meshnet-lab VS Element

Compare meshnet-lab vs Element and see what are their differences.

meshnet-lab

Emulate huge mobile ad-hoc mesh networks using Linux network namespaces. (by mwarning)

Element

A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web. (by element-hq)
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meshnet-lab Element
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8.3 9.9
13 days ago 7 days ago
Python TypeScript
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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meshnet-lab

Posts with mentions or reviews of meshnet-lab. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-31.
  • Meshtastic: An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Dec 2023
    Most of the mobility testing has been performed either in the meshnet-lab[1] or the pineconesim[2].

    As the original author of that documentation, it's quite entertaining to have it quoted back to me. :-) In any case the routing "prefers" links labelled as the internet when there is a tiebreak between two peerings between the same pair of nodes, i.e. you are connected to some other device via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth simultaneously.

    And while it is true that Pinecone cannot necessarily always make the best routing decision based on public keys alone, aggressive queue management attempts to provide the best QoS for all flows and it scales very well because nodes maintain only a small amount of state about their position in the spanning tree and their position in the SNEK. Importantly, shortcuts can and often are taken when Pinecone switches to tree-based routing as the geometric distance to the destination on the tree is evaluated at each hop. Routing "by the SNEK" is used primarily to find the remote node and as a fallback in case the tree routing fails.

    [1] https://github.com/mwarning/meshnet-lab

  • XMPP, a Comeback Story: A Protocol for Robust, Private and Decentralized Comms
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Nov 2021
    Lots of interesting stuff there - thanks :) We're using https://github.com/mwarning/meshnet-lab rather than imunes.net for network simulation currently, but will take a look.

    Power usage is looking pretty positive so far; as long as we route the Matrix traffic over the routing topology rather than going full-mesh it should minimise radio usage (the main battery suck, other than screen).

    For store-and-forward, honestly using P2P Nodes as intermediaries is an okay approach other than exposing metadata to them. Our plan in the longer term is to switch to loopix-style mixnets to obfuscate the store and forwarding, a la nym.

    In terms of joining the network by deriving a private key from a passphrase... yup, that could be cute, although slightly terrifying in terms of the risk of weak passphrases :)

    We're hoping to get the P2P network stable in the coming year (although we were also aiming for this year originally :P)

Element

Posts with mentions or reviews of Element. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing meshnet-lab and Element you can also consider the following projects:

cinny - Yet another matrix client

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simplex-chat - SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱!

schildichat-desktop - Matrix client / Element Web/Desktop fork

Tox - The future of online communications.

Mattermost - Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle..

Jitsi Meet - Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.

matrix-docker-ansible-deploy - 🐳 Matrix (An open network for secure, decentralized communication) server setup using Ansible and Docker

fluffychat

fosscord - 📬 Spacebar is a free open source selfhostable discord compatible communication platform [Moved to: https://github.com/spacebarchat/spacebarchat]

revolt - Repository for miscellaneous repository management and discussions: https://github.com/revoltchat/revolt/discussions

BetterDiscord - Better Discord enhances Discord desktop app with new features.