User Guide
Documentation for using the Meshtastic Android and Desktop app.
What's New in the Docs
July 2026 — Discovery — New Mesh Beacon: broadcast invitations to your mesh and receive Mesh invitations from others, with one-tap join or a preset-seeded Discovery scan.
July 2026 — Settings — Radio & User — Security config now offers encrypted on-device key backup/restore and a packet-authenticity Protection Level (Strict / Balanced / Compatible).
July 2026 — MQTT — Documented the "MQTTMQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport). A lightweight messaging protocol designed for small sensors and mobile devices, enabling efficient data transmission in the Meshtastic network for Internet connectivity and integration with IoT platforms. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQTT. In Meshtastic, MQTT is used to connect a node to the internet, and can be used to connect multiple meshes to each other. proxy on this phone" toggle: see whether your phone is relaying MQTTMQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport). A lightweight messaging protocol designed for small sensors and mobile devices, enabling efficient data transmission in the Meshtastic network for Internet connectivity and integration with IoT platforms. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQTT. In Meshtastic, MQTT is used to connect a node to the internet, and can be used to connect multiple meshes to each other. for the node and cut it off immediately.
July 2026 — Map & Waypoints — Waypoints can now define a geofence: get notified when nodes enter or leave an area. Creator-only by default, with a per-geofence opt-in for others.
July 2026 — Map & Waypoints — Map Layers (import your own .kml/.kmz/GeoJSON overlays) and Site Planner (RFRF (Radio Frequency). The radio signal a node transmits and receives over LoRa. coverage estimation) are now available on F-Droid, not just Google Play.
July 2026 — Nodes — Added a "Nodes per Hop" histogram showing how many nodes sit at each hop distance, filterable to a last-heard time window.