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A list of awesome Reticulum-related software.

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• List of Reticulum Project Github Repositories

• Reticulum Project Codeberg Repositories

• Reticulum Printables

• Learning Resources & Community

• Core Reticulum Ecosystem

• Implementations

• Interfaces

• Application-layer protocols

• Public Transport Nodes & Network Discovery

• Address & Node Utilities

• Quickstart & Hardware Setup

• Use It (Applications)

• Messaging Clients

• Command-Line Clients

• Browsing & Page Publishing

• Web Chat & Communication

• Voice & Multimedia Clients

• Bots

• Message Boards and Forums

• Search & Information Discovery

• File Storage & Synchronization

• File Transfer

• Decentralized Content Networks

• Finance and Payments

• Reticulum-Based Platforms

• Services & Supporting Applications

• Extend & Integrate

• Network & Transport Bridges

• Radio & RF Integration

• ATAK, TAK & Situational Awareness

• Robotics, Drones & IoT

• Messaging & Communication Bridges

• Content & Media Integration

• Development & System Integration

• Mesh Network Interoperability

• Transport & Tunneling Tools

• API Tools

• Developer & Security Tooling

• Operate & Monitor

• Dashboards & Web UIs

• Network Planning & Simulation

• Situational Awareness & Coordination

• Monitoring Daemons & Remote CLI Access

• Fleet & Remote Administration

This section covers the protocol itself: implementations, transport interfaces, application-layer protocols built on top, and low-level network utilities.

See Implementations for the full list of Reticulum implementations. Embedded/firmware implementations for specific hardware are covered under Custom Firmware, since they're typically encountered as something you flash rather than something you install.

• BLEInterface – BLE interface for Linux systems.

• FreeDVInterface – Plug and play, cross-platform sound modem interface for HF radios using the FreeDV API.

• Meshtastic_Interface – Interface for using Meshtastic as the underlying networking layer.

• Modem73Interface – Interface for modem73. Enables any HF/VHF/UHF radio to operate with Reticulum.

• RNodeTCPInterface – A modified version of RNodeInterface that supports TCP connections only.

• SX126xInterface – Drives SX1262 LoRa chips directly over SPI on Linux SBCs. No RNode needed.

• retiqr – An alternative reticulum QR + USB HID interface (via TCPClientInterface).

• RNS-over-HTTP – Tunnels traffic over standard HTTP/S POST requests (via PipeInterface).

• LXMF – Very flexible and extensible messaging protocol with support for voice messages, image messages, file attachments and more.

• LXMF-rs – A Rust implementation of LXMF. Untested, incomplete, use with caution.

• LXMF-swift – Swift implementation of LXMF messaging for Reticulum networks.

• LXMF-PHP – A universal, distributed and secure messaging protocol for Reticulum ported to PHP.

• microLXMF - LXMF implementation in C++, used by Pyxis.

• LXST – Real-time, general purpose voice and signals transport protocol with built-in telephony primitives.

• LXST-kt – A re-implementation of LXST in Kotlin, built for native Android.

• LXST-swift – Swift implementation of LXST voice calls for Reticulum networks.

• LRGP-rs and LRGP-py – Lightweight Reticulum Gaming Protocol. Multiplayer games over LXMF/Reticulum mesh networks.

• LXCF – Lightweight eXtensible CHANNEL Format — an IRC-style semantic layer / protocol over LXMF and Reticulum.

• POPR – Reticulum LXM distribution based on Post Office Protocol.

• RDNS – A decentralized DNS-esque system, WIP.

• Akita DDNS – Akita DDNS is a robust, decentralized, and dynamic destination naming system (DDNS) built specifically for the Reticulum Network Stack. It provides a resilient alternative to traditional centralized DNS for mapping human-readable names to dynamic Reticulum identities (RIDs) within a mesh network.

• RRC – Reticulum Relay Chat.

• RMAP – Community-provided world map with publicly accessible Reticulum nodes and access points.

• Reticulum Interface Directory – Auto-discovered and user-submitted public Reticulum transport nodes.

• Reticulum Node Reliability Tracking – A public canary that continuously probes Reticulum Backbone nodes, scores their reliability, and exposes the data so the community can make informed routing decisions.

• RNS Mesh Observer – Real-time Reticulum network observer: REST + WebSocket API for mesh topology and peer tracking.

• RNS Map – Live Reticulum network visualiser — dartboard map of LXMF, Nomadnet and propagation nodes over LoRa.

