Wi-Fi Hotspot Utilities

Wireless Internet access can often be taken for granted in today’s increasingly Internet-enabled world. When you and your friends or family are out on vacation or a business trip and find yourself in a place without wi-fi access, your options can seem slim. That’s where software that can turn your device with cellular data access into a wi-fi enabled hotspot comes in!

Apps like Connectify Hotspot will enable people around you to connect to your computer as if it was a Internet-enabled router.

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NetSpot
Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
49 NetSpot alternatives
NetSpot is a simple and accessible wireless survey tool, which allows collecting, visualizing and analyzing Wi-Fi data.
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NetSpot Features
1. Block TrackersNetSpot has a feature to block trackers from tracking you.
Integrated Virus scanner
Nearby Scan
Visual Wi-Fi map
WiFi Signal Measurement
Network Scanner
Wireless
Ip trace
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Connectify Hotspot
Paid • Proprietary
Windows
28 Connectify Hotspot alternatives
With Connectify Hotspot, you can transform your PC into a real WiFi hotspot, and share your computer’s Internet connection as Wi-Fi with any other PC or mobile device.
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Connectify Hotspot Features
1. Wi-Fi SharingConnectify Hotspot can help you quickly share your Wi-Fi with your friends and colleagues.
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Virtual Router
Free • Open Source
Windows
23 Virtual Router alternatives
Virtual Router turns any Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 computer into a Wifi hotspot using Windows 7 Wireless Hosted Network (Virtual Wifi) technology.
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Virtual Router Features
Wireless
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.0, released in February 2013, can be still downloaded from CodePlex, but it may not work.
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MyPublicWiFi
Free • Proprietary
Windows
24 MyPublicWiFi alternatives
MyPublicWiFi is an easy-to-use software that turns your laptop/PC into a Wi-Fi wireless access point. Anyone nearby can surf the Internet through your sharing. This is also an ideal solution for setting up a temporary Access Point in a hotel room,meeting room,at home or the like.
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MyPublicWiFi Features
1. Wi-Fi SharingMyPublicWiFi can help you quickly share your Wi-Fi with your friends and colleagues.
German
Multiple languages
Timer
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Swift WiFi - Free WiFi Hotspot Portable
Free • Proprietary
Android
11 Swift WiFi - Free WiFi Hotspot Portable alternatives
100 million installs strong, Swift WiFi is the #1 FREE portable WiFi hotspot app on mobile. Download Swift WiFi - Free WiFi Hotspot and enjoy the free WiFi app to let you find & connect to shared WiFi around the world.
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Swift WiFi - Free WiFi Hotspot Portable Features
1. Wi-Fi SharingSwift WiFi - Free WiFi Hotspot Portable can help you quickly share your Wi-Fi with your friends and colleagues.
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Virtual Router Plus
Free • Open Source
Windows
28 Virtual Router Plus alternatives
Improvements from Virtual Router :
- Works on Windows 8 and Windows 2012
- Solved the problem of "Virtual router could not be started"
- No installation needed
- Do not start background service so anything is under your control.
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Virtual Router Plus Features
1. PortableVirtual Router Plus can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Warning
Chrome blocks download from official site. Use Sourceforge download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualrouterpl/
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create_ap
Free • Open Source
Linux
12 create_ap alternatives
create_ap - This script creates a NATed or Bridged WiFi Access Point. The create_ap script combines hostapd, dnsmasq and iptables to create a Bridged/NATed Access Point
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create_ap Features
1. Command line interfacecreate_ap either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Wi-Fi Sharingcreate_ap can help you quickly share your Wi-Fi with your friends and colleagues.
Wireless
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Wireless Tether for Root Users
Free • Open Source
Android
6 Wireless Tether for Root Users alternatives
This program enables tethering (via wifi and bluetooth) for "rooted" Android phones. With Wireless Tether, your laptops and other devices can connect to your phone's 3G or 2G connection over WiFi.
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Wireless Tether for Root Users Features
1. Root requiredRequires root to use Wireless Tether for Root Users, mainly relevant for Android apps.
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LibreMesh
Free • Proprietary
Linux
OpenWrt
LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment
21 LibreMesh alternatives
LibreMesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks.
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LibreMesh Features
1. DecentralizedLibreMesh is based on a decentralized infrastructure with no single entity controlling it.
Based on Debian
Mesh network
Distributed
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OpenWISP
Free • Open Source
Linux
Self-Hosted
10 OpenWISP alternatives
OpenWISP is a software platform that can be used to implement a complete public wifi service.
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OpenWISP Features
User Management
Mesh network
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VPN Hotspot
Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
14 VPN Hotspot alternatives
Share your VPN connection over hotspot or repeater! (root required) - Mygod/VPNHotspot

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WiFi Map — Free Passwords
Free • Proprietary
Android
iPhone
24 WiFi Map — Free Passwords alternatives
Connect to WiFi passwords for FREE internet access all over the world!

The most popular WiFi application

*** TOP 1 in 50 countries *** TOP 1 in Travel category in 100 countries *** Contains to 100 million WiFi hotspots!.
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WiFi Map — Free Passwords Features
Wireless
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Linux Wifi Hotspot
Free • Open Source
Linux
27 Linux Wifi Hotspot alternatives
Feature-rich wifi hotspot creator for Linux which provides both GUI and command-line interface. It is also able to create a hotspot using the same wifi card which is connected to an AP already ( Similar to Windows 10).
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Linux Wifi Hotspot Features
1. Wi-Fi SharingLinux Wifi Hotspot can help you quickly share your Wi-Fi with your friends and colleagues.
Graphical User Interface
User friendly
Wireless
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AndroidWifi
Free • Proprietary
Windows
Android
25 AndroidWifi alternatives
Set of batch scripts that can be used on Windows 7 to share your wifi connection with any mobile device. This script is especially made for android mobile devices.
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AndroidWifi Features
Change hotspot location
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WeFi
Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Android
8 WeFi alternatives
Wefi has compiled the world's largest collection of free and safe wifi hotspots in order to help you easily find and automatically connect to the best quality FREE and secured Wi-Fi, conserve your precious cellular data plan and battery life.
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WeFi Features
Wireless
Network Tools
Visual Wi-Fi map
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