{"slug": "ads-b-exchange", "name": "ADS-B Exchange", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 8, "warners": 2, "score": 2.268, "rising": 0.02, "first": "2025-11-28", "latest": "2026-09-25", "why": "a bookmark to https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ on his phone's desktop and checks it multiple times daily", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 2}, "spark": [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "a bookmark to https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ on his phone's desktop and checks it multiple times daily", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "adsbexchange.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.adsbexchange.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["ADS-B Exchange", "ADSBExchange"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 797415216, "item_id": 49838451, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49838451", "by": "picturesofbugs", "date": "2026-09-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "also check out adsbexchange.com for plane watching", "excerpt": "also check out adsbexchange.com for plane watching So much data and the plane icons are all shaped according to their actual design plus the map is beautiful when zoomed out I watch that and also watch MarineTraffic seeing the countless number of ships at sea and then think of all the cars and the trucks on the road as well ...", "context": "", "use_case": "plane tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps"}, {"id": 755314096, "item_id": 47207131, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207131", "by": "jen729w", "date": "2026-03-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "is an alternative to FlightRadar24 with more data.", "excerpt": "In case anyone isn't aware: https://globe.adsbexchange.com \u2013 is an alternative to FlightRadar24 with more data.", "context": "", "use_case": "flight tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Flightradar24 for Ships"}, {"id": 737974448, "item_id": 46123403, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123403", "by": "sokoloff", "date": "2025-12-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Something like: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2025-12-01-16:38&lat=51.502&lon=-0.453&zoom=11.9", "excerpt": "For this situation, it\u2019s not clear that a live display is more helpful than a replay of ADS-B data that you could explore later. Something like: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2025-12-01-16:38&lat=51.502&lon=-0.453&zoom=11.9", "context": "", "use_case": "Flight tracking replay", "switched_from": "", "story": "An LED panel that shows the aviation around you"}, {"id": 737367648, "item_id": 46085478, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46085478", "by": "compass_copium", "date": "2025-11-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "a bookmark to https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ on his phone's desktop and checks it multiple times daily", "excerpt": "It looks very nice. It's a nifty project. However, as the particular kind of weirdo who has a bookmark to https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ on his phone's desktop and checks it multiple times daily, I will point out that this UI doesn't add much that the color-coded plane icons on ADS-Bx don't already do, and it is more difficult to quickly visually glean information from.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Airloom \u2013 3D Flight Tracker"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 755367536, "item_id": 47210471, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47210471", "by": "mike_d", "date": "2026-03-01", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "They now do selective filtering to appease their commercial clients.", "excerpt": "ADSBX used to be volunteer ran until JETNET paid the guy who controlled the domain name $20 million dollars to \"sell\" it to them and steal everyone else's source code and data. They now do selective filtering to appease their commercial clients. Everyone has moved to https://globe.airplanes.live/ and https://app.airframes.io/flights now. Here is the lawsuit from one former group of contributors: https://www.documentc", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Flightradar24 for Ships"}, {"id": 748837344, "item_id": 46802334, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802334", "by": "Scoundreller", "date": "2026-01-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Also Adsbexchange has had some\u2026 history:", "excerpt": "Doubt it did anything in RF, only sent packets to adsbexchange\u2019s web service that its volunteers feed it. Also Adsbexchange has had some\u2026 history: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/10l2euc/adsb_exchange_the_largest_unfiltered_network_has/ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/26/ads-b-exchange-sells-up-contributors-unhappy/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["flight tracking", "plane tracking", "flight tracking replay"], "compared": [{"slug": "airplanes-live", "name": "airplanes.live", "co": 1, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205637", "title": "Flightradar24 for Ships", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802067", "title": "Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805344", "title": "My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47453942", "title": "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46066640", "title": "An LED panel that shows the aviation around you", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080289", "title": "Airloom \u2013 3D Flight Tracker", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {"warn": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1, "warn": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 797415216, "item_id": 49838451, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49838451", "by": "picturesofbugs", "date": "2026-09-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "also check out adsbexchange.com for plane watching", "excerpt": "also check out adsbexchange.com for plane watching So much data and the plane icons are all shaped according to their actual design plus the map is beautiful when zoomed out I watch that and also watch MarineTraffic seeing the countless number of ships at sea and then think of all the cars and the trucks on the road as well ...", "context": "", "use_case": "plane tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps"}, {"id": 759348208, "item_id": 47459263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459263", "by": "1970-01-01", "date": "2026-03-20", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I checked - nothing but commercial air", "excerpt": "I checked - nothing but commercial air: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2026-03-19-02:31&lat=33.698&lon=31.337&zoom=7.0", "context": "", "use_case": "Flight tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"}, {"id": 755367536, "item_id": 47210471, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47210471", "by": "mike_d", "date": "2026-03-01", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "They now do selective filtering to appease their commercial clients.", "excerpt": "ADSBX used to be volunteer ran until JETNET paid the guy who controlled the domain name $20 million dollars to \"sell\" it to them and steal everyone else's source code and data. They now do selective filtering to appease their commercial clients. Everyone has moved to https://globe.airplanes.live/ and https://app.airframes.io/flights now. Here is the lawsuit from one former group of contributors: https://www.documentc", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Flightradar24 for Ships"}, {"id": 755314096, "item_id": 47207131, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47207131", "by": "jen729w", "date": "2026-03-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "is an alternative to FlightRadar24 with more data.", "excerpt": "In case anyone isn't aware: https://globe.adsbexchange.com \u2013 is an alternative to FlightRadar24 with more data.", "context": "", "use_case": "flight tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Flightradar24 for Ships"}, {"id": 748983552, "item_id": 46811472, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46811472", "by": "esseph", "date": "2026-01-29", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "There are now multiple ones, and they are spreading through more than just ADSBExchange for this attempt. It is on Airplanes.live ADSB,FI,and TheAirTraffic.com. Isn't on adsb.lol or FlightRadar24. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=adfdf8", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance"}, {"id": 748837344, "item_id": 46802334, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802334", "by": "Scoundreller", "date": "2026-01-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Also Adsbexchange has had some\u2026 history:", "excerpt": "Doubt it did anything in RF, only sent packets to adsbexchange\u2019s web service that its volunteers feed it. Also Adsbexchange has had some\u2026 history: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/10l2euc/adsb_exchange_the_largest_unfiltered_network_has/ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/26/ads-b-exchange-sells-up-contributors-unhappy/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance"}, {"id": 737974448, "item_id": 46123403, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123403", "by": "sokoloff", "date": "2025-12-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Something like: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2025-12-01-16:38&lat=51.502&lon=-0.453&zoom=11.9", "excerpt": "For this situation, it\u2019s not clear that a live display is more helpful than a replay of ADS-B data that you could explore later. Something like: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2025-12-01-16:38&lat=51.502&lon=-0.453&zoom=11.9", "context": "", "use_case": "Flight tracking replay", "switched_from": "", "story": "An LED panel that shows the aviation around you"}, {"id": 737367648, "item_id": 46085478, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46085478", "by": "compass_copium", "date": "2025-11-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "a bookmark to https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ on his phone's desktop and checks it multiple times daily", "excerpt": "It looks very nice. It's a nifty project. However, as the particular kind of weirdo who has a bookmark to https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ on his phone's desktop and checks it multiple times daily, I will point out that this UI doesn't add much that the color-coded plane icons on ADS-Bx don't already do, and it is more difficult to quickly visually glean information from.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Airloom \u2013 3D Flight Tracker"}]}