# greatscottgadgets/ubertooth

Software, firmware, and hardware designs for Ubertooth

Repository: https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/ubertooth
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ubertooth
Homepage: https://greatscottgadgets.com/ubertoothone/
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: hardware, bluetooth, radio, rf
Last push: 2026-03-19T15:58:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4876, "days_push": 167, "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 2125, forks 452 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.839613+00:00)

## What it is
Ubertooth is an open source wireless development platform for Bluetooth experimentation, providing host software, firmware, and hardware designs for the Ubertooth One device. It functions as a capable BLE sniffer and can capture some data from Basic Rate Bluetooth Classic connections.

## Use cases
- sniff bluetooth low energy packets
- capture bluetooth classic traffic
- experiment with 2.4 GHz wireless protocols
- reverse engineer BLE devices
- build custom bluetooth hacking tools
- learn wireless security research

## When to choose
- you need an open source BLE sniffer with full hardware and firmware designs
- you want to experiment with or extend Bluetooth sniffing hardware
- you're doing Bluetooth security research or protocol analysis

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose Bluetooth adapter for pairing or audio
- you want active Bluetooth communication rather than passive sniffing
- you need a supported commercial product - Ubertooth One is retired and no longer manufactured

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, developer-tools, cli
- domain: security, hardware, reverse-engineering, penetration-testing
- platform: windows, cpp, python
- tags: bluetooth, ble-sniffer, sdr, wireless, firmware, hardware-design, bluetooth-classic, 2.4ghz, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- greatscottgadgets/ubertooth (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.839613+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 2026-08-30T02:52:40.548469+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/ubertooth (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.839613+00:00, sha b83e7135554a)
  - homepage: https://greatscottgadgets.com/ubertoothone/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:32:36.226697+00:00, sha 942598b83480)
  - site_page: https://greatscottgadgets.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:32:36.236230+00:00, sha ecbb3daf826d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.