markqvist/Sideband
LXMF client for Android, Linux and macOS allowing you to communicate with people or LXMF-compatible systems over Reticulum networks using LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi, I2P, or anything else Reticulum supports.
Recommended between 2025-11-30 and 2026-01-20. Last pushed 2026-10-01.
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“or sideband on android:”
— 405nm, 2026-01-20 · original comment on Hacker News ↗
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it hit version 1.0.0 this summer and it works! to get started easily, check out meshchat: https://github.com/liamcottle/reticulum-meshchat or sideband on android: https://github.com/markqvist/Sideband you can already send photos and voice chat over lora, and when lora runs out of bandwidth or if there’s no link, the protocol can seamlessly go over any other link type.
“For those looking for Meshtastic-equivalent things in the Reticulum ecosystem:”
— 0x62, 2025-11-30 · original comment on Hacker News ↗
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Huge fan of Reticulum, fixes some of my biggest gripes with Meshtastic. Shame it hasn't got as much adoption yet. For those looking for Meshtastic-equivalent things in the Reticulum ecosystem: - Sideband: iOS/Android chat app ( https://github.com/markqvist/Sideband ) - NomadNet: Desktop CLI chat app ( https://github.com/markqvist/NomadNet ) - Rnode: Reference node hardware/firmware ( https://unsigned.io/rnode/ )
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