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# 🥔 PotatoMesh
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[](https://github.com/l5yth/potato-mesh/actions)
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[](https://github.com/l5yth/potato-mesh/releases)
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[](https://codecov.io/gh/l5yth/potato-mesh)
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[](LICENSE)
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[](https://github.com/l5yth/potato-mesh/issues)
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A simple Meshtastic-powered node dashboard for your local community. _No MQTT clutter, just local LoRa aether._
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* Web app with chat window and map view showing nodes and messages.
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* API to POST (authenticated) and to GET nodes and messages.
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* Supplemental Python ingestor to feed the POST APIs of the Web app with data remotely.
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* Shows new node notifications (first seen) in chat.
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* Allows searching and filtering for nodes in map and table view.
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Live demo for Berlin #MediumFast: [potatomesh.net](https://potatomesh.net)
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## Quick Start with Docker
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```bash
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./configure.sh # Configure your setup
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docker-compose up -d # Start services
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docker-compose logs -f # View logs
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```
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PotatoMesh uses host networking by default so it can run on restricted
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systems where Docker cannot create bridged interfaces. The web UI listens on
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`http://127.0.0.1:41447` immediately without explicit port mappings. If you
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are using Docker Desktop (macOS/Windows) or otherwise require bridged
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networking, enable the Compose profile with:
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```bash
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COMPOSE_PROFILES=bridge docker-compose up -d
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```
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## Web App
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Requires Ruby for the Sinatra web app and SQLite3 for the app's database.
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```bash
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pacman -S ruby sqlite3
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gem install sinatra sqlite3 rackup puma rspec rack-test rufo
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cd ./web
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bundle install
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```
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### Run
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Check out the `app.sh` run script in `./web` directory.
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```bash
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API_TOKEN="1eb140fd-cab4-40be-b862-41c607762246" ./app.sh
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== Sinatra (v4.1.1) has taken the stage on 41447 for development with backup from Puma
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Puma starting in single mode...
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[...]
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* Environment: development
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* PID: 188487
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* Listening on http://127.0.0.1:41447
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```
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Check [127.0.0.1:41447](http://127.0.0.1:41447/) for the development preview
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of the node map. Set `API_TOKEN` required for authorizations on the API's POST endpoints.
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The web app can be configured with environment variables (defaults shown):
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* `SITE_NAME` - title and header shown in the ui (default: "Meshtastic Berlin")
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* `DEFAULT_CHANNEL` - default channel shown in the ui (default: "#MediumFast")
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* `DEFAULT_FREQUENCY` - default channel shown in the ui (default: "868MHz")
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* `MAP_CENTER_LAT` / `MAP_CENTER_LON` - default map center coordinates (default: `52.502889` / `13.404194`)
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* `MAX_NODE_DISTANCE_KM` - hide nodes farther than this distance from the center (default: `137`)
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* `MATRIX_ROOM` - matrix room id for a footer link (default: `#meshtastic-berlin:matrix.org`)
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The application derives SEO-friendly document titles, descriptions, and social
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preview tags from these existing configuration values and reuses the bundled
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logo for Open Graph and Twitter cards.
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Example:
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```bash
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SITE_NAME="Meshtastic Berlin" MAP_CENTER_LAT=52.502889 MAP_CENTER_LON=13.404194 MAX_NODE_DISTANCE_KM=137 MATRIX_ROOM="#meshtastic-berlin:matrix.org" ./app.sh
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```
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### API
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The web app contains an API:
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* GET `/api/nodes?limit=100` - returns the latest 100 nodes reported to the app
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* GET `/api/positions?limit=100` - returns the latest 100 position data
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* GET `/api/messages?limit=100` - returns the latest 100 messages
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* POST `/api/nodes` - upserts nodes provided as JSON object mapping node ids to node data (requires `Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>`)
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* POST `/api/messages` - appends positions provided as a JSON object or array (requires `Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>`)
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* POST `/api/messages` - appends messages provided as a JSON object or array (requires `Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>`)
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The `API_TOKEN` environment variable must be set to a non-empty value and match the token supplied in the `Authorization` header for `POST` requests.
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## Python Ingestor
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The web app is not meant to be run locally connected to a Meshtastic node but rather
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on a remote host without access to a physical Meshtastic device. Therefore, it only
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accepts data through the API POST endpoints. Benefit is, here multiple nodes across the
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community can feed the dashboard with data. The web app handles messages and nodes
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by ID and there will be no duplication.
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For convenience, the directory `./data` contains a Python ingestor. It connects to a
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Meshtastic node via serial port or to a remote device that exposes the Meshtastic TCP
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interface to gather nodes and messages seen by the node.
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```bash
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pacman -S python
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cd ./data
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python -m venv .venv
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source .venv/bin/activate
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pip install -U meshtastic
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```
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It uses the Meshtastic Python library to ingest mesh data and post nodes and messages
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to the configured potato-mesh instance.
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Check out `mesh.sh` ingestor script in the `./data` directory.
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```bash
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POTATOMESH_INSTANCE=http://127.0.0.1:41447 API_TOKEN=1eb140fd-cab4-40be-b862-41c607762246 MESH_SERIAL=/dev/ttyACM0 DEBUG=1 ./mesh.sh
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Mesh daemon: nodes+messages → http://127.0.0.1 | port=41447 | channel=0
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[...]
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[debug] upserted node !849b7154 shortName='7154'
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[debug] upserted node !ba653ae8 shortName='3ae8'
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[debug] upserted node !16ced364 shortName='Pat'
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[debug] stored message from '!9ee71c38' to '^all' ch=0 text='Guten Morgen!'
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```
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Run the script with `POTATOMESH_INSTANCE` and `API_TOKEN` to keep updating
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node records and parsing new incoming messages. Enable debug output with `DEBUG=1`,
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specify the serial port with `MESH_SERIAL` (default `/dev/ttyACM0`) or set it to an IP
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address (for example `192.168.1.20:4403`) to use the Meshtastic TCP interface.
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## Demos
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* <https://potatomesh.net/>
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* <https://vrs.kdd2105.ru/>
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## License
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Apache v2.0, Contact <COM0@l5y.tech>
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