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24 alternatives to Bluetooth 5 & Bluetooth Low Energy: A Developer's Guide

The 1st & ONLY practical Bluetooth LE developer guide!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bluetooth 5 & Bluetooth Low Energy: A Developer's Guide launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Bluetooth LE consulting, training, and tools for engineering teams, plus in-depth guides on how Bluetooth LE actually works.

    2018 · novelbits.io · its alternatives →

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    Bluz▲64

    Spark connected, Bluetooth LE development kit (Kickstarter)

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    An Android Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Library with RxJava3 interface - dariuszseweryn/RxAndroidBle

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Building Your Mouseless Development Environment

    2021 · themouseless.dev · its alternatives →

  6. 6WB

    2016 · webbluetoothcg.github.io · its alternatives →

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    The guide for building large, iOS, and Android native apps - with the challenges and common solutions across the industry.

    2021 · mobileatscale.com · its alternatives →

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    Power efficient dashboard for Kindle 4 NT devices. Contribute to pascalw/kindle-dash development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OpenBLE is an API specification language and client generator for Bluetooth services built on the generic attribute (GATT) profile. Bluetooth development is a mess. Too many datasheets, too little documentation and SDK fragmentation across platforms. I built this tool to improve documentation, version control and development speed for BLE programs. Even though shunned by Apple and Mozilla, Web Bluetooth enjoys wide support and just works. It makes sense to build the frontend for OpenBLE using web Bluetooth. No SDK hell, no installations, wide support albeit experimental. I could ship the…

    2023 · demo.openble.org · its alternatives →

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    Signils▲149

    Better Management of Bluetooth and Locate Lost Devices

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    blendr▲3

    The hacker's BLE (bluetooth low energy) browser terminal app

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A product manager's how-to guide to build an IoT Business

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Hyphen▲131

    The gold standard of wireless earbuds🎧

    2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny bluetooth sensors that influence healthy habits

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Create Bluetooth LE Controller

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I built Bluetooth USB Peripheral Relay, a tool that lets Bluetooth devices (like keyboards and mice) connect to USB-only hosts using a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Why? My friend needed a way to use his Bluetooth mouse and keyboard on a PC with Bluetooth disabled due to policy restrictions. This tool acts as a bridge, relaying Bluetooth input over USB. It also lets you use Bluetooth peripherals with older devices that only support USB input. Tech: Written in Go, optimized for Raspberry Pi Zero W. I love HN’s community and often lurk here—I’m hoping this project is useful or at least sparks…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Puck.js▲103

    The ground-breaking bluetooth beacon

    2016 · puck-js.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn to design app that reach business goal and users needs

    2021 · uptech.team · its alternatives →

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    Practical guide to B2B startups

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A mobile app business guide for non-technical founders.

    2015 · gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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