# fO-000/bluing

An intelligence gathering tool for hacking Bluetooth

Repository: https://github.com/fO-000/bluing
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bluing
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: bluetooth, scanner, iot, hacking-tool, python, ble, security, bluetooth-classic, intelligent-gathering, hacking, linux, android, br-edr, spoofing
Last push: 2023-04-23T09:44:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2541, "days_push": 1228, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1019, forks 131 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:15.019559+00:00)

## What it is
Bluing is a Python-based Bluetooth intelligence gathering tool (successor to bluescan) for scanning and probing Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR) and BLE devices. It runs on Linux with BlueZ and supports tasks like device discovery, cached data cleaning, and hardware flashing.

## Use cases
- scan nearby bluetooth and ble devices
- reconnaissance for bluetooth hacking
- snoop on bluetooth device internals
- clean cached data of a remote bluetooth device
- enumerate ble services and characteristics
- pentest bluetooth devices on linux

## When to choose
- you need a linux CLI tool for bluetooth reconnaissance
- you want to probe both BR/EDR and BLE devices
- you run Kali or Ubuntu with BlueZ and compatible adapters

## When to avoid
- you need Windows or macOS support
- you need a GUI bluetooth scanner
- you need Python versions other than 3.10

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, osint, cli, networking
- domain: security, penetration-testing, iot
- platform: python, cli
- tags: bluetooth, ble, bluetooth-classic, reconnaissance, hacking-tool, spoofing, bluez, command-line, linux, android

## Member repositories
- fO-000/bluing (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:15.019559+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 2026-08-30T07:09:22.485895+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fO-000/bluing (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:15.019559+00:00, sha 162d92e10cc7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.