Sestriere

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Beta

Maintainer

atomozero

Language

cpp

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Source available

Latest version

1.8 · 2026-03-15

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1. v1.8 # Latest 3 months ago · 2026-03-15 22:33 UTC

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   Sestriere 1.8.0

   Native MeshCore LoRa mesh client for Haiku OS.

   New features

   • Voice messages — push-to-talk via Codec2, compatible with meshcore-sar (Alphaaaaa)
   • Image sharing — color WebP over LoRa with chunked transfer and drag-and-drop
   • SAR markers — search and rescue pin display in chat and geographic map
   • Line-of-Sight analysis — terrain profile between nodes via Open-Meteo elevation API
   • Multi-companion support — switch radios without mixing data, DB partitioned per device
   • Contact groups and muting — organize sidebar, silence notifications per contact/channel
   • Serial Monitor — CLI terminal for repeaters and standalone devices

   Improvements

   • Telemetry dashboard redesigned with card-based layout
   • Mission Control: Ping All, Trace Route quick actions
   • Geographic map: zoom/pan/tile state persisted across sessions
   • Deskbar replicant: lightweight add-on with Send Advert shortcut
   • Inline emoji rendering via Twemoji
   • Tile cache: corrupt PNG auto-recovery, 50 MB LRU eviction
   • Database: incremental vacuum after pruning, WAL fallback for Haiku compatibility
   • 56 automated tests (make test)

   Bug fixes

   • Fixed thread safety in child window access and database singleton
   • Fixed protocol compliance: full 32-byte pubkeys, frequency in kHz, V3 SNR offsets
   • Fixed GIF cache miss, image buffer overread, delivery status tracking
   • Fixed memory leaks in BMessageRunner and GIF picker threads
   • Replaced VLAs and non-reentrant libc calls (localtime_r, strlcpy)
2. v1.7 # 4 months ago · 2026-03-06 20:49 UTC

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   Sestriere 1.7 "Marconi"

   Native MeshCore LoRa mesh client for Haiku OS

   Sestriere is a native Haiku application for communicating over LoRa mesh networks via MeshCore-compatible radios. It provides a Telegram-style interface with real-time messaging, network visualization, telemetry dashboards, and a Wireshark-style packet analyzer — all built with the Be API.

   What's new in 1.7

   GIF Sharing — Send and receive animated GIFs via GIPHY. The built-in picker shows animated thumbnails in a grid, and only the short GIF ID travels over LoRa (zero overhead). Fully compatible with meshcore-open (Flutter).

   Emoji Rendering — Unicode emoji displayed as color PNG sprites with proper alpha blending over chat bubbles.

   Image Sharing — Send photos over LoRa using chunked transfer. Images are compressed, transmitted in fragments, auto-fetched on the receiving end, and displayed inline in the chat.

   SAR Markers — Search and Rescue markers (meshcore-sar protocol) parsed and displayed in chat and on the geographic map.

   OpenStreetMap Tiles — The geographic map now shows real OSM tiles with offline caching, plus world coastline rendering.

   Delivery Queue — Messages now use a FIFO queue with automatic retry and clear status (Pending, Sent, Confirmed, Failed).

   Ping All — Ping every contact in one click to check who's online.

   UI Polish — Compact default layout, flexible panel resizing, contact filter state (Chat/Repeater/Room) persisted across restarts.

   Requirements

   • Haiku OS R1/beta5 or later (x86_64)
   • MeshCore-compatible LoRa radio with USB serial
   • pkgman install mosquitto sqlite curl giflib

   Feedback and bug reports welcome!

3. v1.4 # 4 months ago · 2026-02-22 13:41 UTC

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   Solid as Alpine granite — a stability and code quality release.

   No flashy new features this time. Instead, we went deep under the hood to rebuild the foundations for what comes next.

   Architecture

   • Protocol parsing extracted from MainWindow into a dedicated ProtocolHandler class
   • Common utilities consolidated into Utils.h: FormatUptime, FormatTimeAgo, ParseHexPrefix, FormatContactKey
   • All magic numbers replaced with named constants across the entire codebase
   • Dead code removed: legacy MqttSettingsWindow, StatusBarView, unused message codes

   Security

   • Hardcoded credentials removed from source
   • All database queries migrated to parameterized prepared statements
   • User input validated before all protocol operations
   • Bounds checks on every incoming protocol frame

   Thread Safety

   • DatabaseManager singleton protected with mutex
   • Child window access guarded by new _LockIfVisible() helper
   • MQTT connect/disconnect race condition fixed
   • BMessageRunner lifecycle hardened: always NULL after delete, no use-after-free

   Protocol Bug Fixes

   • CMD_REMOVE_CONTACT and CMD_RESET_PATH now send full 32-byte public key (was 6-byte, causing silent failures)
   • CMD_SET_RADIO_PARAMS sends frequency in kHz as V3 spec requires (was Hz)
   • Packet Analyzer V3 message text offsets corrected
   • localtime() replaced with reentrant localtime_r() throughout
   • strtok() replaced with thread-safe strtok_r()
   • Blocking snooze() removed from LoginWindow UI thread

   UX Polish

   • All windows centered on screen (or on parent) instead of hardcoded pixel positions
   • Mission Control cards gracefully truncate long text in narrow windows
   • MQTT password field with show/hide toggle
   • Theme-aware Stats Window using system colors
   • Reduced minimum sizes for Telemetry and Packet Analyzer to fit smaller screens
   • Unified battery percentage formula across all views

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