btlescan – terminal UI for scanning Bluetooth Low Energy devices

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

btlescan is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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