BudsLink

Monitor and control Bluetooth earbuds

Description

BudsLink provides comprehensive battery monitoring and feature control for a wide range of Bluetooth audio wearables. The application communicates directly with supported devices to expose battery levels, noise control modes, and advanced interaction features when available, offering a consistent and configurable interface across different vendors.

This application is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple, Sony, Samsung, Google, Nothing, Bose, Redmi, Xiaomi, Sennheiser, Edifier, Cambridge Audio, SoundCore, Realme, Oppo, or OnePlus

Monitor earbud and charging case battery levels
Control Active Noise Cancellation and ambient sound modes
Support conversation awareness on compatible devices
Automatic volume reduction during conversation awareness
Media pause and resume using in-ear detection
Device-specific configuration for gestures and controls
Customizable device icons and appearance settings
Optional overrides for system dark mode and accent colors

Supported Bluetooth audio wearables

Airpods / Beats
Sony
Samsung Galaxy Buds
Google Pixel Buds
Nothing / CMF
Bose
Redmi / Xiaomi
Sennheiser
Edifier
Realme / Oppo/ OnePlus
Cambridge Audio
Soundcore

Source

Notice

The app generally works on mobile, but due to string lenghts elements in setting panes are sometimes off-screen.

Project links:

Links to (pages with) screenshots:

Rating

Mobile Fit: 4

Almost perfect, works fine with tweaks for scaling, like scale-to-fit on Phosh

Project status: released

This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.

The project repository was created on 2026-02-01.

The last known commit happened on 2026-11-13.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2026-11-15

Features

✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

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Get it on Flathub!

Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.maniacx.BudsLink.flatpakref

Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maniacx/BudsLink/main/io.github.maniacx.BudsLink.yml

Build and install your own Snap: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maniacx/BudsLink/main/build-aux/snapcraft.yaml

Please note that Snap only supports these distributions.

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

Install

* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC-BY-SA-4.0

Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita

Programming languages: JavaScript

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maniacx/BudsLink/main/data/io.github.maniacx.BudsLink.metainfo.xml