wtui

A WireGuard client interface.

Features

• List Interfaces/Connections
• See connection status (connected/disconnected, bytes received/sent)
• Actions to connect & disconnect
• List most of configuration (address, MTU, endpoint, allowed IPs, DNS)
• Copy public key
• Search for connection

TODO

• Available action help popup

Usage

To use, simply run wtui.
You'll very likely need root permission to (1) read WireGuard configuration files and (2) alter network interfaces and routes.

See Installation for simplified root usage.

Keymap

Key	Action
j, Down	Down
k, Up	Up
c	Connect
d	Disconnect
D	Disconnect all
y	Yank public key
/	Search
?*	Help

*: Soon, see TODO section

Installation

1. Download from the Releases page or build from source
2. Make binary executable chmod +x wtui
3. Move binary to PATH, e.g. sudo mv wtui /usr/local/bin
4. (optional) If wtui command is not available, add it to your PATH: echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc

At this point, you can already use wtui, but you may want to enable root usage without password.

Use visudo to create a sudoers file: sudo visudo /etc/sudoers.d/wireguard

Add the following lines, and replace <user> by your username.

<user> ALL= (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/wg-quick
<user> ALL= (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/wtui

Keybind

After this setup, I recommend binding wtui to a shortcut.

For example, using i3wm & alacritty terminal.

bindsym $mod+grave exec alacritty -e sudo wtui

Limitations/Caveats

• Works only with single peer configurations
• Unit tests require wg to be installed