Mobile app · Internet & communication

Prav

Messaging for everyone, delivering privacy and freedom (powered by XMPP)!

Free, with trade-offs
Android and iOS
Open source

Ad-supported exit link (Clictune): an intermediate page may show for a few seconds before the official website. Direct link to the website, no intermediate page

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Technical details

Pricing: Free, with trade-offsconfirmed by F-Droid
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid, Wikidata
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: Android and iOSEstablished by Android: F-Droid, Wikidata · iOS: Wikidata
Publisher: Prav Team
Latest version: 2.20.1+prav (11 August 2026)
Latest activity: 11 August 2026
Source code: codeberg.org/prav/prav

Overview

Prav is a messaging mobile app, available on Android and iOS.

Features described on its official website: file sharing.

Services and protocols mentioned: XMPP.

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

“Prav Messaging App - Privacy and convenience with choice of providers” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Quality Calls And File Sharing” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Prav is free, with trade-offs: it depends on one specific server to work and it sends tracking data.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Flagged by F-Droid: depends on the publisher’s online service
Flagged by F-Droid: tracks user activity

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) — 5 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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