wpa_supplicant

open-source implementation of IEEE 802.11i
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wpa_supplicant

Summary

wpa_supplicant is a daemon[1]. wpa_supplicant draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (daemon category, ranking #13 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • wpa_supplicant's instance of is recorded as daemon[3].
  • wpa_supplicant's instance of is recorded as software package[4].
  • wpa_supplicant's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • wpa_supplicant's instance of is recorded as console application[6].
  • wpa_supplicant's copyright license is recorded as 3-clause BSD License[7].
  • wpa_supplicant's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[8].
  • wpa_supplicant's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[9].
  • wpa_supplicant's operating system is recorded as BSD[10].
  • wpa_supplicant's operating system is recorded as macOS[11].
  • wpa_supplicant's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • wpa_supplicant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.6[13].
  • wpa_supplicant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.8[14].
  • wpa_supplicant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.9[15].
  • wpa_supplicant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.10[16].
  • wpa_supplicant's software version identifier is recorded as 2.11[17].
  • wpa_supplicant's has use is recorded as wireless LAN[18].
  • wpa_supplicant's Commons category is recorded as Wpa-supplicant[19].
  • wpa_supplicant's has part is recorded as wpa_cli[20].
  • wpa_supplicant's has part is recorded as wpa_gui[21].
  • wpa_supplicant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/090rjn[22].
  • wpa_supplicant's official website is recorded as https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/[23].
  • wpa_supplicant's source code repository URL is recorded as git://w1.fi/hostap.git[24].
  • wpa_supplicant's source code repository URL is recorded as https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/[25].
  • wpa_supplicant's different from is recorded as hostapd[26].
  • wpa_supplicant's Open Hub ID is recorded as wpa_supplicant[27].

Why It Matters

wpa_supplicant draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (daemon category, ranking #13 of 23).[2] wpa_supplicant has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . w1.fi. Retrieved . w1.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . w1.fi. w1.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . marc.info. Retrieved . marc.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . lists.infradead.org. Retrieved . lists.infradead.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . lists.infradead.org. Retrieved . lists.infradead.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). wpa_supplicant. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wpa-supplicant
MLA “wpa_supplicant.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wpa-supplicant.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wpa-supplicant_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{wpa_supplicant}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wpa-supplicant}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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