Bluetui
Bluetooth manager in Networking & smart home
Simple terminal app for managing Bluetooth on Linux, with easy connect and disconnect and a single binary. Common caveat: installing and running the release can fail.
Simple terminal app for managing Bluetooth on Linux, with easy connect and disconnect and a single binary. Common caveat: installing and running the release can fail.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 84%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple and easy to use
“a tool so simple makes such a huge difference”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” “Very nice and easy to use.”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” “such a useful little tool”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” Positive overall experience and praise
“This is great, thank you for making great TUI tools!”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” “my experience with bluetui has been amazing”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” “just wanted to say it is great”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” Standalone binary, easy to get
“Just grab the latest build https://github.com/pythops/bluetui/releases”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” “it seems so neat to be able to compile to a binary”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to install or run
“Downloaded the release because I'm not touching any Rust tools, but it doesn't run.”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux” “I have tried to install it and got absolutely nowhere.”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Bluetui – A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux”
What people said
18 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“such a useful little tool”
“This is great, thank you for making great TUI tools!”
“my experience with bluetui has been amazing”
“use bluetui or bluetoothctl for wifi”
“Downloaded the release because I'm not touching any Rust tools, but it doesn't run.”
“just wanted to say it is great”
“First thing I did was replace the action of the bluetooth icon in Waybar with bluetui.”
“it seems so neat to be able to compile to a binary”
“thank you for releasing under GPL”
“Just grab the latest build https://github.com/pythops/bluetui/releases”
“I think the icons are cool.”
“I have tried to install it and got absolutely nowhere.”
“a tool so simple makes such a huge difference”
“Very nice and easy to use.”
“Why not show the device address? There's plenty of room for it and it's important when you have multiple devices with the same name.”
“I really like that the person that did this thought about a simple space for connect and enter for disconnect”
“Much better than bluetuith”
“Yet another impressive rust/ratatui tool!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.