ACT — mesh & LoRa sources

Protocol & firmware

  Meshtastic Blog
  Official project posts and releases.

  Meshtastic firmware releases
  Canonical firmware changelog. Read before flashing.

  Meshtastic Android releases
  Android client changelog.

  Meshtastic Apple releases
  iOS / macOS client changelog.

  Meshtastic web client releases
  Browser client changelog.

  Meshtastic Python releases
  CLI + library. Watch here if you script your nodes.

  MeshCore firmware releases
  Alternative mesh stack. Different tradeoffs from Meshtastic; worth watching.

  Reticulum releases
  Independent mesh protocol. Encrypted-by-default. Runs over LoRa and much else.

  Reticulum MeshChat releases
  Primary end-user client for Reticulum.

Community & regional meshes

  r/meshtastic
  Main Meshtastic community. Field reports and troubleshooting.

  r/LoRa
  Broader LoRa radio community. Higher noise, still useful.

  r/ReticulumNetwork
  Low volume, on-topic Reticulum discussion.

  Bay Mesh
  Bay Area regional mesh. Solid, specific field reports.

  MeshAmerica
  US regional mesh coverage.

Hardware

  Heltec
  Maker of the recommended take-home board (Heltec V3). Mostly PR; watch for firmware/hardware revisions.

  RAK Wireless
  Maker of the WisBlock / WisMesh line. Mix of PR and occasional deeper LoRaWAN posts.

Adjacent — LoRa, LoRaWAN, ham

  Hackaday — meshtastic tag
  Teardowns, hacks, project writeups tagged Meshtastic.

  Hackaday — lora tag
  Broader LoRa hardware and antenna work.

  LoRa Alliance
  LoRaWAN spec and regulatory news. Low volume.

  disk91 (Paul Pinault)
  Long-form LoRaWAN engineering writeups. Deep, technical.

  Jeff Geerling
  Off-grid Pi + occasional Meshtastic content. High signal.

  PE4BAS ham radio
  EU amateur, Meshtastic experiments and antenna work.

  k0ety (Mid-MO ARC)
  Ham club field notes; off-grid messaging.

Video

  Andy Kirby (YouTube)
  Practical Meshtastic tutorials.

  Meshtastic official (YouTube)
  Project videos, demos, dev streams.

  SpecFive (YouTube)
  Off-grid hardware focus. Some product promo — filter on your side.