• RNETSIM – Docker-based simulation of heterogeneous Reticulum mesh networks with real-time visualization, bandwidth shaping, and geographic modeling.

• Reticulum Entry Points Map - REPMAP is an interactive map that displays in real-time the nodes of the Reticulum decentralized network. The system automatically geolocates nodes, shows their status (online/offline), and provides advanced tools like rnprobe, rnpath, ping, and port scanning. Ideal for monitoring and discovering the Reticulum network infrastructure.

• Revanity – Vanity LXMF address & NomadNetwork node generator for Reticulum, built with Python.

• Revanity-go - Go implementation of Revanity.

• LXMF Vanity Address Generator – A cross-platform multi-threaded CLI tool for generating vanity LXMF addresses in the Reticulum network with a specified prefix and/or suffix.

This section covers end-user software, grouped by interaction mode.

Reticulum/LXMF clients primarily designed for messaging and communication.

• Sideband – Cross-platform GUI client for Reticulum and LXMF messaging.

• NomadNet – Terminal-based Reticulum client supporting messaging, page browsing, and hosting.

• FieldMSG – Lightweight LXMF messenger based on NomadNet, focused only on messaging.

• MeshChat – Mesh messaging client for Reticulum.

• MeshChatX – Extended MeshChat fork.

• Nomad Navigator – MeshChatX fork for Node Star clients.

• Ratspeak – Rust-based desktop/mobile Reticulum client.

• Columba – Android LXMF messaging application using Bluetooth LE over Reticulum.

• Columba iOS – iOS version of Columba.

• Inertia – Reticulum/LXMF client for iOS.

• Eridanus - A native Android group chat app for Reticulum Relay Chat (RRC).

• Portulus – Desktop LXCF chat client built with Electron and a Python bridge.

• HubCore Chat – Serverless encrypted messenger combining Yggdrasil and Reticulum.

• Hokora – LXMF-based communication platform supporting channels, threads, roles, reactions, media, and encrypted sealed channels.

• AnonMesh – Offline-first encrypted wallet and mesh messenger using BLE, LoRa, and TCP.

• MeshCommanderMax – Standalone framebuffer-based Reticulum mesh communicator for handheld Linux devices (R36S / GO-Super Gamepad compatible) paired with Heltec V3 RNode. Direct `/dev/fb0` UI (no X server), raw evdev gamepad input, and EmulationStation integration.

Terminal-based tools for lightweight systems and advanced users.

• lxmf-cli – Command-line LXMF messaging client.

• Send LXMF – Send LXMF messages from the command line.

• lxmf-message – A Python script to send LXMF messages from the command line.

• retimsg – A mobile-friendly command-line chat interface for the Reticulum mesh networking protocol. Designed specifically to work in mobile SSH terminal apps where richer interfaces like NomadNet don't function well.

Everything to do with reading and publishing NomadNet content: browsers, the servers/proxies that serve it, and the tools used to author it.

• rBrowser – A modern web-based UI for exploring NomadNet nodes and pages over Reticulum.

• Ren Browser – A modern browser for the Reticulum Network.

• Ren Browser (Legacy) – NomadNet page browser for desktop and mobile (Flet).

• Mesh Browser – A browser designed to work with RServer, allowing websites to be browsed over Reticulum.

• Nomad Browser – A unified Reticulum client for browsing, messaging, AI-assisted navigation, and mesh gaming.

• FreeNetBrowser – A decentralized browser powered by Reticulum.

• OmenBrowser – Rust desktop/TUI browser and messaging client supporting Reticulum, NomadNet, LXMF, Micron, MicronPlus, and OMENchat.

• NomadPortal – A Docker-packaged web portal for browsing NomadNet nodes, managing identities, and sending LXMF messages from a standard browser.

• rWeb – A complete web browsing system for the Reticulum mesh network, enabling decentralized HTML content delivery over LXMF. Browse websites, download files, and discover servers without traditional Internet infrastructure.

• Akita Phoenix and Akita Hexagon for Reticulum – Akita Phoenix: A text-based web browser with server discovery, bookmarks, and plugin support. Akita Hexagon: A lightweight web server with service announcement, configuration, and plugin support.

• RServer – A very basic HTTP server designed to work over the Reticulum Network.

• rns-page-node – A simple way to serve pages and files over the Reticulum network.

