something-x 1.6.0

Something X device manager for Omarchy / Linux

Something X

A Linux-native companion app for Nothing and CMF Bluetooth devices.
Built for Omarchy · GTK4 · Pure black · JetBrains Mono · Nothing Red

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Features

	Feature	Details
🎧	Earbud visual	Cairo-rendered glowing battery rings for L / R / Case, live updates
🔇	ANC control	Off · Noise Cancellation · Transparency over real RFCOMM protocol
🎵	EQ presets	Balanced · More Bass · More Treble · Voice
🔊	Volume slider	Direct PulseAudio / PipeWire A2DP sink control via pactl
💾	Per-device profiles	ANC + EQ saved per device address, restored automatically on reconnect
🔋	Battery notifications	Desktop alerts at 20 %, 15 %, 10 %, and 5 % per earbud and case
🔗	Auto-connect RFCOMM	Connects to the device protocol as soon as BlueZ reports it paired
🏃	Background mode	Closing the window keeps the app running; relaunch to reopen
💻	CLI	Control your earbuds from the terminal without opening the GUI
📱	Device discovery	BlueZ D-Bus scan with Nothing / CMF devices highlighted
ℹ️	Device info	Firmware version and serial number read over RFCOMM

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Device support

Device	Battery	ANC	EQ	Volume	Firmware
Nothing Ear (1)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nothing Ear (2)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nothing Ear (a)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nothing Ear (stick)	✅	—	✅	✅	✅
CMF Buds / Buds Pro	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nothing Phone (1/2)	✅	—	—	—	—
Other Bluetooth devices	✅*	—	—	✅	—

_{* via BlueZ Battery1 interface · RFCOMM features require an active connection}

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Installation

Arch / Omarchy (recommended)

Install system dependencies first:

sudo pacman -S python-gobject python-dbus python-cairo gtk4 libadwaita

Then install from AUR:

yay -S something-x
# or: paru -S something-x

Or via pip:

pip install something-x

Other distros

Ubuntu 24.04+

sudo apt install python3-gi python3-dbus python3-cairo gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-adw-1
pip install something-x

Fedora 39+

sudo dnf install python3-gobject python3-dbus python3-cairo gtk4 libadwaita
pip install something-x

NixOS

nix run github:SoaOaoS/something-x

A flake.nix is included for reproducible builds.

Run from source

git clone https://github.com/SoaOaoS/something-x
cd something-x
pip install -e .
something-x

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Usage

GUI

something-x

1. Splash — animated intro, main window appears after ~2 s
2. Home — lists all paired Bluetooth devices; Nothing / CMF devices get a NOTHING badge
3. Scan — tap SCAN FOR DEVICES to run a 30 s BlueZ discovery
4. Device page — tap a card to open controls:
   • Battery rings (L / R / Case) update in real time
   • ANC and EQ apply immediately over RFCOMM and are saved to your profile
   • Volume slider drives the A2DP sink via pactl
   • Firmware version and serial number appear after RFCOMM connects
5. Close — hides to background; run something-x again to reopen

CLI

Control your earbuds without opening the GUI:

# Battery levels
something-x --battery

# ANC mode
something-x --anc off
something-x --anc on
something-x --anc transparency

# EQ preset
something-x --eq balanced
something-x --eq bass
something-x --eq treble
something-x --eq voice

# Combine
something-x --anc on --eq bass

# Target a specific device by address
something-x --device AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --battery

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Development releases

The develop branch publishes pre-release builds to PyPI automatically as something-x-dev:

pip install something-x-dev
something-x-dev

Dev builds use version numbers like 1.3.0.dev42. Not for production use.

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Releases & versioning

Pushing to main triggers automatic versioning, a GitHub Release, a PyPI publish, and an AUR update — all from Conventional Commits:

Commit prefix	Version bump
feat!: / BREAKING CHANGE:	Major x.0.0
feat:	Minor 1.x.0
fix: / perf: / refactor:	Patch 1.0.x
docs: / chore: / style: / ci: / test:	No release

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Architecture

nothing_app/
├── application.py   Adw.Application — lifecycle, CSS, CLI arg handling, background mode
├── window.py        AdwNavigationView — home ↔ device routing, RFCOMM auto-connect manager
├── bluetooth.py     BlueZ D-Bus manager — device discovery, connect/disconnect signals
├── protocol.py      Nothing Ear 0x55 RFCOMM protocol (reverse-engineered from APK)
├── profiles.py      Per-device ANC/EQ persistence (~/.config/something-x/profiles.json)
├── splash.py        Animated splash screen (Cairo, typewriter, ripple rings)
├── data/
│   └── style.css    Glass-morphism CSS theme
└── pages/
    ├── home.py      Device list + scan button
    └── device.py    ANC / EQ / volume / settings + Cairo earbud visual

Protocol

Frame format: [SOF=0x55][ctrl:2 LE][cmd:2 LE][len:2 LE][FSN:1][payload][CRC16:2 LE]

All outgoing frames use ctrl=0x0160 with CRC16-ARC. The device silently drops SET commands if any frame in the session was sent without CRC.

Enable raw frame logging:

SOMETHING_X_DEBUG=1 something-x

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Contributing

The RFCOMM protocol in nothing_app/protocol.py is reverse-engineered from the official Android APK. If your device uses different command IDs, channels, or ANC values, patches are very welcome — please include the raw RFCOMM dump (SOMETHING_X_DEBUG=1) in your issue or PR.

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License

MIT