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TUI for managing bluetooth on Linux

๐Ÿ’ก Prerequisites

A Linux based OS with bluez installed.

Note

You might need to install nerdfonts for the icons to be displayed correctly.

๐Ÿš€ Installation

๐Ÿ“ฅ Binary release

You can download the pre-built binaries from the release page release page

๐Ÿ“ฆ crates.io

You can install bluetui from crates.io

cargo install bluetui

๐Ÿง Arch Linux

You can install bluetui from the extra repository:

pacman -S bluetui

๐Ÿง Gentoo

emerge net-wireless/bluetui

๐Ÿงฐ X-CMD

If you are a user of x-cmd, you can run:

x install bluetui

โš’๏ธ Build from source

Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/pythops/bluetui
cd bluetui
cargo build --release

This will produce an executable file at target/release/bluetui that you can copy to a directory in your $PATH.

๐Ÿช„ Usage

Global

Tab or l: Scroll down between different sections.

shift+Tab or h: Scroll up between different sections.

j or Down : Scroll down.

k or Up: Scroll up.

s: Start/Stop scanning.

ctrl+c or q: Quit the app. (Note: <Esc> can also quit if esc_quit = true is set in config)

Adapters

p: Enable/Disable the pairing.

o: Power on/off the adapter.

d: Enable/Disable the discovery.

Paired devices

u: Unpair the device.

Space or Enter: Connect/Disconnect the device.

t: Trust/Untrust the device.

f: Favorite/Unfavorite the device.

e: Rename the device.

New devices

Space or Enter: Pair the device.

Config

Keybindings can be customized in the default config file location $HOME/.config/bluetui/config.toml or from a custom path with -c

# Possible values: "Legacy", "Start", "End", "Center", "SpaceAround", "SpaceBetween"
layout = "SpaceAround"

# Window width
# Possible values: "auto" or a positive integer
width = "auto"

toggle_scanning = "s"
esc_quit = false  # Set to true to enable Esc key to quit the app

[adapter]
toggle_pairing = "p"
toggle_power = "o"
toggle_discovery = "d"

[paired_device]
unpair = "u"
toggle_trust = "t"
toggle_favorite = "f"
rename = "e"

Contributing

  • No AI slop.
  • Only submit a pull request after having a prior issue or discussion.
  • Keep PRs small and focused.

๐ŸŽ Note

If you like bluetui and you are looking for a TUI to manage WiFi, checkout out impala

โš–๏ธ License

GPLv3

โœ๏ธ Credits

Bluetui logo: Marco Bulgarelli