{"package_name":"app.getknit.knit","name":"Knit","summary":"Encrypted mesh chat over Wi-Fi Aware & Bluetooth — no internet, no servers.","category":"Connectivity","icon_url":"/api/icon/app.getknit.knit","latest_version_code":22,"latest_version_name":"2.6.0","apk_url":"/api/apk/app.getknit.knit","apk_size":71536352,"apk_sha256":"48175e4692ee33804333b691fe1a937a9dfa9bbf3e6c04381b492582a15735ce","source_kind":"fdroid-repo","repo_slug":"fdroid-main","last_updated":1789700416,"release_timestamp":1789645969,"description":"Knit is a messenger that works with no internet, no cell service, and no accounts. It connects directly to the phones around you over Wi-Fi Aware and Bluetooth, passing messages device to device.\n\nWhen you send a message, nearby phones receive it and pass it onward to the phones around them — so your words hop across a crowd, a building, or a campsite, far past your own range. The more people using Knit nearby, the further it travels.\n\nWHY KNIT\n• No internet or mobile data required\n• No account, phone number, or email to sign up\n• No central server — nothing to shut down, monitor, or leak\n• No ads, tracking, analytics, or Google Play Services\n• Free software — anyone can read what the app does\n\nPERFECT FOR\n• Festivals and crowded venues where signal dies\n• Travel, flights, ships, camping, and the backcountry\n• Power outages and emergencies when networks fail\n\nPRIVATE BY DESIGN\nDirect and group chats are end-to-end encrypted. Each message is sealed so only the people in it can read it — every phone that carries it onward, and every relay, sees only ciphertext. Keys are generated on your device, protected by hardware-backed Android security. Confirm who you're talking to with a safety number or a QR scan.\n\nABOUT THE PERMISSIONS\nKnit asks for nearby-devices (location before Android 13) as Android needs it to find peers over Wi-Fi Aware and Bluetooth LE and reach a paired radio. Location is read only when you tap Send location. INTERNET is declared because Android counts the local Wi-Fi Aware socket as network access, and because relays and link previews use it once switched on. No account, no backend: a fresh install makes no network calls.\n\nFREE SOFTWARE\nKnit is released under the GNU General Public License v3 or later; the full source is at github.com/getknit/knit.\n\nFEATURES\n• Public \"Nearby\" room to broadcast to everyone in range\n• Private 1:1 messages (end-to-end encrypted)\n• Multi-member groups (end-to-end encrypted)\n• Quoted replies, emoji reactions, and @-mentio","categories":["Connectivity","Messaging","Security"]}