go-haystack

An easy-to-use and easy-to-setup custom FindMy network using OpenHaystack using macless-haystack but with tools written in Go, no Python required.

Supported hardware

This package supports using firmware written using TinyGo and the TinyGo Bluetooth package. As a result, any of the hardware devices supported should work:

• Adafruit Bluefruit boards using nRF SoftDevice - https://github.com/tinygo-org/bluetooth?tab=readme-ov-file#adafruit-bluefruit-boards
• BBC Microbit using nRF SoftDevice - https://github.com/tinygo-org/bluetooth?tab=readme-ov-file#bbc-microbit
• Other Nordic Semi SoftDevice boards - https://github.com/tinygo-org/bluetooth?tab=readme-ov-file#flashing-the-softdevice-on-other-boards
• Boards using the NINA-FW with an ESP32 co-processor - https://github.com/tinygo-org/bluetooth?tab=readme-ov-file#esp32-nina
• Boards such as the RP2040 Pico-W using the CYW43439 co-processor - https://github.com/tinygo-org/bluetooth?tab=readme-ov-file#cyw43439-rp2040-w

You can also use the same code to run on Linux for your Raspberry Pi or other embedded system with Bluetooth available using BlueZ.

How to install

Apple ID

Apple-ID with 2FA enabled. Only sms/text message as second factor is supported!

anisette-v3-server

1. Start anisette-v3-server

docker network create mh-network
docker run -d --restart always --name anisette -p 6969:6969 --volume anisette-v3_data:/home/Alcoholic/.config/anisette-v3 --network mh-network dadoum/anisette-v3-server

2. Start and set up your Macless Haystack endpoint in interactive mode:

docker run -it --restart unless-stopped --name macless-haystack -p 6176:6176 --volume mh_data:/app/endpoint/data --network mh-network christld/macless-haystack

You will be asked for your Apple-ID, password and your 2FA. If you see serving at port 6176 over HTTP you have all set up correctly

3. Restart macless-haystack server

docker restart macless-haystack

See https://github.com/dchristl/macless-haystack/blob/main/README.md#server-setup for the original instructions.

install go-haystack

Install the go-haystack command line tool

go install github.com/hybridgroup/go-haystack

How to use

1. Generate keys for a device

go-haystack -name=DEVICENAME

2. Flash the hardware with the target name of your device and those keys

For example:

./flash.sh nano-rp2040 DEVICENAME.keys

3. Upload the JSON file for that device to your running instance of macless-haystack using the web UI.

Your data may appear

Eventually, if there are iPhone devices in range of your beacons, they will appear in your macless-haystack data.

Have fun, be good!