• RNS Page Node – A lightweight page and file server for Reticulum, designed as a drop-in replacement for NomadNet page nodes.

• RetiHtmlProxy – Browser extension for accessing HTML servers on the Reticulum Network.

• nomadproxy – A proxy for browsing NomadNet pages from a conventional web browser.

• rns-proxy – SocksV5 implementation to tunnel TCP traffic through Reticulum.

• rns-proxy – Fork with UDP and port forwarding support.

• RetiGemiProxy - Gemini proxy for using Lagrange with Lora network on Reticulum Network.

• Gemini/Reticulum – Python libraries and examples for using the Gemini protocol over Reticulum.

• Micron Playground

• NomadNet-Pages – Various small example pages/programs for usage with the NomadNet node server or rns_server_page.

• Micron Page Composer - A powerful WYSIWYG editor for creating NomadNet-ready .mu pages using the Micron markup language.

• org-micron – A basic org-backend to convert org-mode files to Micron.

• md2txt – A command line tool and supporting libraries for transforming Markdown into arcane formats, including Micron.

• micron-blog – Pelican plug-in and theme for publishing a site in Micron markup format.

• micronaut - A nomadnet micron parser & browser.

• NomadNet EPUB - Drop EPUBs in a folder; serve them as public NomadNet Micron pages.

• Micron Parser JS - This repository provides a JavaScript parser for Micron, a lightweight, terminal-friendly markdown format used in NomadNet and MeshChatX

• Micron Parser JS - NPM Version - This is the NPM version of the Micron Parser JS.

• reticulum-group-chat – Pure-Go LXMF group-chat hub. Single static binary that hosts many-to-many encrypted text chat over Reticulum (LoRa, TCP/IP, mixed meshes). Works with Sideband, NomadNet, MeshChat, etc. No Python runtime required.

• rrcd – Reference implementation of Reticulum Relay Chat (RRC).

• RRC Web Client – Browser-based client for connecting to RRC chat hubs over Reticulum.

• LaBuche-Stump – Off-grid community node: Heltec V3 RNode (Reticulum/LXMF mesh) + ESP32-S3-CAM local server. Provides WiFi captive-portal chat (RRC), billboard, and file sharing; rooms are bridged to the LoRa mesh so walk-up and remote users share the same conversations.

Applications extending Reticulum beyond text messaging.

• LXST Phone – Lightweight Extensible Signal Transport voice communication over Reticulum.

• lxmf-bot – A chatbot Python class for LXMF.

• LXMFy – A framework for creating LXMF bots on the Reticulum Network.

• meteobot – Reticulum LXMF Meteo Bot.

• LXMF-WX-Bot – A bot to tell you the weather.

• lxmf-echobot – A simple LXMF echo bot for Reticulum.

• Ollama Bot – Private AI assistant over Reticulum mesh network. Bilt with LXMFy + Ollama — access local LLMs from anydevice on your mesh.

• Ratspeak AI - LXMF AI gateway bot bridging Reticulum mesh to Venice + Ratspeak-native integration design.

• reticulum-openclaw - An OpenClaw channel plugin that connects AI agents to Reticulum mesh networks via the LXMF messaging protocol.

• Off-Grid Community Suite - A suite of community tools for NomadNet nodes, built for off-grid, decentralised mesh networks running on the Reticulum protocol. All tools share the same stack: Python 3 · Micron Markup · SQLite · no external dependencies.

• The Chat Room – An IRC-style chat room built for Reticulum NomadNet, optimized for MeshChat v2.1+. Made By F.

• LXMF_messageboard – Message board implementation hosted by NomadNet.

• lxmf-quick-chat – Another message board implementation hosted by NomadNet with direct posting.

• NomadLand – A standalone message board implementation.

• nomadForum – Forum/BBS software for NomadNet pages.

• RetiBBS – A bulletin board system (BBS) implementation for Reticulum networks.

• CitadelRNS – A classic Citadel-style BBS (Bulletin Board System) for the Reticulum Network Stack.

• NomadNet site for Github releases – A NomadNetwork site for hosting GitHub releases over Reticulum.

• Roogle Search Engine – A decentralized search engine for NomadNet and Reticulum that crawls, indexes, and ranks pages across the mesh.

• Akita WAIS for Reticulum – A decentralized Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) implementation for discovering, browsing, and retrieving files across Reticulum.

• Retipedia – A searchable .zim wiki for NomadNet.

