Keybase

Keybase, Inc.

About this app

Keybase is a messaging platform where:

* you can write securely to any twitter, reddit, facebook, github, and hacker news user
* you don't need to know someone's phone number or email address
* all messages are secure, end-to-end encrypted
* multi-device: your messages survive and transfer with encryption to new phones & computers

Keybase is so much more. It is:

* free for everyone, and free of ads
* open source (https://github.com/keybase/client)
* multi-platform, w/apps for macOS, Linux, and Windows (https://keybase.io/download)

By using the Keybase app you agree to the following terms:

* you'll be a nice Internet person

Keybase for mobile is brand new and we yearn for feedback. Inside the app,
click the gear icon and then choose "feedback" to send us a summary of your experience.

Ratings and reviews

Absolutely solid app! Keeps my chats organized and secure. Wish I had more friends capable of using and understanding it tho. One bug I've found is that clearing a conversation causes both mobile and desktop clients to forget the name of the channel. Requires leaving and rejoining to fix... which defeats the whole purpose of clearing the conversation.

TERRIBLY BUGGY on Android the past few months to the point of unusable. While typing, text box will not reflect inputs, freeze, then dump everything that was typed, or miss letters / words dump some of the text input. Constantly freezing require hard reset. Please fix this problem! Gone on too long! Developers, fix update version! Great platform overall. Privacy not what I thought it was. All devices connected to Users can be Googled too easily.

Having used quite a few cloud/storage apps in the last 10 (?) years, I can say Keybase is definitly the best yet in terms of platform availability, transparency (client code) and encryption. Some caveats exist though, like the ability to manage/upload lots of files or images in the android app. Feels weird to not pay for this service and it's not obvious how the company financed itself prior to the acquisition.

What’s new

• Target Android SDK 35