featherbear/macos-wifi-log — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-08-07 · repo last pushed 2025-03-03
Troubleshoot a colleague's Mac that keeps disconnecting from WiFi during video calls by pulling up a connection timeline.
Review which WiFi networks a Mac attempted to join and why a connection might have dropped.
Surface macOS WiFi events in one place instead of digging through buried system log files.
Run a fast standalone tool on a Mac to collect wireless diagnostics without heavy dependencies.
| featherbear/macos-wifi-log | alichraghi/mach-dusk | alichraghi/mach-glfw-vulkan-example | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Zig | Zig | Zig |
| Last pushed | 2025-03-03 | 2024-02-24 | 2023-08-11 |
| Maintenance | Stale | Dormant | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | hard | moderate |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 |
| Audience | ops devops | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires building from source with the Zig compiler and only runs on macOS where it accesses internal wireless diagnostics and system logs.
This project, called macos-wifi-log, is a small utility for macOS that collects and displays WiFi connection logs. If you've ever wanted to see a clear record of when your Mac connected to WiFi, which networks it tried to join, or why a connection might have dropped, this tool aims to surface that information in one place. Because the README doesn't go into detail about specific features or usage instructions, it's hard to say exactly how the output is formatted or what commands you run. At a high level, the tool likely taps into macOS's internal wireless diagnostics and system logs, pulling out the relevant WiFi events so you don't have to dig through Apple's buried log files yourself. The people who would find this most useful are IT support professionals, network administrators, or anyone troubleshooting spotty WiFi on a Mac. For example, if a colleague keeps complaining that their laptop disconnects during video calls, you could run this tool to pull up a timeline of what happened with their wireless connection around that time. One notable detail is that the project is written in Zig, a newer systems programming language. That choice suggests the tool is designed to be fast and lightweight, compiling down to a small standalone binary that doesn't require any heavy dependencies to run. Beyond that, the README doesn't provide further context on installation, configuration, or what the actual log output looks like in practice.
A lightweight macOS tool that collects and displays WiFi connection logs in one place, showing when your Mac connected, which networks it tried, and why connections dropped.
Mainly Zig. The stack also includes Zig, macOS.
Stale — no commits in 1-2 years (last push 2025-03-03).
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly ops devops.
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