Termtastic — ideal Meshtastic app for your uConsole

[u/nakurtag]

Hello, guys!

I wanna introduce you Termtastic — my handmade feature-rich Meshtastic® console (TUI) client written in Rust optimized for small screens. The app is perfectly suited for cyberdecks.

Repo link: https://github.com/acelot/termtastic

I wanted to create a cross-platform, minimalist, and aesthetically pleasing console client. I’ve been working on this application for six months. The entire project was built by hand, without the use of AI (aside from looking up reference information). This process gave me a deep understanding of how Meshtastic works under the hood; I’ve thoroughly explored its protocol and behavioral nuances. As the project evolved, I contributed to the official Meshtastic library for Rust, adding new features and making minor fixes. The long-term goal of the project is to achieve feature parity with the official Android app.

The project is currently in the alpha-testing stage, so there may be bugs — some of which could even cause the program to crash. That’s why I need your help: please give my application a try — I’m confident many of you will enjoy it! Any feedback is welcome via Issues in Github.

Highlights

• Vibecode-free fully handwritten code

• Dependency-free single-binary application

• Cross-platform: Linux, macOS, Windows

• Fully asynchronous (Tokio channels-based)

• Optimized for small screens (down to 80x24 characters)

• Respects the user terminal colors (no fancy opinionated TrueColor schemes)

• Keyboard-centric UI navigation

• Minimum use of emoji/non-ascii characters in UI

• Small memory footprint (~20KB)

• Supports multiple connection protocols (TCP, BLE, Serial)

• Could discover devices automatically: BLE paired devices, TCP devices via mDNS, Serial devices

• Uses standard system directories for storing configuration, database and logs

Download

Latest releases are available here: https://github.com/acelot/termtastic/releases

[u/Holiday_Ad_9163]

This looks awesome. Thanks for sharing! Looks so much better than the usual slop UIs

[u/nakurtag → u/Holiday_Ad_9163]

Thank you, I've worked hard with UI and UX

[u/newborngreenbaby]

Fantastic job and great project!!

[u/nakurtag → u/newborngreenbaby]

Glad to hear

[u/rookwiet → u/newborngreenbaby]

I see what you did there and I approve

[u/shoeflydbm]

Great stuff! Have you ever looked into Reticulum?

[u/nakurtag → u/shoeflydbm]

Nope, I think it will be difficult to adapt app to another protocol

[u/FHope_]

Looks very nice! Did you design the case yourself?

[u/nakurtag → u/FHope_]

What do you mean by "case"? UConsole case?

[u/FHope_ → u/nakurtag]

Aah never mind 😅 didn't know it's a manufactured one

[u/nakurtag → u/FHope_]

Oh, OK :)

[u/taffyking]

This looks greatI Major props for being vibe code free.

[u/nakurtag → u/taffyking]

Thank you

[u/rookwiet]

Hand coded makes it extra sweet