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Learn how to grow the network and connect all things!

The Things Network is about enabling low power Devices to use long range Gateways to connect to an open-source, decentralized Network to exchange data with Applications.

Devices - Gateways - The Things Network - Applications

Documentation

Attention!
This documentation on this page applies to The Things Network Stack V2. As of 2021, The Things Network is upgrading to The Things Stack V3!
To read more info and learn to migrate your devices and gateways to The Things Stack V3 deployment, see this guide and check the official The Things Stack documentation page.

Learn about LoRaWAN: the secure messaging protocol used by The Things Network.

Devices

Connect devices to The Things Network.

Gateways

Extend The Things Network by installing a gateway.

Network

Manage your applications and devices.

Applications

Build applications on The Things Network.

Community

Join

Find The Things Network communities nearby or start a new community.

Forum

Ask and answer questions about IoT, LoRa and other related topics.

Slack

Invite yourself to the community Slack to chat about The Things Network.

Labs

Inspire and get inspired by community contributed use cases.