meshtastic/docs/software/overview.md

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id: overview
title: Overview
sidebar_label: Overview
slug: /software
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The following applications are available to support your Meshtastic network:

- The [firmware](/docs/software/device/device-firmware) to run on the devices
- Connect to the devices with our [Android app](/docs/software/android/android-installation)
- An [iOS application](/docs/software/ios/ios-development) is in the works
- [Meshtastic.js](/docs/software/js/getting-started) provides a JavaScript library to interface with devices
- [Meshtastic-python](/docs/software/python/python-installation) provides access from desktop computers including a command line interface
- A [web interface](/docs/software/web/web-app-software) can be accessed over Wifi on ESP32 devices
- Pre-installed device plugins for:
  - [Range testing](/docs/software/plugins/range-test-plugin)
  - [External notifications](/docs/software/plugins/ext-notif-plugin)
  - [Canned messages](/docs/software/plugins/canned-message-plugin)
  - [Serial communication](/docs/software/plugins/serial-plugin)
  - [Store and forwarding messages](/docs/software/plugins/store-forward-plugin) (in development)
  - [Environment measurement](/docs/software/plugins/environment-plugin) (in development)
- Community projects include:
  - A [plugin](/docs/software/community/community-atak) for the [Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atakmap.app.civ)
  - [PyGUI](/docs/software/community/community-pygui), a platform agnostic graphical user interface for devices

The devices running Meshtastic have many preferences that can be set, see the [Settings](/docs/settings) pages for more details.