open-appleremote

Category: Audio, hardware & drivers · Type: Interoperability

Target: 1st-gen Apple Siri Remote (A1513 / A1962) · Linux / BlueZ · Python

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Reverse-engineered Linux support for the first-generation Apple Siri Remote that unlocks the BlueZ hidraw device, decodes touch/button reports and tvOS-style gestures in pure-stdlib Python, with an optional virtual keyboard and a documented wire protocol.

Relationship
Independent reimplementation

Evidence scope
Upstream README states Linux support for the first-generation Apple Siri Remote via BlueZ hidraw unlock and report decoding in pure-stdlib Python, with docs/PROTOCOL.md documenting the wire protocol. No REA involvement is claimed.

Know before you try
Virtual keyboard (keys) not hardware-tested yet; voice path not released for live use. Linux + BlueZ required. We have not independently tested it.

Status
Early 0.1.0; find/unlock/read tested on A1962 under Linux

License
MIT
No Apple firmware or proprietary blobs redistributed; users pair their own hardware via BlueZ.

Source checked
2026-10-26

Primary evidence Protocol writeup