https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic

a Meshtastic plugin for Pidgin
https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic

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a Meshtastic plugin for Pidgin

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic
• Owner: dadecoza
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-12-03T19:12:31.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-11T23:46:59.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-12T00:28:02.579Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: meshtastic, nanopb, pidgin, pidgin-plugin
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic
• Size: 311 KB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
![Pidgin logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic/refs/heads/main/nsis/pidgin-meshtastic.ico)

# a Meshtastic plugin for Pidgin

Make sure you already have [Pidgin](https://pidgin.im/install/) installed.

The Windows installer for the plugin is available [here](https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic/releases/latest/download/pidgin-meshtastic-setup.exe).

Precompiled libraries for Windows and Linux can be found under [releases](https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic/releases).

## Installation

### Debian

```shell

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install pidgin-dev git

git clone https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic.git --recursive

cd pidgin-meshtastic

make

sudo make install

sudo adduser $USER dialout

 ```

### Arch

[AUR Package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pidgin-meshtastic-git) (Thanks [timttmy](https://github.com/timttmy))

### Windows

[Windows Installer](https://github.com/dadecoza/pidgin-meshtastic/releases/latest/download/pidgin-meshtastic-setup.exe)

# Adding the account

![Account screenshot](https://dade.co.za/images/account.png)

* *Protocol*: Meshtastic

* *Username*: this can be anything, your radio will update the username once connected

* *COM port or IP address*: Typically "COMx" on Windows, or "/dev/ttyUSBx" on Linux. It can also be a valid IPv4 address for socket connections.

* *Local Alias*: Can be left empty, it will populate on first connect.

# Usage

![Menus screenshot](https://dade.co.za/images/menus.png)

* Right-click on a node and navigate to the "Meshtastic" menu item for Meshtastic-specific actions.

* These actions will be applied to your local node (indicated by the blue flag) or any remote node where you have admin access.

* A note on admin access: The legacy admin channel will take precedence over admin keys. This means that if you want to administer newer nodes with admin keys configured, you must ensure the admin channel is disabled or you will get the "no channel" error message.