off-grid-communication

Off-grid mesh node with local AI TAK integration and Bitcoin Cashu payments built on Meshtastic

A curated list of open protocols, applications, hardware, and resources for communication during internet shutdowns, disasters, intermittent connectivity, censorship and off-grid operation.

Encrypted off-grid LoRa radio firmware for the LILYGO T-Deck (drone scanning, 2.4GHz/BLE RemoteID, Walkie Talkie, images, and more!)

Ghost Chat is a fully off-grid, hardware-based encrypted communication system that operates with zero internet dependency. It physically bypasses all cell towers, ISPs, and Wi-Fi monitoring by transmitting AES-256 encrypted messages .

MeshCore firmware port for the LilyGo T-Lora Pager LR1121 (ESP32-S3) — LVGL tile UI, GPS, map view. Based on meshcore-dev/MeshCore.

Private off-grid LoRa messaging for Android. An independent, hardened MeshCore client: no servers, no accounts, no Google Play Services. Encrypted history, verified adverts, in-app firmware updates over Bluetooth.

LXMF (Reticulum) platform plugin for Hermes Agent — chat with your AI agent off-grid over LoRa, TCP

Off-grid ESP32 mesh messenger using ESP-NOW for local clusters and LoRa (RYLR998) as a long-range backbone. End-to-end acknowledgement, OLED display, 7-button keyboard.

The first easy to use Internet of sounds. Audio-communicator-network html modem. Turn your sound card into a network adapter. Analog packet radio acoustic internet build for off-grid telecomunication. DTMF+Cyrinx+TTY+4FSK+2FSK+SSTV PD290+ggwave+email and raster helscreiber video stream all in one html ready to deploy. (Encryption is optional)

PocketComm: An ESP32-based LoRa mesh network for off-grid messaging. Features GPS telemetry, AI-driven priority scoring via Google Gemini, and a real-time Firebase rescue dashboard.

A decentralized, off-grid messaging concept using Bluetooth LE advertising to broadcast messages without pairing or internet.

A practical guide on Meshtastic v2.7.11+ Zero-Cost Hops, featuring real-world backbone routing examples across the KZN mesh network (Durban to Mooi River).

A micornization of web-like/bbs-like communications platforms intended to transmit via MeshCore LoRa only networks without external dependencies and minimal bandwidth.

🛡️⛑️ PROXAID // Off-Grid Terminal & Monolith PWA. The ultimate zero-net, survivalist intelligence core. Empowering civilians, hikers, and first-responders with decentralized offline maps, encrypted emergency mesh relays, and hardware-level stealth SOS triggers. Built for the grid-collapse.

GoTenna — independent third-party profile of a public API surface, by API Evangelist. goTenna is a mobile mesh networking company that builds off-grid, long-range communication hardware and software. Its consumer goTenna Mesh and professional goTenna Pro devices pair with smartphones over Bluetooth to relay text messages, GPS locations, and data ac

Self-hosted, offline-first chat UI for Ollama — build AI personas, chat from your browser or iPhone, and keep everything local. No cloud, no accounts. Free, open-source, and genuinely offline — unlike $4,700-hardware competitors, runs on the laptop you already have.