Meshtastic – Off-grid LoRa mesh for hams and preppers
Meshtastic is an open-source, decentralized, encrypted mesh network running on cheap LoRa hardware.
No cell towers, no internet, no monthly bills — just radios talking to radios over many miles.
Perfect for:
- EmComm when everything else is down
- Ranch/farm sensor networks
- SOTA/POTA activations far from cell coverage
- Rural property monitoring (gates, water tanks, beehives, livestock)
- Disaster early-warning systems
All traffic is end-to-end encrypted and the entire project is 100 % open source.
Official site → https://meshtastic.org