Gqrx
Apple Silicon version latest seen at v2.17.7 · Reported by 2 Macs in the community.
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Gqrx is a free and open-source software defined radio (SDR) receiver powered by GNU Radio and the Qt graphical toolkit. It enables radio enthusiasts, amateur operators, and professionals to receive and demodulate a wide variety of radio signals using affordable hardware like Airspy, rtl-sdr, HackRF, USRP, and other SDR devices. The application provides a full-featured graphical interface for signal analysis, frequency monitoring, demodulation, and recording of I/Q data. Gqrx runs on both Linux and macOS and is actively maintained by a community of contributors.
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1 suggestionA native Apple Silicon build of Gqrx has been confirmed running on real Macs in the Rosetta Check community. Users still on an older Intel-only build under Rosetta should update to the latest version, which will deliver noticeably better performance and battery efficiency on M-series Macs. Download the current macOS disk image directly from the official Gqrx website or via Homebrew (brew install gqrx-sdr), both of which will serve the native build on Apple Silicon Macs. All your settings and preferences will carry over.
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