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UberGuidoZ/Flipper-SGDB
SubGHz Database collection (like the IRDB)!
A community database of .SUB files for the Flipper Zero's SubGHz radio module — the SubGHz equivalent of the IRDB for IR codes. The idea is sound: centralize captured radio signals so Flipper owners don't have to capture everything from scratch. In practice, the repo never got there.
- Addresses a real gap: the Flipper ecosystem had IRDB for IR but nothing equivalent for SubGHz captures, and this was the first serious attempt to fill it
- The .SUB file format is simple and well-documented by Flipper Zero's own firmware, so contributing files is low friction for anyone with the hardware
- UberGuidoZ is a known figure in the Flipper community with other active repos, so there's some credibility behind the account
- The repo is essentially empty — the directory tree is just a LICENSE and README.md, no actual .SUB files at all, three years after creation
- Abandoned since April 2023 with only 9 forks despite 214 stars — the stars are likely from people hoping it would grow, not from people using it
- The README is 80% donation links and one sentence of content ('Still trying to figure out the best process...'), which tells you everything about where this went
- SubGHz captures of real devices (garage doors, gate remotes, weather sensors) have obvious replay-attack implications, and there's zero discussion of scope, legal guidance, or what signals are appropriate to include — a database like this needs that framing to be useful to researchers rather than just a toolkit for mischief