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Meshtastic Desktop

Communicate off-grid with Meshtastic mesh radio devices.

  • Completely free
  • Linux and Android
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing: offline use.

Services and protocols mentioned: Bluetooth.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Works entirely offline — no internet required” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Meshtastic Desktop is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Meshtastic is an open-source, off-grid mesh networking project that lets you send messages and view node locations over long distances without cellular service or the internet, using inexpensive LoRa radio hardware. Features include: Text messaging between nodes on the mesh network Encrypted channels for private group communication Node management and device configuration Works entirely offline — no internet required Connect to your Meshtastic device over Bluetooth, USB serial, or Wi-Fi.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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