# brocaar/chirpstack-network-server

ChirpStack Network Server is an open-source LoRaWAN network-server.

Repository: https://github.com/brocaar/chirpstack-network-server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chirpstack-network-server
Homepage: https://www.chirpstack.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: lora, lorawan, iot, network-server, internet-of-things, loraserver, lora-server
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-05-02T09:44:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 19, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3902, "days_push": 488, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1513, forks 546 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:56.186280+00:00)

## What it is
ChirpStack Network Server is an open-source LoRaWAN network server written in Go, responsible for handling and de-duplicating uplink data from gateways and scheduling downlink transmissions. It is the v3 component of the ChirpStack stack; development has since migrated to the unified chirpstack/chirpstack v4 repository.

## Use cases
- run a private LoRaWAN network server
- manage LoRa gateways and end devices
- deduplicate uplinks from multiple gateways
- schedule downlink transmissions to LoRa devices
- integrate device data with cloud platforms via gRPC API
- support multi-region LoRaWAN deployments like EU868 and US915

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted LoRaWAN network server with broad regional and LoRaWAN version support
- you are running or maintaining an existing ChirpStack v3 deployment
- you want multi-tenant gateway and device management with integrations

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - use ChirpStack v4 (chirpstack/chirpstack) instead
- you need a non-LoRaWAN IoT protocol like NB-IoT or Sigfox
- you want a fully managed cloud LoRaWAN service

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: networking, iot, message-queue, api-framework, self-hosted
- domain: iot, networking, self-hosted, microservices
- platform: go, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: lorawan, lora, network-server, chirpstack, mqtt, grpc, lpwan, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- brocaar/chirpstack-network-server (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.186280+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:14.722746+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brocaar/chirpstack-network-server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.186280+00:00, sha cde9ba5893d3)
  - homepage: https://www.chirpstack.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:54.874648+00:00, sha 4c8383aee235)
  - site_page: https://www.chirpstack.io/docs/sponsors.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:54.880099+00:00, sha 11644578476f)
  - site_page: https://www.chirpstack.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:54.878372+00:00, sha 30643361be91)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.