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=== A new Wi-Fi management utility: wutil Links: + link:https://github.com/MainKt/wutil[source code] URL: link:https://github.com/MainKt/wutil[] + link:https://www.freshports.org/net/wutil[port] URL: link:https://www.freshports.org/net/wutil[] Contact: Muhammad Saheed <[email protected]> + package:net/wutil[] is a Wi-Fi management utility that supports most man:wpa_supplicant[8] station-mode operations (scanning, connecting or disconnecting from wireless networks, and managing known networks, etc.), accessible with much nicer interfaces. It also automatically manages and updates man:wpa_supplicant.conf[8]. SSIDs with Unicode characters are also handled nicely. man:wutil[8] is the Command-Line Interface (CLI), whereas man:wutui[8] is the Terminal User Interface (TUI). wutui was built without any dependency on TUI libraries, by just spell-casting ANSI escape sequences in uncooked terminal raw mode and a man:kqueue[2] based event loop. Both utilities communicate with wpa_supplicant via its control socket interface. There is also a dependency on package:net/libifconfig[] for interface related functions. In the future, I plan to support AP-mode operations from man:hostapd[8], clean up the TUI components and perhaps move away from wpa_supplicant to handle authentication in-house. wutil is now available in ports. Give it a whirl! Contributions, bug reports and feature requests are very welcome on GitHub. Mentors: mailto:[email protected][Aymeric Wibo] and mailto:[email protected][Getz Mikalsen] + Sponsor: Google Summer of Code 2025