# Install wifi-password with Homebrew, MacPorts Show the current WiFi network password. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:wifi-password ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install wifi-password ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install wifi-password ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/wifi-password/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:wifi-password - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.0 - **Source summary:** Show the current WiFi network password - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - wifi-password (cli) - wifi-password (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/rauchg/wifi-password - Upstream latest detected: 0.1.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 ` 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. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** wifi-password - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Requirements:** macos - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - wifi-password: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/wifi-password/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [checkpwn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/checkpwn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security. - [diceware](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/diceware/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security. - [name-that-hash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/name-that-hash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security. - [passwdqc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/passwdqc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security. - [sf-pwgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sf-pwgen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, passwords, security. - [cracklib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cracklib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security. - [crunch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crunch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security. - [pwgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pwgen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, passwords, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/wifi-password.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/wifi-password.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph