Meshtastic made easy,
no technical knowledge needed.

What Meshtastic is.

Small radios, no bigger than a phone, connect to your phone via Bluetooth. Every device within range passes messages on until they arrive. This creates a network without masts and without a provider. In many areas, volunteers run such devices permanently on rooftops and so extend the range for everyone.

Why getting started is hard.

Meshtastic was made by tinkerers for tinkerers. You notice that as soon as you hold your first device:

• Lots of settings For two devices to hear each other, the region, radio settings, groups and their keys all have to match exactly. One wrong tick, and nothing gets through.
• Software on the device The software on the radio should be up to date. An update often needs a computer and some patience.
• Devices instead of people You write to a device with a name and an ID, not to a person. If someone changes their device, they become a new contact for you.
• Who can read along In open groups, everyone within range can read along. What stays private depends on how the group is set up.

How anynear takes care of it.

anynear uses Meshtastic radios as an additional path for your messages. The app handles everything technical. For you, it takes three steps:

1. Choose a radio We have tested three devices, for on the go, for home and for outdoors. All of them run on Meshtastic.
2. Connect it to anynear You pair the radio in the app. anynear sets it up for you, you don’t need to know any settings.
3. Write as usual Your contacts and your circle stay the same. When there is no internet, short texts go by radio, encrypted as always.

Already have a Meshtastic device?

Then give it a try with anynear. So far we have tested the three recommended devices. Other Meshtastic devices should work the same way, but we have not checked them. anynear sets the device up again for this. Afterwards it may no longer hear the same groups as before. Disconnect it from the Meshtastic app first: a radio only ever connects to one app at a time.

With others in your area.

If you like, anynear also shows you what radios in your area send to everyone. These are often people who use the Meshtastic app. You can read along and reply. Anything you write there can be read by anyone within range, including strangers. Messages to your contacts and your circle stay separate and encrypted.

For the technically curious: How anynear works with Meshtastic

Runs on Meshtastic®

Our radios use the free Meshtastic software. anynear is an independent project and is not affiliated with Meshtastic LLC. Meshtastic® is a registered trademark of Meshtastic LLC.