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argilo / secplus

secplus

A software implementation of the Security+ system used by garage door openers

2Distinct people
6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
319GitHub stars
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What it is

A software implementation of the Security+ system used by garage door openers

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Where it is used

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 12:54:37 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by month6 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-11-08 15:42:47 UTC to 2024-09-05 13:02:30 UTC.

0122023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsNov 20232023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 20242024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 2024

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Jan 20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC202
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Sep 20242024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Left out is a bit of the saga of ratgdo and that it's not actually open source hardware. There is a separate effort in that space - https://github.com/Kaldek/rat-ratgdo I have no issues with closed hardware and making money. However, the ratgdo maintainer will actively delete any references to other alternatives which I think is poor form and leaves a bad taste. Especially since his product relies so heavily on other open-source such as esphome, as well as the Security+2.0 protocol work that is out there (eg. https://github.com/argilo/secplus )
In I added a ratgdo to my garage door, and I don't know why I waited so long
This sounds like HomeLink and is indeed more complex. My understanding of it is that they partner with lots of companies to support their rolling/fixed codes and remotes so that they can be paired to your garage door. I linked this in a sub comment, but the largest garage door maker in the US is Chamberlain [0] (which owns a ton of other brands) and uses known rolling code algorithms that can be decoded. [1] [0] https://www.chamberlain.com/ [1] https://github.com/argilo/secplus
In Reverse engineering a car key fob signal
While rolling codes can be secure (KeeLoq [0] is a more secure example but has it's own issues), this [1] is an example of some of the weaknesses that can happen if a rolling code algorithm is broken. I have personally been able to capture, decode, encode, and transmit garage door codes using that python script and a HackRF (which can also be done with a flipper and custom firmware). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeeLoq [1] https://github.com/argilo/secplus
In Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks
For Chamberlain brands [0] there is some research that shows that their rolling code system (Security+ and Security+ 2.0) is quite easy to decode/decrypt [1]. This feature is supported in the flipper firmware, but is restricted (you can't create a custom remote, only clone is supported) without custom firmware. However, I'm sure you could decode a raw capture file if needed in a pinch. [0] https://chamberlaingroup.com/our-brands [1] https://github.com/argilo/secplus
In Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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