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bitchat
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permissionlesstech / bitchat

bitchat

bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

18Distinct people
18Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
37.1KGitHub stars
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bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by month18 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-07-07 00:05:46 UTC to 2026-07-26 01:48:38 UTC.

02462025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 3 submissions, 4 commentsJul 20252025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 commentsJan 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 commentsJul 2026

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 20252025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC734
Aug 20252025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 20252025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20252025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20252025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Dec 20252025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20262026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC312
Feb 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20262026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20262026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20262026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20262026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC606

What Hacker News says

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Are those things that have happened? I mean, here's the first 4 URLs that show up when I Google for bitchat: https://bitchat.free/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitchat.droid&hl=en_US https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitchat-mesh/id6748219622 All of those work for me where I am, so AFAICT: It hasn't been pushed from one place to another at all. It's still where it was. It has additionally been copied over to Radicle... and that's OK, isn't it?
In Bitchat is now on Radicle
like most of bitchat's PRs, just pure slop. these are my certified classics though: https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/155 "Security audit: Fix critical encryption vulnerabilities" https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/219 "Satellite networking extension for BitChat". It doesn't even look like it's going to work... https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/199 "Secure Enclave key generation and retrieval to KeychainManager". Same folk, replying to themselves with AI.
In Death by a Thousand Slops

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