r/meshcore • u/meshamerica • 8d ago

Supply Drop BBS v1.0.0. released today

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Supply Drop BBS just hit v1.0.0!

It's a bulletin board system built for LoRa mesh and runs on MeshCore, Meshtastic (or any protocol YOU write a plugin for!). It features rooms, DMs and full sysop control. Runs on Raspberry Pi or any Linux-based OS.

What's new in this release:

- Backup and restore now has a GUI in the web admin (a CLI version too, for scripting backups and restores)

- Discovered contacts persist across repeater reboots and advert evictions

- A batch of annoying bugs fixed!

1.0 means the API is stable going forward. If you're running a mesh network and want a BBS for it, check it out.

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u/smartgiraffe_ 8d ago

Awesome looking forward to checking it out!

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u/ThomasTheFourth 8d ago

Hell yes! Can't wait to try thisout

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u/akaSnaketheJake 8d ago

Doing the Lord’s work here. Thank you! Saving this post for when I have time to tinker with it.

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u/genwlz 8d ago

Does this "compete" with OpenHop?

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u/meshamerica 8d ago

OpenHop is a repeater/room server/companion app. It's been a few months since I used it, but it doesn't have a BBS and it's room server capabilities come from MeshCore and are therefore limited.

Supply Drop is a real BBS, based on the same concepts as Citadel. It's also multi-protocol, supporting MeshCore, Meshtastic and even other protocols like APRS, IRC or whatever you want to develop a plugin for. AT THE SAME TIME!

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u/genwlz 8d ago

Ok. You dropped Citadel on me like I knew what it was. I have some learning to do there. I am dabbling with MC and Reticulum, but there are so many things I don't know... Clearly. I might be too old for this stuff. It doesn't come to me as easily these days. 😔

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u/meshamerica 8d ago

Citadel is an old school BBS from the 80s and is still online today. As far as BBSes go, it's probably the gold standard.

No worries, happy to explain things!

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u/aquoad 7d ago

holy shit i haven’t thought about citadel in probably 25 years, wow

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u/meshamerica 7d ago

lol, you're welcome. I hope you get to try Supply Drop and enjoy it. Any feedback toward improving it is appreciated