LoRa Mesh Atlas

LoRa Mesh Atlas is an independent guide to LoRa mesh radios that run Meshtastic or MeshCore, written with a United States audience in mind. It is not affiliated with either firmware project and states that it has not run side-by-side field tests. The site is aimed at people buying a first node and at tinkerers comparing published hardware.The device database, checked against manufacturers' pages and official documentation on 1 November 2026, lists 31 radios that run Meshtastic, and notes MeshCore support for each. The homepage states that 29 of those radios support both networks. You can filter the list and compare up to three devices side by side on points such as type, screen, GPS, battery, chip and list price. Device pages link the maker's page and the official documents used, and they record where those sources disagree. If a specification is not published, the site says “not listed” rather than inventing a figure, and it does not claim test results it did not measure. A four-question finder ranks matches by how you will use the radio and by which network you plan to join, and it reminds buyers to choose the 915 MHz version for use in the United States and to check whether a battery is included.Guides explain what Meshtastic is, how to flash firmware, legal points for use in the USA, range, and how to look for nodes nearby. A comparison of Meshtastic and MeshCore, updated 1 November 2026, is drawn from each project's own documentation. It covers who relays messages, hop limits, encryption, apps and cost, and it states clearly that the two networks cannot talk to each other, even when the same board can run either firmware after a reflash. The homepage also describes an independent fact-check before launch, in which reviewers who did not write the content re-checked about 1,850 claims and 65 corrections were made, with a public corrections log.