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wifitui for Mac

Fast featureful friendly wifi terminal UI

Quick answer: wifitui is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install wifitui. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 30 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What wifitui is

wifitui is a terminal emulator for macOS: fast featureful friendly wifi terminal UI.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/shazow/wifitui.

How to install wifitui

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install wifitui.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install wifitui on Mac?

Run brew install wifitui in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is wifitui open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does wifitui run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is wifitui?

It was installed 30 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #5622 in this catalogue.

What version of wifitui is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.13.0.