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The official firmware for Meshtastic, an open-source, off-grid mesh communication system.

12 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 1 story, 11 comments · first 2020-03-10 · latest 2026-03-16

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  1. …s://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792 [1] https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3157/changes [2] https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/pull/7922
    comment by godelski · 2026-03-16 · in Glassworm is back: A new wave of invisible Unicode attacks hits repositories
  2. This is an interesting enhancement using Meshtastic to expand the range of bitchat https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/discussions/7542
    comment by boozelclark · 2026-01-19 · in A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth
  3. …reasonable that radio hardware can't trivially be reprogrammed to exceed regulated power limits. https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/blob/develop/src/mesh... The true limits are imposed by the hardware, not the software, as it should be!
    comment by laggyluke · 2025-12-13 · in Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case
  4. It pains me to mention this but I don't think it's responsible not to: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/issues/4030 At time of writing (2025-09-27, plus or minus a timezone), there does not appear to be any serious attempt to secure…
    comment by xtajv · 2025-09-27 · in Meshtastic 64 – A meshtastic radio for the Commodore 64
  5. …the first place. Currently in the process to deploy a mesh from me to my parents and family. [0]: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/pull/3259
    comment by jeffhuys · 2025-01-10 · in Tactility: OS for the ESP32 Microcontroller Family
  6. Is this using unauthenticated AES-CTR mode? https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-device/blob/0447808... https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-device/blob/0447808... https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-device/blob/285413c...
    comment by sweis · 2022-07-07 · in Meshtastic is an encrypted communications platform for the Lora RF protocol
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    Device code for the Meshtastic ski/hike/fly/customizable open GPS radio
    story by RcrdBrt · 2020-12-29 · 0 comments
  8. …the ESP8266 you could still have a relatively low power device but with much greater bandwidth. [0] https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-device
    comment by bronco21016 · 2020-06-02 · in P2P Matrix
  9. …ble api). Here's an issue where various iOS types are ideating on possibly making an iOS app: https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-esp32/issues/14
    comment by punkgeek · 2020-03-11 · in We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would like advice
  10. …takes a few seconds to get across our likely max # of hops (which is only three, due to our u https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-esp32/blob/master/d... ) We initially used the RadioHead mesh router (which seems to be a variant of…
    comment by punkgeek · 2020-03-11 · in We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would like advice
  11. …now for the regions we know. Someone is sending in a PR soon for the extra 440ish band in EU soon. https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-esp32/blob/master/s...
    comment by punkgeek · 2020-03-11 · in We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would like advice
  12. Looks like you have already written a lot of low-level code for your device already ( https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-esp32 ) but have y'all considered taking a look at the Nerves project ( https://nerves-project.org )? You might…
    comment by whalesalad · 2020-03-10 · in We're making an open-source $30 GPS/mesh radio, would like advice