Open Source Alternatives to AirBuddy

A macOS utility application that monitors and manages wireless peripherals. The software provides battery status visibility for AirPods and Beats devices via a menu bar icon or custom keyboard shortcuts. It includes customizable battery alerts for low power or full charge states and allows users to toggle listening modes through global shortcuts. The application integrates with the macOS Shortcuts app for device automation and enables the transfer of Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, or Magic Trackpad peripherals between Macs running the software. It is deployed as a local installation on Mac computers.

Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to AirBuddy give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 1 open source alternative to AirBuddy. The most popular is AirPodsDesktop. It uses the GPL-3.0 license.