FareBot

Read your remaining balance, recent trips, and other information from contactless public transit cards using your NFC-enabled device.

FareBot runs on:

• Android — built-in NFC (6.0+)
• iOS — built-in NFC (iPhone 7+)
• macOS (experimental) — PC/SC smart card readers or PN533 USB NFC readers
• Web (experimental) — PN533 USB NFC readers (Chrome/Edge/Opera)

Download

• Android: Coming soon on Google Play
• iOS: Coming soon on the App Store
• Web: farebot-web.vercel.app
• Build from source: See Building

Written By

• Eric Butler eric@codebutler.com

Thanks To

Note

Huge thanks to the Metrodroid project, a fork of FareBot that added support for many additional transit systems. All features as of v3.1.0 (04a603ba) have been backported.

• Karl Koscher (ORCA)
• Sean Cross (CEPAS/EZ-Link)
• Anonymous Contributor (Clipper)
• nfc-felica and IC SFCard Fan projects (Suica)
• Wilbert Duijvenvoorde (MIFARE Classic/OV-chipkaart)
• tbonang (NETS FlashPay)
• Marcelo Liberato (Bilhete Unico)
• Lauri Andler (HSL)
• Michael Farrell (Opal, Manly Fast Ferry, Go card, Myki, Octopus)
• Rob O'Regan (Manly Fast Ferry card image)
• b33f (EasyCard)
• Bondan Sumbodo (Kartu Multi Trip, COMMET)

Supported Cards

Asia

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
Beijing Municipal Card	Beijing, China	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
City Union	China	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
Edy	Japan	FeliCa	✅	✅	✅	✅
EZ-Link	Singapore	CEPAS	✅	✅	✅	✅
Kartu Multi Trip	Jakarta, Indonesia	FeliCa	✅	✅	✅	✅
KomuterLink	Malaysia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
NETS FlashPay	Singapore	CEPAS	✅	✅	✅	✅
Octopus	Hong Kong	FeliCa	✅	✅	✅	✅
One Card All Pass	South Korea	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
Shanghai Public Transportation Card	Shanghai, China	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
Shenzhen Tong	Shenzhen, China	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
Suica / ICOCA / PASMO	Japan	FeliCa	✅	✅	✅	✅
T-money	South Korea	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
T-Union	China	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
Touch 'n Go	Malaysia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Wuhan Tong	Wuhan, China	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅

Australia & New Zealand

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
Adelaide Metrocard	Adelaide, SA	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
BUSIT	Waikato, NZ	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Manly Fast Ferry	Sydney, NSW	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Metrocard	Christchurch, NZ	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Myki	Melbourne, VIC	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
Opal	Sydney, NSW	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
Otago GoCard	Otago, NZ	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
SeqGo	Queensland	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
SmartRide	Rotorua, NZ	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
SmartRider	Perth, WA	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Snapper	Wellington, NZ	ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅

Europe

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
Bonobus	Cadiz, Spain	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Carta Mobile	Pisa, Italy	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Envibus	Sophia Antipolis, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
HSL	Helsinki, Finland	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
KorriGo	Brittany, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Leap	Dublin, Ireland	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
Lisboa Viva	Lisbon, Portugal	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Mobib	Brussels, Belgium	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Navigo	Paris, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
OuRA	Grenoble, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
OV-chipkaart	Netherlands	Classic 🔒 / Ultralight	✅	✅³	✅	✅
Oyster	London, UK	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Pass Pass	Hauts-de-France, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Pastel	Toulouse, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Rejsekort	Denmark	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
RicaricaMi	Milan, Italy	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
SLaccess	Stockholm, Sweden	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
TaM	Montpellier, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Tampere	Tampere, Finland	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
Tartu Bus	Tartu, Estonia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
TransGironde	Gironde, France	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Västtrafik	Gothenburg, Sweden	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Venezia Unica	Venice, Italy	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Waltti	Finland	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
Warsaw	Warsaw, Poland	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅

Middle East & Africa

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
Gautrain	Gauteng, South Africa	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Hafilat	Abu Dhabi, UAE	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
Metro Q	Qatar	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
RavKav	Israel	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅

North America

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
Charlie Card	Boston, MA	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Clipper	San Francisco, CA	DESFire / Ultralight	✅	✅	✅	✅
Compass	Vancouver, Canada	Ultralight	✅	✅	✅	✅
LAX TAP	Los Angeles, CA	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
MSP GoTo	Minneapolis, MN	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Opus	Montreal, Canada	ISO 7816 (Calypso)	✅	✅	✅	✅
ORCA	Seattle, WA	DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
Ventra	Chicago, IL	Ultralight	✅	✅	✅	✅

Russia & Former Soviet Union

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
Crimea Trolleybus Card	Crimea	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Ekarta	Yekaterinburg, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Electronic Barnaul	Barnaul, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Kazan	Kazan, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Kirov transport card	Kirov, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Krasnodar ETK	Krasnodar, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Kyiv Digital	Kyiv, Ukraine	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Kyiv Metro	Kyiv, Ukraine	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
MetroMoney	Tbilisi, Georgia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
OMKA	Omsk, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Orenburg EKG	Orenburg, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Parus school card	Crimea	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Penza transport card	Penza, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Podorozhnik	St. Petersburg, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Samara ETK	Samara, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
SitiCard	Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
SitiCard (Vladimir)	Vladimir, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Strizh	Izhevsk, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Troika	Moscow, Russia	Classic 🔒 / Ultralight	✅	✅³	✅	✅
YarGor	Yaroslavl, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Yaroslavl ETK	Yaroslavl, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Yoshkar-Ola transport card	Yoshkar-Ola, Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Zolotaya Korona	Russia	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅

