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License

  • GPL-3.0

Last updated

  • 13 January 2026 - latest/stable
  • 15 August 2024 - latest/edge

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SDRangel

SDRangel is an Open Source Qt5 / OpenGL 3.0+ SDR and signal analyzer frontend to various hardware (RTL SDR, Airspy, LimeSDR, Pluto, BladeRF, HackRF, USRP).

Modems are included for a variety of standards, including: ADS-B, VOR and ILS (aircraft); AIS and Navtex (marine); APT (NOAA weather satellites); AM, FM, SSB, M17, Packet / AX.25 / APRS, FT8 and RTTY (ham radio); Broadcast FM and DAB (broadcast radio); DMR, dPMR, D-Star and YSF (digital voice); NTSC, PAL, DVB-S and DVB-S2 (video); POCSAG (pager); MSF, DCF77, TDF and WWVB (radio clocks) and RS41 (radiosondes). Signals can be visualised in the frequency and time domain in 2D and 3D.

SDRangel also includes an integrated satellite tracker, star tracker, maps, rotator controller and frequency scanner.

CPU supporting SSE 4.2 required.

USB permission needs to be granted to access USB SDRs. Either do this in Settings > Apps > SDRangel or run sudo snap connect sdrangel:raw-usb


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