# blinker-iot/blinker-py

Blinker python library for hardware. Works with Raspberry Pi, Banan Pi, Linux devices

Repository: https://github.com/blinker-iot/blinker-py
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blinker-py
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: blinker, wifi, websocket, ble, mqtt, respberry-pi, linux, windows, embedded, hardware
Last push: 2025-03-14T04:37:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 37/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 11, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3078, "days_push": 537, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4437, forks 30 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:49.327191+00:00)

## What it is
Blinker is a Python library for connecting hardware devices like Raspberry Pi and Banana Pi to the Blinker IoT platform. It supports communication over WiFi, WebSocket, BLE, and MQTT for building IoT projects.

## Use cases
- control raspberry pi gpio from a phone app
- build an iot dashboard for sensors on a banana pi
- connect embedded linux devices to a mobile app over mqtt
- stream sensor data from a pi over websocket
- make a smart home device with ble and wifi

## When to choose
- you want to link single-board computers or embedded linux devices to the Blinker IoT ecosystem
- you need a simple Python SDK for hardware-to-app communication over mqtt, websocket, or ble

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose mqtt client rather than the Blinker platform integration
- your hardware is not linux-based or lacks Python support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: websocket, iot, sdk
- domain: iot, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: python, iot, embedded
- tags: hardware, mqtt, ble, wifi, smart-home, single-board-computers, linux

## Member repositories
- blinker-iot/blinker-py (main) score 37

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:49.327191+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:51.616507+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/blinker-iot/blinker-py (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:49.327191+00:00, sha 6c02692d4dc4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.