Alternatives to BLEUnlock
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. BLEUnlock itself: install BLEUnlock.
redshift
Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of
Secretive
Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave
rtl_433
Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)
MeetingBar
🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar
LidAngleSensor
tfw when you when your lid when uhh angle your lid sensor
typeshare
Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI
LosslessSwitcher
Automated Apple Music Lossless Sample Rate Switching for Audio Devices on Macs
Stillcolor
Disable temporal dithering on your Mac with this lightweight menu bar app. Designed for Apple silicon Macs
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
MonitorControl
🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the
eslint
Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
diff-so-fancy
Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada:
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
jackett
API Support for your favorite torrent trackers
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
direnv
unclutter your .profile
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
mackup
Backup and keep your application settings in sync
concurrentqueue
A fast multi-producer, multi-consumer lock-free concurrent queue for C++11
npm-check-updates
Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows
swiftgen
The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs!
mapscii
🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect wi
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than BLEUnlock — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
BLEUnlock is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.