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OpenOBD

Free, minimal Android app for ELM327 Bluetooth OBD-II adapters (Veepeak OBDCheck BLE/BLE+). No network permission.

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GITHUB · launched Oct 31, 2026 · 13 upvotes (top 83%) · 0 views

Niche: mobile operating systems and development tools · 82 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -55% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Hardware & robotics
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes A minimal Android app that talks to ELM327 adapters over BLE and parses standard OBD-II PIDs is a well-documented, bounded task for an AI-assisted developer.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 352 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #299 of 353 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 355 days after the earliest competitor.

  • ClipBridge-Bluetooth · github · 2026-10-03 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • kaller · github · 2026-10-06 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • OpenRayneo · github · 2026-09-28 · 43 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • MagerCam · github · 2026-10-26 · 61 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Fieldwatch · github · 2026-09-15 · 53 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • withings-ble-protocol-study · github · 2026-10-25 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • ESP32-S3-Touch-OBD2 · github · 2026-11-01 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • HermesOBD · github · 2026-10-25 · 43 upvotes · similarity 0.45

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