Public Wi-Fi, wherever you are
Find a hotspot.
Know the next step.
Look for mapped Wi-Fi at cafés, libraries and other public places. Get directions, save the area for later, then choose connection guidance for your device.
Find public Wi-Fi
Where do you need a connection?
Search OpenStreetMap’s public Wi-Fi listings worldwide. Results are known locations, with approximate distances from your search centre. They do not show signal strength or confirm that a hotspot is open, working or safe.
The finder needs JavaScript and an up-to-date browser. If the controls do not appear, use your device’s Wi-Fi settings to see networks in range, or ask the venue.
Search shares your place text with komoot’s Photon service, or your rounded search area with Harbour’s hosted lookup and your chosen map service, Private.coffee or VK Maps. No lookup runs until you press a search button.
Your browser will ask before sharing your location. Or search by place below.
What is shared when I search?
Find place sends your entered text to Photon, operated by komoot. Find near me requests your device’s location and sends a rounded search centre through Harbour’s hosted lookup to the selected Overpass service, Private.coffee or VK Maps, about a 100 m grid, with your chosen radius. Find hotspots uses the same route for the selected area. Harbour’s host also handles the lookup request; map results for a search area may be cached for up to one hour. The retrieval time shown is when those records were fetched. Photon and Harbour’s host receive your IP address and ordinary request information. The chosen map service receives the rounded search area from Harbour’s host, without your IP address or chooser answers. Harbour sends no cookies and keeps no location history. Nothing is looked up until you press a button.
Map and directions links open the selected provider separately. The saved offline file contains the chosen area and hotspot listings. It stays with you unless you share it.
Search area
Choose your location or search for a place. No lookup has run.
The result reached the service limit. These are only some of the mapped locations, not necessarily the nearest ones. Search a smaller area.
Keep this area for later
Download all returned listings as an HTML file that opens offline. Directions need internet. This saves one search area, not a worldwide database.
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence. Coverage and access details may be incomplete or outdated. An absent listing does not mean there is no Wi-Fi.
See networks actually in range
A website cannot read your device’s list of nearby Wi-Fi networks. Open its Wi-Fi settings to see signals it can hear. Compare the network name with the venue’s instructions before joining.
- iPhone or iPad: open Settings, then Wi-Fi.
- Android: open Settings, then Network & internet or Connections, then Wi-Fi. Names vary by device.
- Mac: open the Wi-Fi menu in the menu bar or Control Centre, then Other Networks.
- Windows: open the network controls beside the clock, then the available Wi-Fi networks.
- Linux: open your desktop’s network menu and Wi-Fi list.
Nearby private networks are not public hotspots. Harbour does not reveal passwords, join a network, scan other devices or discover mesh peers. Mesh messaging still needs a compatible client and a working link.
Try a direct link between two Harbour browsers →
This separate experimental test uses an invitation and answer, with no account or installation. It does not scan networks or discover mesh peers.
Set up your connection
No Harbour app needed to start. For internet protection, we guide you into the official free connection app. Your device asks you to approve its VPN permission. Harbour cannot turn it on or certify whole-device protection from this page. The optional browser check samples just one request.
The chooser needs JavaScript and a current guidance catalog. If the choices or button stay unavailable, this browser has not started the guide. Try opening this address in an up-to-date browser. If JavaScript is restricted by your device’s owner or administrator, ask them before changing it.
No setup has been checked or activated.
You can still read the suppliers’ reference documentation: Cloudflare’s supported devices and requirements or Reticulum’s client list. These external references are not a verified setup result for your device.
Optional · a real request, a limited result
Check this browser’s connection.
This check asks Cloudflare whether one HTTPS request from this browser used WARP. It works independently of your device answers and does not establish whether the app can be installed, whether every app uses a VPN or whether the device is safe from every attack.
Before you press the button: it sends one request to https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace. Cloudflare receives your connection’s IP address and normal request information under its privacy practices. Your chooser answers are not sent. Harbour requests no cookies or referrer, keeps no raw response or IP record and adds no analytics. Nothing runs automatically.
One check runs only when you press the button. It does not switch on a VPN.
No current browser check
Press the button when you want a fresh sample. Whole-device protection remains unverified.
Whole-device protection remains unverified. A browser proxy, other apps, DNS and traffic exceptions can have different results. A blocked or unavailable check is not a failed security verdict. Check the official provider’s app and guidance before sensitive activity.
Your setup guide
Let’s take the next step.
Your answers and the instruction buttons cannot confirm installation or protection. This page has no independent evidence from your device’s VPN service. The separate browser sample checks one request; it does not verify every app. Never treat reaching the last instruction as a successful connection.
Your free route
Official supplier links open separately, so you can return here. Harbour asks for no account or card. Store accounts and normal device permissions may still be needed.
If this is a work or school device, or you already use a VPN, check with its administrator or provider before changing it.
Let’s find the snag.
The Wi-Fi wants a sign-in first
Check the venue’s real network name and sign-in instructions with staff. Never ignore a certificate warning, or install a certificate/profile to get online. If your connection app prevents sign-in, use mobile data or another trusted connection rather than changing protection blindly.
The app won’t install or connect
Compare your device with the requirements below. Another VPN or a work/school policy may conflict. Use the official app’s help; don’t remove an existing security tool to continue.
I have no internet or mesh equipment
A VPN needs existing internet. Mesh needs another compatible node and a real link; it cannot create worldwide internet. Expand the requirements below to see what your selected route needs.
Harbour guides the setup and can sample one browser request when asked. It does not switch on a VPN or verify whole-device protection. A VPN reduces some risks and cannot prevent every attack.
Requirements and why this route
What you’ll need
Software
Hardware & connection
Why this result
Full steps, security limits and Harbour app availability
Your full plan
Keep these limits in view
A separate Harbour companion is not required for the official free internet route.
Take the plan with you.
Save every step and safety note. Your walkthrough place stays in this page only.
Clear boundaries
Help that starts here.
Harbour finds mapped public Wi-Fi and guides you through choosing, installing and checking a free connection setup. Cloudflare supplies the official internet app and network. Harbour’s optional Mac companion and Mesh Lab remain in private testing; they are not needed to follow the free internet route here.
Does this page make my connection safe?
No. It creates a plan from your choices. You still need to install and configure the appropriate software, complete any permissions yourself and check the resulting connection. A VPN cannot prevent every attack.
Is mesh another way to browse the internet?
Mesh systems vary. This guide treats mesh as experimental messaging, with hardware and reachable nodes needed for physical links. It does not promise worldwide coverage, free broadband or protection for ordinary web traffic.
What does this page collect?
Your device and purpose choices stay in this page. Hotspot searches send the entered place to Photon or the rounded search area through Harbour’s hosted lookup to your selected map service, as explained beside the search controls. There are no analytics or device fingerprinting scripts. The site host still handles ordinary page requests. Only pressing the browser-check button sends a separate request to Cloudflare, with your connection’s IP and normal request information, without your chooser answers. It retains only a brief derived result on this page. External official links follow those sites’ privacy rules.