Meshtastic
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
1warn against
Nov 29, 2025first mention
Jun 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I've been using Meshtastic for years.”
ham radio licenseeon “An Introduction to Meshtastic”
“Meshtastic, AnoNet, Reticulum, MeshCore, etc are all evidence of that”
Caveats and dissent
“Meshtastic / meshcore at this point look like a dead end of the development.”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“weather in embedded C++ (for an ESP32-S3 with an ePaper screen and InkHUD and other devices supported by Meshtastic)”
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: Esp32sim – Run ESP32 firmware in the browser 1 mention
- What's the most memory-efficient way to check the weather forecast? 1 mention
- An ESP32 based plane radar for my desk 1 mention
- Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb 1 mention
- An Introduction to Meshtastic 1 mention
- The world in which IPv6 was a good design 1 mention
Data: meshtastic.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“because Meshtastic compiles for x86, too”
“to an ESP32-S3 with a 2" eInk screen with Meshtastic InkHUD”
“Meshtastic / meshcore at this point look like a dead end of the development.”
“I've been using Meshtastic for years.”
“Meshtastic, AnoNet, Reticulum, MeshCore, etc are all evidence of that”
“they're not very reliable for messaging (especially Meshtastic, Meshcore works better here in London”
“I love the idea of bringing an alternative to SMS to my area.”