Raspberry Pi WiFi Dashboard

A single-file Flask application that provides a WiFi network dashboard and browser-based speed test for Raspberry Pi.

Features

• WiFi network scanner showing SSID, signal strength, channel, and frequency
• System metrics (temperature, RAM usage)
• In-browser download/upload speed test
• Auto-refreshing dashboard (15s interval)
• Optimized for low-resource devices (Pi Zero W)

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• Raspberry Pi (or Linux with iw, iwgetid, free)
• sudo privileges for WiFi scanning

Installation

uv sync

Usage

python speedtest.py

Open http://localhost:5000 in your browser.

Endpoints

Route	Description
/	WiFi dashboard with system stats
/speedtest	Speed test UI
/speedtest/size	Returns random test size (JSON)
/speedtest/download/<size_mb>	Download test endpoint
/speedtest/upload	Upload test endpoint (POST)

Configuration

Edit speedtest.py to change:

• IFACE - Wireless interface (default: wlan0)
• CACHE_DURATION - Scan cache TTL in seconds (default: 10)