Changing the way we load protobuf definitions since meshtastic added a submodule that is not loading properly

README.md

@@ -52,12 +52,9 @@ Requires **`python3.11`** or above.
 Clone the repo from GitHub:
 
 ```bash
-git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/pablorevilla-meshtastic/meshview.git
+git clone https://github.com/pablorevilla-meshtastic/meshview.git
 ```
 
-> **NOTE**  
-> It is important to include the `--recurse-submodules` flag or the meshtastic protobufs won't be included.
-
 Create a Python virtual environment:
 
 ```bash

meshview/templates/chat.html

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 {{ packet.payload }}
                 {% if packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id %}
                 <span class="replying-to">
-                    (Replying to: <a href="/packet/{{ packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id }}">{{ packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id }}</a>)
+                    <i>(Replying to: <a href="/packet/{{ packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id }}">{{ packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id }}</a>)</i>
                 </span>
                 {% endif %}
             </span>

meshview/templates/net.html

@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@
 .chat-packet:nth-of-type(even){
     background-color: #333333; /* Slightly lighter than the previous #181818 */
 }
-
 {% endblock %}
-{% block body %}
 
-    <div class="container" > {{ site_config["site"]["weekly_net_message"] }} <br><br>
- </div>
-    <div class="container">
+{% block body %}
+<div class="container">
+    {{ site_config["site"]["weekly_net_message"] }} <br><br>
+
+    <h5>Number of Check-ins: {{ packets|length }}</h5>
+</div>
+
+<div class="container">
   {% for packet in packets %}
   <div
       class="row chat-packet"

meshview/templates/packet.html

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                     <div>{{packet.pretty_payload}}</div>
                     {% endif %}
                     {% if packet.raw_mesh_packet and packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded and packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id %}
-                        Reply ID: {{ packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id }}
+                     <i>(Replying to: <a href="/packet/{{ packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id }}">{{ packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.reply_id }}</a>)</i>
                     {% endif %}
                     {% if  packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded and packet.raw_mesh_packet.decoded.portnum == 70 %}
                         <ul>

requirements.txt

@@ -1,46 +1,44 @@
-protobuf~=5.29.3
-aiomqtt~=2.3.0
-sqlalchemy[asyncio]~=2.0.38
-cryptography~=44.0.1
-aiosqlite~=0.21.0
-aiohttp~=3.11.12
-aiodns~=3.2.0
-Jinja2~=3.1.5
-aiohttp-sse
-asyncpg~=0.30.0
-seaborn~=0.13.2
-pydot~=3.0.4
-plotly~=6.0.0
+#############################
+# Runtime dependencies
+#############################
 
-numpy~=2.2.3
-pillow~=11.1.0
-pip~=23.2.1
-attrs~=25.1.0
-cffi~=1.17.1
-paho-mqtt~=2.1.0
-pytz~=2025.1
-idna~=3.10
-multidict~=6.1.0
-propcache~=0.2.1
-typing_extensions~=4.12.2
-pyparsing~=3.2.1
-pycares~=4.5.0
+# Core async + networking
+aiohttp~=3.11.12
+aiohttp-sse
+aiodns~=3.2.0
+aiomqtt~=2.3.0
+asyncpg~=0.30.0
+aiosqlite~=0.21.0
+
+# Database + ORM
+sqlalchemy[asyncio]~=2.0.38
+
+# Serialization / security
+protobuf~=5.29.3
+cryptography~=44.0.1
+
+# Templates
+Jinja2~=3.1.5
 MarkupSafe~=3.0.2
+
+# Graphs / diagrams
+pydot~=3.0.4
+
+
+#############################
+# Development / Analysis / Debugging
+#############################
+
+# Data science stack
+numpy~=2.2.3
 pandas~=2.2.3
 matplotlib~=3.10.0
-python-dateutil~=2.9.0.post0
-packaging~=24.2
-narwhals~=1.27.1
-yarl~=1.18.3
-aiosignal~=1.3.2
-frozenlist~=1.5.0
-aiohappyeyeballs~=2.4.6
-cycler~=0.12.1
-six~=1.17.0
-greenlet~=3.1.1
+seaborn~=0.13.2
+plotly~=6.0.0
+
+# Image support
+pillow~=11.1.0
+
+# Debugging / profiling
 psutil~=7.0.0
 objgraph~=3.6.2
-contourpy~=1.3.1
-fonttools~=4.56.0
-pycparser~=2.22
-kiwisolver~=1.4.8