orbital-wifi is a NASA-themed WiFi TUI for Linux. It uses NetworkManager through nmcli and is meant to be a practical daily-driver alternative to tools like wifitui.

• Scan nearby WiFi networks
• Connect to open, secured, or hidden networks
• View and reuse saved WiFi profiles
• Delete saved WiFi profiles
• Toggle WiFi radio, disconnect, and switch interfaces
• No runtime dependencies beyond Python and NetworkManager

• Linux
• Python 3.11+
• NetworkManager
• nmcli available on PATH
• A terminal with curses support

Check that nmcli is available:

nmcli --version

From the project directory:

pipx install .

After that, run:

orbital-wifi

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install .

Then run:

orbital-wifi

From the project directory:

PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m orbital_wifi

If you installed with pipx:

pipx uninstall orbital-wifi

If you installed with pip in a virtual environment:

source .venv/bin/activate
pip uninstall orbital-wifi
deactivate

If you only ran it from source without installing, there is nothing to uninstall.

Start the app:

orbital-wifi

Use a specific wireless interface:

orbital-wifi --interface wlan0

Inside the TUI:

• Up / Down: move selection
• Enter: connect to a network or activate a saved profile
• Tab: switch between networks and saved profiles
• h: connect to a hidden network
• d: disconnect the current wireless interface
• x: delete the selected saved profile
• r: refresh scan results
• w: toggle WiFi radio
• i: cycle wireless interfaces
• q: quit

Build release artifacts locally with:

python3 -m build

AUR packaging files are included in packaging/aur/.

They still need the final release tarball checksum before submission.

MIT