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A Briar
● up · checked 15m ago verified 2 days ago
Peer-to-peer messenger over Tor, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi. No servers, no metadata.
At a glance
- no-KYC signup
- Open-source codebase
- Self-hostable
Review
Briar routes messages directly between phones — over Tor when you have internet, or local Bluetooth/Wi-Fi when you don't. No central server holds metadata. Designed for journalists/activists in hostile network conditions. Android-only as of mid-2026; desktop in beta.
Fees
Free · F-Droid + Play Store · Android primary
Links
Why A? — rubric definition
Best evidence tier. Signup tested end-to-end by xmr.club curator — deposit + withdrawal + edge cases. No-KYC posture verified at retail volume. Last_verified within 12 months. Full rubric + worked example at /methodology; the curator's reasoning for this specific listing is in the audit log.
Audit trail — receipts for the editorial claim
- Upstream up · HTTP 200 · 561ms · checked 15m ago
- No
.onionmirror listed - Last manual verification
2026-05-12(<7d) - See curator log for Briar
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