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id: community-atak
title: ATAK Forwarder
sidebar_label: ATAK Forwarder
sidebar_position: 1
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:::note

This is a community project maintained by @paulmandal.
Development can be followed on [GitHub](https://github.com/paulmandal/atak-forwarder).
Support should be sought from the respective authors.

:::

:::info

The ATAK Forwarder plugin has recently been updated to support Meshtastic 2.0.6+ but is currently a pre-release version to allow for additional testing to be completed.
- After installing you need to open the Meshtastic app and click the add device "+" so it will ask for Bluetooth permissions.

:::

The ATAK Forwarder plugin requires the Meshtastic Android app to be installed.

This is a plugin for ATAK (Android Team Awareness Kit) that uses Meshtastic to provide off-grid communications. This includes plotting the position of others on the map, transmission of markers and routes, and chat messages. It has been signed by the TAK Product Center for use with the Play Store version of ATAK. He is currently distributing development builds via [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xeKJnn9tmzkkmuDbMp0LCLOV9OzHU-Ex), aiming to publish it to the Play Store in the future.

![ATAK Module](/img/atak-animation.gif)

The builds of the module on the Google Drive are now signed for the Play Store version of ATAK, as of 6/3/2021.

- A walk-through on how to [set up ATAK](https://paul-mandal.medium.com/atak-for-hikers-d96d5246193e).
- The module source is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/paulmandal/atak-forwarder), along with instructions for setting it up.
- Development builds are available on [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xeKJnn9tmzkkmuDbMp0LCLOV9OzHU-Ex).