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A curated list of awesome ASD-B (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Dependent_Surveillance%E2%80%93Broadcast) tools, projects, docker images, resources and other shiny things 📡.




  




Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) is a surveillance technology and form of Electronic Conspicuity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_collision_avoidance_system#Aircraft_collision_avoidance) in which an aircraft 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft) determines its position via satellite navigation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation) or other sensors and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked.






Contents

- Docs and Quickstarts (#docs-and-quickstarts)
- Books and Articles (#books-and-articles)
- ADS-B Aggregators (#ads-b-aggregators)
  - Open source orientated (#open-source-orientated)
  - Community driven (#community-driven)
  - Non-profits (#non-profits)
  - Commercial (#commercial)
  - Other (#other)
- Software (#software)
  - General (#general)
  - Feeding (#feeding)
  - Visualisation (#visualisation)
  - Browser extensions (#browser-extensions)
  - Apps (#apps)
  - Social (#social)
- Hardware (#hardware)
  - SBC (#sbc)
  - Receivers (#receivers)
  - Filters (#filters)
  - Antennas (#antennas)
- Follow (#follow)



Docs and Quickstarts



- ADS-B docker guide (https://sdr-enthusiasts.gitbook.io/ads-b/) - Everything you want to know about ADS-B reception, decoding and sharing.
- ADS-B equipment guide (https://sdr-enthusiasts.gitbook.io/ads-b/intro/equipment-needed) - A excellent ADS-B hardware guide written by the community.
- PiAware ADS-B tutorial (https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build/) - FlightAware's ADS-B setup tutorial.
- ADSB-B transponders guide (https://www.sportys.com/blog/ads-b-out-questions-1090-978/) - A guide explaining the difference between 978 and 1090 MHz transponders.

Books and Articles



- The 1090 Megahertz Riddle - Junzi Sun (https://mode-s.org/decode/index.html) - A Guide to Decoding Mode S and ADS-B Signals.

ADS-B Aggregators



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▐ The aggregators below are displayed per category based on the number of feeders on 27-02-2023. You can check out real-time stats about all listed aggregators by clicking the Grafana button below. If the number of feeders was unavailable, sites 
▐ were compared based on the number of planes they tracked. Feel free to open a create a pull request (https://github.com/rickstaa/awesome-adsb/pulls) if you think the order needs to be updated.

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Open source orientated



- adsb.fi (https://adsb.fi) - A community-driven flight tracker with hundreds of feeders worldwide that provides open and unfiltered access to worldwide air traffic data.
- ADSB One (https://adsb.one) - A one-stop resource for all aero-related information and a community-driven aggregator for aero-feed data legally dedicated to the public interest.
- ADSB.lol (https://adsb.lol) - A completely open-source and community-driven flight tracker that displays and provides ODbL-licensed (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/) data via a free API (https://api.adsb.lol/) as well as free
historical data (https://github.com/adsblol/globe_history).

Community driven



- ADSBHub.org (https://www.adsbhub.org) - A service for real-time ADS-B data sharing and exchange between plane tracking enthusiasts, plane spotters, radio amateurs and professionals interested in developing ADS-B-related software.
- TheAirTraffic (https://theairtraffic.com) - A community-driven ADS-B aggregator dedicated to keeping the air-tracking data on their site open and unfiltered.
- PlaneSpotters.net (https://www.planespotters.net) - A civil aviation database and aggregator with a large collection of aircraft photos and information.
- Plane.watch (https://plane.watch) - A community hosted flight tracker.
- www.live-military-mode-s.eu (https://www.live-military-mode-s.eu) - A community driven flight tracker that is focused at tracking military aircraft.
- adsb.chaos-consulting.de (https://adsb.chaos-consulting.de) - A non-commercial tracker for flights, ships, and radiosondes managed by enthusiasts. Focuses on the contributions of individual feeding stations.

Non-profits



- Opensky Network (https://opensky-network.org) - The OpenSky Network is a non-profit association based in Switzerland that provides open access to flight tracking control data. It was set up as a research project by several universities and 
government entities to improve the security, reliability and efficiency of the airspace.

Commercial






- FlightAware (https://flightaware.com)^1  - An American multinational technology company that provides real-time, historical, and predictive flight tracking data and products.
- FlightRadar24 (https://www.flightradar24.com)^1  - A Swedish internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map.
- RadarBox (https://www.radarbox.com)^1  - A Tampa-based global flight tracking and data services company that offers worldwide commercial and general aviation flight tracking.
- ADS-B Exchange (https://www.adsbexchange.com/) - A flight tracking company that offers high fidelity, stable, and secure flight tracking service. It was started by volunteers and flight enthusiasts but was recently acquired by JETNET 
(https://www.jetnet.com/).
- PlaneFinder.net (https://planefinder.net)^1  - A United Kingdom-based real-time flight tracking service shows global flight data like flight numbers, how fast an aircraft moves, elevation, and travel destination.
- AvDelphi (https://www.avdelphi.com) - An aviation data and services company that shows airframes, registrations, types, airports and flights, radar and nav points, and owner and flight histories.
- RadarVirtuel (https://www.radarvirtuel.com) - A flight data collector that offers premium features. Its primary focus is collecting information about traffic around smaller airports worldwide.




