# adolfintel/OpenPods

The Free and Open Source app for monitoring your AirPods on Android

Repository: https://github.com/adolfintel/OpenPods
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openpods
Homepage: https://fdossena.com/?p=openPods/index.frag
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: airpods, android-app, reverse-engineering
Last push: 2025-09-26T13:07:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 44, release rhythm 17, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2731, "days_push": 341, "days_rel": 341, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1243, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.602721+00:00)

## What it is
OpenPods is a free and open source Android app that monitors Apple AirPods and Beats headphones over Bluetooth, showing battery and connection status in a notification. It is built on reverse-engineered Apple Bluetooth protocols and is distributed via F-Droid and the developer's website.

## Use cases
- show airpods battery level on android
- monitor airpods connection status on android
- check beats headphones battery on android notification
- open source alternative to airpods battery popup on android
- see airpods charging case status on android
- track airpods max battery on android phone

## When to choose
- you use AirPods or Beats headphones with an Android phone and want battery status
- you want a privacy-respecting, open source app without ads or tracking
- you install apps from F-Droid rather than Google Play

## When to avoid
- you need the app from Google Play (distribution there is prohibited by the license)
- you use non-Apple/Beats Bluetooth headphones
- you need iOS support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, reverse-engineering, gui
- domain: android-tools, hardware, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: airpods, beats, bluetooth, battery-status, notification, f-droid, open-source, android

## Member repositories
- adolfintel/OpenPods (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.602721+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 2026-08-30T05:08:18.253223+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adolfintel/OpenPods (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.602721+00:00, sha ae95cc23cd9d)
  - homepage: https://fdossena.com/?p=openPods/index.frag (fetched 2026-08-29T12:19:51.780392+00:00, sha f10fb7d25d46)
  - site_page: https://fdossena.com/?p=about.frag (fetched 2026-08-29T12:19:51.789772+00:00, sha 21c65168eab9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.