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Isn't there an open source Android mesh network? Based on Wifi or Bluetooth? I thought I heard about mesh networks being used in protests years ago...? Do we

Isn't there an open source Android mesh network? Based on Wifi or Bluetooth? I thought I heard about mesh networks being used in protests years ago...? Do we still not have something viable?

myself248 3y ago
I've heard of Briar and Bridgeify and Serval and Meshenger, what others are there?
- tecleandor 3y ago
  There is LibreMesh. There are other distros using OLSR and/or B.A.T.M.A.N. routing too. Check https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/start https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/start
- zikduruqe 3y ago
  https://berty.tech/messenger https://berty.tech/messenger
- YoshiRulz 3y ago
  https://hyperboria.net https://hyperboria.net, formerly Project Meshnet
kaliqt 3y ago
It's crazy if we don't yet. Hardware decentralization is sorely lacking.
woleium 3y ago
i remember something that was deployed in puerto rico after the hurricane in 2017.. a quick search later: https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/a-mesh-network-spontaneously-erupts-in-the-us-and-helps-connect-puerto-rico/amp/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/a-mesh-network-spontaneous...
- VikingCoder 3y ago
  ... And it looks like the consumer products are all completely unavailable right now. Seems like they're focusing their efforts on rescue, emergency, and tactical products... Dang it!
goodpoint 3y ago
Briar for sure, but Android is hostile to mesh networking (unsurprisingly).
linuxandrew 3y ago
yggdrasil can use WiFi on Android, I haven't tried it yet - https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/. yggdrasil gives you the ability to use TCP/IP applications over its mesh network but doesn't offer any end-user functionality itself. Manyverse can use WiFi for decentralised social networking - https://www.manyver.se/ https://www.manyver.se/. They're currently in the middle of a rewrite of the backend and a protocol switch away from Secure Scuttlebutt to their own protocol currently named PPPPP. Reticulum/Sideband offers a P2P messaging system over WiFi or other mediums - https://github.com/markqvist/sideband https://github.com/markqvist/sideband
danesparza 3y ago
You're thinking of this, I think: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireChat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireChat And it was discontinued in 2018 and not open source.

Isn't there an open source Android mesh network? Based on Wifi or Bluetooth? I thought I heard about mesh networks being used in protests years ago...? Do we still not have something viable?

myself248 3y ago

I've heard of Briar and Bridgeify and Serval and Meshenger, what others are there?

tecleandor 3y ago
There is LibreMesh. There are other distros using OLSR and/or B.A.T.M.A.N. routing too. Check https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/start https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/start
zikduruqe 3y ago
https://berty.tech/messenger https://berty.tech/messenger
YoshiRulz 3y ago
https://hyperboria.net https://hyperboria.net, formerly Project Meshnet

kaliqt 3y ago

It's crazy if we don't yet. Hardware decentralization is sorely lacking.

woleium 3y ago

i remember something that was deployed in puerto rico after the hurricane in 2017.. a quick search later: https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/a-mesh-network-spontaneously-erupts-in-the-us-and-helps-connect-puerto-rico/amp/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/a-mesh-network-spontaneous...

VikingCoder 3y ago
... And it looks like the consumer products are all completely unavailable right now. Seems like they're focusing their efforts on rescue, emergency, and tactical products... Dang it!

goodpoint 3y ago

Briar for sure, but Android is hostile to mesh networking (unsurprisingly).

linuxandrew 3y ago

yggdrasil can use WiFi on Android, I haven't tried it yet - https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/. yggdrasil gives you the ability to use TCP/IP applications over its mesh network but doesn't offer any end-user functionality itself. Manyverse can use WiFi for decentralised social networking - https://www.manyver.se/ https://www.manyver.se/. They're currently in the middle of a rewrite of the backend and a protocol switch away from Secure Scuttlebutt to their own protocol currently named PPPPP. Reticulum/Sideband offers a P2P messaging system over WiFi or other mediums - https://github.com/markqvist/sideband https://github.com/markqvist/sideband

danesparza 3y ago

You're thinking of this, I think: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireChat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireChat And it was discontinued in 2018 and not open source.