physical-web-scan

Node.js app to scan for Physical Web beacons from your computer. Updated to scan for Eddystone URL's. See history to use with UriBeacon format.

Note: There's also the option of using this desktop app version for OSX found here: electron-physical-web-scan.

Requires Noble (Mac OS X and Linux are currently the only supported OSes)

Found beacons are displayed both in the terminal and as an alert in notification center.

Install

Needs Node.js to run plus Xcode and its Command Line Tools to build dependencies. You can find this under the menu Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads.

After cloning or downloading this repo, install the dependencies listed in package.json:

npm install

Start scanning for Physical Web beacons by running index.js:

node index.js