meshsimple

Self-hosted Meshtastic monitoring app. Displays a live map of all mesh nodes, persistent channel 0 messaging (send and receive), and a node list — in a single Docker container.

Features

• Live node map (OpenStreetMap) with clustering and your own node highlighted
• Node list with last heard, battery, SNR, hops, hardware model, firmware version
• Channel 0 messaging — send and receive, fully persistent across restarts
• Unread message count in sidebar and browser tab title
• Light / dark / system theme
• Connects to your Meshtastic device over TCP/WiFi

Requirements

• A Meshtastic device accessible over TCP (most devices support this via WiFi)
• Docker

Unraid

Add a new container via the Docker tab:

Field	Value
Repository	ghcr.io/pross/meshsimple:latest
Port	8080 (host) → 8080 (container), TCP
Variable	MESHTASTIC_HOST = IP of your Meshtastic device
Variable	MESHTASTIC_PORT = 4403 (default)
Path	/mnt/user/appdata/meshsimple → /app/data

Docker

docker run -d \
  --name meshsimple \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -e MESHTASTIC_HOST=192.168.1.x \
  -e MESHTASTIC_PORT=4403 \
  -v /path/to/data:/app/data \
  ghcr.io/pross/meshsimple:latest

Or with Docker Compose:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your device IP
docker compose up -d

Navigate to http://<host-ip>:8080.

Development

Requires Python 3.11+ and Node 20+.

# Backend
cd backend && pip install -r requirements.txt
make dev-backend

# Frontend (in a separate terminal)
cd frontend && npm install
make dev-frontend

Frontend dev server runs on :5173 and proxies /api and /ws to the backend on :8000.

Licence

MIT