Alternatives to rtl_433
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. rtl_433 itself: install rtl_433.
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
BLEUnlock
Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices
get_iplayer
A utility for downloading TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds
fanficfare
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croc
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maigret
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restic
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archi-steam-farm
C# application with primary purpose of farming Steam cards from multiple accounts simultaneously
git-secrets
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confd
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magic_enum
Static reflection for enums (to string, from string, iteration) for modern C++, work with any enum type without any macro or boilerplate code
noTunes
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recon-ng
Open Source Intelligence gathering tool aimed at reducing the time spent harvesting information from open sources
gotests
Automatically generate Go test boilerplate from your source code
gau
Fetch known URLs from AlienVault's Open Threat Exchange, the Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl
pipet
Swiss-army tool for scraping and extracting data from online assets, made for hackers
fernflower
Decompiler from Java bytecode to Java, used in IntelliJ IDEA
RipMe
Downloads albums from the web in bulk for archive purposes
reveal-md
reveal.js on steroids! Get beautiful reveal.js presentations from any Markdown file
fdupes
FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories
typeshare
Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI
cbindgen
A project for generating C bindings from Rust code
libsixel
A SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel (https://github.com/saitoha/sixel)
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 rtl_433 — 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.
rtl_433 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.