One place to learn what Meshtastic and MeshCore do, build your first node, understand repeaters, improve range, build solar infrastructure, connect MQTT, use Raspberry Pi tools and discover the creators already teaching the community.
“No Bars Club isn't trying to build one giant mesh community. We're building the connections between the communities that already exist.”
That includes the people already teaching, building, testing, documenting and maintaining the technology. No Bars Club does not replace their channels, projects or communities. The Learning Center helps people discover them, understand where to start and move from watching a video to actually participating in a mesh.
Both use low bandwidth LoRa links to move small packets over long distances, but they approach networking, routing and infrastructure differently.
Meshtastic is an open source mesh communication ecosystem commonly used for text messaging, position sharing, telemetry and community networks on inexpensive LoRa hardware. It has a large device ecosystem, mobile apps, maps, modules and a broad user community.
MeshCore is an open source LoRa mesh protocol and firmware ecosystem built around companions, dedicated repeaters, room servers and standalone devices. Its infrastructure model separates ordinary clients from routing infrastructure and supports a growing collection of apps and tools.
These tracks turn the library into something closer to a community course instead of a pile of links.
Search by creator, hardware or topic. Filters can be combined with the search box.
Videos are embedded from YouTube when a direct video was verified. The original creator remains the source. No Bars Club writes its own summaries and links viewers back to the original video.
The initial Learning Center cohort includes the creators and project voices No Bars Club contacted for this project.
Use creator tutorials to learn the workflow, then confirm current firmware behavior and settings against official project documentation.
Official setup, configuration, modules, hardware and software documentation.
Open docs ↗Official web firmware flashing workflow for supported Meshtastic devices.
Open flasher ↗Find existing communities before starting another isolated group.
Find a group ↗Official documentation and FAQ covering roles, protocol behavior, apps and configuration.
Open docs ↗Supported devices, firmware tools, apps, maps, project news and explainer videos.
Open MeshCore ↗Protocol engine, firmware examples, repeater and room server code, issues and development activity.
Open GitHub ↗No Bars Club overview for understanding how the two ecosystems differ.
Compare →Maps, utilities, flashers, analyzers and community tools organized in one place.
Open tools →Regional directory and collaboration project connecting independent mesh communities.
Find a community →A quick cheat sheet for people entering the rabbit hole.
A long range, low data rate radio modulation used by many mesh devices.
A device participating in a mesh network. Its exact role depends on firmware and configuration.
Infrastructure intended to relay traffic and extend useful network coverage.
In MeshCore, a user facing radio typically paired with an app over Bluetooth, USB or WiFi.
A MeshCore role that can provide shared room style messaging and stored posts.
A lightweight publish and subscribe protocol used to move telemetry and mesh data into connected tools.
A passive MeshCore monitoring node that can publish what it hears to analysis or mapping systems.
Standing wave ratio, one indicator used when evaluating how well an antenna system is matched.
The physical and terrain path between two sites. Height and obstruction can matter more than raw transmit power.
If you make Meshtastic or MeshCore tutorials, build videos, testing, documentation or project updates, No Bars Club wants to connect people to your work. Tell us which videos are most useful, correct anything we summarize incorrectly, or become an active contributor.
