Privacy policy

Last updated: 22 October 2026

MeshLive is an open-source app for calls, chats and livestreams between phones over Bluetooth. This policy explains what happens to your information.

We collect nothing

MeshLive has no servers, no accounts, no analytics and no ads. The developers never receive your calls, messages, livestreams, contacts, name, location or any other information about you.

What stays on your phone

The app keeps the following only on your phone: your contacts and their names, recent calls, chat messages and attachments (stored encrypted), your settings, and your phone’s MeshLive identity keys. Android backups of this data are turned off.

What other phones nearby receive

MeshLive talks directly to other phones over Bluetooth. Calls, chats and livestreams are end-to-end encrypted.

Livestreams are public. Anyone nearby with MeshLive can watch or listen, and other phones can pass them on.
Calls and chats go only to the person you call or message. Phones that help relay them cannot see or hear the content.
Your phone broadcasts a short Bluetooth announcement so others can find you. Its ID changes regularly. Your name is shared only with the people you choose.

The full technical detail is in the privacy and security document.

Internet use

MeshLive works without internet. The only internet connections are:

Check for updates (versions downloaded from GitHub only): the app asks GitHub for the latest release. GitHub sees your IP address, as with any website. App store versions use the store’s own updates instead.
Crash reports: if the app closed unexpectedly, it offers to share a report the next time you open it. Nothing is sent unless you choose to send it, and you pick the app that sends it.

Permissions

Bluetooth (Nearby devices): to find and connect to other phones.
Microphone and camera: only for calls and livestreams you start or accept.
Notifications: to show incoming calls and messages.
Location (Android 10 to 12 only): Android requires it for Bluetooth scanning on these versions. MeshLive never reads your location.

Deleting your data

Use Settings > Delete everything in the app, or uninstall it. Either removes everything MeshLive stored on your phone. There is nothing to delete anywhere else, because nothing is stored anywhere else.

Children

MeshLive is not directed at children under 13.

Changes

Changes to this policy are published on this page and in the app’s source code history.

Contact

Questions or concerns: email meshlive.dev@gmail.com (also from Settings > Contact us in the app), or open an issue at github.com/MeshLive/meshlive-android/issues. Contacting us sends an email from your own email app; we only see what you write.