Setup Downloaders - Followers
Smartwatches
See the dedicated page here.
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Note:
indicates applications compliant to Nightscout access tokens.
Android
xDrip
xDrip is the reference open source diabetes app for Android: it collects data from a wide range of CGM sensors and sources, uploads to Nightscout and can also follow your Nightscout site. Actively developed by the community, it offers alarms, smartwatch integration, calibrations, statistics and much more.
Select the Nightscout Follower data source and type your Nightscout URL:
Example: https://name.domain.tld
For a secured site add the token and @ before:
Example: https://token@name.domain.tld
Facebook group xDrip
AAPSClient
AAPSClient is the open source follower app for AndroidAPS users: it displays the loop status (glucose, IOB, COB, basal) from Nightscout. Ready-to-install APKs are available from the releases page; only for remote controlling AAPS (sending treatments and commands to the looping phone) do you need to build AAPSClient yourself, like AndroidAPS.
Facebook group AndroidAPS Users
Enhance-d : The Diabetes and Exercise App
Commercial app combining diabetes and exercise data, pulling glucose and carbohydrates from Nightscout. Available on Google Play and the App Store.
GlucoDataHandler
Available in Google Play store.
Receives glucose, IOB and COB values from Nightscout (pebble interface).
GlucoDataAuto for Android Auto.
Nightwatch (Google Play Store)
Monitor your Nightscout glucose levels at night: dark UI, large readings and buttons.
Sugar Sense
Real-time glucose from Nightscout on Android and Wear OS, with home screen widgets, alerts and family following. Get it on Google Play, setup guide.
Nightwatch (legacy)
CGM data on your Android Phone and Android Wear Watch!
Nightwatch is not maintained anymore and might not work with recent Android versions. Switching to xDrip is recommended.
Glimp (legacy)
Glimp was a closed source Libre reader app with Nightscout support. It is legacy: the application is not available anymore.
Diabox (legacy)
Diabox was a closed source app for Libre sensors with a Nightscout follower mode. The project is legacy and not maintained anymore.
iOS
Nightscout X
Nightguard
Open source iOS and watchOS client for Nightscout: current glucose and chart on iPhone and Apple Watch, with alarms, complications and a today widget. Actively maintained by the Nightscout community on GitHub.
Nightscouter
Open source native iOS app for displaying Nightscout data, able to follow several sites at once. Distributed through TestFlight and only minimally maintained. GitHub
Loop Follow
Open source follower app designed for caregivers of Loop and Trio users: glucose with IOB, COB and loop status from Nightscout, powerful alarms, calendar complications for the Apple Watch and remote commands. Built with the Loop and Learn team, source on GitHub.
Spike (legacy)
Spike was an open source iOS CGM app with Nightscout follower mode. The project is legacy and not maintained anymore; installation is no longer practical. Use xDrip4iOS instead.
xDrip4iOS
Open source iOS CGM app (GitHub) supporting many sensors, with Nightscout upload and follower modes, alarms and Apple Watch support.
Set xDrip4iOS to follower mode and enable Nightscout, type your Nightscout URL. If you’re using a secured Nightscout site, enter your token in the matching field.
Facebook group xDrip4iOS
sugarmate
Important limitation
Sugarmate doesn’t allow Nightscout as a data source if you included bridge in ENABLE.
If you need this data source: enable obscuration variables.
Commercial app: add Nightscout as a data source and type your Nightscout URL.
Diabetes Cockpit
Gluco-Tracker
Sugar Sense
Real-time glucose from Nightscout on iPhone and Apple Watch, with widgets, alerts and family following. Download on the App Store, setup guide.
Mac
Owlet
This is a cross-platform application that uses the Nightscout API. It aims to provide a lightweight interface for visualizing T1D measurements (blood sugar levels) and is always placed on top of your screens.
trndi
Trndi is a desktop app that shows your blood sugar and graph. It works with Nightscout and Dexcom Share at the moment. It also supports the xDrip app, connecting over the local network/Wi-Fi.
GlucoseBar
Show your current BG in the menu bar and a nice chart for your historic data. Also available on the Apple App Store.
BitBar Nightscout
Open source BitBar/SwiftBar plugin showing blood sugar history and live data in the macOS menu bar.
Windows
FloatingGlucose (archived)
Owlet
This is a cross-platform application that uses the Nightscout API. It aims to provide a lightweight interface for visualizing T1D measurements (blood sugar levels) and is always placed on top of your screens.
trndi
Trndi is a desktop app that shows your blood sugar and graph. It works with Nightscout and Dexcom Share at the moment. It also supports the xDrip app, connecting over the local network/Wi-Fi.
trndi-cli
Trndi-cli is a terminal companion to Trndi that shows your blood sugar in the console: a one-line reading, an interactive graph mode, sparklines for status bars and statistics. It works with Nightscout, Dexcom, FreeStyle Libre, Tandem Source, CareLink and xDrip.
NS2Win
NS2Win is an open source Rainmeter skin displaying your Nightscout glucose on the Windows desktop.
GlucoseTray
GlucoseTray is a desktop app that shows your blood sugar in the icon tray. It works with Nightscout and Dexcom Share at the moment.
Trayscout
Trayscout is a desktop app that shows your blood sugar and graph in xdrip style. It works with Nightscout.
Linux
Owlet
This is a cross-platform application that uses the Nightscout API. It aims to provide a lightweight interface for visualizing T1D measurements (blood sugar levels) and is always placed on top of your screens.
trndi
Trndi is a desktop app that shows the your blood sugar and graph. It works with Nightscout and Dexcom Share at the moment. It also supports the xDrip app, connecting over the local network/Wi-Fi.
trndi-cli
Trndi-cli is a terminal companion to Trndi that shows your blood sugar in the console: a one-line reading, an interactive graph mode, sparklines for status bars and statistics. It works with Nightscout, Dexcom, FreeStyle Libre, Tandem Source, CareLink and xDrip.
Displays
M5Stack NightscoutMon
Facebook group M5STACK NIGHTSCOUT
M5Stick NightscoutMon
BGBuddy
SugarPiDisplay
Raspberry Pi with trndi
See here.
