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ARTICLES / retiqr — An alternative reticulum QR+HID interface

https://github.com/metrafonic/retiqr

I have spent the last couple of days putting together a way to connect

to the reticulum network in situations where the only way to access the

internet is via some form of internet kiosk. So no wifi, ethernet etc.

retiqr allows you to access the network by bridging a TCP connection via

the kiosk browser. Packets are received by your device by visually

observing incomming packets encoded as QR codes on the screen. These are

decoded and sent to your local rns instance. Packets are transmitted

back via an emulated keyboard on an ESP32S3 connected to the kiosk USB

port (linked to us via BLE).

Typical throughput: ~3 kB/s down (QR), ~500 B/s up (HID). Enough for

messaging and Nomad Network.

Let me know what you think! Open to feature requests.

Also check out my guide on running reticulum over DNS (captive portal

situations etc)