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impala

A terminal UI for managing Wi-Fi with iwd

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Scan for, connect to and manage Wi-Fi networks, including WPA Enterprise and hidden ones, or run a hotspot, from a terminal on Linux with iwd.

impala in a terminal showing the Wi-Fi device, known networks and new networks sections.

What you can do with it

Scan for Wi-Fi networks and connect to or disconnect from one.

Good to know

Works only with iwd; other wireless managers must be off.

Present at v0.3.0

Turn auto-connect on or off for saved networks, or forget them.

Present at v0.3.0

Turn the Wi-Fi adapter into an access point and see which devices are connected.

Good to know

The adapter must support access point mode in iwd.

Present at v0.3.0

Turn the Wi-Fi adapter on or off and see its details.

Present at v0.3.0

Change the key bindings and the startup mode in a config file.

Present at v0.3.0

Connect to WPA2 Enterprise (802.1X) networks such as eduroam.

Since v0.6.0

Share a saved network as a QR code that a phone can scan to join.

Since v0.6.0

Connect to a Wi-Fi network that does not broadcast its name.

Since v0.7.0
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Change impala's colors in the config file.

Since v0.9.0

Run impala without icon glyphs on terminals or fonts that lack them.

Since v0.9.0

Before you upgrade

Newest first
v0.6.02025-11-27

station.toggle_connect is no longer configurable; connect with Space or Enter. Remove the setting from config.toml.

Behavior changedAffects: Configs that set station.toggle_connect
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v0.4.02025-10-16

Key help now appears as a banner instead of a popup on ?.

Behavior changedInferredAffects: Users who opened the help popup
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Release history 8
v0.9.02026-08-27

Set your own colors for impala in the config file.

Details

A [theme] section sets background, border, text, hidden, info, warning and error colors (v0.9.0). v0.8.0 added an ASCII display without icons (--ascii or ascii = true) and j/k now wrap around in network lists.

Also: Fixed a "no station found" error when connecting or disconnecting.

v0.9.0.

Added: Change impala's colors in the config file.Added: Run impala without icon glyphs on terminals or font…Now works: Share a saved network as a QR code that a phone can…

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v0.7.42026-02-13

Join enterprise networks whose Phase 2 method iwd previously rejected.

Details

Phase 2 method names now match what iwd expects.

v0.7.4.

Now works: Connect to WPA2 Enterprise (802.1X) networks such a…

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v0.7.32026-02-03

Join PEAP enterprise networks.

Details

PEAP network configs now use the correct field names.

v0.7.3.

Now works: Connect to WPA2 Enterprise (802.1X) networks such a…

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v0.7.22026-01-11

Join enterprise networks that use TTLS.

Details

TTLS validation was fixed (v0.7.1).

v0.7.2.

Now works: Connect to WPA2 Enterprise (802.1X) networks such a…

Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido)

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v0.7.02025-12-29

Connect to a hidden network by typing its name.

Details

Hidden networks are supported from the new networks section (connect_hidden binding). Sharing a network now also shows its passphrase. Static binaries are published.

v0.7.0; static binaries on the releases page.

Added: Connect to a Wi-Fi network that does not broadcast…Improved: Share a saved network as a QR code that a phone can…

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v0.6.02025-11-27

Join WPA2 Enterprise networks such as eduroam.

Details

WPA2 Enterprise (802.1X) and eduroam support (v0.5.0). v0.6.0 adds sharing a network as a QR code (p), a list of all configured networks (a), and esc_quit to let Esc quit. Auto-connect moved from a to t, and the station toggle_connect key setting was removed.

Also: No longer crashes when the Wi-Fi adapter is switched off; network names are encoded correctly.

v0.6.0.

Added: Connect to WPA2 Enterprise (802.1X) networks such a…Added: Share a saved network as a QR code that a phone can…Improved: Turn auto-connect on or off for saved networks, or…Behavior changed: Turn auto-connect on or off for saved networks, or…Behavior changed: Change the key bindings and the startup mode in a c…Improved: Change the key bindings and the startup mode in a c…Now works: Turn the Wi-Fi adapter on or off and see its detail…

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v0.4.02025-10-16

Connect to or disconnect from a network with Enter as well as Space.

Details

Enter now connects and disconnects. The help popup was replaced by a help banner, and the sections were rearranged.

v0.4.0.

Improved: Scan for Wi-Fi networks and connect to or disconnec…Behavior changed / inferred

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v0.3.02025-07-10
Starting point

Connect to Wi-Fi networks from a keyboard-driven terminal interface on top of iwd.

Details

State of impala up to v0.3.0: station mode to scan and connect, known networks with auto-connect, access point mode, device power and information, startup mode from the CLI or config, and key bindings in ~/.config/impala/config.toml.

Pre-built binaries on the releases page, cargo install impala, pacman -S impala on Arch, nixpkgs; needs iwd.

Added: Scan for Wi-Fi networks and connect to or disconnec…Added: Turn auto-connect on or off for saved networks, or…Added: Turn the Wi-Fi adapter into an access point and see…Added: Turn the Wi-Fi adapter on or off and see its detail…Added: Change the key bindings and the startup mode in a c…

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