We’re happy to announce that we were able to make another release for Briar desktop today. With version 0.6.0-beta, blogs are finally available on desktops, too. Follow this link to download the latest version: https://desktop.briarproject.org/ … Read more →

The desktop team is excited to announce the next update to the Briar desktop client. The new version 0.5.0-beta brings support for private groups that complement private messaging and forums. Private groups were previously only available on Android … Read more →

Press release The Briar Project released a new Android app called Briar Mailbox today. Briar Mailbox is a helper app for Briar messenger that lets you receive encrypted messages from your contacts while Briar is offline. Next time Briar comes online … Read more →

In February of this year, security researchers at ETH Zürich notified us that they had found three security issues in the Briar app. Two of these issues were fixed in version 1.4.22 of Briar, which was released in February. The third issue was fixed … Read more →

Background The Briar team is currently doing some research into the long-term evolution of the project. We have two main branches of research, which we refer to as “social mesh” and “public mesh” respectively. The social mesh … Read more →

Briar Desktop 0.4.0-beta for Linux and Windows including the first new feature: forums We are very happy to announce that we have accomplished two big goals! We just released a version of Briar Desktop for Windows so that roughly one year after our … Read more →

Briar Desktop got another round of funding So far, Briar is only available as an Android app, which is preventing some organizations that work in repressive environments from using it as a secure communications tool and considering it as a more … Read more →

Status update Update (February 28, 13:20 UTC): Briar is available on Google Play again. Briar was briefly removed from Google Play because we didn’t provide Google’s review team with a username and password for testing the app. We … Read more →

Press release The Briar Project released version 1.4 of its Android app today. This release adds a couple of new features, highlighted below. First of all, users can now share the app offline. Prior to this release, the only way to get the app was to … Read more →

Press release The Briar Project released version 1.3 of its Android app today. Thanks to support from eQualit.ie, this release adds several new features that have been requested by many users over the years. With today’s release, users can … Read more →

Press Release The Briar Project released version 1.2 of its Android app today. This release allows users to add each other securely by exchanging links. Previously users needed to meet in person or ask a mutual contact to introduce them. Most … Read more →

Press Release The Briar Project released version 1.1 of its Android app today. This release adds new features following the app’s first public release in May. Thanks to support from the Open Technology Fund, the new release has a dark theme … Read more →

Press Release The peer-to-peer messenger Briar released its first stable version today. It is available for Android devices from Google Play or F-Droid. This release follows a security audit and a 10 month public beta period during which many bugs … Read more →

Press Release After extensive private beta tests, the first public beta of Briar was released today. Briar is a secure messaging app for Android. Unlike other popular apps, Briar does not require servers to work. It connects users directly using a … Read more →