balena-os/wifi-connect
Easy WiFi setup for Linux devices from your mobile phone or laptop observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
79/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 6.0
- age_days: 4093
- days_rel: 407
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 25
Adoption not part of the score
1503 stars · 401 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
WiFi Connect is a Rust utility that lets users configure WiFi credentials on Linux devices through a captive portal. The device creates a WiFi access point; connecting from a phone or laptop opens a portal where users pick a network and enter a passphrase.
Use cases
- set up wifi on a headless raspberry pi without a keyboard
- configure wifi credentials on an iot device from my phone
- add a captive portal wifi onboarding flow to a linux device
- let end users connect my embedded device to their home wifi
- provision wifi on balenaOS or NetworkManager-based devices
- avoid hardcoding wifi credentials into device images
When to choose
- your Linux device uses NetworkManager and needs easy wifi provisioning
- you run headless IoT devices like Raspberry Pis with no display or keyboard
- you want a phone-based captive portal setup experience out of the box
When to avoid
- your host OS does not use NetworkManager as its network manager
- you need wifi setup on non-Linux platforms like macOS or Windows
- you need a full network configuration tool beyond wifi credentials
Facets
application · maturity active
networking configuration-management http-server cli iot networking embedded-systems self-hosted cli embedded iot wifi-setup captive-portal wifi-hotspot networkmanager raspberry-pi headless-devices linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/balena-os/wifi-connect · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1931f4872481
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| balena-os/wifi-connect | main | 79 |
For agents
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