Dash Chat
Secure messaging that keeps working when the internet doesn't.
Explore 42 projects in the Chat And Messaging category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.
Secure messaging that keeps working when the internet doesn't.
Offline mesh messaging apps
Spacetube is a group-to-group chat tool built on top of Matrix, a secure decentralised communication protocol.
Change the face of social impact engagement globally
HeLawyer provides legal information and access to lawyers through an Android application, SMS, phone call and Whatsapp.
Dokopalsya! (which playfully means "got to the bottom of it" in Russian), leverages large language models to serve as a rapid fact-checking assistant in Russian. When users share claims or news snippets, the bot identifies key assertions and checks them against reliable sources, providing evidence-based verification with links to authoritative references.
Messaging app owned by the Indian state, which is attempting to force mobile platforms to pre-install
The only FOSS-based service offering Matrix chat server hosting
bitchat is a decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh networks.