Colorado Springs · Meshtastic
cspringsmesh is the local launchpad for Meshtastic operators in the Springs. Discover nodes, link with neighbors, and keep talking when everything else goes dark.
Screenshot from the Meshtastic app showing live nodes around Colorado Springs.
High-level view of the Colorado Springs area while we bring the live node map online.
This map centers on Colorado Springs and surrounding areas. As we deploy more nodes and bring the MERN-powered backend online, this panel will show real-time Meshtastic node locations, status, and coverage.
Coming soon: interactive node map powered by our own backend instead of third-party JS drama.
This isn’t a company. It’s a bunch of people in Colorado Springs wiring up an off-grid safety net because no one else is going to do it for us.
Colorado Springs has mountains, wind, fires, snow, and infrastructure that doesn’t always keep up. cspringsmesh exists so neighbors can still talk when towers, fiber, or power don’t. It’s part resilience, part experiment, and part “because this is the kind of city that should have it.”
You don’t need to be an RF wizard. Start small: join the Discord, hang out in chat, ask questions, and decide if you want to run a node, help map coverage, or just listen in.
Meshtastic uses low-power LoRa radios to move short messages across a mesh of cheap devices. No SIM cards, no contracts, no central server deciding if you’re allowed to talk.
Curious neighbors, tinkerers, hikers, preppers, radio folks, devs, makers, and anyone who likes the idea of a city having its own side-channel. If you care about your community and like building things, you’re in the right place.
We trade hardware, help each other flash firmware, test coverage in canyons and neighborhoods, and occasionally meet up in the real world with radios, coffee, and way too many antennas.
The goal is a city-wide backbone of nodes, solar repeaters on high ground, and a live map powered by our own backend instead of someone else’s platform. Step by step, node by node, we make the Springs harder to silence.
A standalone Meshtastic packet monitor for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Built by Gary Erwin for operators who want raw radio data without the fuss.
Packet Base is a cyberpunk-style serial sniffer for Meshtastic-compatible devices. View raw packet logs, decoded messages, node lists, GPS position updates, and telemetry — all without needing a browser, server, or cloud. Plug your node in via USB and watch the mesh breathe in real time.
Packet Base running — packet feed on the left, node list on the right.