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Install wifi-password with Homebrew, MacPorts

Show the current WiFi network password. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install wifi-password

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install wifi-password

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/wifi-password/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Show the current WiFi network password

Commands and aliases

  • wifi-password

history

Project history and usage

wifi-password is a small macOS shell utility by Guillermo Rauch for answering a common local-support question: what is the password for the Wi-Fi network this machine is using? Its README frames the tool as a quick way to print the current network password, print a named SSID's password, or pipe the result to the macOS clipboard.

Project history

The project's changelog records its initial release as 0.0.1 on February 14, 2015, followed the same day by 0.1.0, which defaulted to quiet output when stdout was piped. The GitHub repository was also created on February 14, 2015, matching the changelog's origin date.

Adoption history

wifi-password became widely copied for such a tiny script. By July 2026 the upstream GitHub repository had about 4.6k stars and 262 forks, and its README documented installation paths through shell/package ecosystems as well as direct curl installation.

How it is used

The typical use is interactive and local: run `wifi-password` for the current SSID, `wifi-password <ssid>` for a named network, or pipe the output into `pbcopy` when sharing credentials. Its niche is not enterprise secret management; it is a convenience wrapper around the local macOS Wi-Fi/keychain workflow.

Why package nerds care

wifi-password is package-nerd notable because it is almost the smallest useful form of a CLI package: a shell script with a memorable executable name, very little release machinery, and a large adoption footprint relative to its code size.

Timeline

  • 2015-02-14: 0.0.1 initial release.
  • 2015-02-14: 0.1.0 changed piped output behavior.
  • 2026-07: Upstream GitHub repository showed about 4.6k stars and 262 forks.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:network

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
wifi-passwordcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.1.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.1.0

https://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:wifi-password
Version0.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wifi-password
Homepagehttps://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password
Repositoryhttps://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password
Upstream docshttps://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password/archive/refs/tags/0.1.0.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namewifi-password
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Requirements
  • macos
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

MacPorts95%

wifi-password

sudo port install wifi-password
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Wifi Password
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/wifi-password/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • checkpwnShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security.
  • dicewareShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security.
  • name-that-hashShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security.
  • passwdqcShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security.
  • sf-pwgenShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, passwords, security.
  • cracklibShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment