Who is Lightfriend for?

Lightfriend is a consumer product built for dumbphone users seeking privacy and reduced screen addiction.

Does Lightfriend have a free plan?

Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.

Is Lightfriend still active?

The GitHub repository shows 151 commits in the last 90 days.

What projects are similar to Lightfriend?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include 한결음악학원, Swedish Morning & Night Greets, and JOY Messenger Floating Button.

Who develops Lightfriend?

Lightfriend is developed by ahtavarasmus.

When did Lightfriend launch?

Lightfriend first shipped in 2025.

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Lightfriend

Name: Lightfriend
Author: ahtavarasmus

lightfriend.aiCommunication & Collaboration

Lightfriend provides an open-source AI assistant for dumbphones and basic feature phones. It enables access to WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, email, and web search through SMS and voice calls without requiring smartphone apps. The service runs inside AWS Nitro Enclaves with cryptographic attestation published to a blockchain smart contract, ensuring users can independently verify that no one else can access their chats or data. It is designed to reduce phone addiction by decoupling essential communication from addictive smartphone interfaces.

FreemiumAGPL-3.0WebCloud-managed

Visit lightfriend.ai

76stars

9forks

5features

2025since

Overview

5 features

In the Communication & Collaboration space, Lightfriend takes a focused approach. It focuses on accessing messaging apps, email, and web search on basic phones without using addictive smartphone interfaces or compromising privacy. It is built as a consumer product for dumbphone users seeking privacy and reduced screen addiction. Lightfriend follows a freemium model. Lightfriend is available on the web.

ahtavarasmus builds and maintains Lightfriend, and it first shipped in 2025. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 76 stars and 151 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include SMS Integration, Voice Calls, and Privacy Architecture. It exposes integrations via a public API.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

SMS Integration
Voice Calls
Privacy Architecture
Live Trust Chain
Open Source Code

Built with & integrations

Hosting

Cloudflare

Connectors

API

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managed

Detected from

Cloudflare: cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header

Trust & compliance

License

AGPL-3.0

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tierGitHub · ★ 76Active maintenance

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

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Frequently asked questions about Lightfriend

What is Lightfriend?: Lightfriend focuses on accessing messaging apps, email, and web search on basic phones without using addictive smartphone interfaces or compromising privacy. It is catalogued under Communication & Collaboration on PulseGate.
Who is Lightfriend for?: Lightfriend is a consumer product built for dumbphone users seeking privacy and reduced screen addiction.
Does Lightfriend have a free plan?: Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.
What platforms does Lightfriend run on?: Lightfriend runs on the web.
Is Lightfriend still active?: The GitHub repository shows 151 commits in the last 90 days.
What projects are similar to Lightfriend?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include 한결음악학원, Swedish Morning & Night Greets, and JOY Messenger Floating Button.한결음악학원 Swedish Morning & Night Greets JOY Messenger Floating Button
Who develops Lightfriend?: Lightfriend is developed by ahtavarasmus.
When did Lightfriend launch?: Lightfriend first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Pricing: Freemium · pricing page detected · free tier
Platforms: Web
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 76
License: AGPL-3.0
Built for: dumbphone users seeking privacy and reduced screen addiction
Model: B2C
Solves: Accessing messaging apps, email, and web search on basic phones without using addictive smartphone interfaces or compromising privacy.

Registered as

GitHub: ahtavarasmus/lightfriend

Developer

ahtavarasmus

Team

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 76
Forks: 9
Open issues: 2
Last commit: 3 Aug 2026
Commits 90d: 151
Contributors: 7
Authorship: Team
Default branch: master

Live coverage

Identity confidence: High · 87.8
Indexed: 3 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 3 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: ahtavarasmus-lightfriend-lightfriend-ai
Lifecycle state recorded: 3 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 3 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 3 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://lightfriend.ai/

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