Software · System & repair

AetherSDR

Linux-native SmartSDR client for FlexRadio (FLEX-6000/8600) - Qt6 + C++20.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: GitHub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: AetherSDR Project
Latest version: 26.11.2
Latest activity: 10 November 2026
Source code: github.com/aethersdr/aethersdr

Overview

AetherSDR is a virtualisation program, available on Windows and Linux.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“AetherSDR brings full FlexRadio operation to Linux, macOS, and Windows — each a native build, no Wine or virtual machines.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of AetherSDR is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 9 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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