The new web UI
Added: after 2026-10-R1
A new UI, still changing
After 2026-10-R1, Kismet has a new web UI, served at / (for instance http://localhost:2501/). The previous UI is still available at /legacy/ (http://localhost:2501/legacy/), and the Legacy UI item in the new UI’s top bar opens it.
The new UI is evolving rapidly in the nightly (git) packages and in Kismet git: windows, settings, and features are added and changed from one nightly to the next, and the documentation here may lag behind what a nightly build shows. If something is missing or behaves differently than described, check that you’re running a recent nightly, and report problems as Kismet GitHub issues.
Plugins which add pages to the previous UI keep working in it from /legacy/; the new UI lists plugins which don’t have a page for it yet. Both UIs use the same login, and settings in one don’t change the other.
What’s in it
- Overview, Devices, SSIDs, Alerts, Map, and Insights tabs.
- Windows for data sources, channel coverage and the channel heat map, packet rates, and GPS, from the menu and the top bar.
- The device list’s Search or filter box, which takes device filters as well as plain searches.
- A Tags column and row highlights from the server’s device rules, set under Settings, Appearance, Device Highlights.
- Display units for speeds and lengths, under Settings, Units.
- Censor mode, for screenshots and demos.
- The receiver range on the map.
- Installing the UI as an app on a phone or desktop.
Serving the UI, HTTPS, and proxies are covered in the webserver configuration.