Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:29:34 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <developer@lorenzosalvadore.it> To: dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, "saheed@FreeBSD.org" <saheed@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: git: 992a0139d1 - main - Status/2025Q3/wutil.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <ybbsayG5IXpl8gO2iiuxm8zIxPF6drdZf8PpLlfBzLvfOvPHyATAhOPll0XhOLYn39-7ML5U6a66Q3qYy8V83ySVkxlE-llnSHgIH5UMFTM=@lorenzosalvadore.it> In-Reply-To: <691c4516.8c75.4087d63@gitrepo.freebsd.org> References: <691c4516.8c75.4087d63@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 at 11:06, Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > The branch main has been updated by salvadore: > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=992a0139d1b239f1c113a0cdadb0b164512ec15c > > commit 992a0139d1b239f1c113a0cdadb0b164512ec15c > Author: Lorenzo Salvadore salvadore@FreeBSD.org Real author is Muhammad Saheed <saheed@FreeBSD.org>, sorry for the mistake. Reported by: Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com> > > AuthorDate: 2025-11-18 10:04:04 +0000 > Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore salvadore@FreeBSD.org > > CommitDate: 2025-11-18 10:05:40 +0000 > > Status/2025Q3/wutil.adoc: Add report > > Reviewed by: status (Pau Amma pauamma@gundo.com), obiwac > > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53618 > --- > .../en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/wutil.adoc | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/wutil.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/wutil.adoc > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..0c35e15be9 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/wutil.adoc > @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ > +=== 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 saheed@FreeBSD.org + > > + > +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:obiwac@FreeBSD.org[Aymeric Wibo] and mailto:getz@FreeBSD.org[Getz Mikalsen] + > +Sponsor: Google Summer of Code 2025help
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