bluetooth-adapters
Tools to enumerate and find Bluetooth Adapters
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need to discover Bluetooth adapters programmatically. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. The pre-alpha status and small community (14 stars) mean the API may change, but for straightforward adapter enumeration it's a reasonable choice. Verify platform support matches your target systems before committing.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- On Linux, dbus-fast and related system libraries may need to be installed separately; on other platforms, adapter support depends on available hardware interfaces.
- Low friction installation with a pure Python wheel.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions; you must retain license notices but are free to modify and distribute.
last release 2026-05-26 (80 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-10 · 14 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 746,532 downloads/mo, #5,169 on PyPI
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pip install bluetooth-adapters
import asyncio
from bluetooth_adapters import get_adapters
async def main():
adapters = await get_adapters()
for adapter in adapters:
print(adapter)
asyncio.run(main())- Whether the package provides filtering or search capabilities beyond simple enumeration
- What adapter metadata (name, address, capabilities) is returned by the discovery functions
- Whether adapter enumeration works on Windows, macOS, and other non-Linux platforms
What it is and what it does
Bluetooth-adapters is a library for discovering and enumerating Bluetooth adapters available on a system. It abstracts over platform-specific hardware detection by wrapping multiple backend libraries (dbus-fast for D-Bus systems, uart-devices and usb-devices for direct hardware access) into a unified async interface.
The package is in pre-alpha development but actively maintained, with support for Python 3.10 through 3.14. It's designed for applications that need to detect what Bluetooth hardware is present before attempting connections, making it useful in IoT, device management, and Bluetooth-centric applications. The async design integrates with modern Python concurrency patterns.
Use it for
- Detect available Bluetooth adapters before initiating device scanning or connections in a Bluetooth application
- Build a system utility that reports installed Bluetooth hardware and its capabilities
- Enumerate adapters in a multi-adapter environment to select which one to use for a specific operation
- Validate Bluetooth hardware availability as part of application startup or health checks
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need to discover Bluetooth adapters programmatically.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. The pre-alpha status and small community (14 stars) mean the API may change, but for straightforward adapter enumeration it's a reasonable choice. Verify platform support matches your target systems before committing.
Install
bluetooth-adapters on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction installation with a pure Python wheel. Active maintenance with a recent release 80 days ago. Depends on platform-specific libraries (dbus-fast, uart-devices, usb-devices) which may require system packages on Linux, but the package itself installs cleanly.
Requires Python 3.10 or later. On Linux, dbus-fast and related system libraries may need to be installed separately; on other platforms, adapter support depends on available hardware interfaces.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions; you must retain license notices but are free to modify and distribute.
Quickstart
pip install bluetooth-adapters
import asyncio
from bluetooth_adapters import get_adapters
async def main():
adapters = await get_adapters()
for adapter in adapters:
print(adapter)
asyncio.run(main())Verify before relying
- Whether the package provides filtering or search capabilities beyond simple enumeration
- What adapter metadata (name, address, capabilities) is returned by the discovery functions
- Whether adapter enumeration works on Windows, macOS, and other non-Linux platforms
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 6 packagesaioouiasync-timeoutbleakdbus-fastuart-devicesusb-devices |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 80 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 746,532 / month, #5,169 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 2 - Pre-AlphaIntended Audience :: DevelopersNatural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries |
Evidence: bluetooth_adapters-2.4.0-py3-none-any.whl
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