# SiriRemote-Linux: decoding Siri Remote Bluetooth input

> SiriRemote-Linux decodes Apple TV Siri Remote Bluetooth input for use on Linux. Its Python code connects to the remote and emits media, volume, and pointer controls, while the documentation maps GATT characteristics, battery notifications, button bits, and touch coordinates. Microphone data remains unexplored in the implementation.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Yanndroid/SiriRemote-Linux>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Yanndroid/SiriRemote-Linux/blob/b3840c4df943f9f6f7c33a236bc8986c3c13dd06/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/siriremote-linux-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/siriremote-linux-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/siriremote-linux-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A paired Siri Remote and Linux system with bluepy and evdev are required.
- **Prerequisites:** The documented media-control command uses sudo.
- **Limits:** Microphone data could not be tested because of the stated BlueZ limitation.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Yanndroid/SiriRemote-Linux/blob/b3840c4df943f9f6f7c33a236bc8986c3c13dd06/README.md>

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