stuartf/wifi-password

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

wifi-password

Quickly fetch your WiFi password and if needed, generate a QR code of your WiFi to allow phones to easily connect.
Works on macOS and Linux and Windows

Installation

Requirements

Linux requires wireless-tools to fucntion. Ensure it is installed on your machine:
Arch/Manjaro:

$ sudo pacman -Syu wireless_tools

Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

Install using pip

$ python3 -m pip install --user wifi-password

Install using git

$ git clone https://github.com/sdushantha/wifi-password
$ cd wifi-password
$ python3 setup.py install

Usage

$ wifi-password
usage: wifi_password [options]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --qrcode, -q          Generate a QR code
  --image, -i           Create the QR code as image instead of showing it on the terminal (must be useed along with --qrcode)
  --ssid SSID, -s SSID  Specify a SSID that you have previously connected to
  --version             Show version number

Reference

• This project is an improvement of wifi-password created by @rauchg, where I have added support for multiple platforms and have added the feature for generating QR codes.
• wifiPassword created by @ankitjain28may was frequently used as reference throughout the development of this project.