lorawan-stack vs 5lic0-lorawan-basics

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lorawan-stack		5lic0-lorawan-basics
	Project
5	Mentions	1
902	Stars	12
1.4%	Growth	-
9.9	Activity	10.0
6 days ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Go	Language	C++
Apache License 2.0	License	-

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lorawan-stack

Posts with mentions or reviews of lorawan-stack. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-26.

Is it possible to set up a LoRa network that doesn't connect to The Things Network and is independent and internal?
5 projects | /r/Lora | 26 Feb 2023

Yes, you can. They even offer you to just use their software stack, to spin up a netqork with the same stack.
Help with sending sensor data to SQL
2 projects | /r/Lora | 21 Nov 2022
Building a Private Lora Network
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Nov 2022

The Things Stack - the server that is hosted by TTN - can also be installed and run locally for free, with the same feature set as the TTN hosted community network.
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/ins...
https://github.com/TheThingsNetwork/lorawan-stack
Questions from a mere mortal
1 project | /r/IOT | 12 Feb 2021

Github: https://github.com/thethingsnetwork/lorawan-stack

5lic0-lorawan-basics

Posts with mentions or reviews of 5lic0-lorawan-basics. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-16.

Building a Private Lora Network
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Nov 2022

I made a similar guide and a walkthrough video, where I cover setup of gateway and TTN, creating a firmware for a device locally, and a lot of other helpful steps and hardware options
https://github.com/furtiman/5lic0-lorawan-basics

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lorawan-stack and 5lic0-lorawan-basics you can also consider the following projects:

chirpstack-gateway-os - OpenWrt based gateway images including ChirpStack components.

kubeedge - Kubernetes Native Edge Computing Framework (project under CNCF)

ESP32-Paxcounter - Wifi & BLE driven passenger flow metering with cheap ESP32 boards

Lua-RTOS-ESP32 - Lua RTOS for ESP32

PaperiNode - Selfpowered E-Paper Node for LoRaWAN

mainflux - Industrial IoT Messaging and Device Management Platform

EByte-LoRa-Manager-esp32-Gateway - A simple LoRa gateway that put all received message in a web socket server, with a complete web-based configuration interface.

lora-pasture-pump

EByte-LoRa-Manager-esp8266-Gateway - A simple LoRa gateway that put all received message in a web socket server, with a complete web-based configuration interface.

EByte-LoRa-Manager-React-Redux-Web-Front-End - The front end for EByte Lora E32 E22 devices. (React, TypeScript, Redux, Redux Logic, WebSocket)