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sdrangel

Qt-based SDR front-end for various devices
SDR front-end supporting many hardware and software receivers/transmitter, including: RTL-SDR, BladeRF, HackRF and others.

It uses Qt framework and OpenGL for graphical rendering, works on many operating systems.

Supported modes: Analog: AM, APT, Broadcast FM, DSB, FM, ILS, NTSC, PAL, SSB, VOR Digital: AIS, ADS-B, APRS, DAB, DVB-S, DVB-S2, FreeDV, Navtex, Packet (AX.25) and numerous additional.

Installed size: 109.88 MB
How to install: sudo apt install sdrangel

Dependencies:
  • libairspy0
  • libairspyhf1
  • libavcodec62
  • libavformat62
  • libavutil60
  • libbladerf2
  • libc6
  • libcodec2-1.2
  • libfftw3-single3
  • libflac14
  • libgcc-s1
  • libhackrf0
  • libhamlib4t64
  • libhidapi-libusb0
  • libiio0
  • liblimesuite23.11-1
  • libmirisdr4
  • libopencv-core410
  • libopencv-imgcodecs410
  • libopencv-imgproc410
  • libopencv-videoio410
  • libopus0
  • libqt6charts6
  • libqt6core6t64
  • libqt6gui6
  • libqt6location6
  • libqt6multimedia6
  • libqt6multimediawidgets6
  • libqt6network6
  • libqt6opengl6
  • libqt6openglwidgets6
  • libqt6positioning6
  • libqt6qml6
  • libqt6quick6
  • libqt6quickwidgets6
  • libqt6serialport6
  • libqt6statemachine6
  • libqt6texttospeech6
  • libqt6webenginecore6
  • libqt6webenginecore6-bin
  • libqt6webenginewidgets6
  • libqt6websockets6
  • libqt6widgets6
  • librtlsdr0
  • libserialdv1
  • libsoapysdr0.8
  • libstdc++6
  • libswresample6
  • libswscale9
  • libuhd4.9.0
  • libxtrx0
  • qt6-base-private-abi
  • qt6-declarative-private-abi
  • zlib1g
sdrangel

SDR and signal analyzer frontend (GUI)

root@kali:~# man sdrangel
SDRANGEL(1)                         SDRANGEL                        SDRANGEL(1)

NAME
     SDRangel - SDR and signal analyzer frontend (GUI)

SYNOPSIS
     sdrangel [options]

DESCRIPTION
     Software Defined Radio application

OPTIONS
     -h, --help
            Displays help on commandline options.

     --help-all
            Displays help, including generic Qt options.

     -v, --version
            Displays version information.

     -a, --api-address <address>
            Web API server address.

     -p, --api-port <port>
            Web API server port.

     -w, --fftwf-wisdom <file>
            FFTW Wisdom file.

     --scratch
            Start from scratch (no current config).

     --soapy
            Activate Soapy SDR support.

     --remote-tcp
            Start Remote TCP Sink

     --remote-tcp-address <address>
            Remote TCP Sink interface IP address (Default any).

     --remote-tcp-port <port>
            Remote TCP Sink port (Default 1234).

     --remote-tcp-hwtype <hwtype>
            Remote  TCP  Sink  device hardware type (Optional. E.g. RTLSDR/SDR-
            playV3/AirspyHF).

     --remote-tcp-serial <serial>
            Remote TCP Sink device serial (Optional).

     --list-devices
            List available physical devices.

     --start
            Start all devices and features.

SDRangel                                                            SDRANGEL(1)

sdrangelbench

SDRangel benchmarking tool

root@kali:~# sdrangelbench -h
Usage: sdrangelbench [options]
Software Defined Radio application benchmarks

Options:
  -h, --help                  Displays help on commandline options.
  --help-all                  Displays help, including generic Qt options.
  -v, --version               Displays version information.
  -t, --test <test>           Test type: decimateii, decimatefi, decimateff,
                              decimateif, decimateinfii, decimatesupii, ambe,
                              golay2312, ft8, ft4, ft8protocols, callsign,
                              fftrrcfilter, firrrcfilter, meshtastic.
  -n, --nb-samples <samples>  Number of sample to deal with.
  -r, --repeat <repetition>   Number of repetitions.
  -l, --log2-factor <log2>    Log2 factor for rate conversion.
  -f, --file <file>           File to be used for the test.
  -a, --args <args>           Custom arguments string to be used for the test.

sdrangelsrv

SDR and signal analyzer frontend (server)

root@kali:~# sdrangelsrv -h
Usage: sdrangelsrv [options]
Software Defined Radio application

Options:
  -h, --help                      Displays help on commandline options.
  --help-all                      Displays help, including generic Qt options.
  -v, --version                   Displays version information.
  -a, --api-address <address>     Web API server address.
  -p, --api-port <port>           Web API server port.
  -w, --fftwf-wisdom <file>       FFTW Wisdom file.
  --scratch                       Start from scratch (no current config).
  --soapy                         Activate Soapy SDR support.
  --remote-tcp                    Start Remote TCP Sink
  --remote-tcp-address <address>  Remote TCP Sink interface IP address (Default
                                  any).
  --remote-tcp-port <port>        Remote TCP Sink port (Default 1234).
  --remote-tcp-hwtype <hwtype>    Remote TCP Sink device hardware type
                                  (Optional. E.g. RTLSDR/SDRplayV3/AirspyHF).
  --remote-tcp-serial <serial>    Remote TCP Sink device serial (Optional).
  --list-devices                  List available physical devices.
  --start                         Start all devices and features



Updated on: 2026-Aug-25