# rauchg/wifi-password

Get the password of the wifi you're on (bash)

Repository: https://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wifi-password
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-06-13T19:16:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4218, "days_push": 811, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4569, forks 264 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.590498+00:00)

## What it is
A small bash script that prints the password of the Wi-Fi network you're currently connected to, or a specified SSID, on macOS. It can be installed via Homebrew, bpkg, zsh plugin managers, or curl.

## Use cases
- quickly share the wifi password with guests
- retrieve the password of the network i'm connected to
- look up a saved wifi password by ssid
- pipe the wifi password to clipboard with pbcopy

## When to choose
- you're on macOS and need the current Wi-Fi password from the terminal
- you want a tiny zero-dependency shell script

## When to avoid
- you're on Windows or Linux (use the Windows fork or other tools)
- you need to manage or change Wi-Fi settings, not just read passwords

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, networking
- platform: cli
- tags: wifi, shell-script, password-retrieval, network-utilities, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- rauchg/wifi-password (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.590498+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 2026-08-29T18:19:57.647566+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.590498+00:00, sha 7ca6b8ad2d2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.