Tool

BtleJack

Capture Bluetooth Low Energy connections with compatible nRF51822-based boards and export packets for Wireshark analysis.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Protocol analysis tools
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-29

Stars: 2.1k
Last commit: 2023-10-04
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Requires a POSIX system, the Python 3 client and compatible hardware with matching firmware, such as one to three BBC Micro:Bit devices or the listed nRF51822 sniffers.
BLE 5/5.1 support is limited to the 1 Mbps uncoded PHY and excludes channel-map updates.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{btlejack,
  title = {{BtleJack}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/virtualabs/btlejack}},
  url = {https://github.com/virtualabs/btlejack},
  urldate = {2026-10-29},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/btlejack/}}
}

Plain text

BtleJack. https://github.com/virtualabs/btlejack (accessed 2026-10-29). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/btlejack/

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README.rst GitHub · virtualabs/btlejack · Revision c487859