Hi, thanks for building bitchat — it's a great project!
I'd like to request a native Windows desktop client for bitchat.
My use case: I have a computer on an isolated internal network with
no internet access (for security reasons), and I need to transfer
information from my phone (which has internet access) to that
computer. Bluetooth is ideal here because it keeps the internal
computer physically air-gapped — no network card, no IP connection,
just a short-range Bluetooth link. bitchat's pure BLE mesh design
is actually perfect for this scenario.
However, currently the only way to run bitchat on Windows is via
bitchat-tui, which requires WSL or Git Bash. This adds friction:
- WSL2 doesn't pass through the host's physical Bluetooth adapter by
default, so BLE scanning/advertising often fails without extra
tools like usbipd-win.
- Git Bash works but still feels like a workaround rather than a
proper native app.
A native Windows desktop client (using Win32/WinRT Bluetooth APIs
directly) would make bitchat much more practical for security-
sensitive / air-gapped environments like mine, where Bluetooth is
the only permitted transfer method between an internet-connected
device and an isolated one.
Would this be something the team is considering? Happy to help test
if there's an early build.
Thanks!
Hi, thanks for building bitchat — it's a great project!
I'd like to request a native Windows desktop client for bitchat.
My use case: I have a computer on an isolated internal network with
no internet access (for security reasons), and I need to transfer
information from my phone (which has internet access) to that
computer. Bluetooth is ideal here because it keeps the internal
computer physically air-gapped — no network card, no IP connection,
just a short-range Bluetooth link. bitchat's pure BLE mesh design
is actually perfect for this scenario.
However, currently the only way to run bitchat on Windows is via
bitchat-tui, which requires WSL or Git Bash. This adds friction:
default, so BLE scanning/advertising often fails without extra
tools like usbipd-win.
proper native app.
A native Windows desktop client (using Win32/WinRT Bluetooth APIs
directly) would make bitchat much more practical for security-
sensitive / air-gapped environments like mine, where Bluetooth is
the only permitted transfer method between an internet-connected
device and an isolated one.
Would this be something the team is considering? Happy to help test
if there's an early build.
Thanks!