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RaspAP

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Velocity0.0

Web interface for managing wireless access points

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A one-maintainer Pi hotspot tool that picked up a second pair of hands and a UI overhaul.

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◆Current state
RaspAP ships small releases often — ten versions since late October 2025, most of them a handful of merged pull requests. The substance changed around 3.5.3: a second contributor started landing structural work, refactoring the JavaScript and CSS, simplifying the dashboard, adding a client interface selector, DHCP config overview and reconnect dialog. Before that the feed is almost entirely locale updates and one-line fixes from the project lead.
◆Where it's heading
Two threads run in parallel. One is keeping pace with hardware and distributions — 802.11ax/be support, Kali detection, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.x integration — which keeps the tool installable on current setups. The other is a genuine interface rework that arrived with the new contributor and has continued across three releases. The release notes are raw pull-request lists with no narrative, so the shape has to be read from PR titles rather than any summary the project writes.
◆Prediction
Expect the interface refactor to keep producing dashboard and configuration screens, and continued installer work as new Pi OS and Imager versions land. The entries give no indication of a major version change.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Dynamic IP bridged mode toggle and non-ASCII SSID fix

    Adds a dynamic IP toggle for bridged mode and fixes handling of non-ASCII SSIDs that previously raised a TypeError, plus compiled translation files. Small, practical fixes of the kind that dominate this feed between the larger interface drops.

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  2. 2mo ago

    Client interface selector, SSL download and DHCP overview

    The largest release in this window, and the clearest evidence of the second contributor's impact — client interface selector, SSL download interface, DHCP config overview and reconnect dialog, on top of JavaScript and CSS refactors. This is where the interface rework became the project's main line of work.

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  3. 4mo ago

    API datapoints added and the dashboard simplified

    Adds API datapoints, simplifies the dashboard, relocates service controls and introduces a wireless mode suggestion, alongside VPN provider installation fixes for Raspbian. The first release where interface restructuring outweighs maintenance.

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  4. 6mo ago

    OS list generation for Raspberry Pi Imager 2.x

    Generates an OS subitem list for Raspberry Pi Imager 2.x, putting RaspAP in front of users at the flashing step rather than requiring a post-install script. Distribution reach rather than product capability, but it is the release most likely to affect adoption.

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  5. 7mo ago

    Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7 support arrives

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    Adds 802.11ax and 802.11be support, letting RaspAP configure Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7 radios rather than only earlier standards. In a feed otherwise made of locale updates and small fixes, this is the change that determines whether the tool stays usable on current hardware.

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  6. 8mo ago

    Installer gains Kali Linux 2025.x detection

    A two-pull-request release adding Kali Linux 2025.x detection to the installer and setting the version number. The minor version bump reflects release bookkeeping rather than the scale of the change.

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