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====== ADS-B Service List ======

This work-in-progress document will list all of the ADS-B services from around the internet (as well from the [[flight:adsb|OARC tracker]]!) that you can feed data too. They all have advantages and disadvantages according to services provided, what you get for feeding, and your moral choices (as you'll see).

Links are provided to where you'll find install information for feeding each website, although you'll have to pick an appropriate path depending on your setup. For most people this will be readsb + individual install scripts for each website, rather than using a full image from a particular website like FR24 - it's the best way to manage things.

===== Commercial =====

  * [[https://www.flightradar24.com/|FlightRadar 24]]
  * [[https://uk.flightaware.com/|FlightAware]]
  * [[https://planefinder.net/|PlaneFinder]]
  * [[https://www.radarbox.com/|RadarBox]]
  * [[https://www.adsbexchange.com/|ADS-B Exchange]]
  * [[https://www.avdelphi.com/index.html|AvDelphi]]
  * [[https://www.radarvirtuel.com/|RadarVirtuel]]
  * [[https://radarplane.com/|RadarPlane]]

===== Open Source =====

This side of the community can get a little weird. People fall out with each other, projects split, projects merge. Here's the current state of the open-source replacements to ADSB Exchange after that site got sold and what the various people involved created. All use the ADSB Exchange software stack and support MLAT.

  * [[https://adsb.fi|ADSB.fi]] seems to be the biggest replacement to ADSB Exchange and has a decent feeder community now. There was talk of a merger with another site (see below) but this may be on hold now. It is probably still worth feeding them if you're just interested in the largest community right now.[[https://github.com/adsbfi/adsb-fi-scripts|Instructions]]

  * [[https://adsb.lol|ADSB.lol]] [[https://www.adsb.lol/docs/overview/introduction/|Instructions]]

  * [[https://airplanes.live|Airplanes.live]] is the result of a merger between adsb.one (a site that sprang up straight after the ADSB Exchange sale) and adsb.fi, only that hasn't really gone through yet and nobody really knows if adsb.fi will eventually join them. There was a falling out over control and management of parts of the new organisation, so now it seems like the project is just adsb.one on its own with a new name. [[https://airplanes.live/get-started/|Instructions]]
===== Non-Profits =====

  * [[https://opensky-network.org/|OpenSky Network]]

The OpenSky Network is officially an academic research project. However, it is supported by some defence companies as well. They don't support MLAT and have a custom feeder client.[[https://opensky-network.org/community/projects/30-dump1090-feeder|Instructions]]
===== Community-Driven =====

  * [[https://www.adsbhub.org/|ADSBHub]]

ADSBHub is a community-driven aggregator that has its own custom feeder client but no MLAT support.
[[https://www.adsbhub.org/howtofeed.php|Instructions]]

  * [[https://theairtraffic.com/|TheAirTraffic]]

TheAirTraffic is run by the chap behind the ElonJet service who were famously tracking Elon Musk's jet. It uses the ADS-B Exchange codebase and supports MLAT.
[[https://theairtraffic.com/feed/|Instructions]]

  * [[https://www.planespotters.net/|Planespotters]]

PlaneSpotters is a civil aviation database with a focus on photographs and registration info. They are based off the ADSB Exchange software stack and support MLAT.[[https://www.planespotters.net/how-to-feed|Instructions]]


  * [[https://plane.watch/|Plane.watch]]

This site seems to make it incredibly difficult to sign up to feed them, and they're a pretty small site. Your call. [[https://sdr-enthusiasts.gitbook.io/ads-b/feeder-containers/feeding-plane-watch|Instructions]]