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Jul 20, 2023

  • Acfax - Receive faxes using sound card and radio
  • Airspy - AirSpy's usemode driver and associated tools
  • Airspyhf - User mode driver for Airspy HF+ SDR
  • Aldo - Morse code training program
  • Amtterm - Serial-over-lan client for Intel AMT
  • Anyremote - Remote control service over Bluetooth, infrared, or TCP/IP networking
  • Apitran - Toolkit to handle the automatic picture transmission protocol
  • Aprsd - Server daemon providing Internet access to APRS packet data
  • Ath3k-firmware - Atheros AR3011/AR3012 bluetooth adaptor firmwares used by ath3kfw(8)
  • Atslog - Software for collecting and analyzing calls from different PBX models
  • Bfhist - Statistics generator for BinkleyForce FTN mailer
  • Bforce-kst - Simple ifcico like Fidonet technology mailer
  • Birda - Bohlin's IrDA utilities, ported from NetBSD's pkgsrc
  • Bladerf - BladeRF USB 3.0 Superspeed software defined radio
  • Bluegps - Command line tool to download datalogs from the Royaltek RBT-3000 bluetooth GPS receiver
  • Bluez-firmware - Firmware for the D-Link BCM2033 bluetooth adaptor for use by bcmfw(1)
  • Bpl+ - B Plus file transfer protocol
  • Chirp - Free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio
  • Chu - Synchronise computer clock to CHU radio station
  • Comserv - Access local serial ports via network connections
  • Concordance - Command-line Logitech Harmony configuration tool
  • Congruity - GUI Logitech Harmony configuration tool
  • Conserver-com - Application that allows multiple users to watch serial consoles
  • Cqrlog - Amateur Radio logging application
  • Cubicsdr - SDR receiver using liquidsdr
  • Cutecom - Graphical serial terminal for embedded programming
  • Cwdaemon - Amateur Radio cw (Morse code) keyer daemon
  • Cwstudio - Multichannel portable Morse code signals generator
  • Cyclonedds - Eclipse Cyclone DDS middleware
  • Dcf77pi - DCF77 receiver/logger/analyzer and library for the Raspberry Pi
  • Dfu-programmer - Device Firmware Update based USB programmer for Atmel chips
  • Dfu-util - Device firmware update (DFU) USB programmer
  • Digiham - Tools for decoding digital ham communication
  • Direwolf - Software "soundcard" modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder
  • Dsd - Decode several digital voice formats
  • Dump1090 - Simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices
  • Ebook2cw - Convert text files into cw as an mp3 or ogg file
  • Ebusd - Daemon for communication with eBUS heating systems
  • Echolinux - Amateur Radio Echolink client for UNIX
  • Ems-flasher - Utility to flash ROM images to the EMS USB 64mb flash cart
  • Fl_moxgen - Compute the dimensions of a Moxon Rectangle antenna
  • Flamp - Program for the Amateur Multicast Protocol
  • Flcluster - Management tool for accessing dxcluster nodes
  • Fldigi - Digital decoder for psk, cw, psk31, olivia
  • Fllog - Ham Radio logging program
  • Flmsg - Forms management editor for Amateur Radio standard message formats
  • Flrig - Ham Radio rig control program, cooperates with fldigi
  • Flwrap - Companion utility for fldigi
  • Freedv - Narrow band digital voice
  • Gammu - GNU All Mobile Management Utilities
  • Geoid - Geodetic computer for amateur radio use
  • Gkermit - File transfer utility using the kermit protocol
  • Gnocky - Graphical (GTK+2) frontend for gnokii
  • Gnokii - Tools to talk to GSM cellular phones
  • Gnuradio - Amateur Radio Software defined radio
