Download Gearsmen

Get the Gearsmen (GRS) app on your device. Comms Center, APRS, Meshtastic, and more.

All platforms

macOS M Chips

macOS M Chips

Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4)

Click the button below to download directly.

macOS shows "damaged" or can't open?

macOS Gatekeeper blocks apps downloaded outside the App Store. After downloading, open Terminal and run:

xattr -cr ~/Downloads/gearsmen-mac.dmg

Then open the DMG and drag Gearsmen to Applications. If it still warns, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway".

macOS Intel

macOS Intel

Intel x86-64

Click the button below to download directly.

macOS shows "damaged" or can't open?

macOS Gatekeeper blocks apps downloaded outside the App Store. After downloading, open Terminal and run:

xattr -cr ~/Downloads/gearsmen-mac.dmg

Then open the DMG and drag Gearsmen to Applications. If it still warns, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway".

Windows

Windows

10 / 11

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Linux

Linux

x86-64 AppImage

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Linux ARM64

Linux ARM64

Handheld Linux / Raspberry Pi

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iPhone & iPad

iPhone & iPad

iOS

The Gearsmen iOS app is coming soon to the App Store.

Coming soon on the App Store

Android

Phone & Tablet

The Gearsmen Android app is coming soon to Google Play.

Coming soon on Google Play
Gearsmen on iPhone

Gearsmen for iPhone & iPad

The native iOS app is being submitted to the App Store. It will be available for iPhone and iPad soon.

Gearsmen desktop app

Desktop (Mac, Windows, Linux)

Desktop apps are not in the Mac App Store or Microsoft Store. Download them directly from this page using the buttons above.

Linux

Handheld Linux & ARM Devices

Gearsmen runs natively on ARM64 Linux handhelds and single-board computers. Full desktop app or headless mesh bridge for field operations.

Clockwork uConsole

CM4-based handheld with 5" display. Runs the full Gearsmen desktop app via ARM64 AppImage.

Download ARM64 AppImage

Clockwork DevTerm

Portable terminal with thermal printer. Same ARM64 AppImage, or run the headless mesh bridge.

Download ARM64 AppImage

Raspberry Pi

Pi 4/5, Pi 400, Compute Module 4. Desktop with display or headless gateway.

Download ARM64 AppImage

Other ARM64 Linux

Pine64, NVIDIA Jetson, or any aarch64 Linux distro.

Download ARM64 AppImage
Gearsmen

GRS Mesh Linux Bridge

Turn any Linux device into a GRS Mesh node without a display. The bridge connects to the GRS Mesh network via MQTT and optionally relays traffic from a USB-connected ESP32 LoRa radio. Runs as a systemd service on boot.

Works on: Clockwork uConsole, DevTerm, Raspberry Pi, any Debian/Ubuntu/Arch Linux. Requires Python 3.

Gearsmen

GRS Mesh Firmware

Want to use Gearsmen off-grid? Flash GRS Mesh firmware onto your ESP32 device directly from the browser - no downloads or command-line tools needed. Open Flash GRS Mesh from the Comms Center menu, plug in your device, pick your board, and click Flash.

Flash GRS Mesh Firmware →

Pre-built firmware binaries

For advanced users who prefer to flash manually via esptool or ESP-IDF. The web flasher above is recommended for most users.

T5 E-Paper Pro (4.7")

960x540 e-paper, GPS, standalone mode

Coming soon

T-Deck (Keyboard)

320x240 LCD, full keyboard, trackball

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Heltec V3 (OLED)

128x64 OLED, compact, low power

.bin

Spec5 Beacon (Headless)

No display, relay/beacon/gateway

.bin
Gearsmen

GRS Device Runtime & Simulator

Turn any device into a real GRS Mesh node. Run the T-Deck, Spec5 Beacon, Ranger Magnum, and more right in your browser with full firmware emulation.

Bridge Mode - route messages to real physical LoRa devices
Fullscreen - firmware fills your entire screen
Background - keeps running while you navigate other pages
Open Device Runtime →

ISM bands • LoRa • Part 15

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