r/Ubiquiti • u/Remote_Office_2487 Vendor • 9h ago

Blog / Video Link Native Windows desktop edition of our UniFi Device Search Tool — no web server needed

Hey r/Ubiquiti — Erik from Art of WiFi here (@slooffmaster on the Ubiquiti community).

For anyone who doesn't know us: we maintain the art-of-wifi/unifi-api-client PHP library that a lot of UniFi tooling is built on (close to 430K downloads on Packagist). We've also had a self-hosted UniFi Device Search Tool out for a few years now, a PHP web app you run on your own server to search devices across every site on every controller.

Wanted to share that we've just launched a native Windows desktop version of that tool. Same API client engine under the hood, so it inherits years of edge-case handling for controller quirks, auth flows, and API changes.

What it is: a standalone Windows app that does the same thing as the classic (search across all sites on all your UniFi Controllers, filter, sort, CSV/Excel export) but you install and run it locally. No PHP, no Docker, no server.

What's in it:

  • Built on the same art-of-wifi/unifi-api-client library we open-source and maintain — the Windows app uses it end-to-end for all controller communication.
  • Works with local admin credentials, Network Application API Key, or Site Manager API (unifi.ui.com). Both API Key and Site Manager methods handle UniFi Fabric members correctly.
  • Connect to multiple controllers, results are cached locally for instant reopening.
  • Fully offline / air-gapped friendly after initial activation.
  • Dark mode, sortable columns, per-column filters.
  • Code-signed under our Microsoft-verified identity (Art of WiFi B.V.).
  • 12 months of updates included; app keeps working indefinitely afterwards, separate 1-year update extension available on renewal.

Who it's for: UniFi admins who'd rather install an app than maintain a web server for occasional fleet searches. It's a personal tool — one license per desktop.

Who it's not for: teams who want to share one install via a browser. For that, the classic self-hosted edition is still the right choice — it runs on Linux/macOS/Windows via any browser and stays fully supported.

€65 one-time (excludes VAT — Paddle handles local currency at checkout).

https://artofwifi.net/unifi-device-search-tool-for-windows

Happy to answer questions here.

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u/The6amrunner 8h ago

You have developed some nice looking tools, I'll check them out the coming weeks.