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Databag

A federated chat client designed for privacy and selfhosting.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

Databag is a messaging mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing: self-hosting on your own server.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A federated chat client designed for privacy and selfhosting.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Decentralized (direct communication between app and selfhosted server)” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Databag is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Few recent updates

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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