# toy/blueutil

CLI for bluetooth on OSX: power, discoverable state, list, inquire devices, connect, info, …

Repository: https://github.com/toy/blueutil
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blueutil
Homepage: https://github.com/toy/blueutil
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: macos, osx, bluetooth, objective-c, blueutil
Last push: 2025-10-12T15:27:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 46, release rhythm 19, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5695, "days_push": 325, "days_rel": 380, "gap_med": 105.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1270, forks 63 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:11.727549+00:00)

## What it is
blueutil is a command-line utility for controlling Bluetooth on macOS, written in Objective-C. It can toggle power and discoverable state, list paired/connected/recent devices, inquire devices in range, and connect, disconnect, pair, or unpair devices.

## Use cases
- toggle bluetooth power from the command line on mac
- list paired or connected bluetooth devices via cli
- connect or disconnect a bluetooth device from a script
- make mac discoverable over bluetooth programmatically
- pair a bluetooth device with a pin from terminal
- script bluetooth device management on macos

## When to choose
- you need to script or automate Bluetooth control on macOS
- you want to query or manage Bluetooth devices without opening System Settings
- you're building automation around Bluetooth device connections on a Mac

## When to avoid
- you need Bluetooth control on Linux or Windows
- you need a stable public API - blueutil relies on private IOBluetooth APIs
- you need favourite/recent device lists on macOS 12 or later, where those commands return empty

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cli
- tags: bluetooth, objective-c, device-management, hardware-control, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- toy/blueutil (main) score 47

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.727549+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 2026-08-30T05:03:28.735420+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/toy/blueutil (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.727549+00:00, sha eabdd63548db)
  - homepage: https://github.com/toy/blueutil (fetched 2026-08-29T12:14:54.577790+00:00, sha b64b6dd52500)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.