What's a good Linux-compatible multipurpose decoder of RF signals?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/RTLSDR

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  • multimon-ng

  • Multimon-ng is general data/packet mode decoder for most common modulation types (AFSK, POCSAG etc).

  • rtl_433

    Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)

  • rtl_433 is great at decoding pulses from modern devices from switches, to bulbs, to pretty much anything that uses wireless communications (even keyfobs and unknown data pulses for development and decode).

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  • dsd

    Digital Speech Decoder (by LouisErigHerve)

  • dsd for digital voice modes, dPMR, DMR, P25, Fusion, Yeasu etc.

  • noaa-apt

    NOAA APT weather satellite image decoder, for Linux, Windows, RPi 2+, OSX and Android+Termux

  • nooa-apt to decode APT broadcast from NOAA satellites.

  • rtl-power-fftw

    Power spectrum for RTLSDR dongles.

  • rtl_power_fftw is an epic little tool to rapidly scan for signals across a wide band in a short time to find interesting signals, outputs to GNUPlot.

  • librtlsdr

    Software to turn the RTL2832U into an SDR (by librtlsdr)

  • latest librtlsdr to take advantage of newer features and some stability improvements. One shipped with most distributions are older or more generic.

  • dump1090

    Dump1090 is a simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices

  • I've not moved onto this platform for SDR yet, but adding dump1090 for ADS-B (aircraft locations)

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  • rtl-sdr

    library for turning a RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a Software DefinedReceiver; mirror from https://gitea.osmocom.org/sdr/rtl-sdr

  • For remote-location of an RTL dongle using Raspberry Pi or similar, which linux or windows clients can connect to over wifi or ethernet, there is rtl_sdr

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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