NomadNet vs meshtastic

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NomadNet		meshtastic
	Project
8	Mentions	12
424	Stars	499
-	Growth	10.6%
8.4	Activity	9.8
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
Python	Language	TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

NomadNet

Posts with mentions or reviews of NomadNet. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-17.

Reticulum Development Roadmap
3 projects | /r/reticulum | 17 Nov 2022

Related programs such as Sideband and Nomadnet has also had their repositories updated with more visible roadmaps.
Are any of you actually working on privacy-related projects?
9 projects | /r/privacy | 4 Sep 2022

I have built a few simple communications tools with Reticulum, Nomadnet and Sideband.
Is there a good chat application for using just over your home ethernet?
2 projects | /r/privacy | 4 Sep 2022

While it is definitely not for everyone, you could take a look at Nomad Network and Sideband.
Using a Th-d74a for more than APRS and Winlink?
2 projects | /r/PacketRadioRedux | 23 Aug 2022

If you are in a country that does not disallow encryption on ham radio, you can look at Nomad Network (https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet) or some of then other things you can do with the Reticulum stack (https://reticulum.network).
Nomadnet is a resilient and encrypted mesh communications platform for the terminal
2 projects | /r/commandline | 9 Jul 2022
Preparing for a possible shutdown of the internet
1 project | /r/preppers | 8 Jul 2022
Internet/ Mobile outage preps
4 projects | /r/preppers | 8 Jul 2022

https://reticulum.network https://github.com/markqvist/sideband https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet
LoRa Text Messaging Networks
3 projects | /r/Lora | 20 Mar 2022

Reticulum + LXMF can scale to thousands (or millions) of nodes, and can use LoRa (and many other things) as a physical layer. Nomadnet is a client that allows both instant messaging and delayed-delivery messages (like email): https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet

meshtastic

Posts with mentions or reviews of meshtastic. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-20.

https://meshtastic.org/
1 project | /r/WestCanadaPreppers | 29 Apr 2022
not sure where to begin
1 project | /r/meshtastic | 31 Mar 2022

Yes, but only via a MQTT broker. Meshtastic isn't LoRaWAN so it doesn't include that type of capability by default, but I'm not the expert on that aspect of it. If you check out the docs at meshtastic.org, and the Discourse forum link at the top of that site you might be able to find better answers to that question.
I got tired of not being able to text my friends, so I found a solution: $30 DIY LoRa personal mesh nodes with Meshtastic!
1 project | /r/ElectricForest | 28 Mar 2022

I know a lot of people have the problem of not being able to reliably get in contact with friends, and walkie talkies are basically useless unless you get somewhere quiet. I knew there had to be a way to get texting over walkie talkies or something similar, so I did some googling and came across this project called Meshtastic.
LoRa Text Messaging Networks
3 projects | /r/Lora | 20 Mar 2022

That is the very 1st item that https://meshtastic.org/ does:
are there any private voice and text chat apps for local areas over wifi or bluetooth? for android?
1 project | /r/privacy | 20 Mar 2022

Meshtastic.org
Current best mesh network app?
1 project | /r/prepping | 22 Feb 2022
Any not so obvious alternative ways to access the internet,communication or information during shtf
2 projects | /r/preppers | 17 Feb 2022

Software / app: https://meshtastic.org/ Meshtastic is one of the apps you can run on your devices AND is the firmware provider for the Lora devices. So you flash the device with meshtastic, install the app on the phone, pair the phone with the lora, and start chatting.
Open Source Communication Radio Network - Meshtastic
1 project | /r/cologne | 17 Feb 2022

There's this really cool project that uses inexpensive radios that can communicate over kilometers to build a "mesh network."
Ham vs Mobile GMRS Radio's
1 project | /r/SocialistRA | 15 Feb 2022

Check out https://meshtastic.org/ or https://meshtastic.letstalkthis.com/ for information on the software side and links to purchase the hardware.
Meshtastic
1 project | /r/sanantonio | 30 Jan 2022

Anyone in San Antonio interested to test Meshtastic range?link

What are some alternatives?

When comparing NomadNet and meshtastic you can also consider the following projects:

Reticulum - The cryptography-based networking stack for building unstoppable networks with LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi and everything in between.

disaster-radio - A (paused) work-in-progress long-range, low-bandwidth wireless disaster recovery mesh network powered by the sun.

meshnet-lab - Emulate huge mobile ad-hoc mesh networks using Linux network namespaces.

Meshtastic-gui-installer - Cross platform, easy to use GUI for installing Meshtastic firmware.

libremdb - A free & open source IMDb front-end.

wrolpi - Create your own off-grid library

firmware - Meshtastic device firmware

fake_contacts - Create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning.

python - The Python CLI and API for talking to Meshtastic devices

Sideband - LXMF client for Android, Linux and macOS allowing you to communicate with people or LXMF-compatible systems over Reticulum networks using LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi, I2P, or anything else Reticulum supports.

network-management-client - A Meshtastic desktop client, allowing simple, offline deployment and administration of an ad-hoc mesh communication network. Built in Rust and TypeScript.