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Overskride

A Bluetooth and Obex client that is straight to the point, DE/WM agnostic, and beautiful :D

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How to install (recommended)

  • run sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth
  • download the .flatpak from the latest build in the the github actions page
  • save it to ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak
  • if needed, run sudo flatpak install org.gnome.Platform//45
  • double click the .flatpak or run sudo flatpak install ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak
  • profit

or you could:

sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth
curl -sSL https://nightly.link/kaii-lb/overskride/workflows/main/v0.5.4/overskride-nightly-x86_64.zip -o ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.zip
unzip ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.zip -d ~/Downloads/
sudo flatpak install org.gnome.Platform//45 # only if needed
sudo flatpak install -y ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak
rm ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak

Prerequisites for building

  • gtk4 and libadwaita (development packages)
  • rust
  • cargo
  • bluez (should be installed by default on all distros)

Compiling

git clone https://github.com/kaii-lb/overskride && cd overskride
meson setup build && cd build
meson compile && meson devenv
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
cp ../data/io.github.kaii_lb.Overskride.gschema.xml ~/.local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
glib-compile-schemas ~/.local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
./src/overskride
this should be automated later on but oh well

Features

  • Dynamically enumerate and list all devices known/in range
  • Authenticating with devices (aka passkey confirmation)
  • Sending/receiving files
  • Connect/disconnect from devices
  • Rename device
  • Trust or block a device
  • Remove device
  • Turn adapter on/off
  • Set discoverable and its timeout
  • Selecting between multiple adapters
  • Rename adapter
  • Resizing support
  • Sorting devices by rssi (signal strength)
  • Showing errors to user
  • Changing files storage location
  • Auto accept files
  • Audio profiles
  • Battery polling over bluetooth (enable experimental bluetooth options)
  • Transfer rate for incoming/outgoing file transfers
  • More info about device (with distance approximation)

What doesn't work

  • Applet support aka system tray
  • Quality of life stuff (auto trust on pair, auto accept service)
  • Background running with tray applet

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A simple yet powerful bluetooth client.

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