[$] A trademark dispute over MeshCore
MeshCore is a project that aims to build a scalable mesh network using low-power long-distance radios, and it has gained a significant following since its inception in January 2025. The project is currently embroiled in a trademark dispute with Andy Kirby, an early proponent who has been promoting the project through his YouTube channel and other means. The dispute began when Kirby released a proprietary companion app for MeshCore and filed a trademark application for the MeshCore name without discussing his plans with the core developers.
- ▪MeshCore is a MIT-licensed portable C++ library that has been adapted to a range of long-range radio devices.
- ▪The project has more than 40,000 users worldwide, many of whom use it for reliable radio communication while hiking or collecting data from remote sensors.
- ▪Andy Kirby, an early proponent of the project, has filed a trademark application for the MeshCore name without discussing his plans with the core developers.
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We're bad at marketing We can admit it, marketing is not our strong suit. Our strength is writing the kind of articles that developers, administrators, and free-software supporters depend on to know what is going on in the Linux world. Please subscribe today to help us keep doing that, and so we don’t have to get good at marketing. By Daroc AldenMay 29, 2026 MeshCore is a relatively new project, started in January 2025, that aims to build a scalable mesh network using low-power long-distance radios. While many other projects of the same general nature have been tried before, MeshCore grew quickly because of its more efficient message routing and enthusiastic community.
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