OpenWebRX Alternatives

OpenWebRX has been discontinued. Similar apps include Gqrx, which is free and open source. Other options are SDRangel, CubicSDR, SDR# and SDR++. In total there are nine apps like OpenWebRX for Linux, Mac, Windows and Android.

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OpenWebRX alternatives page was last updated Sep 30, 2026

Gqrx
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Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by the GNU Radio SDR framework and the Qt graphical toolkit. It supports many of the SDR hardware available, including Funcube Dongles, rtl-sdr, HackRF and USRP devices.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Homebrew
MacPorts
Good alternative?Is Gqrx a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
SDRangel
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SDR Rx/Tx software for Airspy, Airspy HF+, BladeRF, HackRF, LimeSDR, PlutoSDR, RTL-SDR, SDRplay RSP1 and FunCube
13 SDRangel alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Good alternative?Is SDRangel a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
CubicSDR
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CubicSDR is a cross-platform Software-Defined Radio application which allows you to navigate the radio spectrum and demodulate any signals you might discover.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Canada
Good alternative?Is CubicSDR a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
SDR#
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SDR# (SDRSharp) is a popular, simple, fast and extensible Software Defined Radio program written from scratch in C# to experiment new Digital Signal Processing techniques and push the Microsoft .NET Framework to its limits.
15 SDR# alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Windows
France
EU
Good alternative?Is SDR# a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
SDR++
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SDR++ is an open source, cross platform, C++ based GUI general receiver program for various SDRs including the RTL-SDR. Since it's alpha release in mid 2020, it has undergone huge amount of development, and is quickly becoming the main program of choice for many users due to...
16 SDR++ alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
Canada
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Canada
Good alternative?Is SDR++ a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
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inspectrum
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inspectrum is a tool for analysing captured signals, primarily from software-defined radio receivers.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
Linux
+1
I
Good alternative?Is inspectrum a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
sdrangelove
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A graphical application for showing the Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) as graph and waterfall diagram of the radio spectrum retrieved by Software Defined Radio (SDR) devices supported by GrOsmoSDR. Plugins enable demodulating a selected signal.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
Good alternative?Is sdrangelove a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
SDR Touch
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Turn any mobile phone or tablet into an affordable and portable software defined radio scanner with spectrum analyser. Listen and record live on air FM stereo radio stations with RDS, weather reports, emergency stations, taxi traffic, airplane communications, audio of analogue...
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Platforms
Android
Good alternative?Is SDR Touch a good alternative to OpenWebRX?
SDR--
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Modular software-defined radio for listening, decoding and recording. Wire radios, demodulators, decoders and displays together in a visual patch view.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Mac
Germany
EU
+1
Good alternative?Is SDR-- a good alternative to OpenWebRX?