OpenWebRX+ documentation draft is now available. You can discuss OpenWebRX+ features, problems, get news and support in the OpenWebRX Telegram channel and its chat.
This is the package repository for the improved version of the OpenWebRX online SDR. The new and original features available in this version of OpenWebRX:
This repository contains packages for the following Linux distributions:
Stanislav (LZ2SLL) has built SD card images for RaspberryPi, containing a clean OpenWebRX+ installation. These images should support all common SDR devices out of the box. The RTL-SDR and SDRPlay devices have been confirmed to work with no additional modifications to the image. Please, keep in mind that this may not be the latest version of OpenWebRX+. Read on for the latest version.
Please note that this SD card image comes without the software support for digital modes (DMR, NXDN, etc), since the software decoder for these modes (mbelib) has questionable origins. In order to enable digital modes in this image, ssh into the user account you created while installing the image and type:
sudo install-softmbe.sh
Stanislav (LZ2SLL) has made OpenWebRX+ Docker images that should run on any x64 PC, arm32 SBC, or arm64 SBC. The base image and the softmbe image are based on Debian Bookworm with the latest OpenWebRX+ packages installed. These images should fully support all receivers, features and decoders.
In order to upgrade from a previous OpenWebRX+ version, do the following, as root:
apt update
apt upgrade
In order to add this repository to your Ubuntu 22.04 system, do the following (if asked to type in your password, it is expected - do so):
curl -s https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/openwebrx-plus.gpg | sudo gpg --yes --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openwebrx-plus.list <<<"deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg] https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/ubuntu ./"
sudo apt update
You should also have the original OpenWebRX repository added, since it contains some necessary packages. In order to add the original OpenWebRX repository to your Ubuntu 22.04 system, do the following:
curl -s https://repo.openwebrx.de/debian/key.gpg.txt | sudo gpg --yes --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/openwebrx.gpg
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openwebrx.list <<<"deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/openwebrx.gpg] https://repo.openwebrx.de/ubuntu/ jammy main"
sudo apt update
If you have a Ubuntu 24.04 system, there is now an experimental OpenWebRX+ build available for you. Do the following (if asked to type in your password, it is expected - do so):
curl -s https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/openwebrx-plus.gpg | sudo gpg --yes --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openwebrx-plus.list <<<"deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg] https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/noble ./"
sudo apt update
Ubuntu 24.04 users must not add the original OpenWebRX repository to their system, since it contains Ubuntu 22.04 packages.
In order to add this repository to your Debian Bullseye system, do the following (if asked to type in your password, it is expected - do so):
curl -s https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/openwebrx-plus.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openwebrx-plus.list <<<"deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg] https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/debian ./"
sudo apt update
You should also have the original OpenWebRX repository added, since it contains some necessary packages. In order to add the original OpenWebRX repository to your Debian Bullseye system, do the following:
curl -s https://repo.openwebrx.de/debian/key.gpg.txt | sudo gpg --yes --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/openwebrx.gpg
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openwebrx.list <<<"deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/openwebrx.gpg] https://repo.openwebrx.de/debian/ bullseye main"
sudo apt update
If you have a Debian Bookworm system, there is now an experimental OpenWebRX+ build available for you. Do the following (if asked to type in your password, it is expected - do so):
curl -s https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/openwebrx-plus.gpg | sudo gpg --yes --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openwebrx-plus.list <<<"deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openwebrx-plus.gpg] https://luarvique.github.io/ppa/bookworm ./"
sudo apt update
Debian Bookworm users must not add the original OpenWebRX repository to their system, since it contains Bullseye packages.
Finally, in order to install OpenWebRX+, do the following:
sudo apt install openwebrx
To make sure OpenWebRX+ is running, direct your local web browser to the following address:
http://localhost:8073/
You should see the OpenWebRX+ web interface, with the noise filter (NR) and tuning step (>-<) controls.
This repository offers the improved SoapySDRPlay3 device driver with the following changes from the original version:
In order to install the improved SoapySDRPlay3 package, do the following:
sudo apt install soapysdr-module-sdrplay3
During installation, the SoapySDRPlay3 package should also install the latest SoapySDR and remove all locally built SoapySDR files from /usr/local. You will still need to download and install SDRPlay API from this page:
https://www.sdrplay.com/downloads/
SDRPlay API can also be installed as an unofficial package, by following these instructions:
https://gitlab.com/martin.herren/libsdrplay-api