• Akita MeshFS – A conceptual distributed, encrypted peer-to-peer filesystem for Reticulum with ZFS-inspired features.

• Reticulum Decentralized File Server (RDFS) – A distributed file server protocol built on Reticulum.

• RDFS Explorer – Godot GUI client for browsing and managing RDFS servers.

• RNS-Filesync – Automatic file synchronization between devices without central servers or cloud services.

• Akita Zmodem for Reticulum – A resilient Zmodem-inspired file transfer utility for Reticulum.

• Haven – Android client supporting SSH, VNC, RDP, SFTP, and cloud storage.

• RetroNet – A decentralized, Usenet-like communication and file-sharing network built on Reticulum.

• Reticulum Phantom – A BitTorrent-style torrenting application for the Reticulum network.

• nutband – Cashu ecash wallet runs entirely over Reticulum + LXMF.

• LXMFMonero – LXMFMonero proxies Monero wallet RPC calls over Reticulum/LXMF.

• Reticulum Bitcoin Bot – An offgrid bot to query Bitcoin blockchain and broadcast your txs when you're offline, using Reticulum network.

• Hamstr – Fully off-grid NOSTR communication and Lightning payments via ham radio.

• Humanitarian Mesh Gateway BTC - Off-grid gateway that bridges Reticulum radio mesh networks with Bitcoin transaction broadcasting, backed by a cloud credit system powered by Supabase and BTCPay Server.

Larger ecosystems using Reticulum as part of a broader decentralized platform (not implementations of the protocol itself — see Core Reticulum Ecosystem → Implementations for those).

• Qortal – Decentralized web platform integrating Reticulum for peer-to-peer node communication.

Software that supports clients rather than acting as a primary user client.

• Reticulum Forwarding Service – LXMF group-chat forwarding service.

This section covers bridging Reticulum to other networks and protocols, transport tunnels, and developer/API tooling.

• Reticulum over DNS (Iodine transport) – Runs Reticulum over DNS using an Iodine tunnel.

• RNS over Email – Point-to-point email transport bridge using IMAP/SMTP.

• rns-tun – Reticulum TUN adapter.

• HF Nomad – Run NomadNet and Reticulum over HF radio using FreeDV.

• Reticulum over HF – Guides and resources for configuring Reticulum over HF radio.

• ReticulumHF – Encrypted HF communication using Reticulum and FreeDV.

• Modem73 – TNC frontend for the aiocdix OFDM modem.

• Reticulum RNode BLE Bridge – Creates virtual serial ports for BLE RNode devices.

Bridges connecting Reticulum specifically into the ATAK/TAK ecosystem. For general (non-TAK) situational-awareness applications, see Operate & Monitor → Situational Awareness & Coordination.

• Reticulum + ATAK + Project Tango – ATAK integration, CoT bridging, and Project Tango support.

• RNS ATAK Bridge – Bridges Reticulum peers into the TAK ecosystem.

• RTAK V2 – Android bridge between ATAK and Reticulum.

• Akita SkyEye – DroneBridge32 integration for decentralized drone telemetry and control.

• rns-mavlink – Bridges MAVLink flight controllers to QGroundControl over Reticulum.

• agronomi-fleet – Farm telemetry and actuator control using µReticulum.

• rns-signal-gateway - Bidirectional bridge between Reticulum (LXMF) and Signal via signal-cli's JSON-RPC/SSE HTTP API — text, images, files, and voice memos (including codec2 transcoding for low-bandwidth radio links).

• ANGX Bridge – General bridge between Reticulum and external communication platforms.

• Hermes for Reticulum – AI agent endpoint accessible through LXMF and Reticulum.

• Hermes + Reticulum Platform - Fail-closed Hermes policy gateway over independent Reticulum/LXMF transport.

• NomadCast – Listen to podcasts hosted on Reticulum using standard podcast apps.

• TCP KISS Server – TCP KISS server for connecting software to Reticulum.

• MeshCommander – Hardware-agnostic TUI and bridge for handhelds and LoRa modules.

• RNS Over MeshCore - Interface for Reticulum Network Stack (RNS) using MeshCore as the underlying networking layer to utilize existing LoRa/mesh hardware.

• rns-gateway – Reticulum gateway that runs inside MeshCore firmware on a Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V4. Embeds microReticulum, exposes a TCP server for RNS clients (MeshChat, Sideband, etc.), and uses a private MeshCore channel as long-haul transport between sites.

