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Welcome to Open Mesh
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**This page serves as development platform for a collection of tools to
build free and open mesh networks.**

B.A.T.M.A.N.
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B.A.T.M.A.N. (better approach to mobile ad-hoc networking) is a routing
protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks. This is the main
development website, we have source code, binary packages, documentation
and further information available:

News
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{{recent\_news}}

-  :doc:`news archive <News-archive>`

Getting Started
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-  :doc:`Download <Download>` - Get our latest releases, get access to our
   Git repositories
-  :doc:`How to contribute <Contribute>` - How to report bugs, send
   comments, patches or suggestions

Documentation
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-  :doc:`Branches explained <BranchesExplained>` - learn about the
   B.A.T.M.A.N. flavours
-  :doc:`B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced Documentation </batman-adv/index>`
-  :doc:`B.A.T.M.A.N. Daemon Documentation </batmand/index>`
-  :doc:`A.L.F.R.E.D. </alfred/index>` - Almighty Lightweight Fact Remote Exchange
   Daemon, can be used to distribute arbitrary information over a mesh
   network
-  :doc:`FAQ <FAQ>` - Frequently Asked Questions
-  :doc:`Experience <Experience>` - Collection of links to B.A.T.M.A.N.
   press reviews, papers and projects using B.A.T.M.A.N.
-  :doc:`Mailing List <MailingList>`/:doc:`IRC <IRC>` - contact us

Merchandise
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-  :doc:`Logos <Logos>` - download logos
-  `T-Shirts <https://www.freewear.org/?org=B.A.T.M.A.N%2e>`__ - get
   T-Shirts