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MeshCore development team splits over trademark dispute and AI-generated code
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Since inception, the MeshCore development team have been working hard to build MeshCore.
Key facts
- They've released more than 85 versions of the MeshCore Companion, Repeater and Room Server firmwares with support for more than 75 hardware variants
- As of this post, the official MeshCore Map shows 38,000+ nodes around the world, and the official MeshCore App has more than 100,000+ active users across Android and iOS
- Having only started in January 2025, they have grown extremely fast
- Andy Kirby did do an amazing job helping to promote the MeshCore project on his personal YouTube, but only promotes his own products now
Summary
They've released more than 85 versions of the MeshCore Companion, Repeater and Room Server firmwares with support for more than 75 hardware variants. The team have always been wary of AI generated code, but felt everyone is free to do what they want and experiment, etc. And, he’s kept that small detail a secret - that it’s all majority vibe coded. The team ran a poll recently, and asked in the MeshCore Discord about AI and trust, and these are the results:.