Get BLEUnlock on macOS and Linux Now!
Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices
Get BLEUnlock with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
BLEUnlock doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs BLEUnlock on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
BLEUnlock doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs BLEUnlock on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
BLEUnlock just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up BLEUnlock, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run BLEUnlock --help to see the available commands, and
BLEUnlock --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch BLEUnlock and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What BLEUnlock does
- Works with any BLE devices that periodically transmits signal from static MAC address
- Unlocks your Mac for you when the BLE device is near your Mac, without entering password
- Optionally pauses and unpauses music/video playback when you're away and back
- A Mac with Bluetooth Low Energy support
- Locks your Mac when the BLE device is away from your Mac
- Optionally runs your own script upon lock/unlock
Summarised from BLEUnlock's own documentation.
About BLEUnlock
Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices
| Category | Developer tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 4.5k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
BLEUnlock is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
BLEUnlock is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.