When the network goes down, phones pass the messages along.
Wesh is a free emergency communication app. When the mobile network or the Internet is cut off, phones pass messages to each other over Bluetooth, from one to the next.
Natural disaster, cyberattack, war, protests, revolutions, outages, shutdowns: Wesh keeps people nearby in touch. No account, no server, no tracking: simply peer-to-peer with the people around you, your neighbourhood, your village, your city, and why not all of Europe. Thousands of us around the world are already exploring other, autonomous ways to communicate — and it works.
Three steps
Before
Install Wesh and swap QR codes with the people close to you.
During the outage
Open Wesh. The local room brings together everyone in range.
Keep it open
Every phone relays the others' messages.
How it works
- Public
Local room
Write to everyone in range who uses Wesh or BitChat. The more phones there are, the further it reaches.
- Private
Verified contacts
Swap QR codes in person. Your private messages are then end-to-end encrypted.
- Via Internet
If you turn it on
Off by default. Reaches verified contacts out of range, through Tor and public relays, while the Internet still works.
No phone number, no email. Your keys are created on your phone and your data stays there, encrypted. Erase all data, in settings, deletes everything after confirmation.
Good to know
The local room is public. Everyone in range can read, keep and relay what you write there.
- It needs phones nearby. A few dozen metres, more through relays. Alone, without Internet mode, your messages wait.
- Your phone is detectable. It broadcasts your nickname and public keys to nearby devices. These keys stay the same until you reset your identity.
- No promise of anonymity. A nickname does not prove who someone is. In Internet mode, the Tor entry relay sees your IP address.
- Delivery is not guaranteed. Keep the app open. In a life-threatening emergency, call 112 or your local emergency number.
Download
Wesh is not available yet. App Store, Google Play and APK links will be posted here.
iPhone on iOS 16 or later, Android 8.0 or later. For people aged 16 and over.
A commons
Free, ad-free, non-profit. The code is public, under open-source licences. Wesh is derived from BitChat and stays compatible with it.
- iOS (Unlicense): github.com/samouraiworld/wesh-bitchat-ios
- Android (GNU GPL v3): github.com/samouraiworld/wesh-bitchat-android