MESH
MESH is a free, open-source privacy app for Android. Censorship-resisting overlay network for digital forensics. It has 202 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
About MESH
MESH is a censorship-resisting, peer-to-peer first, end-to-end encrypted overlay network for digital forensics. It's a fork of the Tailscale protocol, but is self-hostable and heavily modified for civil society and forensic operations.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds MESH from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is MESH?
MESH is a free, open-source privacy app for Android. Censorship-resisting overlay network for digital forensics. It has 202 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is MESH free and open source?
Yes. MESH's source code is public on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install MESH?
You can install MESH from F-Droid (package com.barghest.mesh) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v0.2.1-beta).
Is MESH still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 19, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.