There are also ham-adjacent projects like Meshtastic that I’m not as familiar with.

Why don’t you buy a node and try it out?

Why don’t you simply build your own network aswell? https://dn42.net/

Packet radio has such a low bandwidth usually. You should get more out of directional Wi-Fi, as in 60GHz point to point connections. One downside: if it rains you’re out of luck. You’d better run cables ;)

Netbox

You’re awesome. Thanks!

I recently shut down my server because it’s a high traffic, high risk software. You should have an eye on it, I’d say at least half an hour every week…

Maybe Kanboard? Or Taiga?