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FireChat

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Chat "off-the-grid" with people around you – even if there is no Internet connection or mobile phone coverage.

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License model

  • FreeProprietary

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
Discontinued

Official url is a 404 error page now and apps haven't been updated since 2018.

5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
58likes
4comments
0news articles

Features

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  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Decentralized
  3.  End-to-End Encryption
  4.  Mesh network
  5.  Team Messaging
  6.  Bluetooth Support
  7.  Encrypted Chat
  8.  Peer-To-Peer

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Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
mplserin
Dec 20, 2018
0

The ORIGINAL mesh network communication, chat app that works off the grid by bouncing data (msgs) by peers' phones! GREAT at rallies, fests, or anytime you're in a crowd and doomsday hits! -Godzilla tears your cell towers down, -aliens raygun blast our satellites, -an earthquake swallows your cable internet, -terrorists fly planes into a building, you get the idea...

I Installed it and kept copies of the APK installer for Android (and the one for iOS) _to share the app with others _in case they can't get online!

adi Dev
Mar 18, 2020
0

The signing site firech.at is down, the link on opengarden.com doesn't work, seams like this is dead project, before I had a chance to try it ;(

phillipma
Jan 18, 2019
5

it's now internet server based and doesn't work offline anymore :(

Robin Walker
Jul 16, 2018
0

best option to chat when you are out on a festival where the mobile internet connection is heavily overloaded by the crowd, did not have any problems so far

What is FireChat?

FireChat introduces a new way to chat: "off-the-grid". Now you can chat with people around you – even if there is no Internet connection or mobile phone coverage.

FireChat creates a mesh network using Bluetooth and peer-to-peer WiFi. FireChat transmits messages and pictures offline between devices that are located within 200 feet of one another.

Whether you’re on the beach or in the subway, at a big game or a trade show, camping in the wild or at a concert, or even travelling abroad, simply fire up the app with a friend or two and find out who else is there.

FireChat enables a new type of communication: “firechats”. These live and anonymous discussion groups can gather as many as 10,000 people simultaneously.

You can create your own firechats about anything that interests you - whether it's the NY Yankees, Game of Thrones, League of Legends or Italian food.

Thanks to FireChat’s innovative multi-hop and store-and-forward capabilities, FireChat users form a network that increases in size with the number of devices. It allows messages to hop from one device to the next in order to reach the recipient(s). This is why the more people use FireChat, the better and the larger the network becomes (unlike with cellular networks).

Get FireChat and start bringing people together.

Features: • Instantly chat with anyone around you, • Works even without any Internet connection or mobile phone coverage, • Use the "Nearby" mode for off-the-grid communications, up to 200 feet of your location, • Multihop capabilities extend the range of peer-to-peer communications, • See what people are talking about all over the country in the “Everyone” mode, • Create your own ‘firechats’ for live discussions with up to tens of thousands of simultaneous users • Choose your own unique username and avatar • No significant impact on battery consumption.

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FireChat information

  • Developed by

    US flagOpen Garden
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    6 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about FireChat, and it has gotten 58 likes

FireChat was added to AlternativeTo by Danilo_Venom on Oct 1, 2014 and this page was last updated Jun 17, 2022.