# open-appleremote: Siri Remote protocol reconstruction

> Reconstructs first-generation Siri Remote Bluetooth reports for Linux, decoding buttons, touch and tvOS-style gestures. The Python implementation and protocol notes distinguish measured behavior, historical reports and inferred meanings.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-17
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-17
- Original resource: <https://github.com/a-funk/open-appleremote>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/a-funk/open-appleremote/blob/1e6e190c3c29a3d2d8cad2c38c09f8953e9633e3/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-appleremote-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-appleremote-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/open-appleremote-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Package 0.1.0; live use requires Linux, BlueZ, Python 3.8+ and access to the device’s hidraw interface. The core uses the Python standard library.
- **Testing evidence:** Project hardware checks cover A1962 with BlueZ 5.72 and Linux 6.17. A1513 is expected but untested; second- and third-generation Siri Remotes are unsupported.
- **Limits:** The virtual keyboard has not been hardware-tested. Voice is unreleased and checked with synthetic or recorded frames, not live use in this package; it additionally needs libopus and HCI-monitor privileges.
- **Limits:** Protocol notes label measured, previously reported and guessed facts. The public sample does not reproduce every claim from the larger unpublished capture.
- **License:** MIT-licensed repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/a-funk/open-appleremote/blob/1e6e190c3c29a3d2d8cad2c38c09f8953e9633e3/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/a-funk/open-appleremote/blob/1e6e190c3c29a3d2d8cad2c38c09f8953e9633e3/docs/PROTOCOL.md>
3. <https://github.com/a-funk/open-appleremote/blob/1e6e190c3c29a3d2d8cad2c38c09f8953e9633e3/pyproject.toml>
4. <https://github.com/a-funk/open-appleremote/blob/1e6e190c3c29a3d2d8cad2c38c09f8953e9633e3/LICENSE>

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