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Berty Technologies Company direct

Status: Active Updated: 2026-02-18 Sessions: 1 Facts: 39

Berty Technologies

Type: company Last Updated: 2026-02-18 Status: Active Research Sessions: 1

Executive Summary

Berty Technologies is a French non-profit organization (NGO) founded in July 2018 by Manfred Touron, based in Paris. The organization develops Berty, a secure peer-to-peer messaging application that works with or without internet access. Berty is built on the Wesh Protocol (formerly Berty Protocol), an open-source mesh network protocol using IPFS/libp2p for decentralized communication. The team of ~10 people focuses on privacy-first communication with end-to-end encryption, offline Bluetooth messaging, and zero data collection. The main berty/berty repository has 9,000+ stars on GitHub.

Facts

Organization

  • French non-profit organization (NGO) founded in July 2018 — Source: https://berty.tech/about (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Founded by Manfred Touron (CEO/Founder) — Source: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/berty-technologies (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Located at 96 Boulevard Bessieres, 75017 Paris, France — Source: https://berty.tech/about (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Team of approximately 10 people — Source: https://berty.tech/about (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Contact: contact@berty.tech, +33 805 08 20 00 — Source: https://berty.tech/about (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • GitHub organization created 2016-09-12 with 46 public repos — Source: https://api.github.com/orgs/berty (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)

Funding Model

  • Non-profit status chosen deliberately: "a lucrative business model wouldn't work because their data is not for sale" — Source: https://berty.tech/blog/ngo-non-profit/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Relies on donations and community support — Source: https://berty.tech (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Nodle.io granted Berty $1 million to advance the Berty Protocol — Source: https://berty.tech/blog/nodle-grants-berty-one-million (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Crypto donations locked for minimum 2-year period to prevent token dumping — Source: https://berty.tech/blog/nodle-grants-berty-one-million (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • App will always be 100% free — Source: https://berty.tech (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)

Core Product - Berty Messenger

  • Secure peer-to-peer messaging app, works with or without internet — Source: https://github.com/berty/berty (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Written in React Native with Go backend via gomobile — Source: https://github.com/berty/berty (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • End-to-end encryption with perfect forward secrecy — Source: https://berty.tech/docs/protocol/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Offline messaging via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and mDNS — Source: https://berty.tech/messenger/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Available on iOS App Store and Google Play — Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/berty-messenger/id1535500412 (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Main repo: 9,083 stars, 486 forks on GitHub — Source: https://github.com/berty/berty (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)

Wesh Protocol

  • Open-source mesh network protocol, separated from Berty as standalone — Source: https://wesh.network/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Uses IPFS/libp2p for peer-to-peer communication — Source: https://berty.tech/docs/protocol/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Core concept: "groups" — virtual places for message/metadata exchange using OrbitDB on IPFS — Source: https://berty.tech/docs/protocol/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Uses TOTP + public key for rendezvous point address generation — Source: https://berty.tech/docs/protocol/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Full SDK for developers: handles encryption, identity, routing, group coordination, device sync — Source: https://wesh.network/ (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Go package: berty.tech/weshnet — Source: https://pkg.go.dev/berty.tech/weshnet (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)

Key Team Members (GitHub org)

  • moul (Manfred Touron) — Founder & CEO — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • gfanton (Guilhem Fanton) — Core developer 2018-2023, P2P networking — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • aeddi (Antoine Eddi) — Developer — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • glouvigny (Guillaume Louvigny) — Developer — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • sfroment — Developer — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • ETeissonniere — Developer — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • pierreboc — Developer — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • 22 total public members in GitHub org — Source: GitHub API (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)

Community & Events

  • Active participant in Paris P2P Festival — Source: https://berty.tech/blog/paris-p2p-festival (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Teritori Network uses the Berty protocol for decentralized messaging — Source: web search (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Community repo for planning and coordination at github.com/berty/community — Source: https://github.com/berty/community (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)

Key Repositories

  • berty/berty (9,083 stars) — Main messenger app (TypeScript/React Native + Go) — Source: GitHub (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • berty/weshnet — Standalone Wesh protocol implementation — Source: GitHub (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • berty/go-orbit-db — Go implementation of OrbitDB — Source: GitHub (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • berty/go-ipfs-log — Go implementation of IPFS Log — Source: GitHub (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • berty/go-libp2p-rendezvous — libp2p rendezvous protocol — Source: GitHub (confidence: HIGH) (discovered: 2026-02-18)

Related Entities

  • Manfred Touron — Founder & CEO (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Guilhem Fanton — Core developer 2018-2023 (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Jae Kwon — Gno.land founder, related ecosystem (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Wulo / United Drivers — Previous project by Manfred Touron (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Nodle — $1M grant donor (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Paris P2P Festival — Community event participation (discovered: 2026-02-18)
  • Teritori Network — Uses Berty protocol for messaging (discovered: 2026-02-18)
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