mlat-client VS readsb

Compare mlat-client vs readsb and see what are their differences.

mlat-client

Mode S multilateration client (by adsb-related-code)

readsb

Readsb is a Mode-S/ADSB/TIS decoder for RTLSDR, BladeRF, Modes-Beast and GNS5894 devices. (by Mictronics)
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mlat-client readsb
1 2
16 87
- -
0.0 7.5
9 months ago almost 4 years ago
Python C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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mlat-client

Posts with mentions or reviews of mlat-client. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-09.
  • looking for improvements / feedback on my Docker-based ADSB feeder
    3 projects | /r/ADSB | 9 Dec 2021
    FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye-curl RUN apt-get update && \ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ build-essential \ libncurses5-dev \ librtlsdr0 \ librtlsdr-dev \ libusb-1.0-0-dev \ pkg-config \ python3-dev \ supervisor ENV READSB_VERSION v3.9.0 ENV READSB_URL https://github.com/Mictronics/readsb/archive/${READSB_VERSION}.tar.gz RUN \ mkdir -p /tmp/readsb && \ cd /tmp/readsb && \ curl -sSL -o readsb.tar.gz ${READSB_URL} && \ tar xvf readsb.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \ make RTLSDR=yes && \ mv readsb viewadsb /usr/local/bin && \ cd / && \ rm -r /tmp/readsb ENV DUMP1090_VERSION v6.1 ENV DUMP1090_URL https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090/archive/refs/tags/${DUMP1090_VERSION}.tar.gz RUN \ mkdir -p /tmp/dump1090 && \ cd /tmp/dump1090 && \ curl -sSL -o dump1090.tar.gz ${DUMP1090_URL} && \ tar xvf dump1090.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \ make RTLSDR=yes && \ mv dump1090 view1090 /usr/local/bin && \ cd / && \ rm -r /tmp/dump1090 ENV MLAT_CLIENT_VERSION v0.3.8 ENV MLAT_CLIENT_URL https://github.com/adsbxchange/mlat-client/archive/${MLAT_CLIENT_VERSION}.tar.gz RUN \ mkdir -p /tmp/mlat && \ cd /tmp/mlat && \ curl -sSL -o mlat.tar.gz ${MLAT_CLIENT_URL} && \ tar xvf mlat.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \ ./setup.py install && \ cd / && \ rm -r /tmp/mlat COPY dump1090.sh mlat-client.sh readsb.sh supervisord.conf /srv/ CMD [ "supervisord", "-c", "/srv/supervisord.conf" ]

readsb

Posts with mentions or reviews of readsb. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-09.
  • looking for improvements / feedback on my Docker-based ADSB feeder
    3 projects | /r/ADSB | 9 Dec 2021
    FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye-curl RUN apt-get update && \ apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ build-essential \ libncurses5-dev \ librtlsdr0 \ librtlsdr-dev \ libusb-1.0-0-dev \ pkg-config \ python3-dev \ supervisor ENV READSB_VERSION v3.9.0 ENV READSB_URL https://github.com/Mictronics/readsb/archive/${READSB_VERSION}.tar.gz RUN \ mkdir -p /tmp/readsb && \ cd /tmp/readsb && \ curl -sSL -o readsb.tar.gz ${READSB_URL} && \ tar xvf readsb.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \ make RTLSDR=yes && \ mv readsb viewadsb /usr/local/bin && \ cd / && \ rm -r /tmp/readsb ENV DUMP1090_VERSION v6.1 ENV DUMP1090_URL https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090/archive/refs/tags/${DUMP1090_VERSION}.tar.gz RUN \ mkdir -p /tmp/dump1090 && \ cd /tmp/dump1090 && \ curl -sSL -o dump1090.tar.gz ${DUMP1090_URL} && \ tar xvf dump1090.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \ make RTLSDR=yes && \ mv dump1090 view1090 /usr/local/bin && \ cd / && \ rm -r /tmp/dump1090 ENV MLAT_CLIENT_VERSION v0.3.8 ENV MLAT_CLIENT_URL https://github.com/adsbxchange/mlat-client/archive/${MLAT_CLIENT_VERSION}.tar.gz RUN \ mkdir -p /tmp/mlat && \ cd /tmp/mlat && \ curl -sSL -o mlat.tar.gz ${MLAT_CLIENT_URL} && \ tar xvf mlat.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \ ./setup.py install && \ cd / && \ rm -r /tmp/mlat COPY dump1090.sh mlat-client.sh readsb.sh supervisord.conf /srv/ CMD [ "supervisord", "-c", "/srv/supervisord.conf" ]
  • Options for streaming aircraft.json data (generated by dump1090-fa) offsite via SSH-based utility?
    1 project | /r/ADSB | 20 May 2021
    TBH, if you control both devices (local and remote) .. place them both on a ZeroTier network or any other VirtualLAN type thing and have remote device connect to local device beast output port 30005. Local device runs a copy of reabsb sending data to remote ZeroTier IP of remote device in a --net-connector argument https://github.com/Mictronics/readsb

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mlat-client and readsb you can also consider the following projects:

dump1090 - Dump1090 is a simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices

readsb - ADS-B decoder swiss knife