Scan nearby WiFi networks, visualise signal strength, spot the least-congested channel and watch your connection live — in a clean, dark, no-nonsense app. No install. No admin rights. Just run it.
Free forever. If it helps you get a better signal, a coffee is always appreciated ☕ — Support on Ko-fi
Built for anyone tired of dead zones and buffering. A modern, free alternative to WiFi Analyzer Pro, NetSpot and inSSIDer — same insight, none of the price tag or bloat.
Auto-detects every nearby WiFi network every 5 seconds — SSID, BSSID, channel, band and security (Open, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3) in one live table.
Every network gets a colour-coded signal bar — teal for excellent down to red for poor — plus an estimated dBm reading, so you can see strength at a glance.
Visual bar charts for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands show exactly how many networks crowd each channel — instantly revealing the busy ones to avoid.
WaveScout highlights the least-congested channel in teal and tells you the best channel for each band, so you can reconfigure your router with confidence.
A rolling 60-second graph plots the signal of your selected or connected network in real time — perfect for walking around to find dead spots.
See your current connection at a glance: SSID, signal, channel, band, security, IP address, gateway and DNS — pinned right at the top.
A focused interface that shows you everything about the airwaves around you — without drowning you in jargon.
Illustrative mockups — annotated screenshots of the real app are coming soon.
WaveScout uses the WiFi networking built into Windows, so there's nothing extra to install and nothing to configure.
Free download. No install. Scanning in seconds.
Windows 10 / 11 · No install required · v1.0.0
Yes, completely. WaveScout is free to download and use forever — no trial period, no premium tier, no subscription. You can support development on Ko-fi if you'd like, but it's entirely optional.
No. WaveScout is fully portable — just download the .zip, extract it and run WaveScout.exe. No installer, no Python and no runtime dependencies. It even runs off a USB drive.
No. WaveScout scans WiFi using the networking commands built into Windows, which don't require administrator rights. Just run the .exe under your normal user account.
That's a Windows rule, not a WaveScout one. Since Windows 10, Microsoft requires Location Services to be enabled before any app can read WiFi scan results, because the list of nearby networks can be used to estimate location. WaveScout never collects or sends your location anywhere — it only reads the network list locally on your PC. If Location is off, WaveScout shows a clear banner; switch it on under Settings → Privacy & security → Location and the networks appear automatically.
Yes. WaveScout runs on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 (64-bit). It's tested on both and keeps up with the latest Windows updates.
WaveScout is safe. Because it's a portable .exe built with PyInstaller, some antivirus tools may raise a false positive — a known quirk with Python-packaged apps, not a sign of anything malicious. WaveScout has no servers and sends no data anywhere; it only reads your WiFi network list locally. The full source code is on GitHub for anyone to review.
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