Emula
Open-source NFC UID emulation for compatible Android devices, with saved cards, CSV import/export and experimental Wear OS support.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 20, 2026 · 13 upvotes (top 81%)
- Horizontal
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Partial The app UI, saved cards, and CSV import/export are easy, but true UID emulation depends on device-specific NFC controller chips and low-level firmware behavior that Android's standard APIs do not expose.
What it would actually take: The app would need Android HCE and NFC controller access, usually through vendor-specific NCI commands for NXP or Broadcom chips, and possibly custom firmware or a rooted device. Supporting many devices means reverse engineering each chipset's behavior. This requires NFC protocol expertise (ISO 14443, MIFARE) and hardware testing across devices.
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Attention rank: #561 of 655 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 349 days after the earliest competitor.
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- 1426712986
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- Product
- Emula
- Website domain
- github.com
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- Upvotes percentile
- 0.19
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- open-source nfc uid emulator for android with saved cards
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