^1 : Adheres to the FAA (https://www.faa.gov/)'s Aircraft Tail Number Blocking/Unblocking list (https://www.faa.gov/pilots/ladd/request) list. Therefore, the data found on this platform is filtered and may not include all data found on other 
aggregators.

Other

- Airframes.io (https://app.airframes.io/) - Airframes is an aircraft-related aggregation service that receives ACARS, VDL, HFDL, and SATCOM data from volunteers worldwide. It collaborates closely with ADS-B aggregators and works with ADS-B data 
internally.
- gcmb.io (https://gcmb.io/adsb/adsb) - ADS-B data from ABSBHub.org published via the MQTT protocol.

Software



General

- readsb (https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb) - ADS-B decoder swiss knife.
- dump1090 (https://github.com/MalcolmRobb/dump1090) - A simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices.
- flightmon (https://github.com/mik3y/flightmon) - Simple command-line "GUI" for showing current dump1090/readsb data.
- sdr-enthusiasts/plane-alert-db (https://github.com/sdr-enthusiasts/plane-alert-db) - A list of exciting aircraft - Governments, Dictators, Military, Historical and just plain odd.
- junzis/pyModeS (https://github.com/junzis/pyModeS) - A python decoder for Mode S and ADS-B signals.

Feeding

- sdr-enthusiasts/docker-adsb-ultrafeeder (https://github.com/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-adsb-ultrafeeder) - All-in-one ADSB container with readsb, tar1090, graphs1090, autogain, multi-feeder, and mlat-hub built in.
- adsbfi/adsb-fi-scripts (https://github.com/adsbfi/adsb-fi-scripts) - Easy to use feeder install script for feeding to adsb.fi.
- adsblol/feed (https://github.com/adsblol/feed) - Easy to use, container-based MLAT/ADS-B/ACARS/VDL2 multi feed client. Powered by SDR-Enthusiasts (https://github.com/sdr-enthusiasts) images.

Visualisation

- wiedehopf/tar1090 (https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090) - A great way to view your ADS-B data.
- Grafana (https://grafana.com/) - Open source analytics and monitoring solution for every database.

Browser extensions

- RadarAtlas (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/radaratlas/kgionpkdifedafldjflcbeojkencnaja) - An ADSB & tar1090 add on that makes it fun and accessible to track the most interesting aircraft in the world.

Apps

- d4rken/adsb-meta-tracker (https://github.com/d4rken/adsb-meta-tracker) - An android ADS-B Meta Tracker that shows metadata about ADS-B aggregators.

Social

- docker-planefence (https://github.com/kx1t/docker-planefence) - A little tool that can be used to log, display and tweet the aircraft that come within range of your receiver (i.e. the fence).
- Jxck-S/plane-notify (https://github.com/Jxck-S/plane-notify) - Notify if a selected plane has taken off or landed using OpenSky or ADS-B Exchange data.

Hardware



SBC

- Rasbpberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) - Small single-board computers developed in the United Kingdom.
- Orange Pi (http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-5.html) - Single-board computers created using OS cost-effective hardware.
- Banana Pi (https://banana-pi.org/) - Single-bard computers created by a Chinese open-source hardware community.

Receivers

- FlightAware ADS-B USB receivers (https://flightaware.store/collections/radio-dongles) - ADS-B USB receivers made by FlightAware.
- AirNav RadarBox ADS-B USB receivers (https://www.radarbox.com/store) - ADS-B USB receivers made by RadarBox.
- RTL-SDR DONGLES (https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/) - A premium RTL-SDR dongle provider focused on maintaining fair retail pricing.

Filters

▐ Warning
▐ Some ADS-B USB receivers already contain an onboard filter.

- FlightAware Signal filters (https://flightaware.store/collections/signal-filters) - Different signal filters made by FlightAware.

Antennas

- Vinnant antennas (https://vinnant.sk/) - Specialized premium antennas made in Slovakia.
- DPD antennas (https://dpdproductions.com/) - High-quality antennas for various radio services produced in the USA.

Follow





▐ TODO:
▐ Please create a pull request (https://github.com/rickstaa/awesome-adsb/pulls) if you know people in the ADS-B space that are worth following.

Who else should we be following (https://github.com/rickstaa/awesome-adsb/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=suggestion.yaml)?



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Contributing

Contributions of any kind are welcome 💙! Please check out the contributing guidelines (contributing.md).

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Contributors



This project exists thanks to all the people that contributed (https://github.com/rickstaa/awesome-adsb/graphs/contributors)!



  




adsb Github: https://github.com/rickstaa/awesome-adsb