ESP32 Bit Pirate

ESP32 Bit Pirate is open-source firmware that turns your device into a multi-protocol development and analysis tool, inspired by the legendary Bus Pirate.

It supports sniffing, sending, scripting, and interacting with various digital protocols (I2C, UART, 1-Wire, SPI, etc.) via a serial terminal or web-based CLI. It also communicates with radio protocols like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Sub-GHz, LoRa and RFID.

The official project website centralizes everything: ESP32 Bit Pirate Website.

From there you can install the firmware, open the web tools, follow hardware guides, explore recipes, and access the documentation.

Features

• Interactive command-line interface (CLI) via USB Serial or WiFi Web.

• Modes for:

  • HiZ (default)
  • I2C (scan, glitch, slave mode, dump, eeprom)
  • SPI (eeprom, flash, sdcard, slave mode)
  • UART / Half-Duplex UART (bridge, read, write)
  • 1WIRE (ibutton, eeprom)
  • 2WIRE (sniff, smartcard) / 3WIRE (eeprom)
  • DIO (Digital I/O, read, pullup, set, pwm)
  • Infrared (send, record, universal remote)
  • USB (HID, flashrom, storage, usb-uart)
  • Bluetooth (BLE HID, scan, spoofing, sniffing)
  • Wi-Fi / Ethernet (sniff, deauth, nmap, netcat)
  • JTAG (scan, SWD, openOCD)
  • LED (animations, set LEDs)
  • I2S (test speakers, mic, play sound)
  • CAN (sniff, send and receive frames)
  • SUBGHZ (analyze, record, replay)
  • RFID (read, write, clone)
  • RF24 (scan, send, receive)
  • FM (analyze, broadcast)
  • CELL (dump sim card, sms, call)
  • LORA (sniff, payload, meshtatic)

• Protocol sniffers I2C, UART, SPI, 1Wire, 2wire, CAN, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SubGhz.

• Baudrate auto-detection, AT commands and various tools for UART.

• Registers manipulation, EEPROM dump tools, identify devices for I2C.

• Read all sort of EEPROM, Flash and various others tools for SPI.

• Scripting using Bus Pirate-style bytecode instructions or Python.

• Infrared support with more than 80 protocols.

• Direct I/O management, PWM, servo, GPIOs state.

• Analyze radio signals and frequencies on every bands.

• Near than 50 addressable LEDs protocols supported.

• Pirate assistant to help you with the firmware.

• USB-Uart dongle, SPI programmer, logic analyzer, ESP-SDR and more.

• Web Serial tools to use USB Serial over a web browser.

Supported Devices

All boards listed below offer the exact same Bit Pirate features, with no differences in functionality or development status. Some features may require additional hardware.