Knit — Messaging without the network

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Knit finds nearby phones

It quietly scans for other Knit users over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. No pairing, no network, no setup.

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Your message hops device to device

Every phone that receives your message passes it onward, so it ripples outward across the crowd.

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It reaches people beyond your range

Through those hops your message lands with people you could never reach directly, without a single tower or router.

Mesh relay messaging

Messages hop from phone to phone over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, leap-frogging across every device in range to reach people far beyond your own signal. If there's no path yet, Knit holds the message and delivers it when someone comes back into range — and if you switch on Internet relays, an existing chat keeps flowing even when nobody's nearby at all.

Nearby room + direct messages

Drop into the public Nearby broadcast or start a private 1:1 thread. Both come with unread badges, typing and delivery indicators, and relative timestamps, in a clean Signal-style UI.

Group chats

Create named group conversations, see who's in them, rename them and come and go freely as the mesh shifts around you.

End-to-end encrypted chats

Your 1:1 and group messages are sealed end-to-end, so only the people in the chat can read them, even as each message hops through strangers' phones. Keys change as the conversation runs and Knit throws the spent ones away, so anyone who quietly recorded the radio traffic can't come back later and unpick it. Confirm a contact in person with a safety number or QR code.

Reactions, mentions & profiles

React with emoji, reply to any message inline, @-mention people, and share photos, GIFs and voice notes that ride the mesh on demand, so large files never flood it. Everyone gets a profile with a name, status and avatar, plus a friendly auto-generated alias like “EnlightenedZebra” so no one's ever just a random ID.

On-device AI moderation

A bundled AI model runs entirely on your phone to filter abusive text and blur explicit images behind tap-to-reveal. No uploads, no servers. Block a sender in a tap, or switch it off.

All your chats in one place

Direct messages, the open Nearby room and your group threads together, with unread badges, timestamps and delivery ticks, all over a live mesh of nearby phones.

Encrypted direct messages

One-to-one chats are sealed end-to-end and verifiable in person, so only you and the person you're talking to can read them.

Group chats

Spin up a named group, reply to any message and react as the conversation moves, all end-to-end encrypted, just like your DMs.

Festivals & crowds

Find your group when the network buckles under thousands of phones.

Marches & rallies

Coordinate on the ground when you'd rather not lean on the cell network.

Disasters & dead zones

Stay reachable when towers are down, or were never there to begin with.

Travel & off-grid

Message the people around you on a trail, a boat or abroad. No SIM required.

Packed venues

Cut through congested stadium and conference Wi-Fi with a network of your own.

Outages & blackouts

Keep your block in touch when a storm or outage takes the power, and the internet, with it.