OpenDating product facts
OpenDating is a live browser dating app for adults who prefer deliberate introductions and data minimization over an endless swipe feed. Its native iOS and Android clients remain pre-release.
Availability and price
- Live app: opendating-mobile.expo.app
- Supported platform: modern HTTPS browsers with Web Crypto, WebSocket, and local storage.
- Web price: free. Billing and OpenDating Plus are disabled on the web.
- Advertising and analytics: the current web app contains no advertising SDK or product analytics.
Account and browser storage
- No phone number, email address, password, or social login is required to create an account.
- The browser recovery key is encrypted before it enters local storage using AES-256-GCM and a key derived from the user's browser-lock passphrase with PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256.
- The passphrase and decrypted recovery key are not persisted. The decrypted key exists temporarily in JavaScript memory while the browser is unlocked.
- Browser storage is tied to the current origin. Moving browsers or domains requires explicit recovery-key export and import.
Location and conversations
- Coordinates are converted on-device to a geohash prefix of at most five characters before OpenDating's discovery service receives location data.
- Coarse location is not anonymity. The service still receives the approximate area and operational metadata, and a profile or conversation can reveal more.
- Direct-message content is encrypted end to end after a mutual match. Delivery metadata remains visible to the service, and recipients can retain what they receive.
Service and safety boundaries
Discovery, matching, moderation, media, delivery, and deletion currently use first-party OpenDating services on Cloudflare. OpenDating does not claim a large member network, independent-provider portability, identity verification for every member, anonymity, or guaranteed safety.
Members can block, unmatch, report, pause visibility, export their recovery key, lock the browser, and request account deletion. See the privacy policy, safety center, and service status.
Primary evidence
The implementation is source-available in the OpenDating mobile repository. The protocol is documented in the separate OpenDating protocol repository. Security-sensitive claims should be evaluated against the current source and deployment rather than this summary alone.