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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 kill

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

drpfenderson 6mo ago
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 https://github.com/zjs81/meshcore-open
sidewndr46 6mo ago
This reduced my interest to zero in this as well, when I learned it was closed source
- celsoazevedo 6mo ago
  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.
marssaxman 6mo ago
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/ 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).
- amatecha 6mo ago
  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!
- mtlynch 6mo ago
  >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-not-a-blackberry https://mtlynch.io/first-impressions-of-meshcore/#this-is-no...
  - marssaxman 6mo ago
    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.

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

drpfenderson 6mo ago

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 https://github.com/zjs81/meshcore-open

sidewndr46 6mo ago

This reduced my interest to zero in this as well, when I learned it was closed source

celsoazevedo 6mo ago
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.

marssaxman 6mo ago

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/ 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).

amatecha 6mo ago
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!
mtlynch 6mo ago
>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-not-a-blackberry https://mtlynch.io/first-impressions-of-meshcore/#this-is-no...
- marssaxman 6mo ago
  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.