PlotLost · Amateur Radio · Debian

DigiHub

A digital-mode amateur radio hub for an existing Debian system.

One configuration for your station.

DigiHub brings together callsign lookup, GPS and Maidenhead location, digital modes, rig control and a browser interface. Configure it from a terminal or your browser. It installs onto an existing system rather than supplying a fixed SD-card image.

Requires 64-bit Debian 13 (Trixie), sudo access and a network connection. The project documents testing on Raspberry Pi, ClockworkPi uConsole and WSL2. WSL2’s default kernel does not support the AX.25 node mode.

Download & install

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Install using the PlotLost-hosted repository:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install git
git clone https://www.plotlost.com/static/downloads/DigiHubHam.git
cd DigiHubHam
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Alternatively, extract the source ZIP, open its DigiHubHam folder in a terminal, then run chmod +x install.sh followed by ./install.sh. Use ./install.sh nodb for manual callsign entry where lookup is unavailable. The installer downloads its required third-party dependencies.

New installations from this download use PlotLost for dhupdate. Existing GitHub installations must run the updated scripts/dhupdate from this download once to switch their updater.

Getting started

Open http://<digihub-host>:8080/ on your trusted local network. Edit settings with dhedit or the Configuration page. Use dhmode to select modes, and man <command> for command help. The browser’s Manual page also contains the command reference.

The web interface has no authentication and is intended for a trusted local network only. Do not expose it to the internet. The optional browser terminal also has no login and is off by default.

Full instructions and project credits

By PlotLost, W0FFS. DigiHub brings together independent projects including Direwolf, hamdb, Hamlib, Pat, ardopcf, FLDigi and others; see the guide for attribution. Third-party components retain their own licenses.