  • Gpredict - Amateur Radio satellite tracking and prediction
  • Gqrx - Software defined radio receiver powered by GNU Radio and Qt
  • Gr-osmosdr - GNU Radio OsmoSDR module
  • Grig - Amateur Radio control front-end
  • Gstreamer1-plugins-spandsp - GStreamer DSP library and software FAX machine plugin
  • Gtkmmorse - Graphical Morse Code Trainer
  • Hackrf-devel - Low cost open source hardware software radio platform
  • Hackrf - Low cost open source hardware software radio platform
  • Hamlib - Shared libraries for Amateur Radio Equipment Control Applications
  • Hcidump - Bluetooth traffic dumper, similar to tcpdump
  • Hidapi - Library to access USB HID-class devices
  • Ibp - Little program for monitoring amateur radio beacons
  • Iceoryx - True zero-copy inter-process communication
  • Inspectrum - Offline radio signal analyser
  • Iwmbt-firmware - Intel Wireless 8260 bluetooth adaptor firmwares used by iwmbtfw(8)
  • Java-simple-serial-connector - Library for working with serial ports from Java
  • Jerm - Communication terminal through serial and TCP/IP interfaces
  • Kermit - Portable scriptable network and serial communication program
  • Klog - Simple Qt-based amateur radio logger
  • Libbtbb - Bluetooth Baseband Library
  • Libconcord - Logitech Harmony configuration library
  • Libdc - Subsurface version of libdivecomputer
  • Libfap - C port for HamAPRSFAP Finnish APRS Parser Perl module
  • Libfec - Several forward error correction (FEC) decoders
  • Libimobiledevice -
  • Libirman - Library for Evation's Irman infrared receiver
  • Libmodbus - Modbus library
  • Librs232 - Simple serial library
  • Libsdr-gui - GUI functions (e.g. waterfall) for libsdr library
  • Libsdr - Simple software defined radio (SDR) library
  • Libticables2 - TI calculator link cables library
  • Libticalcs2 - TI calculator library
  • Libusbmuxd - Communication interface library for usbmuxd
  • Limesuite - Software Defined Radio Software Suite from Lime Microsystems
  • Linrad - Amateur Radio DSP utility (SDR)
  • Liquid-dsp - Software-Defined Radio Digital Signal Processing Library
  • Lirc - Linux Infrared Remote Control
  • Locator - Grid square calculator program used in Amateur Radio and GPS work
  • Lrzsz - Receive/Send files via X/Y/ZMODEM protocol (unrestrictive)
  • Lysdr - Lysdr SDR program for Unix
  • Mbelib - P25 Phase 1 and ProVoice vocoder
  • Mgetty+sendfax - Handle external logins, send and receive faxes
  • Minicom - MS-DOS Telix serial communication program "workalike"
  • Mlan3 - Version 3.00 beta API for Dallas Semiconductors 1-wire lan devices
  • Morse - Morse Code Trainer
  • Multimon-ng - Digital transmission decoder
  • Nanovna-saver - Multiplatform tool to save Touchstone files from the NanoVNA
  • Nasawash - Amateur Radio keplerian file cleanup program
  • Ncid - Network based Caller ID package
  • Nec2c - Used to calculate antenna patterns useful to ham radio
  • Nmealib - Library for working with the NMEA protocol
  • Obexapp - Obex application to transfer objects to mobile equipment
  • Opencbm-kmod - OpenCBM driver module for parallel-port X[MA]-1541 cables
  • Opencbm-plugin-xa1541 - OpenCBM plugin for parallel-port cables
  • Opencbm - Commodore CBM serial IEC/IEEE-488 bus utilities
  • Openobex - Open source implementation of the OBEX protocol
  • Openzwave-devel - Open-source interface to Z-Wave networks
  • Openzwave - Open-source interface to Z-Wave networks
  • Owfs -
  • P5-cisco-ucs - Perl interface to the Cisco UCS XML API