• Reticulum Meshtastic Integration – Forwards Meshtastic packets into the Reticulum Community Hub (RCH).

• Reticulum - Meshtastic Interface - This fork aims to preserve Reticulum compatibility and ease of use while maintaining selected integrations. It currently adds a native MeshtasticInterface for transporting Reticulum traffic over Meshtastic radios. The interface uses Meshtastic port number 76 and includes bounded binary fragmentation, sender-separated reassembly, configurable channel and modem settings, conservative airtime safeguards, and radio reconnect handling.

• RNS Meshtastic Interface Python File - A standalone Reticulum interface for transporting binary RNS traffic over Meshtastic radios. The interface uses Meshtastic's reserved RETICULUM_TUNNEL_APP application port (port 76). It provides bounded binary fragmentation, sender-isolated reassembly, CRC validation, configurable channel and modem settings, paced transmission, and automatic reconnect handling.

• BATMAN-adv + Reticulum integration – Runs Reticulum as a secure overlay on top of BATMAN-adv Layer 2 mesh networking.

• RNS-VPN-rs – Library and client application for VPN client over Reticulum mesh network.

• Reticulum TCP Gateway – A generic TCP tunnel that bridges Reticulum to the internet. Routes any protocol through Reticulum with full bidirectional streaming.

• RNS-over-HTTP – Tunnels Reticulum traffic over standard HTTP/S POST requests.

• rns-over-icmp – Uses ICMP PING packets as a transport layer for Reticulum.

• aethernodeS3 - A Reticulum Network stationary transport/discovery enabled Repeater Node - RRNode. Designed around OrangePI Zero LTE, an ESP32 S3 and a CDEBYTE E22-XXXM33S LoRa radio.

• Reticulum OpenAPI – The Reticulum LXMF-based API system aims to offer a secure, portable, and efficient API layer on top of a resilient mesh network.

• Reticulum Open Bridge – A simple text API to send and recieve data over RNS Links from your favorite programming language.

• pkcs11-identity - Protect your Reticulum app identities with a hardware token—no coding required.

• IronMesh - Local-first, end-to-end encrypted agent-to-agent mesh protocol. Zero-config LAN + LoRa. Runs offline. No cloud.

• Reticulum Mesh (PyQt6) - A modern, feature-rich PyQt6 desktop application for mesh networking via Reticulum Network Stack (RNS). Clean identity management (your mesh address is now stable and easy to share/copy), better UX for file transfers, input validation, and transfer history.

• sovereign-home-starter - Local-first, zero-subscription home stack: private AI assistant + sitrep, Frigate camera NVR with alerts, Tailscale, hardening audit, Reticulum node. Drop into Claude Code.

This section covers dashboards, planning tools, situational-awareness applications, and remote administration for people running or coordinating Reticulum infrastructure.

• RNS Manager – RNS Manager + Monitor is a web platform for Reticulum networks, combining an Identity Manager to generate/import cryptographic keys and a real-time Aspect Monitor that captures network announces with filtering, search, and contextual commands like rnpath and rnprobe for deep network analysis.

• Reticulum Web UI – A web dashboard for the Reticulum network stack. Monitor interfaces, paths, announces, and network topology — all from a browser.

• Reticulated – Reticulated is a Reticulum Network simulator that spawns live, interactive Reticulum instances controllable from a node-based Web UI.

• Reticulum Announce Propagation Simulator – Simulates how announces propagate across instances based on their modes.

• Reticulum Network Planner – Tooling for finding and testing ideal reticulum transport node locations.

• Reticulum Mobile Emergency Management – provides simple, offline-capable situational awareness and emergency communication during incidents or disasters.

• Reticulum Community Hub – A shared coordination point for mesh networks.

• RNS Wardrive – Android wardriving application broadcasting GPS location through Reticulum.

• rnmon – Monitoring daemon for pushing the status of multiple RNS systems to InfluxDB.

• RNView – Remote view utility for Reticulum.

• rnsctl - Simple Shell TUI menu for Reticulum system monitoring, including Meshchat + Wireguard support.

• styrened – Daemon, library, and TUI for Reticulum mesh networks — identity, LXMF messaging, device discovery, fleet provisioning.

• rbloxx – Remote administration system for a fleet of Reticulum nodes.

• Mesh Client – Cross-platform Electron client supporting Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum with BLE, USB serial, Wi-Fi/TCP, history, and routing diagnostics.