Maquis is a project for enabling resilient communication, even in the presence of signifigant adversaries.
The client is a Javascript app that runs on end users' smartphones, and can send messages to each other. Messages can be transmitted directly via AFSK, or they can leverage a Websocket backend for expanded transport options.
The reference backend is commbloc, which can be configured with any number of TNC, meshtastic and IP links. It broadcasts messages in a best-effort fashion, and is able to achieve impressive results in mixed radio conditions in my limited field testing.
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- Grab your nearest Raspberry Pi.
- Burn one of the release images onto it.
- Connect an audio interface & radio if you'd like to use Direwolf.
- Connect a Meshtastic device if you'd like to use Meshtastic.
- Connect to the AP named
Maquis-XXXX, navigate tomaquis.internal, have fun!
/client- The JS client itself./server- The server containers and tooling to burn an image for a Pi./esp32- Firmware to run a server component on an ESP32 - this is a major WIP.
- Github Actions-based CI for ready-made Pi images.
- Tighter interop with companion projects;
- disaster.radio
- Meshtastic
- ATAK, maybe we can send/receive CoT's directly?
- Client can directly leverage a TNC such as a mobilind. This is a blocker at the moment due to Web Bluetooth API limitations on Android.