A terminal-based Bluetooth manager for Linux

darkhz.github.io

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I've been using bluetuith for a couple of months now and it's worked pretty well. It's a TUI, not a CLI, which makes a lot easier/faster to use than bluetoothctl.

Some controls are a bit weird, but they're all right there on screen anyway, so not hard to remember. It works fine, which is more than I can say for any other bluetooth UI.

Is there any huge benefit over something like bluetoothctl?

From the parent comment:

> a lot easier/faster to use than bluetoothctl.

Not sure if that was added in after posted your question.

After my question. Thanks.

I used to use Bluetooth to, but the TUI nature of Bluetooth makes it so much easier.

I use this as it's the default on Manjaro Sway. The interface is straightforward and (despite the general jankiness of Bluetooth) it's pretty reliable.

Ohhhh another one! Hopefully this one will actually work and do its job without remembering 20 different arcane incantations.

Ugh the one I know is bluetoothctl and it sucks.

I like it. When clicking fails, bluetoothctl is there for me to easily disconnect, pair, connect, connect again until my device registers.

Without it, Bluetooth is literally blackbox for me

Using qemu on macOS, can you pass the Bluetooth controller to a Linux VM and use this? I seem to remember that pairing a Bluetooth mouse with only a keyboard was absolute torture

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