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I just happened to recently learn about Reticulum from another part of the internet and find it fascinating. Am I correct in thinking that it can basically run on anything that can run arbitrary code and the ability to talk to another device? (seems like it'd even work over serial if one had the determination to make it work)
I've never seen a bigger network with Reticulum in the wild. And I'm deep into Mesh stuff with several local communities. One of the main reasons of the communities not jumping onto the ship was that it's mostly a one-man-project and most of its Git changes are "Update" "Better Version" "Update" "Cleanup" which makes it basically impossible to track changes.
And, as of 3 weeks ago, the one man is "stepping back from all public-facing interaction with this project".[1] Further, "Occasional updates may appear at unpredictable intervals, but there will be no support, no responses to issues, no discussions, and no community management in this or any other public venue." Nothing salacious here - just another one man open source project with a burnt out maintainer :(. [1] - ht…
More recently:
- v1.0.0 was supposed to be the time his involvement is over [0]
- 6 months later [1]
> This is not a temporary break. It's not "see you after some rest", but a recognition that the current model is fundamentally incompatible with my life, my health, and my reality.
- But he pushed 3 releases since his last message [2]
It is like he is trying to quit somking.
I am not sure what the problem is exactly but it seems someone need to take over and honor the fantastic work he has done over the years.
- [0] https://unsigned.io/articles/2025_05_09_The_End_Is_Nigh_For_...
- [1] https://unsigned.io/articles/2025_12_28_Carrier_Switch.html
Surprised to see nobody mentioned Yggdrasil [0]. It's a routing protocol with cryptographic, non-topologic addresses, which could be used on top of TCP/IP or any alternative stack, like LoRA. I've been using it as a Tailscale replacement for a few weeks, including hosting game servers, with about equivalent latency, and it seemed pretty stable. How does Reticulum differ? [0] https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/
Sounds like someone is a fan of Anathem !
Anybody have any experience running this on a tdeck? I'm kinda toying with the idea of ordering a couple just to play with.
It is not yet like meshtastic in that. Rnode is more of a lora modem than a lora server. There is a micro recticlum project but not out yet.
Such a nasty name for a good project ;-;
I've never seen a bigger network with Reticulum in the wild. And I'm deep into Mesh stuff with several local communities. One of the main reasons of the communities not jumping onto the ship was that it's mostly a one-man-project and most of its Git changes are "Update" "Better Version" "Update" "Cleanup" which makes it basically impossible to track changes.
> To the small group of people who has actually been here, and understood what this work was and what it cost - you already know where to find me if it actually matters.
>To everyone else: This is where we part ways. No hard feelings. It's just time.
https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/blob/master/MIRROR.md
Reticulum is a production-ready full network stack. Cryptography and anonymity are first-class citizens there. It is transport-layer agnostic, not just tailored for LoRa. I like it, but is see two main problems that prevent the wide adaption, and they are related: 1. The library is written in Python. If you want to design phone apps, Linux server daemons in C, or embedded software (for example for the Lilygo T-Deck)…