immigrants know their legal rights.

Berkeley, CA, USA
WhatsApp

whatsmeow

whatsmeow is a Go library for the WhatsApp web multidevice API.

Finland
WhatsApp, Matrix