wifi-portal
codeberg.org
WiFi Portal is a lightweight web application that helps your family easily connect to WiFi networks through a simple, user-friendly interface. For each network listed, it displays the SSID, reveals the password, and generates a QR code for quick login on mobile devices. It’s perfect for personal ...

Hi everyone!

I recently created a user-friendly WiFi portal that runs on my private LAN. The goal was to provide my family with quick access to WiFi information without them needing to ask me for it. After searching for a similar solution and not finding one, I decided to build it myself!

Some of the key features:

  • Login info hidden unless you explicitly click on it.
  • Generates QR code for your use.
  • Mobile and PWA support.
  • Tags to help identify when to use each network.

I’m not a web developer, so I would really appreciate any feedback or suggestions on how to improve the app. Thanks for your support!

https://codeberg.org/ch8zer/wifi-portal.git

  • @ch8zer@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    8•4 days ago

    Or on their phone.

    Most of the time it’s used to help guests get onto the wifi quickly.

    I also find it handy to get the wifi password when on-boarding smart devices or whatever new gadget.

    • @litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      17•3 days ago

      But how do they connect to your network in order to access this web app? If the WiFi network credentials are needed to access the network that has the QR code for the network credentials, this sounds like a Catch 22.

      Also, is a QR code useful if the web app is opened on the very phone needing the credentials? Perhaps other phones are different, but my smartphone is unable to scan a QR code that is on the display.

    • @coolie4@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12•3 days ago

      So guests use their phone data to access a publicly available list of WiFi credentials and then use that to connect to your home network???

      • Saik0English
        12•3 days ago

        You pull it up on another phone.

        The owner pulls it up on THEIR phone, so you can just have the guest scan the QR code.

        Edit: or my usecase would be to put it on a tablet that I have on a stand near the front door.

        • @coolie4@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19•3 days ago

          My LineageOS phone already has a “share WiFi” feature that displays a QR code as well as the SSID and passcode I thought this was standard on all modern phones

          • Saik0English
            10•3 days ago

            My phone has that too… but only for the signed in network. Not for other networks that are saved on the device. I have a guest network that I shove guests on that have some restrictions (blocked from homelab network for the most part). I would need to swap to that network myself then click share…

            • MaxEnglish
              1•3 days ago

              For me that’s under Internet > Saved Networks > network name > Share, instead of doing it from the main list of networks

              • Saik0English
                1•3 days ago

                I guess it is! Never saw that there… Bunch of clicks to get to it though. A link to a page is much simpler IMO…