| ▲ | queenkjuul 8 hours ago |
| Wow, very surprised to learn that it is closed source, and that's probably not changing. My local mesh was testing out meshcore last week, this definitely kills my interest too |
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| ▲ | drpfenderson 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Thankfully there is an open-source client, which has pretty much all the features of the main client as well as some extras. https://github.com/zjs81/meshcore-open |
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| ▲ | marssaxman 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Shame to hear that: the protocol works well, scaling up to thousands of nodes across hundreds of miles. This is the local mesh where I live:
https://cascadiamesh.org/map/ You don't have to use the closed source app; there's an open-source client too, there are Blackberry-style client devices which don't require an app at all, and all the actual firmware is open source (MIT). |
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| ▲ | mtlynch 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | >there are Blackberry-style client devices which don't require an app at all, and all the actual firmware is open source (MIT). Worth noting that the Blackberry-style devices are also closed source and the hardware and software is way worse than Blackberry was 22 years ago.[0] [0] https://mtlynch.io/first-impressions-of-meshcore/#this-is-no... | | |
| ▲ | marssaxman 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Good to know - I've only used the companion radios. That firmware and the repeater firmware is open, which is what seems important to me. I wasn't expecting the T-Deck to be anything more sophisticated than a walkie-talkie for SMS, but it's a bummer than the UI code isn't open. |
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| ▲ | amatecha 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Wow, the coverage is nuts. I should hop on, looks like I've got solid coverage in my area. Been too lazy to properly give it a try but obviously I really should! Thanks for the link! |
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| ▲ | sidewndr46 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This reduced my interest to zero in this as well, when I learned it was closed source |
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| ▲ | celsoazevedo 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Search for "meshcore-open". It's an open client, still in alpha, but already does many of the basics. Github only for now, I believe. |
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