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