Connect to the Quasarke mesh

Reticulum apps for phone, desktop and LoRa. Free, no account.

1 · Point your client at the backbone

In your client add this node as a TCP interface, or edit ~/.reticulum/config directly:

[[Quasarke Backbone]]
  type = TCPClientInterface
  target_host = rns.quasarke.net
  target_port = 4965

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Once connected you can message other people on the mesh, browse NomadNet nodes (including The Mild Take), and place LXST voice calls.

2 · Desktop

MeshChatX Recommended

Windows · Linux

Windows installer Windows portable Linux AppImage Linux .deb Linux .rpm

All-in-one Reticulum client: LXMF messaging and voice, NomadNet browsing, and human-readable name resolution over the mesh. This build ships Quasarke's rns-resolve naming, so you can reach a node by name instead of a 32-character hash. macOS builds are on the way.

RatSpeak

Windows · macOS · Linux · alternative

Windows macOS (Apple Silicon) macOS (Intel) Linux AppImage Linux .deb

A lighter chat + experimental voice + LoRa client, and the macOS option until MeshChatX ships one.

3 · Phone

MeshChatX Recommended

Android · full client with rns-resolve naming

arm64 APK

The same all-in-one client as the desktop build: LXMF messaging and voice, NomadNet browsing, and name resolution over the mesh. arm64 covers almost all modern phones. Sideload the APK (allow installs from unknown sources).

RatSpeak

Android · chat + experimental voice + LoRa

Android APK

arm64 APK armv7 APK

arm64 for almost all modern phones, armv7 for older devices.

iOS

iPhone / iPad

Inertia (TestFlight)

Join Inertia beta

Apple only allows App Store / TestFlight installs, so iOS can't be hosted here. Inertia is a native Swift Reticulum client (TestFlight beta).

4 · LoRa radios with RNode firmware (ESP32)

Turn a LoRa32 / Heltec / T-Beam / T-Deck (and more) into an RNode for RF reach.

Browse firmware (all boards)

Flash with rnodeconf (from pip install rns): download your board's .zip above, or let rnodeconf auto-fetch. RatSpeak also offers an in-browser flasher at ratspeak.org. Boards include: heltec32 v2/v3, LoRa32 v1.0/2.0/2.1, T-Beam (+ Supreme / SX1262), T3S3, T-Deck, XIAO ESP32-S3, generic ESP32.

Mirrored on this network's CDN for resilience. MeshChatX is built from the Quasarke fork carrying the rns-resolve naming patch; RatSpeak from ratspeak.org; RNode firmware from markqvist. Verify checksums where provided.