About

yegmesh.ca is a volunteer-run reference for Edmonton-area mesh networking. The site is open to community contributions — local operators with a content-writer account can submit posts and pages, and admins approve and publish them.

This is a non-commercial project. We document the local conventions so newcomers can plug in fast, and we keep records of meetups so the scene grows.

Why a separate site for YEG?

Mesh networks are inherently local. Coverage, conventions, and meetups vary city by city. National Discords and the official project docs are great, but they don't tell you what room name the rooftop in Strathcona is on, or which Tuesday the next coffee night is.

Sister-city sites we look to for examples include vancouvermesh.ca, calgarymesh.ca, Toronto Mesh, and Montréal Mesh / MIME.

Edmonton's mesh choice

YEG community is concentrated on MeshCore. That's the recommendation for newcomers. We document Meshtastic too because it's a useful reference and some operators run both, but you'll find more local activity on MeshCore.

About the tech

This site is a custom-built PHP app with JSON-file storage. No database engine, no off-the-shelf CMS, no plugins. Drag and drop on any PHP-8.0+ shared host, visit /install.php once, done.