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Welcome to the Crow project wiki.

Crow is the rebranded home for the Raven mesh messaging work. This wiki is the working documentation area for setup notes, feature design, operational guidance, and maintenance checklists.

Page index

Wiki page	Markdown file	Purpose
Home	Home.md	Main wiki landing page and index of all wiki Markdown files.
Change Log	Change-Log.md	Raven-to-Crow feature and documentation change tracking.
Configuration	Configuration.md	Operator configuration how-to for backend selection, Meshtastic API, and MeshCore TCP API setup.
Configuring Channels	Configuring-Channels.md	Channel setup workflow: bridges/backends first, then Meshtastic, MeshCore, APRS, and joining channels.
Backend Selection and Test Deployment	Backend-Selection-and-Deployment.md	Backend selector behavior, default UDP compatibility, package rebuild, deployment, and validation workflow.
Command Reference	Command-Reference.md	User-facing slash commands and APRS chat command forms.
APRS Bridge	APRS.md	APRS-IS, KISS TCP, APRS passcode, APRS group messaging, and Part 97-safe channel behavior.
LoRa Gateway Tags	LoRa-Gateway-Tags.md	Outbound LoRa gateway tag format and hard-coded MeshCore/Meshtastic tag scheme.
Meshtastic API Backend	Meshtastic-API.md	Experimental Meshtastic TCP Port-API backend status, including channel discovery/sync limitations.
Memory Use	Memory-Use.md	RAM/internal-flash guidance and using external USB storage as Crow's data layer.
Strict Gatekeeper	Strict-Gatekeeper.md	Fail-closed bridge filtering, gateway identification, and Part 97 auto-forwarding guidance.
Winlink	Winlink.md	Winlink-style form UI, form inventory, and how to add forms.
USB Storage	USB-Storage.md	AREDN USB data storage, degraded-mode behavior, persistent images, and storage quota handling.
Sidebar	_Sidebar.md	GitHub wiki navigation sidebar. This is not a normal content page, but it must be kept in sync with this index.

Current Markdown inventory

These are the .md files currently expected in the wiki repository:

APRS.md
Backend-Selection-and-Deployment.md
Change-Log.md
Command-Reference.md
Configuration.md
Configuring-Channels.md
Home.md
LoRa-Gateway-Tags.md
Meshtastic-API.md
Memory-Use.md
Strict-Gatekeeper.md
USB-Storage.md
Winlink.md
_Sidebar.md

Maintenance status

All Markdown pages currently present in this wiki are linked from this Home page and from the sidebar.

When adding, renaming, or removing a .md page, update both:

1. Home.md under Page index and Current Markdown inventory
2. _Sidebar.md under Pages

This keeps every wiki page discoverable from the GitHub wiki UI and prevents orphan pages.