WREN

CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
The smallest bird. The loudest song.
0
DAYS IN DARKNESS
90M+
PEOPLE CUT OFF
12KB
ENTIRE APP SIZE
Open Wren Zero

No app. No install. No account. Opens in any browser. Works offline forever.

What is this

Wren is a 12KB file. You open it in any browser. You type messages. You share the file to the person next to you via AirDrop, Bluetooth, or USB. That person opens it and has every message you wrote. They add theirs. They share it. The file IS the network.

No app store. No phone number. No account. No internet. No server. Nothing to install. Nothing on your phone that wouldn't already be there. Close the browser tab and the evidence is gone.

Built for the more than 90 million people in Iran who have been cut off from the world since January 8, 2026 — and for anyone, anywhere, who has been separated from the people they love.

How it works

01

Open

Someone shares you a file called wren.html. Open it in any browser. That's it. You're on the mesh.

02

Type

Six channels: general, alert, water, medical, shelter, family. Start with ! for emergencies.

03

Share

Hit share. Every message you've typed bakes into the copy. The next person gets everything.

04

Grow

Each hop adds more messages. By the 10th share, the file carries a complete picture of a city.

How to share phone to phone

The file travels by hand. No internet needed. Here are the exact steps.

iPhone to iPhone
Open wren.html in Safari. Tap the share icon. Tap AirDrop. Select the other phone. They receive the file and open it. Done. AirDrop works with no internet — it uses Bluetooth + Wi-Fi Direct.
Android to Android
Open wren.html in Chrome. Tap the share icon inside Wren (the "share" button at top). Select Bluetooth or Nearby Share. The other phone receives the file and opens it in their browser.
Any phone to any phone
Save wren.html to a USB drive or SD card. Hand it to someone. They copy the file to their phone and open it in any browser. Or: connect two phones with a USB cable and transfer the file directly.

Also: real-time mesh apps

Wren Zero is sneakernet — messages travel at the speed of sharing. If you can install an app (from someone who already has it, via Bluetooth APK transfer), these add real-time Bluetooth mesh on top.

BitChat Mesh
iOS Android
BLE mesh. No accounts. Messages hop phone to phone. 360K+ downloads. Used in Iran during January blackout. Open source.
Briar
Android Audited
Security-audited by Cure53. BLE + Wi-Fi + Tor. QR code contacts — no accounts, no phone numbers, no tracking. Maximum safety.
Bridgefy
iOS Android
12.5M users. Largest mesh network. Signal Protocol encryption. Used in Hong Kong, Myanmar, and disasters worldwide.

These require installation. If you have no app store access, they can be shared Android-to-Android via Bluetooth APK transfer. Wren Zero requires nothing — just a browser.

For longer range: LoRa radio

A $7 circuit board (Meshtastic on a Heltec V3) becomes a 15km radio relay. A dozen cover a city. Solar powered. Runs forever. This is how neighborhoods become networks — and networks become a voice that cannot be shut off.

Bluetooth ~100m
LoRa 1-15km

To our friends in Iran

We know you are in a blackout. We know you may not see this page today, or tomorrow, or for weeks. But we also know this: you will find a way. You always have.

When you do get through — even for a moment — save this page. Open Wren Zero. Share it to every phone you can reach. Each phone that carries it makes the mesh stronger for everyone behind you.

Your words are worth carrying. Wren carries the voice.

Open source

Wren is built by Lesson of the Day, PBC — a California Public Benefit Corporation with a perpetual mission. We cannot be acquired. We cannot be shut down. We exist to serve. All code is GPL3. These designs do not belong to us. They belong to you.