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Unofficial Meshtastic firmware derivative adding Traditional Chinese display and Bopomofo input to four supported boards while leaving all stock environments unchanged.

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2026-07-31

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Why it is worth attention

It adapts Meshtastic to Traditional Chinese with zhuyin input on select devices, backed by checked-in generated data and clear license separation.

Who it is for

  • Traditional Chinese-speaking Meshtastic users
  • Owners of the four listed boards (GAT562, Seeed Wio Tracker L1, Heltec V3, Cardputer Adv)
  • Bopomofo / zhuyin input users
  • Meshtastic firmware tinkerers seeking unofficial localized builds

Use cases

  • Communicating in Traditional Chinese or Bopomofo over LoRa mesh on supported boards
  • Using zhuyin on-screen or physical keyboard input for messaging on Cardputer, GAT562, or Wio Tracker
  • Displaying Traditional Chinese text on Heltec LoRa32 V3
  • Building a customized zhtw firmware environment locally with pio run

Strengths

  • Adds Bopomofo input on three board variants and Traditional Chinese rendering on all four
  • Generated glyph and dictionary data is checked in, so firmware builds need no extra tooling
  • Does not redistribute font files, only embedded bitmaps, and includes license details
  • Keeps all stock upstream environments untouched, limiting accidental behavior changes

Considerations

  • Unofficial and not endorsed by the Meshtastic project; no warranty is provided
  • Supports only four environments, and Heltec V3 is display-only with no input
  • Based on a single upstream release v2.7.26.54e0d8d

README quick start

Traditional Chinese firmware (unofficial)

This is an unofficial derivative of meshtastic/firmware, based on release v2.7.26.54e0d8d. It adds Traditional Chinese text rendering and a Bopomofo (zhuyin) input method to four boards, and nothing else: every stock environment is left exactly as upstream ships it.

It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Meshtastic project. Meshtastic® is a registered trademark of Meshtastic LLC. Please report problems with these builds here rather than to the upstream project, and reproduce them on a stock build before reporting anything upstream.

EnvironmentBoardInput
gat562_family_zhtwGAT562 Family (nRF52840)Bopomofo on the on-screen keyboard
seeed_wio_tracker_L1_zhtwSeeed Wio Tracker L1 / L1 Lite / L1 ProBopomofo on the on-screen keyboard
heltec-v3_zhtwHeltec LoRa32 V3display only
m5stack-cardputer-adv_zhtwM5Stack Cardputer AdvBopomofo on the physical keyboard
pio run -e gat562_family_zhtw

The glyph tables and the dictionary are generated data, checked in so the firmware builds without extra tooling. No font file is redistributed; only rasterised bitmaps are embedded. Terms for every font and dictionary in the chain are in licenses/, alongside the upstream GPL-3.0 licence that covers the firmware as a whole.

These builds come with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. Flashing firmware can leave a device unusable, and a mesh radio running unverified firmware may behave in ways you do not expect. Use them at your own risk.


繁體中文韌體(非官方)

這是 meshtastic/firmware v2.7.26.54e0d8d 的非官方衍生版本,替四款機種加上繁體中文顯示與注音輸入法,其餘一律不動:所有原廠 env 都與上游完全相同。

本專案與 Meshtastic 官方專案無隸屬關係,亦未經其背書。Meshtastic® 為 Meshtastic LLC 的註冊商標。這些韌體如有問題請回報到本專案,不要送去官方;要向官方回報之前,請先在 原廠韌體上重現。

字型點陣表與注音字典都是產生出來的資料,直接收進版本庫,所以編譯時不需要額外工具。 本專案不轉散布任何字型檔,嵌入的只有點陣資料;所有字型與字典的授權條款放在 licenses/,韌體整體則沿用上游的 GPL-3.0。

本韌體不提供任何形式的保證。刷機有機會讓裝置無法開機,跑著未經驗證韌體的無線電 節點也可能出現非預期行為。請自行承擔使用風險。

以下為上游 Meshtastic 專案的原始 README,其中的徽章與連結皆指向上游專案。


Meshtastic Firmware

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Description

Unofficial Meshtastic firmware with Traditional Chinese display and a Bopomofo input method

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