South America

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
Bilhete Único	São Paulo, Brazil	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Bip!	Santiago, Chile	Classic 🔒	✅¹	❌	✅	✅

Taiwan

Card	Location	Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
EasyCard	Taipei	Classic 🔒 / DESFire	✅	✅⁴	✅	✅

Identification Only (Serial Number)

These cards can be detected and identified, but their data is locked or not stored on-card:

Card	Location	Protocol	Reason	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
AT HOP	Auckland, NZ	DESFire	Locked	✅	✅	✅	✅
Holo	Oahu, HI	DESFire	Not stored on card	✅	✅	✅	✅
Istanbul Kart	Istanbul, Turkey	DESFire	Locked	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nextfare DESFire	Various	DESFire	Locked	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nol	Dubai, UAE	DESFire	Locked	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nortic	Scandinavia	DESFire	Locked	✅	✅	✅	✅
Presto	Ontario, Canada	DESFire	Locked	✅	✅	✅	✅
Strelka	Moscow Region, Russia	Classic 🔒	Locked	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
Sun Card	Orlando, FL	Classic 🔒	Locked	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
TPF	Fribourg, Switzerland	DESFire	Locked	✅	✅	✅	✅
TriMet Hop	Portland, OR	DESFire	Not stored on card	✅	✅	✅	✅

Platform Compatibility

Protocol	Android	iOS	macOS	Web
CEPAS	✅	✅	✅	✅
FeliCa	✅	✅	✅	✅
ISO 7816	✅	✅	✅	✅
MIFARE Classic	✅¹	❌	✅	✅
MIFARE DESFire	✅	✅	✅	✅
MIFARE Ultralight	✅	✅	✅	✅
NFC-V / Vicinity	✅	✅	✅²	❌

¹ Requires NXP NFC chip — most Samsung and some other Android devices use non-NXP controllers and cannot read MIFARE Classic. ² PC/SC readers only. PN533-based USB readers do not support NFC-V. ³ Ultralight variant only. ⁴ DESFire variant only. 🔒 Requires encryption keys — see Cards Requiring Keys.

Cards Requiring Keys

Some MIFARE Classic cards require encryption keys to read. You can obtain keys using a Flipper Zero, Proxmark3, or MFOC. These include:

• Bilhete Único
• Charlie Card
• EasyCard (older MIFARE Classic variant)
• OV-chipkaart
• Oyster
• And most other MIFARE Classic-based cards

Flipper Zero Integration

FareBot supports connecting to a Flipper Zero to browse and import NFC card dumps and MIFARE Classic key dictionaries.

Platform	USB	Bluetooth
Android	Yes	Yes
iOS	—	Yes
macOS	Yes	—
Web	Yes	Yes

From the home screen menu, tap Flipper Zero to connect via USB serial or Bluetooth Low Energy, browse the /ext/nfc file system, select card dump files (.nfc), and import them into your card history. You can also import the Flipper user key dictionary (mf_classic_dict_user.nfc) into the app's global key store, which is used as a fallback when reading MIFARE Classic cards.

Building

$ git clone https://github.com/codebutler/farebot.git
$ cd farebot
$ make              # show all targets

Command	Description
make android	Build Android debug APK
make android-install	Build and install on connected Android device (via adb)
make ios	Build iOS app for physical device
make ios-sim	Build iOS app for simulator
make ios-install	Build and install on connected iOS device (auto-detects device)
make desktop	Run macOS desktop app (experimental)
make web	Build web app (experimental, WebAssembly)
make web-run	Run web app dev server with hot reload
make test	Run all tests
make clean	Clean all build artifacts

A development container is available for sandboxed development with Claude Code.

Tech Stack

• Kotlin 2.3.0 (Multiplatform)
• Compose Multiplatform (shared UI)
• Koin (dependency injection)
• kotlinx.serialization (serialization)
• kotlinx-datetime (date/time)
• SQLDelight (database)

Project Structure

• base/ — Core utilities, MDST reader, ByteArray extensions
• card/ — Shared card abstractions
• card/*/ — Card protocol implementations (classic, desfire, felica, etc.)
• transit/ — Shared transit abstractions (Trip, Station, TransitInfo, etc.)
• transit/*/ — Transit system implementations (one per system)
• flipper/ — Flipper Zero integration (RPC client, transport abstractions, parsers)
• app/ — KMP app framework (UI, ViewModels, DI, platform code)
• app/android/ — Android app shell (Activities, manifest, resources)
• app/ios/ — iOS app shell (Swift entry point, assets, config)
• app/desktop/ — macOS desktop app (experimental, PC/SC + PN533 + RC-S956 USB NFC)
• app/web/ — Web app (experimental, WebAssembly via Kotlin/Wasm)

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.