rivermoonlight/gobbledegook
I'm a firm believer that a maintainer should be, at least in some part, a consumer of the thing they're maintaining. I built GGK for a personal project. That project's communication needs have grown considerably, beyond the point where Bluetooth LE is a viable option and I was forced to make the switch to an IP-based solution. As much as I've enjoyed building and using GGK, I no longer have a use-case for Bluetooh LE or a test-case for GGK. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2140
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2140
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1260 stars · 439 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Gobbledegook (GGK) is a standalone C/C++ Bluetooth Low Energy GATT server library for Linux, built on BlueZ over D-Bus with Bluetooth Management API support. It offers a DSL-like API for declaring GATT services, characteristics, and descriptors, with automated D-Bus object registration.
Use cases
- build a BLE GATT peripheral server on Linux
- expose custom GATT services from a Raspberry Pi
- create a Bluetooth LE peripheral without writing BlueZ D-Bus boilerplate
- implement periodic BLE characteristic updates with timer events
- embed a BLE server into a C or C++ application
When to choose
- you need a lightweight, embeddable BLE GATT server in C/C++ on Linux
- you're targeting Raspberry Pi or similar embedded Linux devices
- you want a simple DSL for declaring GATT services instead of raw D-Bus calls
When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained project - the author is seeking a new maintainer and no longer uses BLE
- you need an IP-based or Bluetooth Classic solution
- you need support beyond Linux/BlueZ
- you want a high-level framework with guaranteed long-term support
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
sdk networking middleware embedded-systems iot developer-tools cpp c embedded iot bluetooth-le gatt-server bluez dbus raspberry-pi linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rivermoonlight/gobbledegook · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3739a20db2e8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rivermoonlight/gobbledegook | main | 32 |
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