# Meshtastic

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Also called: Mesh tastic, Meshtastic radio

An [open-source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source) project that uses small, cheap radios to send text messages over a [mesh network](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mesh-network) without cell service or internet.

**For example:** A rural team carries Meshtastic radios so they can message each other in fields with no cell signal.

Official site: <https://meshtastic.org>

## Connects to (4)

- [Open source hardware](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-hardware): Physical products whose design files are published so anyone can study, change, make and sell the design or hardware based on it.
- [Open source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source): Software whose code is published for anyone to read, use and build on, under a license that sets the rules for doing so.
- [Arduino](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/arduino): An open-source electronics platform of small boards and free software for building devices that read sensors and control lights and motors.
- [Mesh network](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mesh-network): A network where devices pass data to each other instead of each one needing its own connection to the internet, so it can cover places…

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meshtastic