Nelos
Offline group messaging and tracking over LoRa
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Nelos is a simple way for groups to stay connected when there’s no mobile coverage. Create a team, let others join with a QR code, then use group chat, direct messages, location sharing, waypoints, help alerts, tracking and offline maps over LoRa. No SIM, account or internet connection required. Built for families, hiking, travel and other places where cellular service can’t be relied on. Compatible MeshCore hardware required.
PH · launched Sep 23, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: private and secure messaging apps · 144 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -41% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Android
- Messaging
- Travel
- Outdoors
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Could you build this?
Partial The mobile UI and offline map integration can be built quickly, but writing the firmware and low-level Bluetooth/serial protocols for decentralized, off-grid LoRa mesh networking requires embedded and RF communication engineering.
What it would actually take: The system requires native mobile clients (Swift/Kotlin or Flutter) interfacing via BLE with external LoRa transceiver hardware (like ESP32 or Semtech SX1262 modules running custom or Meshtastic-based firmware). The hard part is managing decentralized packet routing, channel congestion, packet loss recovery, and end-to-end cryptographic key exchange over ultra-low-bandwidth RF links without relying on an IP stack or cellular backhaul.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 63 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #53 of 64 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 187 days after the earliest competitor.
- nexora · ph · 2026-11-09 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Heard · hn · 2026-06-11 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Nira Club · ph · 2026-10-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Nullchat · ph · 2026-10-05 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- khazan · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Nawa · ph · 2026-09-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- Nexo · ph · 2026-10-24 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- Lovia · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.37
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