[the_gipsy]

Is this client app still closed source? Non-starter for me, also a strong indicator that anything like this was bound to happen, and this will not be the end of it.

[LaserBeam1000]

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

The closed client isn't needed anymore.

[queenkjuul]

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]

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

[marssaxman]

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).

[mtlynch]

>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]

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.

[amatecha]

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!

[sidewndr46]

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

[celsoazevedo]

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.

[jkingsman]

I develop an open-source self-hosted client (very mobile friendly) for base-station radios that you want to use from anywhere, and also support MQTT/community observers/bots/webhooks/etc. It spawned out of my need for a daily-driver client that wasn't chained to the radio, and turned into a super fully featured companion client for power users.

The radio API and firmware is open; I have no ire for people who choose to make software closed source so that it can be monetized when there are SO many other options that in many cases supersede the functionality of the closed source option.

https://github.com/jkingsman/Remote-Terminal-for-MeshCore