Top 9 Python rtl-sdr Projects

urh

35 10,410 6.6 Python

Universal Radio Hacker: Investigate Wireless Protocols Like A Boss

Project mention: Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-21

>> or somewhat expensive and complex SDR
I don’t think that’s as accurate today as it used to be.
On the hardware side there are tons of options very cheaply available - iirc the flipper uses the c1100 (or a number like that) it’s a popular cheap chip and it’s well documented and interfaces easily with arduino.
More accessibly, lime mini SDRs are cheap but there’s quite a few alternatives too.
On the software side GNU Radio is free with decent tutorials - we’re not talking anything like blender levels of difficulty to adopt even if it is a complex domain.
Although on the more accessible side, urh is incredibly powerful given how easy to use it is https://github.com/jopohl/urh
I used the latter to tap into a 2 channel wireless bbq thermometer via a $10 rtl sdr and that was a breeze, an absolute walk in the park compared to when I reverse engineered the flysky telemetry system.

IMSI-catcher

12 3,027 0.0 Python

This program show you IMSI numbers of cellphones around you.

Project mention: The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland's Railway System | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-29

I'll do you one better:
For GSM, basic IMSI sniffing: https://github.com/Oros42/IMSI-catcher

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FISSURE

8 1,497 7.0 Python

The RF and reverse engineering framework for everyone. Follow and ★ to show your support!
qspectrumanalyzer

6 1,110 0.0 Python

Spectrum analyzer for multiple SDR platforms (PyQtGraph based GUI for soapy_power, hackrf_sweep, rtl_power, rx_power and other backends)
openwebrx

28 926 9.5 Python

Open source, multi-user SDR receiver software with a web interface

Project mention: WebSDR – internet connected Software-Defined Radios | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-26

H-line-software

15 35 0.0 Python

Software for receiving the hydrogen line at 1420.4MHz with an RTL-SDR dongle

Project mention: 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLOW: The 1 Kilometer WiFi Standard | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-08

I observed the "H-Line", https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_line
Made a GIF of the transit of the milky way using this software on a raspberry pi with some SDR/RF equipment. https://github.com/byggemandboesen/H-line-software
Unfortunately I only have some images on my phone right now, a git page is on my todo.

aistweet

2 16 6.4 Python

Twitter snapshot bot for a Raspberry Pi RTL-SDR AIS ship tracking station.
WorkOS

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adsb-stats-logger

2 6 0.0 Python

ADS-B Stats Logger from Dump1090
sensors_python

3 1 0.0 Python

python tkinter displays temperature sensors via mqtt

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).