Bots on the mesh
Every automated sender our receiver hears on public channels. Runs is a guess from how it answers (each bot framework has recognisable reply templates), with the evidence beside it. Answers are the words people sent just before it replied. Beside each name: verified means the community published a page about that bot, inferred means it behaves like a known bot framework, unknown means we found nothing public. We link public projects and community groups, never the people behind a bot. Want your bot described properly? Tell us about it. To see a bot's raw packets and which observers heard them, search its name on the New England MeshCore analyzer.
| Bot | Runs | Answers | Posts on | Last 7 days | All time | Last heard | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland-BOT inferred Not stated | meshcore-bot 354 of 400 messages match | path, test, ping, aircraft | #test, #testing, #bot | 590 | 832 | Oct 16, 5:42 PM | On #test: answers “test” with an ack showing your path, hops, SNR and RSSI, and “path” with the repeater names along it |
| NoWeare.NH.PingBot🛸 inferred Weare, NH (from its name) | meshcore-bot 124 of 400 messages match | test, path, wx, ping, stats | #test, #weather, #bot | 406 | 603 | Oct 16, 5:42 PM | Replies to pings with hops and signal; answers weather requests on #weather |
| dispatch.HashtagPLUS.com/woburn verified Woburn, MA | Mesh Dispatch 138 of 305 messages match | - | #dispatch-boston, #dispatches, #dispatch-woburn, #testing | 297 | 305 | Oct 16, 6:03 PM | Mesh Dispatch: local weather, traffic and transit alerts, hourly Boston weather and channel summaries, scoped to the Boston region |
| Fairfield 🤖 inferred Not stated | not recognised | test, path, ping, status | #test, #bot, #fairfield-county | 267 | 358 | Oct 16, 1:58 PM | Reports hops and a clock check on #test |
| txtMesh💬 unknown Not stated | not recognised | test, wx, ping, saw | #testing, #weather, #cdmesh | 165 | 225 | Oct 16, 5:04 PM | Answers weather requests on #weather with a town forecast |
| NHbot inferred New Hampshire (from its name) | meshcore-bot 99 of 161 messages match | test, path, ping | #test | 117 | 161 | Oct 16, 4:59 PM | Acknowledges messages with signal and receive time |
| Igor's Grumpy Bot unknown Not stated | not recognised | test, path, ping, fb, found | #test | 113 | 148 | Oct 16, 5:12 PM | Humorous replies to pings on #test |
| Bot Man inferred Not stated | not recognised | test, path, ping | #test | 94 | 131 | Oct 16, 6:52 AM | Replies “Pong!” to pings on #test |
| UM Discord Relay🤖 unknown Not stated | not recognised | - | #cdmesh, Public, #emergency | 22 | 31 | Oct 11, 10:01 PM | An automated poster we have seen on the air |
| RegionBot unknown Bedford / Concord, MA area | meshcore-bot 30 of 33 messages match | test, ping, path | #test | 21 | 33 | Oct 16, 9:10 AM | Lists repeater IDs and names by area on #test |
| AshburnBot 🤖 unknown Not stated | not recognised | - | #test, #testing, #bot | 13 | 13 | Oct 14, 8:02 AM | An automated poster we have seen on the air |
| Roberto🤖 unknown NY Capital Region (from its posts) | not recognised | test | #dispatches, #test, #bot, #testing | 12 | 1,475 | Oct 15, 3:22 PM | Relays fire and EMS dispatch calls on #dispatches; replies to @mentions on #test |
| RoboCop🤖 unknown Not stated | not recognised | - | #test, Public | 11 | 11 | Oct 13, 6:57 PM | An automated poster we have seen on the air |
| arbot🤖 unknown Not stated | not recognised | wx | #weather | 9 | 10 | Oct 16, 2:14 PM | Weather replies on #weather |
| wmass bot | pvmesh.org/bot verified Western MA (Pioneer Valley) | meshcore-bot 34 of 58 messages match | test, path, ping, trace | #test, #wmass, Public | 7 | 58 | Oct 16, 9:00 AM | Answers ping, test and trace on #test; posts a daily check-in |
| Meshy 🤖 upst8me.sh unknown Not stated | not recognised | - | #ham | 7 | 9 | Oct 16, 8:15 AM | An automated poster we have seen on the air |
| EWR-BOT unknown Not stated | not recognised | - | #test | 1 | 1 | Oct 10, 9:07 PM | An automated poster we have seen on the air |
| 🤖Jeymz.0010 unknown Not stated | not recognised | - | #wardriving | 1 | 1 | Oct 10, 6:53 AM | An automated poster we have seen on the air |
| 🤖LathamWatch🤖 unknown Latham / Albany, NY (from its name and its posts) | not recognised | test | #adsb, #test, #latham-ny-dispatches, #cdmesh | 0 | 520 | Oct 8, 9:24 PM | Posts aircraft sightings near Albany airport (ADS-B) on #adsb, plus links to a map page |
| CVBB.bot Saint Thomas PA unknown Pennsylvania (from its name) | not recognised | - | Public | 0 | 1 | Oct 7, 5:43 AM | Greeting message seen on Public |
| HashtagPLUS.com/dispatch🤖 unknown Not stated | not recognised | - | #dispatch-woburn | 0 | 1 | Oct 9, 1:55 PM | An automated poster we have seen on the air |
Only public channel messages are used. Nothing here says who runs a bot. Bot etiquette: a community guide.