Binary Builds

First check to see if your distribution already has a recent enough version packaged for you. E.g. check Repology for a quick overview.

We currently provide 18 binary builds for different OS, Platform, Version and Features. This is intended to quickly test out rtl_433 or update to the newest version. Due to library dependencies and versions we can't guarantee our binaries to work (safe to try though, the worst is a "executable not supported" or "library is missing" message).

Let us know in with a comment if a binary unexpectedly does work or does not work.

OS and Platform:

  • Windows: x32 and x64
  • MacOS: x86_64/Intel and arm64/M1
  • Linux: x86_64/amd64, arm64 (Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit), and armhf (Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit)

Version (only Linux):

  • Variant for OpenSSL 1.1: Ubuntu 20.04 focal, Debian 11 Bullseye, Raspberry Pi OS Legacy
  • Variant for OpenSSL 3: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy, Debian 12 Bookworm, Raspberry Pi OS

Features:

  • with only rtlsdr
  • with rtlsdr and SoapySDR

Choosing a binary

Without SoapySDR:

  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-MacOS-arm64.zip: MacOS-14 for arm64/M1
  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-MacOS-x86_64.zip: MacOS-12 for x86_64/Intel
  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-openssl11-Linux-amd64.zip: Linux for x86_64/amd64 with OpenSSL 1.1
  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-openssl11-Linux-arm64.zip: Linux for aarch64/arm64 with OpenSSL 1.1
  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-openssl11-Linux-armhf.zip: Linux for armhf with OpenSSL 1.1
  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-openssl3-Linux-amd64.zip: Linux for x86_64/amd64 with OpenSSL 3
  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-openssl3-Linux-arm64.zip: Linux for aarch64/arm64 with OpenSSL 3
  • rtl_433-rtlsdr-openssl3-Linux-armhf.zip: Linux for armhf with OpenSSL 3

With SoapySDR:

  • rtl_433-soapysdr-MacOS-arm64.zip: MacOS-arm64
  • rtl_433-soapysdr-MacOS-x86_64.zip: MacOS-x86_64
  • rtl_433-soapysdr-openssl11-Linux-amd64.zip: Linux for x86_64/amd64 with OpenSSL 1.1
  • rtl_433-soapysdr-openssl11-Linux-arm64.zip: Linux for aarch64/arm64 with OpenSSL 1.1
  • rtl_433-soapysdr-openssl11-Linux-armhf.zip: Linux for armhf with OpenSSL 1.1
  • rtl_433-soapysdr-openssl3-Linux-amd64.zip: Linux for x86_64/amd64 with OpenSSL 3
  • rtl_433-soapysdr-openssl3-Linux-arm64.zip: Linux for aarch64/arm64 with OpenSSL 3
  • rtl_433-soapysdr-openssl3-Linux-armhf.zip: Linux for armhf with OpenSSL 3

Easy Install

Easiest install would be to first install a distribution provided rtl_433 package for the dependencies, then use one of these binaries instead.

Install

Otherwise you need to install libusb, openssl (1.1 or 3), librtlsdr, and optionally SoapySDR (plus driver modules).

MacOS

After unpacking the binary you need to clear the file attributes:

xattr -c rtl_433

Note that com.apple.quarantine attributes are a useful safety feature and you should only perform this with genuine downloads from trusted sources.

Warning

Note that Homebrew uses librtlsdr version 2.0 (with rtl-sdr blog v4 support) while MacPorts uses version 0.6 but those are compatible. You'll need to update the binary to run on MacPorts:

install_name_tool -change @rpath/librtlsdr.2.dylib @rpath/librtlsdr.0.dylib rtl_433

MacPorts

(s.a. the MacPorts port)

sudo port install libusb openssl3 rtl-sdr

optionally add

sudo port install SoapySDR

HomeBrew

(s.a. the Homebrew Formula)

brew install libusb
brew install openssl@3
brew install librtlsdr

optionally add

brew install soapysdr

Linux

On Debian, Ubuntu, and Raspberry Pi OS (and similar Debian-based OS supporting the apt package manager):

sudo apt-get install -y rtl-sdr openssl soapysdr-tools

Or with out any tools, just the libs for Bullseye / Focal

sudo apt-get install -y librtlsdr0 libssl1.1 libsoapysdr0.7

Similar for Bookworm / Jammy

sudo apt-get install -y librtlsdr0 libssl3 libsoapysdr0.8