Post #4495089

2026-08-11 09:49 UTC

I'm falling in love with Meshcore. Allow me to explain: I didn't expect it to be any interesting, I was just curious about being able to text my partner without any mobile broadband signal AT ALL, because Galicia has far far too many places, especially here in Sada where this is actually true, starting from nearby Fragas do Eume or the nearby forest. But now, it feels like what I was seeking with XMPP or DeltaChat, total privacy without any third parties involved. It reminds me of BitChat, chat over Bluetooth except it isn't, he can go really really far and the conversation is still instant, over Lora. The app needs some polishing yet it is an open source effort, so contributing is a matter of investing time. And even what it can already do is quite awesome. My biggest curiosity right now is how actually far can we take it and still receive messages instantly with our puny tupperware implementation. #meshcore #meshtastic

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@replytomaikel@cupoftea.social 2026-08-11 09:58

There's a whole insane market about this all, nomad project is one. At the end of the day they are all aiming at the same: self-sufficiency in a world that seems to be aiming at shrinkflation and ever growing inequality. There's this other thing, a bit more complex than Meshcore called Reticulum, it goes one step further by pretty much creating your own kind of walled community internet, without internet. I don't want to take it that far. Meshtastic is good, Meshcore is IMHO a lot simpler. Both are unfinished efforts but Meshcore feels more polished. Meshtastic feels like vi, while Meshcore is like NvChad. With Meshcore I get instant messaging, with Meshtastic there's a delay. Online info makes you think you need a third board to work as router with Meshcore but that's not true at all. #meshtastic #meshcore

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