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Reticulum Community Meetup: Implementations, Migration, and Future

UD2.119 | Day 1 | 16:00 - 16:55 | Speakers: Liam

Reticulum Community Meetup: Implementations, Migration, and Future
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Stream opens at 16:00 (Europe/Brussels)

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Abstract

Reticulum is a cryptographic mesh networking stack gaining attention for off-grid and emergency communications. The original Python implementation recently reached v1.0 but its maintainer has stepped back from public engagement, and the license prevents distribution in Debian, F-Droid, and major package managers.

This session brings together Reticulum users and developers to discuss practical migration paths. We will attempt live switching between implementations: Python Reticulum, RetiNet (AGPL fork), and the Rust rnsd daemon. Participants can bring laptops to test interoperability and identify friction points.

Discussion topics: current state of implementations (Python, Rust, C++ microReticulum, Go, Zig), community coordination without upstream, documentation gaps, embedded device support, and real-world deployment experiences.

Bring your RNodes, or laptops with Reticulum installed. No prior Reticulum experience required for observers.

Project: https://codeberg.org/lgh/Reticulum-rs/src/branch/daemon-mode Original Reticulum: https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum RetiNet (AGPL fork): https://codeberg.org/skyguy/retinet

Lora Settings

[[interfaces]] name = "FOSDEM LoRa" type = "RNodeInterface" interface_enabled = true port = "/dev/ttyUSB0" frequency = 864200000 bandwidth = 125000 txpower = 5 spreadingfactor = 10 codingrate = 6

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Liam
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