Bufera

Install

Put Bufera on your home screen.

There is nothing to download and no app store involved. Bufera is a web app, which means it installs in about fifteen seconds and updates itself.

iPhone

  1. Open bufera.app in Safari

    It has to be Safari — other browsers on iPhone cannot install web apps.

  2. Tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen”

    The Share button is the square with an arrow, at the bottom of the screen.

  3. Open it from your home screen

    It runs full-screen with no browser bars, works without a signal, and can send you notifications.

Installing from the home screen matters on iPhone: opened as an ordinary Safari tab, Bufera cannot send you push notifications. That is an Apple restriction, not a setting we can change.

Android

  1. Open bufera.app in Chrome

    Chrome usually offers to install it on its own after a moment.

  2. Tap the three-dot menu, then “Install app”

    It may also appear as “Add to Home screen”.

  3. Open it from your home screen

    Same as on iPhone: full-screen, works offline, notifications available.

Desktop

Bufera works in any modern browser at app.bufera.app. It is designed for phones first, so the desktop layout is the same screens at a wider size.

Signing in

Sign in with your Google account. The first time, you will be asked to create a workspace or join one you have been invited to. Everything you add lives in that workspace, and the people you invite see it too.