RTL-SDR Radio is your one-stop shop for listening to the radio frequencies in the air! It is designed to be lightweight, easy-to-use, and minimalistic.

• Listen to FM Radio
  • Decoding RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data System)
• Listen to AM Radio
• Save Radio Stations to Listen to Later
• 🔋 "Batteries Included" - No need to install anything else! Everything comes bundled within the app.

Installation should be as simple as going to the GitHub Releases and downloading the most recent application from the "Assets" dropdown for your specific OS.

There is one extra step if you get an error like: "RTL-SDR Radio" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.. I, njfdev, do not have an Apple Developer Account so I cannot sign/notarize the app. This means your Mac will automatically move RTL-SDR Radio to the quarantine, so you will need to remove it from quarantine:

# ONLY on MacOS
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/RTL-SDR\ Radio.app

Note: A recent upgrade to Tauri V2 has caused HD Radio to stop working. It will probably not work.

⚠️ Building on Windows is not tested so there are no instructions to do so.

First, install Rust if it is not already installed:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Then, make sure to install the prerequisites:

# MacOS with brew
brew tap pothosware/homebrew-pothos
brew update
brew install cmake autoconf automake libtool git librtlsdr libao fftw soapyrtlsdr libusb

# Debian/Ubuntu Based Linux OSes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf git build-essential cmake autoconf automake libtool libao-dev libfftw3-dev librtlsdr-dev nodejs npm libsoapysdr-dev soapysdr-module-rtlsdr libusb-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev curl wget file libxdo-dev libssl-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev libasound2-dev libclang-dev libudev-dev

Then, clone the git repository and build with tauri:

git clone https://github.com/njfdev/rtlsdr-radio.git
cd rtlsdr-radio
sudo npm install --global yarn
yarn install
cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2.0.0-rc"
NEXT_PUBLIC_EXCLUDE_SIDECAR=true cargo tauri build

Optionally, you can build with HD Radio functionality, but it might cause issues. Just replace the last command with this one:

NEXT_PUBLIC_EXCLUDE_SIDECAR=false cargo tauri build