diff --git a/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix b/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
index 2c3762c..e1ba6d0 100644
--- a/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/uConsole/configuration.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ in
     soapysdr-with-plugins      # SoapySDR + hardware support plugins
 
     # ===== Mesh / LoRa =====
-    meshtastic                 # Python CLI for Meshtastic devices
+    # meshtastic not available in nixpkgs 25.11 stable; install manually:
+    # nix shell nixpkgs#meshtastic -c meshtastic
     reticulumStack             # Reticulum Network Stack (rnsd, rnsh, rncp, rnx, rnpath, etc.)
     lxmf                       # LXMF messaging protocol
     nomadnet                   # Nomad Network client