MeshCore64
Client AlphaCommodore 64 MeshCore chat client using a SwiftLink-compatible serial cartridge to connect to a TCP companion bridge, with channel and direct messaging, delivery acknowledgements and persistent configuration.
- Maintainer
- swannman ↗
- Kind
- Clients
- Maturity
- Alpha
- Languages
- C Assembly
- Licensing
- Open source
- Latest version
- 0.1.0 · 2026-03-09
- License
- MIT
- Platforms
- Commodore 64
Screenshots
Capabilities
Interfaces
- ✓ TUI
Connections
- ✓ Serial
- ✓ TCP
Capabilities
- ✓ Messaging
- ✓ Contacts
- ✓ Channels
Node roles
- ✓ companion
Install
Releases
from GitHub · updated 2026-06-23v0.1.0 # Latest 4 months ago · 2026-03-09 04:42 UTC
First public release of MeshCore64.
Features
- Channel messaging (up to 8 channels)
- Direct messages with delivery confirmation (yellow → green)
- @-mention cycling with Up/Down arrows
- Persistent companion address config (saved to disk)
- Auto-reconnect on connection loss
- NMI-driven serial receive (no lost bytes)
Requirements
- Commodore 64 with SwiftLink cartridge (or emulator)
- MeshCore companion device running TCP serial bridge
Downloads
- meshcore64.d64 — Disk image, ready to load on real hardware or VICE
- meshcore64.prg — Standalone PRG file
Project signals
popularity 2026-06-23 verification 2026-06-23
- GitHub stars
- 3
- Forks
- 0
- Watchers
- 1
- Open issues
- 3
- Contributors
- 1
- Release downloads
- 10
- Latest downloads
- 10
- Source available
- Yes
- Releases available
- Yes
- Signed releases
- No
- CI builds
- No
- Documentation
- No
- Requires SwiftLink or compatible ACIA emulation and a TCP serial bridge to a MeshCore companion device.