Overskride

A Bluetooth and Obex client that is straight to the point, DE/WM agnostic, and beautiful :D

How to install (recommended)

• run sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth
• download the .flatpak from the latest build in the the github actions page
• save it to ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak
• if needed, run sudo flatpak install org.gnome.Platform//45
• double click the .flatpak or run sudo flatpak install ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak
• profit

or you could:

sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth
curl -sSL https://nightly.link/kaii-lb/overskride/workflows/main/v0.5.4/overskride-nightly-x86_64.zip -o ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.zip
unzip ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.zip -d ~/Downloads/
sudo flatpak install org.gnome.Platform//45 # only if needed
sudo flatpak install -y ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak
rm ~/Downloads/overskride-nightly.flatpak

Prerequisites for building

• gtk4 and libadwaita (development packages)
• rust
• cargo
• bluez (should be installed by default on all distros)

Compiling

git clone https://github.com/kaii-lb/overskride && cd overskride
meson setup build && cd build
meson compile && meson devenv
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
cp ../data/io.github.kaii_lb.Overskride.gschema.xml ~/.local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
glib-compile-schemas ~/.local/share/glib-2.0/schemas
./src/overskride

this should be automated later on but oh well

Features

• Dynamically enumerate and list all devices known/in range
• Authenticating with devices (aka passkey confirmation)
• Sending/receiving files
• Connect/disconnect from devices
• Rename device
• Trust or block a device
• Remove device
• Turn adapter on/off
• Set discoverable and its timeout
• Selecting between multiple adapters
• Rename adapter
• Resizing support
• Sorting devices by rssi (signal strength)
• Showing errors to user
• Changing files storage location
• Auto accept files
• Audio profiles
• Battery polling over bluetooth (enable experimental bluetooth options)
• Transfer rate for incoming/outgoing file transfers
• More info about device (with distance approximation)

What doesn't work

• Applet support aka system tray
• Quality of life stuff (auto trust on pair, auto accept service)
• Background running with tray applet