Kalua: An OpenWrt extension for building large mesh-networks
Published on: 2025-07-18 17:15:49
kalua - build mesh-networks without pain
needing support? join the club or ask for consulting
TLDR! - just get me started:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bittorf/kalua/master/openwrt-build/build.sh sh build.sh --openwrt trunk && cd openwrt && ../build.sh --help # or build an image: ../build.sh --openwrt r46693 --hardware 'La Fonera 2.0N' --usecase 'Standard,kalua' # or get specific help for hardware: ../build.sh --openwrt r16539 --hardware # or get specific help for usecase: ../build.sh --openwrt r16539 --hardware 'TP-LINK TL-WDR4300' --usecase
how to tweak the build:
git clone https://github.com/bittorf/kalua.git # or # git clone [email protected]:bittorf/kalua.git cd kalua echo ".gitignore" >> .gitignore echo "build-env" >> .gitignore mkdir build-env cd build-env mkdir openwrt_download ln -s -T ../openwrt-build/build.sh build.sh # symlink our build tool ./build.sh --openwrt trunk # fetch openwrt git repository # valid version names are: # # 'r12345' # 'stable' # 'be
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