Reticulum-Go/docs/en

Reticulum-Go Documentation (English)

System documentation, API references, and configuration guides for Reticulum-Go.

About this documentation

These documents describe Reticulum-Go, a Go implementation of the Reticulum Network Stack. Use them to integrate, operate, or extend the stack.

Documentation is organized by language under docs/. English lives in docs/en/. Additional languages can be added as sibling directories (for example docs/de/) without changing the English tree.

Document index

Document	Summary
Overview	What Reticulum-Go is, goals, feature status, relationship to Python Reticulum
Architecture	Layered design, data flow, major components, deployment models
Getting started	Requirements, build, install, first run, basic troubleshooting
Configuration	Config file format, paths, keys, interface blocks
Package map	pkg/ layout, responsibilities, entry points
API reference	Task-first Go API: recipes, types, Python map, concurrency
Transport	Routing, path table, announces, forwarding, persistence
Interfaces	UDP, TCP, Auto, I2P, Backbone, Serial, WebSocket, QUIC, WebTransport, DNS rendezvous, VSOCK, HTTPS, IFAC, reconnect
Identity and destinations	Keys, hashes, destination types, announces, requests
Links, channels, and resources	Links, reliable channel, stream buffer, file transfer
Cryptography	Primitives, key formats, IFAC, ratchets, verification
Security	Reporting, sandbox, dos_protection, supply chain, release verification, local mesh health
Compatibility	Parity with Python RNS, gaps, Go-only extensions
Control API	Localhost JSON and WebSocket API for non-Go clients, Dart and Flutter
librns	C ABI map, supported surface, events, build and smoke, Odin bindings
CLI utilities	reticulum-go subcommands (status, slow, zen, id, probe, path, cp, pageserver), shared-instance RPC with Python
Embedding and WebAssembly	pkg/node, WASM, browser integration
Firecracker microvm	Guest rootfs, VSOCK host bridge, nested VM networking
Development and testing	Code quality, crossref tests, interop tests, CI
Examples	Example programs and how to run them

Related files in the repository root

File	Purpose
README.md	Project entry point, quick start, Makefile reference
COMPATIBILITY.md	Detailed compatibility matrix (also summarized in compatibility.md)
SECURITY.md	Vulnerability reporting and supply-chain detail (also summarized in security.md)
LICENSE	Apache License 2.0

External references

• Reticulum manual (Python API and protocol authority)
• Reticulum cryptography overview
• Python reference implementation

Go application authors should start with API reference and Examples, then use the Python manual when comparing wire semantics.