# sdushantha/wifi-password

Quickly fetch your WiFi password and if needed, generate a QR code of your WiFi to allow phones to easily connect

Repository: https://github.com/sdushantha/wifi-password
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sdushantha-wifi-password
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wifi, commandline, qrcode, network, windows, linux, python, wifi-network, macos, python3
Last push: 2022-12-26T19:10:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2046, "days_push": 1346, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3152, forks 360 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:46.207542+00:00)

## What it is
A Python command-line tool that quickly retrieves the password of the WiFi network you are connected to (or a previously connected SSID). It can also generate a QR code, shown in the terminal or saved as an image, so phones can easily join the network.

## Use cases
- find my wifi password from the command line
- generate a QR code so guests can connect to my wifi
- list all saved wifi networks and their SSIDs
- retrieve the password for a previously connected wifi network
- share wifi credentials with a phone by scanning a QR code

## When to choose
- you need to quickly recover a saved WiFi password on macOS, Linux, or Windows
- you want to share WiFi access with phones via a scannable QR code
- you prefer a lightweight pip-installable CLI over digging through system settings

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux without NetworkManager, which the tool requires
- you need to manage or change WiFi connections, not just read stored passwords
- you need a GUI application for non-technical users

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, networking, security
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: wifi, qrcode, network-credentials, python3, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- sdushantha/wifi-password (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.207542+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:25:41.665725+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sdushantha/wifi-password (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.207542+00:00, sha d34727751fc6)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/wifi-password/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:19.600108+00:00, sha 43adfd40d89e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.