# Neutree/COMTool

Cross platform communicate assistant(Serial/network/terminal tool)（ 跨平台 串口调试助手 网络调试助手 终端工具 linux windows mac Raspberry Pi ）支持插件和二次开发

Repository: https://github.com/Neutree/COMTool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/comtool
Homepage: https://neucrack.com/p/186
Language: Python
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: python, serial, tool, debug, assistant, protocol, terminal, network, tcp, udp, plugin
Last push: 2026-04-24T02:36:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3331, "days_push": 132, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2584, forks 431 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.595468+00:00)

## What it is
COMTool is a cross-platform GUI serial/network debug assistant written in Python, supporting serial ports, TCP/UDP client and server, SSH, and terminal-style communication. It is extensible via plugins and includes features like hex/ASCII data transfer, timed sending, and real-time waveform plotting.

## Use cases
- debug serial communication with embedded devices
- send and receive hex data over UART
- test TCP or UDP network protocols
- plot real-time sensor data from a serial port
- connect to devices over SSH from a GUI
- log serial data with timestamps to a file

## When to choose
- you need a free, open-source, ad-free serial debug tool on Windows, Linux, macOS, or Raspberry Pi
- you want a GUI alternative to command-line tools like minicom
- you need protocol debugging with plugin extensibility
- you want to visualize serial data as waveforms

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight CLI-only serial tool
- you require a tool not dependent on Python
- you need commercial support or certification
- you need high-throughput data capture beyond GUI capabilities

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, plugin-system, terminal-ui, charts
- domain: developer-tools, embedded-systems, iot, cross-platform
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: serial-debug, uart, tcp-udp, ssh-client, waveform-plotting, raspberry-pi, hardware-debugging, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- Neutree/COMTool (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.595468+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 2026-08-30T02:22:28.716776+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://neucrack.com/p/186 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:02.078396+00:00, sha 6f8035c26f97)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/comtool/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:02.088224+00:00, sha 80c2961c0579)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.