Constellation · 05
Edge
ESP mesh nodes: neighborhood hardware
Why this band exists
The quieter internet is not only software in a browser tab; it is radios and chips on a shelf you can touch. Remade Edge makes ESP-class nodes speak the mesh so cameras, mics, and identity live on devices that never have to phone a cloud broker.
Why now
A party of only laptops dies when the lid closes. Doorbells, shed sensors, and maker boards have to join as peers: same DID grammar, same media path, same refusal of a rented IoT SKU. Kairos and rusty_esp_* are how neighborhood hardware stops being a content pipeline for someone else's campus.
How it fits
Identity on the chip is still Identity. Local AV uses Media codecs. On-device detection is Mind. Sync when awake is Memory. Firmware lockfiles are Trust. Edge is where the constellation touches dirt and copper.
Stars in Edge
Each crate is open under Remade-With-Rust. Open the repo, then the field note, then compose with the rest of the sky.
rusty_esp_iroh · replaces cloud IoT brokers
iroh mesh on ESP32
rusty_esp_mid · replaces vendor device IDs
mID on the chip
rusty_esp_audio · replaces cloud mic stacks
Local audio without phoning home
rusty_esp_video · replaces cloud camera stacks
MJPEG and H.264 on ESP
Kairos · replaces FreeRTOS C kernel as sole runtime
FreeRTOS-class realtime remade in Rust
Starfire / Comet · replaces hosted game stream
Self-hosted GameStream clients
What to build first
- An ESP32 peer on rusty_esp_iroh that speaks Janus ALPNs on the mesh
- Camera or mic paths with rusty_esp_video / rusty_esp_audio that stay on-LAN
- Self-hosted play with Starfire instead of a rented GameStream region
Field notes in Edge
Pure Rust Alternative for ad-hoc ESP type soups
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for ad-hoc ESP type soups? rusty_esp_core eliminates C firmware lock-in and cloud IoT brokers on neighborhood devices so you can ship...
September 29, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for ad-hoc RTOS type aliases
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for ad-hoc RTOS type aliases? rusty_rtos_core eliminates C firmware lock-in and cloud IoT brokers on neighborhood devices so you can ship...
September 29, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for Arduino-only firmware lock-in
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for Arduino-only firmware lock-in? rusty_esp_arduino eliminates C firmware lock-in and cloud IoT brokers on neighborhood devices so you can...
September 29, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for backoffAlgorithm C
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for backoffAlgorithm C? rusty_rtos_backoff eliminates C firmware lock-in and cloud IoT brokers on neighborhood devices so you can ship...
September 29, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for chrony
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for chrony? rusty_time eliminates unauditable C time daemons under capability expiry so you can ship memory-safe products without...
September 29, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for closed radio stacks for CSI
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for closed radio stacks for CSI? rusty_esp_signal eliminates C firmware lock-in and cloud IoT brokers on neighborhood devices so you can...
September 29, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for cloud IoT brokers
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for cloud IoT brokers? rusty_esp_iroh eliminates leased sensors that phone home by default so you can ship memory-safe products without...
September 29, 2026
Pure Rust Alternative for coreJSON C
Looking for a pure Rust alternative for coreJSON C? rusty_rtos_json eliminates C firmware lock-in and cloud IoT brokers on neighborhood devices so you can ship memory-safe...
September 29, 2026
The rest of the constellation
Six technology bands, one sky. Open another star, or return to the full map.
01
Media
ffmpeg, H.264, Opus, PNG/JPEG: pure Rust pipelines
02
Mind
FFAI, Mercury, Carmenta, Diana: AI that stays local
03
Memory
rusty_alloc, SpaceDB: local-first replicas
04
Identity
mID & Sovereign ID: keys you hold
06
Trust
Deputy: supply chain you can audit