KiekR

Marcel Verdult

About this app

KiekR is a messenger and analytics tool for LoRa mesh radio networks built on the open MeshCore protocol. Connect the app to your MeshCore device over Bluetooth and exchange encrypted messages across multi-hop radio nodes — without internet, cellular, or any central server.

MESSAGING
• Direct messages (end-to-end encrypted) and channel chats
• Region-aware channels: every message shows the geographic region it travelled on, right in the chat — see at a glance which scope a conversation belongs to
• Unified chat list with filters, search and a Discover area

YOUR MESH AT A GLANCE
• Live overview of every node — repeaters, rooms, sensors — grouped by freshness, with signal bars and hop counts
• Map with all nodes, freshness rings and clustering
• Path visualization — see which repeaters carried a message
• Resolve an unknown repeater by its hash via online directories — turn a bare path hop into a named node
• Statistics: packet volume, hop histogram, top repeaters, time-of-day heatmap

CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY (optional, privacy-first)
• Public map: pass on the repeater adverts you hear over the air to map.kiekr.app and the MeshCore community map — help build a public map of the mesh
• Coverage: anonymously record which regions and repeaters you hear, to map real-world radio coverage
• Observer mode: forward the raw LoRa packets you hear to an online analyzer (e.g. Meshcorenetz, LetsMesh) — you appear as an "Observer" under a KiekR_ name and your region's airport code
• Everything is opt-in and pseudonymous; your device's mesh identity, messages, contacts and location are never shared, and you can turn it all off any time

WORKS OFFLINE
KiekR works completely offline. The LoRa radio module in your MeshCore device handles all radio traffic; the phone is only the display and input surface, connected over Bluetooth Low Energy. Supports every device the MeshCore firmware supports (Heltec, T-Echo, RAK, T1000-E, Promicro and many more) — no device hardcoding.

KiekR is not affiliated with any commercial mesh provider. The MeshCore protocol is open source: https://meshcore.io

What’s new

Neu: Sensor-Nodes mit eigener Seite (Werte, Verlauf, Alarme, Admin-Werkzeuge), Raumserver-Admin wie beim Repeater, Uhr-Reparatur für vorgehende Companion-Uhren, Traceroute mit Rückweg. Kanäle zeigen ihre tatsächliche Standardregion. Uploads zu meshcore-analyzer.eu nur noch per HTTPS. Behoben: eigene Nachrichten hingen nach Neustart auf „Senden“, falsche Abdeckung durch eigene oder mitreisende Sendungen, viele unübersetzte Texte und MQTT-Fehlermeldungen.