wrolpi vs meshtastic

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wrolpi		meshtastic
	Project
27	Mentions	12
50	Stars	517
-	Growth	8.9%
9.5	Activity	9.8
4 days ago	Latest Commit	7 days ago
JavaScript	Language	TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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wrolpi

Posts with mentions or reviews of wrolpi. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-28.

WROLPi v0.11 beta demo
1 project | /r/preppers | 20 Sep 2023

The project website: https://wrolpi.org
How to stay connected to the internet during a blackout...
1 project | /r/preppers | 22 May 2023

can you make a local copy of it? offline wiki, https://github.com/lrnselfreliance/wrolpi, music/movies...etc
Internet in a Box
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Apr 2023

I thought about creating one of these in the past, but it didn’t fit my needs. I decided to start my own project, called WROLPi. It also uses a Raspbery pi as its base, but also has a Debian installer. I have RPi images available at https://wrolpi.org as well as a link to a demo (the demo needs an update, lots of new features since it’s creation).
The basic premise of WROLPi is creating your own off grid digital library: videos, web archives, PDFs, ebooks, etc. I have full text search for all of these. Offline maps as well via Open Street Map. Wi-Fi hotspot. Automatic downloads of videos (entire channels), RSS feeds, etc.
Operation CHARM: a Redditor set up a not-for profit site of a collection of 50,000 car repair manuals from 1982-2013
2 projects | /r/DataHoarder | 8 Apr 2023

Look into Internet in a box or WROLpi as ways to serve the content. (A cookie to anyone who writes a howto on getting them both running on the same box; they have some overlap but serve different needs.)
prepping data
2 projects | /r/preppers | 3 Apr 2023

Creator here, I have pre-built images for Raspberry Pi available at https://wrolpi.org if you are interested.
Great feedback on my "portable offline knowledge device"
1 project | /r/preppers | 19 Mar 2023

did i post this to you last time?
a powerful or decent pc have any use for prepping?
1 project | /r/preppers | 19 Mar 2023

etc etc
What are some files you have on your emergency USB stick?
1 project | /r/preppers | 10 Feb 2023

also, check out wrolpi
Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
95 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Jan 2023

https://wrolpi.org/ Been having a great time on my side-project WROLPi. Its preparedness-oriented software which allows you to create an offline library. Videos, web archives, maps, epub/pdf, etc. Really easy search, low power usage if you run on in a Raspberry Pi. Just put out the first Raspberry Pi image, which makes installation super simple. Hoping to get a Debian image soon.
Currently "videos" is pretty well flushed out. Still some work to do with web archives. Maps has been a huge headache simply because maps are so large. Got PDFs and EPUBs searchable recently.
An abbreviated list of the technologies I've used to built it: Python, ReactJS, Open Street Map, yt-dlp (videos), SingleFile (web archives).
Prepping for the loss of the internet.
2 projects | /r/preppers | 27 Jan 2023

I have created a project specifically for this. It is free, open-source software. Check it out https://wrolpi.org

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 wrolpi and meshtastic you can also consider the following projects:

wikipedia-mirror - 🌐 Guide and tools to run a full offline mirror of Wikipedia.org with three different approaches: Nginx caching proxy, Kiwix + ZIM dump, and MediaWiki/XOWA + XML dump

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

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

NomadNet - Communicate Freely

iiab - Internet-in-a-Box - Build your own LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA with a Raspberry Pi !

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

FireDM - python open source (Internet Download Manager) with multi-connections, high speed engine, based on python, LibCurl, and youtube_dl https://github.com/firedm/FireDM

firmware - Meshtastic device firmware

SCrawler - 🏳️‍🌈 Media downloader from any sites, including Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, OnlyFans, YouTube, Pinterest, PornHub, XHamster, XVIDEOS, ThisVid etc.

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

cryptography - cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.

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.