Unfiltered. Uncensored. Unconventional.
The Light Fighter Manifesto has been in publication since 2022. LFM arms communities with independent publications, training, open source software, and self-hosted infrastructure.
A free web series in six modules. Start at the series terminal or browse the module index.
| Module | What you do |
|---|---|
| 00 Hardening | Lock down the phone and laptop you use for the rest of the series |
| 01 Networking | Build and secure a self-hosted network; covers Reticulum, NomadNet, and LXMF |
| 02 Electronics | Learn electronics by building an ESP32 sensor node |
| 03 Building Circuits | Turn schematics into working hardware: KiCad, breadboard, then a Raspberry Pi in control |
| 04 Salvage | Stock your bench with parts pulled from discarded electronics |
| 05 Power | Salvage and test batteries, build a protected bank, and power your equipment from it |
The series includes 33 interactives, a field-exercise worksheet (PDF) for every module, knowledge checks with a test per module, a plain-text edition of every module, and a practice terminal for drilling the commands before you touch real hardware.
lightfightermanifesto.org opens in a working
terminal. Every command at its prompt is real Debian syntax: curl makes real
requests, md5sum is a real MD5 implementation, rnstatus shows the status of
our Reticulum node, and telnet connects to the live message board. A dead
drop is hidden on the site.
Five field calculators run on the site and ship as one JavaScript file you can download and run anywhere Node.js is installed. Plain-text endpoints are available for terminal readers:
curl -L lightfightermanifesto.org/motd
curl -L lightfightermanifesto.org/features
LFM runs a public NomadNet node on the Reticulum network. Any Reticulum client can reach it; no internet connection is required. It serves:
- Surveillance Wiki: 528 records covering court decisions, surveillance tech profiles, state laws, documented misuse, community wins, step-by-step playbooks, and a glossary. Searchable, with community submissions. Also mirrored on our onion service.
- Privacy library: 102 privacy guides, searchable.
- Techno Guerrilla, Reticulum Edition: the course served on the node module by module, with knowledge checks, tests, and badges.
- Live chat: bridged both ways to our Matrix room.
- Articles and node statistics.
- ReticulumHF: encrypted communication over HF radio using the Reticulum Network Stack and FreeDV digital modes
- LXMFMonero: Monero transactions over LXMF
- freedvtnc2: fork of the FreeDV KISS TNC with an added TCP command interface; ReticulumHF runs it
Self-hosted privacy-focused services:
| Service | Address |
|---|---|
| Matrix Homeserver | matrix.lightfightermanifesto.net |
| Monero Node (Tor) | tnm23vptv53qmqrt57rhy7ogmjvqfaicq4t3qju4axfd6v7rmq5cgxyd.onion:18081 |
| NomadNet Node | 2eabad04f9145d32a6a3eda285d66c39 |
| Onion Mirror | lfmnggwzl4f5ytjz4vc6mpbfvovurucg2gixspfeligae7c3yymb2jid.onion |
- Website: lightfightermanifesto.org
- Matrix: #general:matrix.lightfightermanifesto.net
- Discord: Light Fighter Manifesto
- Homefront Initiative: lightfighterhomefront.org