darkhz

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[โ€“] darkhz@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Hi Dran,

The motivation was purely because of a lack of proper control for Bluetooth on these closed-source OSes like Windows and macOS.

This is for users who want to control Bluetooth within the terminal, seamlessly.

For Windows, I have yet to see any CLI/TUI tools that do this. There were a set of old command-line tools which I downloaded and tried a long time ago, but it didn't work properly for me, I do not know about others.

On macOS, blueutil exists, which is a very old project (but constantly updated) and one which I hold in high regard, but again, it is a CLI.

What bluetuith can do, among other things, is monitor Bluetooth states across all adapters, devices and operations (like connection, pairing, discovery, file transfers) etc. and present it neatly (I think ๐Ÿ˜Š) within the terminal itself, basically trying to replicate the same experience on Linux.

Basically the point is, you don't need the Bluetooth GUIs anymore on these platforms when you can control Bluetooth right from the terminal with a few keystrokes.

 

Hello Lemmy,

This release contains some major bugfixes, which include:

  • Correctly resolving adapter-device relationships (๐Ÿ‘€)
  • Fixing OBEX transfers
  • Properly syncing media player with the connected device during playback

And much more.

For Windows/MacOS users, libhbluetooth needs to be installed. Follow the download instructions and place the libhbluetooth dynamic library file next to the bluetuith binary, and then launch bluetuith.

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device (Linux only)

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls. (Linux only)

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Hello Lemmy,

This release contains some major bugfixes, which include:

  • Correctly resolving adapter-device relationships (๐Ÿ‘€)
  • Fixing OBEX transfers
  • Properly syncing media player with the connected device during playback

And much more.

For Windows/MacOS users, libhbluetooth needs to be installed. Follow the download instructions and place the libhbluetooth dynamic library file next to the bluetuith binary, and then launch bluetuith.

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device (Linux only)

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls. (Linux only)

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Hello Lemmy,

This release contains some major bugfixes, which include:

  • Correctly resolving adapter-device relationships (๐Ÿ‘€)
  • Fixing OBEX transfers
  • Properly syncing media player with the connected device during playback

And much more.

For Windows/MacOS users, libhbluetooth needs to be installed. Follow the download instructions and place the libhbluetooth dynamic library file next to the bluetuith binary, and then launch bluetuith.

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device (Linux only)

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls. (Linux only)

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Hello Lemmy,

This release contains some major bugfixes, which include:

  • Correctly resolving adapter-device relationships (๐Ÿ‘€)
  • Fixing OBEX transfers
  • Properly syncing media player with the connected device during playback

And much more.

For Windows/MacOS users, libhbluetooth needs to be installed. Follow the download instructions and place the libhbluetooth dynamic library file next to the bluetuith binary, and then launch bluetuith.

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device (Linux only)

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls. (Linux only)

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Haraltd is a Bluetooth daemon that provides a JSON-based RPC over the native OS's Bluetooth stack. It currently only supports Bluetooth Classic, and runs on Windows and MacOS. Installation instructions are in the README.

It was created to reduce the pain points of dealing with the various Bluetooth stacks present in different operating systems, and to present a simpler API to handle Bluetooth (classic) based operations. It is intended for Bluetooth managers and possibly can be used for scripting purposes. See bluetuith for an application that interacts with Haraltd.

The RPC specification is published here.

A table of the daemon's features is posted here, but to summarise:

  • Adapter/device management

  • Automatic/manual profile-based connection

  • Pairing with authentication

  • OBEX profiles (currently only Object Push, but more OBEX profiles will be added later)

  • Notifications for various Bluetooth events

  • JSON-based RPC over a Unix socket

This was tested only with a sum total of 3 devices (2 Android phones and 1 Bluetooth earphones), so any feedback is appreciated, especially from users who can test with other kinds of Bluetooth classic devices.

Note: No AI was used to manage the codebase or generate code.

 

Haraltd is a Bluetooth daemon that provides a JSON-based RPC over the native OS's Bluetooth stack. It currently only supports Bluetooth Classic, and runs on Windows and MacOS. Installation instructions are in the README.

It was created to reduce the pain points of dealing with the various Bluetooth stacks present in different operating systems, and to present a simpler API to handle Bluetooth (classic) based operations. It is intended for Bluetooth managers and possibly can be used for scripting purposes. See bluetuith for an application that interacts with Haraltd.

The RPC specification is published here.

A table of the daemon's features is posted here, but to summarise:

  • Adapter/device management

  • Automatic/manual profile-based connection

  • Pairing with authentication

  • OBEX profiles (currently only Object Push, but more OBEX profiles will be added later)

  • Notifications for various Bluetooth events

  • JSON-based RPC over a Unix socket

This was tested only with a sum total of 3 devices (2 Android phones and 1 Bluetooth earphones), so any feedback is appreciated, especially from users who can test with other kinds of Bluetooth classic devices.

Note: No AI was used to manage the codebase or generate code.

 

Haraltd is a Bluetooth daemon that provides a JSON-based RPC over the native OS's Bluetooth stack. It currently only supports Bluetooth Classic, and runs on Windows and MacOS. Installation instructions are in the README.

It was created to reduce the pain points of dealing with the various Bluetooth stacks present in different operating systems, and to present a simpler API to handle Bluetooth (classic) based operations. It is intended for Bluetooth managers and possibly can be used for scripting purposes. See bluetuith for an application that interacts with Haraltd.

The RPC specification is published here.

A table of the daemon's features is posted here, but to summarise:

  • Adapter/device management

  • Automatic/manual profile-based connection

  • Pairing with authentication

  • OBEX profiles (currently only Object Push, but more OBEX profiles will be added later)

  • Notifications for various Bluetooth events

  • JSON-based RPC over a Unix socket

This was tested only with a sum total of 3 devices (2 Android phones and 1 Bluetooth earphones), so any feedback is appreciated, especially from users who can test with other kinds of Bluetooth classic devices.

Note: No AI was used to manage the codebase or generate code.

 

Hello Lemmy,

With this release, bluetuith now works on MacOS. MacOS specific instructions are here: https://bluetuith-org.github.io/bluetuith/Installation/MacOS.html.

(TL;DR Install and run Haraltd and then run Bluetuith)

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device (Linux only)

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls. (Linux only)

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Hello Lemmy,

With this release, bluetuith now works on MacOS. MacOS specific instructions are here: https://bluetuith-org.github.io/bluetuith/Installation/MacOS.html.

(TL;DR Install and run Haraltd and then run Bluetuith)

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device (Linux only)

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls. (Linux only)

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Hello Lemmy,

With this release, bluetuith now works on MacOS. MacOS specific instructions are here: https://bluetuith-org.github.io/bluetuith/Installation/MacOS.html.

(TL;DR Install and run Haraltd and then run Bluetuith)

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device (Linux only)

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls. (Linux only)

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

 

Hello Lemmy,

With this release, bluetuith now has initial cross-platform support, and works on Windows. Windows specific instructions are here, tl;dr install haraltd and bluetuith together.

There are no new features introduced, only other optimisations and bug fixes for Linux.

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

General Information

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager for Linux, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls.

 

Hello Lemmy,

With this release, bluetuith now has initial cross-platform support, and works on Windows. Windows specific instructions are here, tl;dr install haraltd and bluetuith together.

There are no new features introduced, only other optimisations and bug fixes for Linux.

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

General Information

Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager for Linux, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.

  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.

  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.

  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device

  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls.

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