trancee/bitchat-mesh

Bitchat Mesh is a technical implementation of a P2P protocol specifically designed to extract the logic from the existing Bitchat application into a reusable library. While BLE mesh networking is technically challenging due to OS-level limitations and power management, the project currently lacks any quantitative signals of adoption (0 stars, 0 forks). It competes in a niche space occupied by more mature players like Bridgefy (proprietary), Briar (open source), and the official Bluetooth Mesh specifications. The primary threat comes from platform owners: Apple's Multipeer Connectivity and Google's Nearby Connections provide similar, more stable abstractions for device-to-device communication. The 'moat' here is purely the specific protocol compatibility with the Bitchat app, which is a thin basis for defensibility in the broader market.