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Node Star Field Guide Series

Eight volumes.
One network.

Technical guides for building mesh networks that belong to the neighborhood — no cell towers, no ISP, no central authority required. Written for operators, engineers, and anyone who thinks infrastructure should be a commons.

8 Volumes
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
No Paywall

All volumes — read free

Vol. 01

Build Your First RNode

Verified firmware. Clean boot. Real packet flow. A complete, technically honest guide to your first working Reticulum node from off-the-shelf hardware. No subscriptions, no cloud.

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Vol. 02

Build a Multi-Interface Node

LoRa is just the beginning. Build a permanent, always-on node that speaks every interface Reticulum supports and routes between all of them automatically.

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Vol. 03

Meshtastic + ATAK

LoRa mesh radio, live map positions, encrypted team comms — no cell towers, no internet, no central authority. The complete guide to off-grid tactical awareness networks.

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Vol. 04

The Sovereign Stack

Web3 gave you decentralized ownership. Web4 gives you decentralized infrastructure. Run blockchain databases, censorship-resistant storage, and peer-to-peer payments on the mesh.

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Vol. 05

The West Coast Mesh That Almost Exists

From Vancouver BC to Tijuana, a 1,500-mile chain of mesh nodes almost connects the Pacific Coast — but California is the broken link. What it would take to close the gap.

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Vol. 06

Mesh + AI at the Edge

No cloud. No API keys. No data leaving your device. Run local intelligence on your node network — an AI that answers questions, translates, and serves the neighborhood when towers are down.

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Vol. 07

HaLow City Mesh

LoRa gave your community a mesh. Now give it speed. WiFi HaLow at 902–928 MHz delivers megabit throughput at LoRa-class range — no ISP required. Build a private city-wide network.

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Vol. 08

Who's Actually Building the Mesh

Four communities. Different cities, different protocols, different founding conditions. All building something the incumbents said couldn't be done. Field profiles from the ground.

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Free to read.
Free to share.

Every guide in this series is published under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — copy freely, share widely, build on it. The mesh only grows when the knowledge does too.

If you want hardware that works out of the box, the Node Star store has pre-assembled nodes ready to deploy. If you want the full technical deep dive, the Mesh Networking Handbook goes further than any guide here.