Bluetility

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Bluetility\n\nBluetility is a general-purpose Bluetooth Low-Energy utility for Mac OS X.  It scans for advertising peripherals, provides a interface to browse a connected peripheral\u0027s services and characteristics, and allows characteristic values to be read, written, and subscribed.\n\u003cimg src=\"bluetility_screenshot.png\" alt=\"Bluetility Screenshot\" width=\"1085\"/\u003e\n\n## Installation\n\n### Manual\n1. Download the latest release:  https://github.com/jnross/Bluetility/releases/latest/download/Bluetility.app.zip\n2. Extract the downloaded archive.\n3. Move Bluetility.app into your /Applications folder.  Or don\u0027t!\n4. Open Bluetility.app.\n\n### Using Homebrew\n```\nbrew install --cask bluetility\n```\n\n## Features\n\n* Scan for nearby advertising peripherals\n* Sort peripherals by received signal strength\n* View advertising data via tooltip on Devices list\n* Browse services and characteristics of connected peripheral\n* Subscribe to characteristic notifications\n* Read/Write characteristic values\n* View log of characteristic read/writes, logs may be saved as CSV\n\n## Motivation\nBluetility is inspired by [LightBlue](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightblue/id639944780?mt=12), a free bluetooth utility published by [Punch Through Design](https://punchthrough.com/).  Bluetility was created to resolve issues in this tool, and add missing features:\n\n* Support copy/paste via Cmd+C and Cmd+V\n* Sort peripherals by received signal strength\n* View advertising data\n* Automatically reconnect to disconnected peripherals when needed\n\nBluetility is published as open-source so that anyone can tweak or improve its functionality to meet their own needs.\n\n## Release Build\n\n1. Set notarization password as environment variable `FASTLANE_APPLE_APPLICATION_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD`\n2. Execute command ```bundle exec fastlane mac build_release``` \n",
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