BotWave
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BotWave is a Raspberry Pi–focused FM broadcasting project designed for people who want to transmit audio over radio from a local device or a distributed set of devices. It is aimed at hobbyists,...
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Features
- Standalone client
- Server-client architecture
- Audio broadcasting
- File upload
- Remote management
- Passkey authentication
- Protocol versioning
- Live broadcasting
- Queue system
- Task automation
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 9, 2026
- Created
- Jul 14, 2025
- Install Methods
- binarysource
- Requirements
- Python >= 3.9Raspberry Pi (models 2, 3, 4, or Zero)Root accessbw_customwire or antenna connected to GPIO 4 / pin 7
- Authentication
- local
- Runtime / Stack
- Python
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
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