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Today, the world’s largest LoRaWAN® developer community can start using the latest and greatest LoRaWAN network server: The Things Stack.

The Things Network has been supporting a growing community of 135.000 IoT developers today, to build long-range low-power solutions. Together, the community manages well over 20.000 LoRaWAN gateways across the globe.  Next Generation Network Packet Broker

The Things Network is upgrading to its next-generation LoRaWAN® network server: The Things Stack - The Things Industries (news)

The software upgrade means developers can prototype their LoRaWAN applications faster and more conveniently, with new features, out-of-the-box integrations, extended coverage, and improved user experience.

Discover The Things Stack, its new features and how to get started.

The Things Stack is a developer-friendly, secure, flexible and scalable network server. The Community Edition offers two ways of access: via the free, hosted service on www.thethingsnetwork.org, or via the DIY open source stack. 

The Things Stack supports all existing LoRaWAN versions, operation modes A, B and C, and all regional parameters. Its architecture allows a high degree of customization as well as interoperability with other networks. Major changes are:

One of the most profound additions is the connection to Packet Broker, allowing for traffic exchange between The Things Network and privately managed networks, increasing coverage by a factor. Packet Broker is a global, open and secure peering platform enhancing coverage, network performance, capacity and end node battery life.

The vision of The Things Network remains unchanged: it will remain the same collaborative network, owned and operated by its users. 

Let’s build this thing together!

The Things Network is upgrading to its next-generation LoRaWAN® network server: The Things Stack - The Things Industries (news)

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