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Which ESP boards support ESP-MESH with painlessMesh library?

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 8:53 am
by NicoCaldo
I need to implement a local mesh network between devices, and I was looking for the ESP32 capabilities and ESP-MESH.

I've seen that ESP has developed its own MESH protocol, but I've seen that there is also a simplified version that, for my use case, I think is the perfect solution.

I'm just having a hard time understanding which version of the ESP32 board supports the protocol.

For instance, if I would like to use the ESP-32D like this one https://aliexpress.com/item/1005007268283554.html would it work?

Re: Which ESP boards support ESP-MESH with painlessMesh library?

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2026 7:58 am
by NicoCaldo
No one, no idea what boards support the protocol?

Re: Which ESP boards support ESP-MESH with painlessMesh library?

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2026 11:08 am
by Minatel
Hi,

Please see the documentation about the esp-mesh-lite project.

Re: Which ESP boards support ESP-MESH with painlessMesh library?

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:18 pm
by NicoCaldo
Hi,

Please see the documentation about the esp-mesh-lite project.
Thanks for the answer. So, for what I'm understanding from the table, the ESP32-WROOM-32 is not supported, right?

Re: Which ESP boards support ESP-MESH with painlessMesh library?

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:48 pm
by lbernstone
The ESP32-WROOM-32 module contains an ESP32 SoC. It is supported