btlescan is a cross-platform terminal UI for scanning Bluetooth Low Energy devices, inspecting GATT services and characteristics, and reading/writing characteristic values in real time.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Device Discovery — Continuous scanning with live updates of address/UUID, name, TX power, and RSSI.
- GATT Inspection — Connect to a device, discover services, and browse characteristics with their
- properties.
- Read / Write — Read characteristic values or write data in hex or text format.
- Notifications — Subscribe to characteristic notifications with a timestamped message log.
- Server Mode (Linux only, opt-in) — Run a GATT server: set characteristic values for read responses, send notifications to subscribed clients.
- CSV Export — Export the device list to a CSV file.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux and macOS.
Website: github.com/ztroop/btlescan
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Developer: Zackary Troop
License: MIT License
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