{"slug": "bluetui", "name": "Bluetui", "category": "terminal", "category_name": "Terminal and shell", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 6, "warners": 1, "score": 2.628, "rising": -1.31, "first": "2025-11-04", "latest": "2025-11-06", "why": "this is phenomenal. I really like that the person that did this thought about a simple space for connect and enter for disconnect.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "this is phenomenal. I really like that the person that did this thought about a simple space for connect and enter for disconnect.", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/pythops/bluetui", "official_url": "https://github.com/pythops/bluetui", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Bluetui", "bluetui"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 733189264, "item_id": 45824329, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824329", "by": "nikoomilana", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "my experience with bluetui has been amazing", "excerpt": "This is anecdotal but I've been using bluetuith for a year on my nix machine with several adapters then switched to bluetui recently, and my experience with bluetui has been amazing. I just ran into issues all the time with bluetuith and I assumed it was due to the OS or something. An example I can think of is trusted connections- my devices just never automatically connected once switched on, but now they do.", "context": "", "use_case": "Bluetooth management in terminal", "switched_from": "bluetuith", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}, {"id": 733138528, "item_id": 45821158, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45821158", "by": "calgoo", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Just grab the latest build", "excerpt": "Just grab the latest build https://github.com/pythops/bluetui/releases Apt packages are managed by the OS so its normal they don't get overwritten by tools you download of the internet directly as that could break other apps installed with apt. As a general rule, don't use coding tools from apt as they are normally out of date, install them from other sources", "context": "", "use_case": "managing Bluetooth on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}, {"id": 733119891, "item_id": 45819993, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45819993", "by": "Zaloog", "date": "2025-11-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Nice work.", "excerpt": "Nice work. Ive also build a TUI over blueutil (https://github.com/toy/blueutil) for MacOs: https://github.com/Zaloog/blueutil-tui Its written in python using the textual framework and displays the connections inline in your Terminal.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}, {"id": 733104176, "item_id": 45819011, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45819011", "by": "rjzzleep", "date": "2025-11-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "this is phenomenal. I really like that the person that did this thought about a simple space for connect and enter for disconnect.", "excerpt": "I don't usually comment on these things. But this is phenomenal. I really like that the person that did this thought about a simple space for connect and enter for disconnect. I use rofi based tool whenever I don't feel like using my mouse and frequently disconnect because I toggled something that was already connecting. The same happens when connecting or disconnecting from VPN using the nm applet. This is a simple ", "context": "", "use_case": "managing Bluetooth", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 733128352, "item_id": 45820522, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45820522", "by": "general1465", "date": "2025-11-04", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I have tried to install it and got absolutely nowhere.", "excerpt": "I have tried to install it and got absolutely nowhere. 1. sudo apt install cargo on latest ubuntu and on attempt to \"cargo install bluetui\" it will say something about edition 2024 error. Because ubuntu is installing rust from 2023 and nobody bothered to update it? 2. Installing from https://rust-lang.org/tools/install/ will install rust only after removing existing version from 2023 (Why you won't just rewrite it?).", "context": "", "use_case": "Bluetooth management TUI", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["bluetooth management in terminal", "managing bluetooth on linux", "bluetooth management tui", "managing bluetooth"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 733139856, "item_id": 45821241, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45821241", "by": "pythops", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "bluetui author there", "excerpt": "bluetui author there You can set a window with in the config file (with = positive integer) and TUI will be displayed with this width even in a large screen. https://github.com/pythops/bluetui?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-keybindings", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45817114", "title": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux", "mentions": 7}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830829", "title": "Ratatui \u2013 App Showcase", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 4, "warn": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 733323776, "item_id": 45832736, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45832736", "by": "nhatcher", "date": "2025-11-06", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux", "excerpt": "Related from yesterday: Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45817114 https://github.com/pythops/bluetui", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ratatui \u2013 App Showcase"}, {"id": 733189264, "item_id": 45824329, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824329", "by": "nikoomilana", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "my experience with bluetui has been amazing", "excerpt": "This is anecdotal but I've been using bluetuith for a year on my nix machine with several adapters then switched to bluetui recently, and my experience with bluetui has been amazing. I just ran into issues all the time with bluetuith and I assumed it was due to the OS or something. An example I can think of is trusted connections- my devices just never automatically connected once switched on, but now they do.", "context": "", "use_case": "Bluetooth management in terminal", "switched_from": "bluetuith", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}, {"id": 733186816, "item_id": 45824176, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824176", "by": "pythops", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "use bluetui or bluetoothctl for wifi", "excerpt": "that's why I don't like network manager and bloated software in general, they try to do everything and it always come problems You don't need network manager for bluetooth. just install bluetoothd and there you go and use bluetui or bluetoothctl for wifi, I recommend iwd, and then you can use impala, or iwctl pick up the right tool for right purpose", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}, {"id": 733138528, "item_id": 45821158, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45821158", "by": "calgoo", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Just grab the latest build", "excerpt": "Just grab the latest build https://github.com/pythops/bluetui/releases Apt packages are managed by the OS so its normal they don't get overwritten by tools you download of the internet directly as that could break other apps installed with apt. 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Installing from https://rust-lang.org/tools/install/ will install rust only after removing existing version from 2023 (Why you won't just rewrite it?).", "context": "", "use_case": "Bluetooth management TUI", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}, {"id": 733119891, "item_id": 45819993, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45819993", "by": "Zaloog", "date": "2025-11-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Nice work.", "excerpt": "Nice work. Ive also build a TUI over blueutil (https://github.com/toy/blueutil) for MacOs: https://github.com/Zaloog/blueutil-tui Its written in python using the textual framework and displays the connections inline in your Terminal.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}, {"id": 733104176, "item_id": 45819011, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45819011", "by": "rjzzleep", "date": "2025-11-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "this is phenomenal. I really like that the person that did this thought about a simple space for connect and enter for disconnect.", "excerpt": "I don't usually comment on these things. But this is phenomenal. I really like that the person that did this thought about a simple space for connect and enter for disconnect. I use rofi based tool whenever I don't feel like using my mouse and frequently disconnect because I toggled something that was already connecting. The same happens when connecting or disconnecting from VPN using the nm applet. This is a simple ", "context": "", "use_case": "managing Bluetooth", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluetui \u2013 A TUI for managing Bluetooth on Linux"}]}