pybombs vs gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports

pybombs

PyBOMBS (Python Build Overlay Managed Bundle System) is the GNU Radio install management system for resolving dependencies and pulling in out-of-tree projects. (by gnuradio)

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gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports

GNURadio bundled as an app for Mac OS X (does not require MacPorts) (by ktemkin)

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pybombs		gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports
	Project
3	Mentions	2
407	Stars	317
1.7%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
Python	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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pybombs

Posts with mentions or reviews of pybombs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-25.

Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Oct 2021

Real case: the default installer for GNUradio is called "pybombs". Last time I search for it, google tried to auto-correct to one of those bad terms:
https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs
Packet Decoder Block Substitute
1 project | /r/GNURadio | 10 Aug 2021
GNU Radio 3.9.0.0
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jan 2021

PyBOMBS is probably the best way if you want to be able to handle out-of-tree modules. If you just want to play around with the built-in functions, using a prebuilt binary from a package repo is the easiest.
https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs#pybombs

gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports

Posts with mentions or reviews of gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-18.

GNU Radio – Project Update 2023 Q4
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Dec 2023

> One note: gnuradio is a shockingly bloated suite of software, so pick a machine you don't mind getting tons of new packages.
This was one solution to that problem on macOS at least but hasn't had much love in a few years:
https://github.com/ktemkin/gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports
GNU Radio 3.9.0.0
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jan 2021

They moved away from SWIG and to PyBind11. As they mention, this is going to be an annoying transition for my custom out-of-tree modules. Overall though, I'm excited for the changes.
Lots of new GUI blocks in this release. I'm especially glad to see the new eye diagram.
Also the ability to load non-WAV audio files will be nice. OGG/Vorbis and FLAC are now supported. Plus a slew of minor conveniences such as a freq shift block and scaling options in the IShort to Complex block (useful for loading recorded samples from hardware).
If only it would compile easily on my Mac. (https://github.com/ktemkin/gnuradio-for-mac-without-macports has a prebuilt 3.8 version)