thethingsnetwork.orgThe Things Network

We are a global collaborative Internet of Things ecosystem that creates networks, devices and solutions using LoRaWAN®. Start building Learn more Loading... 151 Countries 1K Certified developers 164.6K Members 20.4K Gateways 1.5M YouTube views 14.3K YouTube subscribers 665 GitHub stars 12.5K GitHub commits 18.7K Twitter followers 15.2K LinkedIn followers 84.3K Forum posts 44.5M Messages today The workbench to get you started with IoT. provides a set of open tools and a global, open network to build your next IoT application at low cost , featuring maximum security and ready to scale . Create a free account Powered by The Things Stack. The Things Stack is a LoRaWAN Network Server which is the critical component for any LoRaWAN solution. Used by thousands of companies and developers around the world, it securely manages applications , end devices and gateways and is built by The Things Industries . Learn more about The Things Stack Value driven IoT projects Developers from all over the world are leveraging 's resources and ecosystem to build exciting and value driving IoT use cases. Building management Learn more → Asset tracking Learn more → Cattle tracking Learn more → Cold chain monitoring Learn more → Smart irrigation Learn more → Smart parking Learn more → What do you want to build? → Find the right devices for your project. offers you comprehensive resources and valuable contacts to find the right hardware for your IoT project. Explore devices What is LoRaWAN? The Things Stack uses the LoRaWAN network protocol, which is built upon LoRa® modulation technique, providing long range, low power and secure characteristics that are ideal for telemetry use cases. We provide you with the proper resources to easily and quickly acquire essential knowledge necessary for your IoT projects. Get certified The Things Certified Fundamentals You know your LoRaWAN basics! → The Things Certified Advanced You are the expert → The Things Certified Security Security is key (management) → The Things Certified Network Management Networking to the core → The Things Stack Certified Next generation LoRaWAN® Network Server → The Things Academy Proven to have sound understanding of LoRa and LoRaWAN → See our certification program → Learn about the technology The Things Stack Quickstart → Get training and certify your LoRaWAN skillset → Explore how others are using The Things Stack → Join The Things Conference → Fundamentals of LoRaWAN End devices Gateways Network Integrations End devices uses the LoRaWAN network protocol, which is built upon LoRa modulation technique, providing long range, low power and secure characteristics that are ideal for telemetry use cases. We provide you with the proper resources to easily and quickly acquire essential knowledge necessary for your IoT projects. Learn How to create applications and add devices → Explore compatible LoRaWAN devices in our Device Repository → Learn about device activation methods → Build Get you LoRaWAN development board → Add your certified devices to our Device Repository → Get your end device up and running → Learn How to create applications and add devices → Explore compatible LoRaWAN devices in our Device Repository → Learn about device activation methods → Build Get you LoRaWAN development board → Add your certified devices to our Device Repository → Get your end device up and running → Gateways Together with our global ecosystem we manage gateways in every corner of the world. We support a wide range of gateways, from industrial products offered by Tektelic, MultiTech or Mikrotik, to DIY gateways built from scratch using a Raspberry Pi. Learn Watch our review of 5 popular gateways → Learn more about gateways → Build Buy one of our recommended indoor gateways → Connect your gateway to The Things Stack → Learn Watch our review of 5 popular gateways → Learn more about gateways → Build Buy one of our recommended indoor gateways → Connect your gateway to The Things Stack → Network The Things Stack is at the core of any LoRaWAN solution. We take care of routing your data to your end application. We take care of security, message deduplication, optimizing data rates, interoperability with third party networks and join servers, so you can focus on what you can do best. Learn Learn about the inner-workings of The Things Stack → Explore the different network server deployments → Build Build your first application → Connect your network to Packet Broker, our roaming hub → Learn Learn about the inner-workings of The Things Stack → Explore the different network server deployments → Build Build your first application → Connect your network to Packet Broker, our roaming hub → Integrations From The Things Stack you can initiate integrations to your favorite IoT cloud platform, your ERP system or database using HTTP webhooks or MQTT. Our api-first design allows you to fully integrate our network server with your platform of choice. Learn Learn how to initiate integrations with third-party platforms → Learn how to set up HTTP Webhooks → Build Integrate with Node-Red → Explore our one-click integrations → Learn Learn how to initiate integrations with third-party platforms → Learn how to set up HTTP Webhooks → Build Integrate with Node-Red → Explore our one-click integrations → Join the global ecosystem. consists of an inclusive and open community of people, companies, governments and universities who are learning, experimenting and building with The Things Stack to realize LoRaWAN solutions. As an organization As an individual Launch a private network server with SLA → Peer with other LoRaWAN networks → Get enterprise support → Get device development support → Join The Things Conference → Get certified → Provide support for your devices → What's happening near you? → Run the Open Source code → Get answers in the community forum → Join The Things Conference → See what others build → → Community pulse The Things Forum bluejedi has created a new forum post 2 minutes ago The Things Certification daaahhnuh has obtained a new certificate 3 hours, 57 minutes ago The Things Stack nicholaspcr has created a new open source issue 19 hours, 20 minutes ago Post Gerhard Peter posted an update in Berlin: "TTN community Berlin wächst weiterhin - Genosse Trend schweigt" 1 day, 6 hours ago Community Gothenburg got its 50th member 2 days ago The Things Stack ryaplots has added a new commit to The Things Stack Open Source 2 days, 3 hours ago Community Vigo is published! 3 weeks, 5 days ago Community Taichung was initiated by fiddler0305 1 month ago Community Aargau becomes official! 2 months, 2 weeks ago Gateway A new gateway is connected! See where it is located 7 months ago The Things Forum bluejedi has created a new forum post 2 minutes ago The Things Certification daaahhnuh has obtained a new certificate 3 hours, 57 minutes ago The Things Stack nicholaspcr has created a new open source issue 19 hours, 20 minutes ago Post Gerhard Peter posted an update in Berlin: "TTN community Berlin wächst weiterhin - Genosse Trend schweigt" 1 day, 6 hours ago Community Gothenburg got its 50th member 2 days ago The Things Stack ryaplots has added a new commit to The Things Stack Open Source 2 days, 3 hours ago Community Vigo is published! 3 weeks, 5 days ago Community Taichung was initiated by fiddler0305 1 month ago Community Aargau becomes official! 2 months, 2 weeks ago Gateway A new gateway is connected! See where it is located 7 months ago What's new See all news → TheThingsNetwork The Things Conference 2022, the largest event about LoRaWAN® in the world, will take place on 22-23 September Tue 01 Feb TheThingsNetwork 4 highlights from The Things Conference Embedded Mon 31 Jan TheThingsNetwork Watch The Things Industries’ hardware developer build a LoRaWAN® device from scratch at the world’s first 8-hour live soldering session Tue 18 Jan Subscribe to our newsletter Keep up to date with our weekly newsletter. Follow us YouTube 1.5M views → GitHub 665 stars → ...