Over 16,000 people still use a Pebble smartwatch

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  • FitbitHRtoWS

    Send your Fitbit's Heart Rate data to a Websocket

  • No, you can't— it's only the large-screen devices that support custom JavaScript-based apps. For example, using https://github.com/200Tigersbloxed/FitbitHRtoWS to get realtime heartrate data, for example to display as a Twitch stream overlay.

    And it doesn't have its own GPS; it piggy-backs off the phone for that.

  • BangleApps

    Bangle.js App Loader (and Apps)

  • Their "app store" is online [0] and you can actually review the source code for all of the apps on it by clicking the github icon on each entry, here's one for example [1]

    [0] https://banglejs.com/apps/?c=game

    [1] https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/tree/master/apps/blac...

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • Gadgetbridge

    Discontinued We are on codeberg.org now! https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge - Gadgetbridge - A free and cloudless replacement for your gadget vendors' closed source Android applications. Supports Pebble, Mi Band, Liveview, HPlus and more.

  • You can add your own apps vi a patched firmware.

    https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Amazfit-...

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