# calebmadrigal/trackerjacker

Like nmap for mapping wifi networks you're not connected to, plus device tracking

Repository: https://github.com/calebmadrigal/trackerjacker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/trackerjacker
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacking, wireless, python, scapy, network, packets
Last push: 2026-03-22T01:37:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3545, "days_push": 165, "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 2739, forks 194 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:16.427663+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool that maps nearby WiFi networks and their connected devices via raw 802.11 monitor-mode packet capture, similar to nmap but for networks you're not connected to. It also tracks devices by MAC address and can trigger alerts or commands based on traffic thresholds or signal strength.

## Use cases
- map nearby wifi networks and list devices connected to each
- track when a specific device (by MAC address) is nearby and alert me
- run a command when a device exceeds a bandwidth threshold
- find which device is hogging bandwidth on a network
- deauth devices that exceed a traffic limit
- detect unknown devices appearing nearby by signal strength

## When to choose
- you need to survey WiFi networks and their clients without connecting to them
- you want scriptable, threshold-based alerts or actions on wireless device activity
- you're doing wireless security assessments or device presence tracking on Linux

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI-based WiFi scanner
- you're on Windows or need broad platform support
- you need passive monitoring without monitor-mode/monitoring privileges on your wireless card

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, networking, monitoring, alerting, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: python, cli
- tags: wifi, 80211, wireless-scanning, device-tracking, packet-capture, scapy, deauth, mac-monitoring, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- calebmadrigal/trackerjacker (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.427663+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 2026-08-30T08:19:11.575318+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/calebmadrigal/trackerjacker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.427663+00:00, sha 52340bdc93a1)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/trackerjacker/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:57:22.355950+00:00, sha 0752e83951d9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.