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Products that do what TxtNet Browser – Browse the Web over SMS, No Wi-Fi/Mobile Data Needed does

Hello all, This is my second year of working on a project[1] with the goal of browsing the web, on an Android smartphone, without reliance on Wi-Fi or mobile data. While this concept might seem aimless, my goal was to provide a way for people in areas with limited, expensive, or censored cellular internet access a way to view the web in a basic format. I finished work on a basic client-server model last year[2], and this year, I implemented a new pseudo-distributed peer-to-peer model that allows any TxtNet Browser user to use their own smartphone to run a background server service that…

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   Smozzy (for Android/T-Mobile) - browse the web without a data plan▲293

   2011 · smozzy.com

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   Quest▲85

   Mobile browser connects you to the web without distractions

   2015

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   Cosmos Browser▲290

   Connect to the Internet through SMS without data or Wi-Fi

   2014

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   Stream Web▲60

   A mobile browser for a mobile world.

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   Chrome to Phone via SMS▲93

   Nice Pushbullet alternative. Text yourself from Chrome.

   2017

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   Google Mobile Friendly Test▲244

   Is your web page mobile-friendly?

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   MetaMask Mobile▲213

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   2019

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   Insight Browser▲210

   Supercharge search & browsing on iOS with no-code extensions

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   Share TXT▲141

   Share text between browsers in real time

   2021

10. 10
    Blockstack Browser for the Web▲145

    A browser to explore a new internet for decentralized apps

    2017

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    Link Bubble▲78

    Mobile browsing done right

    2014

12. 12
    Link Texting 2.0▲161

    Convert desktop traffic to app downloads

    2017

13. 13
    Help Offline▲102

    An offline emergency help providing system 🇮🇳

    2018

14. 14
    Basement Browser▲108

    A multiplayer mobile browser with AI agents on every webpage

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    2014

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    Travel TXT▲105

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    2017

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    Nomad Text▲94

    Get SMS anywhere while traveling.

    2019

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    App Links▲78

    Link Anywhere on Mobile

    2014

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    txtNest▲40

    Private text storage in your browser

    2025

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    Turtle Timer▲78

    Never be interrupted by non-urgent SMS again! (Android)

    2017

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    Dazzle – Mobile web browser designed from first principles▲57

    2017 · dazzle.now.sh

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    Jasonette – Native App Over HTTP, Now on Android▲32

    2016 · github.com

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    Txtnish – a client for the microblogging platform twtxt▲40

    2017 · github.com

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