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giphyman··on Berty: Privacy-first messaging app
in beta still but https://briarproject.org/download-briar-desktop/ is worth a look
giphyman··on Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging
Are you able to get messaging working on Windows? Their website says they only support linux currently.
giphyman··on Berty: Privacy-first messaging app
I responded to a similar question in the recent Briar thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33686094#33692201

giphyman··on Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging
The desktop app is currently in development: https://briarproject.org/download-briar-desktop/
giphyman··on Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging
A Briar user can either create a new forum, or get invited via a Briar contact that is already in an existing forum. There's some more info on this topic in Briar's user manual if you're interested: https://briarproject.org/manual/

Briar also has the ability to introduce contacts to each other, so while it doesn't support totally public forums, you can spread information between contacts fairly effectively.

giphyman··on Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging
They are working on a mailbox app to offload the constant background tor processes which use a lot of the battery life: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-mailbox
giphyman··on Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging
Briar uses a rendevouz system for adding contacts over the internet: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-spec/blob/master/p...

And a 2-party QR code protocol for adding contacts in person: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-spec/blob/master/p...

In short, both these methods of adding contacts require both parties to actively add each other in the same time period. So even if you post your briar contact code publicly, only the contacts you are adding as well will be able to connect with you.

giphyman··on Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging
There is a WIP desktop client which is targeting linux phones: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop#design-goa...
giphyman··on Briar Desktop for Linux
briar is built on a p2p syncing protocol called bramble, you can read more here: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/A-Quick-Ov...
giphyman··on Briar Desktop for Linux
it looks like briar is already working on that buffer node concept: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-mailbox
giphyman··on Briar Desktop for Linux
Their website has a press page with some reviews and presentations: https://briarproject.org/press/
giphyman··on Briar 1.4 – Offline sharing, message transfer via SD cards and USB sticks
Briar is actually built on a library called Bramble that can be used for offline-first p2p data syncing. There was recently a good talk by a Briar Dev going deeper into the Bramble protocol: https://nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/posts/2021/diving-at-xmpp/
giphyman··on Briar 1.4 – Offline sharing, message transfer via SD cards and USB sticks
I found the code repository for Briar desktop port: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop