/SDRPlusPlus-Mac-ARM64

(Unofficial) SDRPlusPlus Apple silicon builds (M1, M2, aka ARM64)

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

SDR++, The bloat-free SDR software

Screenshot SDR++ is a cross-platform and open source SDR software with the aim of being bloat free and simple to use.

Build

Features

  • Multi VFO
  • Wide hardware support (both through SoapySDR and dedicated modules)
  • SIMD accelerated DSP
  • Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS and BSD)
  • Full waterfall update when possible. Makes browsing signals easier and more pleasant
  • Modular design (easily write your own plugins)

Installing

MacOS (Apple Silicon M1, M2)

Download the app bundle from the latest nightly build then install the SDR++.app bundle by dragging it into Applications.

Module List

Not all modules are built by default. I decided to disable the build of those with large libraries, libraries that can't be installed through the package manager (or pothos) and those that are still in beta. Modules in beta are still included in releases for the most part but not enabled in SDR++ (need to be instantiated).

Sources

Name Stage Dependencies Option Built by default Built in Release Enabled in SDR++ by default
airspy_source Working libairspy OPT_BUILD_AIRSPY_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
airspyhf_source Working libairspyhf OPT_BUILD_AIRSPYHF_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
bladerf_source Working libbladeRF OPT_BUILD_BLADERF_SOURCE ⛔ ✅ (not Debian Buster) ✅
file_source Working - OPT_BUILD_FILE_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
hackrf_source Working libhackrf OPT_BUILD_HACKRF_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
hermes_source Beta - OPT_BUILD_HERMES_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
limesdr_source Working liblimesuite OPT_BUILD_LIMESDR_SOURCE ⛔ ✅ ✅
network_source Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_NETWORK_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ⛔
perseus_source Beta libperseus-sdr OPT_BUILD_PERSEUS_SOURCE ⛔ ✅ ✅
plutosdr_source Working libiio, libad9361 OPT_BUILD_PLUTOSDR_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
rfspace_source Working - OPT_BUILD_RFSPACE_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
rtl_sdr_source Working librtlsdr OPT_BUILD_RTL_SDR_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
rtl_tcp_source Working - OPT_BUILD_RTL_TCP_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
sdrplay_source Working SDRplay API OPT_BUILD_SDRPLAY_SOURCE ⛔ ✅ ✅
sdrpp_server_source Working - OPT_BUILD_SDRPP_SERVER_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
soapy_source Working soapysdr OPT_BUILD_SOAPY_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
spectran_source Unfinished RTSA Suite OPT_BUILD_SPECTRAN_SOURCE ⛔ ⛔ ⛔
spectran_http_source Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_SPECTRAN_HTTP_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ⛔
spyserver_source Working - OPT_BUILD_SPYSERVER_SOURCE ✅ ✅ ✅
usrp_source Beta libuhd OPT_BUILD_USRP_SOURCE ⛔ ⛔ ⛔

Sinks

Name Stage Dependencies Option Built by default Built in Release Enabled in SDR++ by default
android_audio_sink Working - OPT_BUILD_ANDROID_AUDIO_SINK ⛔ ✅ ✅ (Android only)
audio_sink Working rtaudio OPT_BUILD_AUDIO_SINK ✅ ✅ ✅
network_sink Working - OPT_BUILD_NETWORK_SINK ✅ ✅ ✅
new_portaudio_sink Beta portaudio OPT_BUILD_NEW_PORTAUDIO_SINK ⛔ ✅ ⛔
portaudio_sink Beta portaudio OPT_BUILD_PORTAUDIO_SINK ⛔ ✅ ⛔

Decoders

Name Stage Dependencies Option Built by default Built in Release Enabled in SDR++ by default
atv_decoder Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_ATV_DECODER ⛔ ⛔ ⛔
falcon9_decoder Unfinished ffplay OPT_BUILD_FALCON9_DECODER ⛔ ⛔ ⛔
kgsstv_decoder Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_KGSSTV_DECODER ⛔ ⛔ ⛔
m17_decoder Beta - OPT_BUILD_M17_DECODER ⛔ ✅ ⛔
meteor_demodulator Working - OPT_BUILD_METEOR_DEMODULATOR ✅ ✅ ⛔
pager_decoder Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_PAGER_DECODER ⛔ ⛔ ⛔
radio Working - OPT_BUILD_RADIO ✅ ✅ ✅
weather_sat_decoder Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_WEATHER_SAT_DECODER ⛔ ⛔ ⛔

Misc

Name Stage Dependencies Option Built by default Built in Release Enabled in SDR++ by default
discord_integration Working - OPT_BUILD_DISCORD_PRESENCE ✅ ✅ ⛔
frequency_manager Working - OPT_BUILD_FREQUENCY_MANAGER ✅ ✅ ✅
iq_exporter Beta - OPT_BUILD_IQ_EXPORTER ✅ ✅ ⛔
recorder Working - OPT_BUILD_RECORDER ✅ ✅ ✅
rigctl_client Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_RIGCTL_CLIENT ✅ ✅ ⛔
rigctl_server Working - OPT_BUILD_RIGCTL_SERVER ✅ ✅ ✅
scanner Beta - OPT_BUILD_SCANNER ✅ ✅ ⛔
scheduler Unfinished - OPT_BUILD_SCHEDULER ⛔ ⛔ ⛔

Troubleshooting

First, please make sure you're running the latest automated build. If your issue is linked to a bug it is likely that is has already been fixed in later releases

SDR++ crashes then it won't start again no matter what

This is a bug in 1.0.0 that was fixed in 1.0.1

In some cases, if a crash happened while the config was being saved, the config file would be corrupted and SDR++ would refuse to start because of it.

This has now been fixed. If a config file is corrupted it'll just reset it to its default state.

"hash collision" error when starting

You likely installed the soapysdr-module-all package on Ubuntu/Debian. If not it's still a SoapySDR bug caused by multiple soapy modules coming in conflict. Uninstall anything related to SoapySDR then install soapysdr itself and only the soapy modules you actually need.

"I don't see -insert module name here-, what's going on?"

If the module was included in a later update, it's not enabled in the config. The easiest way to fix this is just to delete the config.json file and let SDR++ recreate it (you will lose your setting relating to the main UI like VFO colors, zoom level and theme). The best option however is to edit the config file to add an instance of the module you wish to have enabled (see the Module List).

SDR++ crashes when stopping a RTL-SDR

This is a bug recently introduced by libusb1.4 To solve, this, simply downgrade to libusb1.3

SDR++ crashes when starting a HackRF

If you also have the SoapySDR module enabled, this is a bug in libhackrf. It's caused by libhackrf not checking if it's already initialized. The solution until a fixed libhackrf version is released is to disable the soapy_source module from SDR++. For this, go into the "Module Manager" menu and click the - button next to the row with "soapy_source". After that, restart SDR++.

Issue not listed here?

If you still have an issue, please open an issue about it or ask on the discord. I'll try to respond as quickly as I can. Please avoid trying to contact me on every platform imaginable thinking I'll respond faster though...

Contributing

Feel free to submit pull requests and report bugs via the GitHub issue tracker. I will soon publish a contributing.md listing the code style to use.

Credits

Patrons

Contributors

Libraries used