halo/LinkLiar

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1486 stars · 89 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

LinkLiar is a free, open-source macOS status menu application written in Swift for spoofing the MAC addresses of Wi-Fi and Ethernet interfaces. It runs a small daemon with administrator privileges to randomize or set link-layer addresses, protecting users from MAC-based tracking.

Use cases

• randomize my mac's wifi mac address for privacy
• prevent tracking via mac address in public networks
• spoof ethernet mac address on macos with a gui
• change mac address without using terminal commands
• automatically re-randomize mac address on network changes

When to choose

• you want a simple GUI instead of manual ifconfig commands
• you need MAC spoofing specifically on macOS
• you prefer open-source tools you can audit
• you want automatic randomization of interface addresses

When to avoid

• you need MAC spoofing on Linux or Windows
• you use a 2018 MacBook where macOS prevents MAC changes
• you need a cross-platform or command-line-only solution
• you cannot grant administrator privileges to the app

Facets

application · maturity active

security privacy gui networking privacy networking security apple-ecosystem mac-address-spoofing wifi ethernet status-menu-app swift anonymity network-privacy macos desktop

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markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="halo/LinkLiar")