Briar ke thekenoloji ea puisano ea software e bulehileng, e reretsoeng ho fana ka puisano e sireletsehileng le e tsitsitseng ea lithaka e se nang li-server tse bohareng le ho itšetleha ho fokolang ka lisebelisoa tsa ka ntle. Lihokelo li etsoa ka bluetooth, WiFi, kapa marang-rang ka Tor, 'me puisano eohle ea lekunutu e koetsoe ka mokhoa o hlakileng. Litaba tse amehang li bolokoa ka mokhoa o patiloeng ho lisebelisoa tse nkang karolo. Merero ea nako e telele ea projeke e kenyelletsa "blogging, 'mapa oa koluoa ​​​​le ho hlophisa litokomane tse kopanetsoeng." Bamameli ba pele ba Briar ba kenyelletsa "baitseki, baqolotsi ba litaba le mekhatlo ea sechaba" ka merero ea ho etsa hore tsamaiso "e be bonolo ka ho lekaneng ho thusa mang kapa mang ho boloka boitsebiso ba bona bo bolokehile." Kaha bokhoni ba ho sebetsa ha ho se na lisebelisoa tsa marang-rang ho ka boela ha etsa hore morero ona e be oa bohlokoa ho arabela likoluoa ​​​​le mekhatlo ea lithuso, bahlahlobi ba sebetsa le Open Humanitarian Initiative le Taarifa.[3] Qetellong, bahlahisi ba ikemiselitse ho theha sistimi e "bonolo ho e sebelisa joalo ka WhatsApp, e bolokehileng joalo ka PGP, 'me e lula e sebetsa haeba motho e mong a senya Marang-rang." Khoutu ea mohloli oa Briar e phatlalalitsoe e le software ea mahala mme e ajoa ho latela lipehelo tsa laesense ea GPLv3. E ile ea hlahlojoa ke Cure53 'me ea buelloa haholo tlalehong e fanoeng ka la 20 Hlakubele 2017, 'me ea khothaletsoa hore e hlahlojoe la bobeli ka mor'a hore ntlafatso e phethe.