  • P5-device-gsm - Perl interface to GSM phones/modems on serial ports
  • P5-device-modem - Perl class to interface generic modems (AT-compliant)
  • P5-device-serialport - Perl5 module for simple serial port control
  • P5-fax-hylafax-client - Simple Perl client for the HylaFAX fax server
  • P5-nexmo-sms - Send SMS via http//www.nexmo.com/ API
  • P5-sms-sms77 - Perl interface and script to send SMS via SMS77.de
  • P5-sms-send-devicegsm - SMSSend driver for DeviceGsm
  • P5-sms-send-nexmounicode - SMSSend driver for www.nexmo.com (Unicode)
  • P5-sms-send-tw-hiair - SMSSend driver for http//hiair.hinet.net/
  • P5-sms-send-tw-pchome - SMSSend driver for sms.pchome.com.tw
  • P5-sms-send-tw-socket2air - SMSSend driver for Socket2Air
  • P5-sms-send-tw-chtsns - SMSSend driver for SNS service of CHT
  • P5-sms-send-tw-emome - SMSSend driver for www.emome.net
  • P5-sms-send - Driver-based API for sending SMS messages
  • Pear-horde_activesync - Horde ActiveSync Server Library
  • Pear-horde_syncml - Horde API for processing SyncML requests
  • Picocom - Dumb Terminal Emulator
  • Pr - Daemon that connects local terminal device to a terminal server
  • Predict - Satellite tracking program for amateur radio satellites
  • Py-adafruit-ampy - Adafruit MicroPython tool
  • Py-bulksms - Python client for the BulkSMS.co.uk HTTP API
  • Py-elelabs-zigbee-ezsp-utility - Elelabs Firmware Update Utility
  • Py-esptool - Utility to communicate with Espressif ESP8266 & ESP32 chips
  • Py-fritzconnection - Python tool to communicate with AVM FritzBox routers
  • Py-gammu - Python bindings for Gammu library
  • Py-hid - Ctypes bindings to comms/hidapi
  • Py-hidapi - Cython interface to comms/hidapi
  • Py-libconcord - Python bindings for Logitech Harmony library
  • Py-libimobiledevice - Python bindings for libimobiledevice
  • Py-libscrc - Python library for calculating various types of CRC
  • Py-pymodbus - Implementation of the Modbus protocol
  • Py-pyserial-asyncio - Async I/O support for pyserial
  • Py-pyserial - Serial port encapsulation library for Python
  • Py-serial - Serial port encapsulation library for Python
  • Py-xmodem - XMODEM protocol implementation
  • Pyla - Hylafax client written in Python
  • Qico - FidoNet Technology Network (FTN) compatible mailer for Unix systems
  • Qpage - SNPP client/server for sending messages to an alphanumeric pager
  • Qrq - Morse telegraphy trainer similar to the classic DOS version by DL4MM
  • Qsstv - Amateur Radio SSTV/FAX reception program for unix
  • Qt5-connectivity - Qt connectivity (Bluetooth/NFC) module
  • Qt5-sensors - Qt sensors module
  • Qt5-serialbus - Qt functions to access industrial bus systems
  • Qt5-serialport - Qt functions to access serial ports
  • Qt6-sensors - Qt sensors module
  • Qt6-serialbus - Qt functions to access industrial bus systems
  • Qt6-serialport - Qt functions to access serial ports
  • Qtel - Qtel Echolink client
  • Quisk - Software Defined Radio (SDR)
  • Redsea - Lightweight command-line FM-RDS decoder
  • Remserial - Bridge between a TCP/IP network port and a character-oriented device
  • Rtl-433 - Generic RF data receiver and decoder for ISM band devices
  • Rtl-sdr - Command-line tool that performs SDR with RTL2832-based USB sticks
  • Rubygem-callsign - Provides a Ruby-Frontend to callook.info ham Radio Callsign Lookup
  • Rubygem-ruby-termios - Ruby interface to termios
  • Rubygem-serialport - Library for using RS-232 serial ports
