GNOME Bluetooth Alternatives

GNOME Bluetooth is described as 'Gnome-bluetooth is a fork of bluez-gnome focused on integration with the GNOME desktop environment' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to GNOME Bluetooth for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best GNOME Bluetooth alternative is btscanner, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNOME Bluetooth are Bluesniff, Blueman, BLE Radar and iStumbler.

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  1. btscanner

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    btscanner is a tool designed specifically to extract as much information as possible from a Bluetooth device without the requirement to pair.

    14 btscanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Bluesniff

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    Bluesniff is a proof of concept Bluetooth device discovery tool. Bluesniff can be concidered a bluetooth wardriver of sorts. It is meant to raise awareness of BT security issues and likely has a lot of room for improvement.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Bluesniff screenshot 1
     
  5. BLE Radar icon

    BLE Radar

     2 likes

    The app for BLE ether monitoring tracks your environment, finds some devices, makes relations between devices around you, and tracks devices' movements.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  6. iStumbler icon

    iStumbler

     12 likes

    iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X, providing plugins for finding AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices and Bonjour services with your Mac.

    24 iStumbler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    iStumbler scanning wireless networks
     
  7. Toothpicks icon

    Toothpicks

     1 like

    Welcome to Toothpicks: an awesome Bluetooth device manager for macOS. With Toothpicks you can add your favorite Bluetooth devices to the menu bar and connect/disconnect them with a single click. Alternatively, define a connect/disconnect hot key for each of your Bluetooth...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Toothpicks screenshot 1
     
  9. BlueSoleil icon

    BlueSoleil

     11 likes

    The best Bluetooth driver/Bluetooth software for Vista, Linux, WinCE. Easy-to-use, Innovative and Interoperable. Connect with Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth mobile phone, Bluetooth mouse and Bluetooth GPS Receiver etc.

    12 BlueSoleil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    BlueSoleil screenshot 1
     
  12. Bluejay Bluetooth Manager icon

    Bluejay Bluetooth Manager

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    A Bluetooth manager and Bluez front-end. With it, you can pair devices, connect to and remove devices, turn Bluetooth on and off, and more. Bluejay is powered by the Qt6 graphical toolkit and KDE Frameworks.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Bluejay Bluetooth Manager screenshot 1
     

  13. bluetuith

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    bluetuith is a TUI-based bluetooth connection manager, which can interact with bluetooth adapters and devices. It aims to be a replacement to most bluetooth managers, like blueman.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    bluetuith screenshot 1
     
  14. BlueTUI icon

    BlueTUI

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    TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
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