  • Rxtx - Native interface to serial ports in Java
  • Scmxx - Data exchange utility for Siemens mobile phones
  • Scrcpy - Display and control your Android device
  • Sdr++ - Cross-platform SDR software
  • Sdr-wspr - WSPR receiver/decoder using libsdr
  • Ser2net - Allows to access serial ports over IP
  • Serialoverip - Transport of serial interfaces over UDP/IP
  • Sigdigger - Qt-based digital signal analyzer
  • Sigutils - Small signal processing utility library
  • Sms_client - Simple UNIX SMS client to send messages to phones or pagers
  • Smstools3 - SMS Gateway software for GSM modems and mobile phones
  • Snap7 - Multi-platform Ethernet S7 PLC communication suite
  • Soapyairspy - Soapy SDR plugin for the Airspy
  • Soapybladerf - Soapy SDR plugin for the Blade RF
  • Soapyplutosdr - Soapy SDR plugin for PlutoSDR
  • Soapyredpitaya - SoapySDR Red Pitaya module
  • Soapyremote - SoapySDR module to use any Soapy SDR remotely
  • Soapysdr-rtlsdr - Soapy SDR module for RTLSDR
  • Soapysdrhackrf - Soapy SDR module for Hack RF
  • Soapyuhd - Soapy SDR plugin for the Airspy
  • Spandsp - DSP library and software FAX machine
  • Splat - Used in calculating path losses, useful to ham radio and others
  • Sredird - RFC 2217 compliant serial port redirector
  • Sunxi-tools - Tools to help hacking Allwinner devices
  • Suscan - Channel scanner based on sigutils library
  • Suwidgets - Sigutils-related widgets
  • Svxlink -
  • Syncterm - ANSI-BBS terminal which supports telnet, rlogin, and SSH
  • Tcpser - TCPSER turns serial port into an emulated Hayes compatible modem
  • Telldus-core - Tellstick Telldus daemon + library
  • Thebridge - Amateur Radio Echolink conference bridge
  • Tilp2 - TI Linking Program
  • Tio - Simple TTY terminal I/O application
  • Tits - Server which provides telnet(1) access to one or more tty ports
  • Tkscanfax - Tcl/Tk frontend for fax scan/receive/send program (command is tkfax)
  • Tlf - Amateur Radio curses based logging program
  • Trustedqsl - Amateur Radio Station electronic trusted logbook
  • Twpsk - X psk31 client
  • Uarduno - FreeBSD Kernel Driver for the Arduino Uno USB interface
  • Uartlirc - Driver for "homebrew" serial LIRC receivers
  • Uhd - Ettus Research UHD driver framework
  • Uird - The Universal IR Receiver Daemon
  • Ujprog - ULX2S/ULX3S FPGA JTAG programmer
  • Unixcw -
  • Usbmuxd - Daemon for multiplexing connections over USB to iPhone/iPod Touch
  • Viewfax - Display files containing g3 and/or g4 coded fax pages
  • Vrflash - Flash kernels and romdisks to the Agenda VR3
  • Wsjtx - Weak signal ham radio communication package
  • Wsjtz - Clone of WSJT-X software with additional features
  • Wwl - Calculates distance (qrb) used in Amateur Radio
  • Wy60 - Curses-based emulator for the Wyse 60 terminal
  • Xastir - X Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting
  • Xcwcp - X11 CW Tutor using unixcw
  • Xdemorse - X/GTK+-3 application for decoding Morse code signals into text
  • Xdx - Amateur Radio DX cluster monitor
  • Xlog - Amateur Radio logging application
  • Xmorse - Fully automatic Morse code teaching machine
  • Xnec2c - Used to calculate antenna patterns useful to ham radio
  • Xnecview - X11 viewer of NEC2 input and output data
  • Yaac - Platform-independent Java application for the APRS network
  • Yagiuda - Used to calculate yagi-uda antenna patterns useful to ham radio
  • Yfklog - Amateur Radio curses based logging program

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