π RuView by ruvnet
π RuView turns commodity WiFi signals into real-time spatial intelligence, vital sign monitoring, and presence detection, all without a single pixel of video.
About π RuView
From the project's README at github.com/ruvnet/RuView. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
> Beta Software, Under active development. APIs and firmware may change. Known limitations: > - ESP32-C3 and original ESP32 are not supported (single-core, insufficient for CSI DSP) > - Single ESP32 deployments have limited spatial resolution, use 2+ nodes or add a Cognitum Seed for best results > - Camera-free pose accuracy is limited, use camera ground-truth training for 92.9% PCK@20 > > Contributions and bug reports welcome at Issues. See through walls with WiFi ##
Turn ordinary WiFi into a spacial intelligence / sensing system. Detect people, measure breathing and heart rate, track movement, and monitor rooms, through walls, in the dark, with no cameras or wearables. Just physics. π RuView is a WiFi sensing platform that turns radio signals into spatial intelligence.
Every WiFi router already fills your space with radio waves. When people move, breathe, or even sit still, they disturb those waves in measurable ways. RuView captures these disturbances using Channel State Information (CSI) from low-cost ESP32 sensors and turns them into actionable data: who's there, what they're doing, and whether they're okay.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 52k | github.com/ruvnet/RuView |
| GitHub forks | 6.9k | github.com/ruvnet/RuView |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 0.9 years | since Jun 2025 |
| Last commit | 4 days ago | May 3, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 25 | last: 9 days ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- Π RuView: turn WiFi into realtime human detection,vitals monitoring, and more
- DensePose turns commodity WiFi signals into real-time human pose estimation
- Top trending repo claims to detect movement via WiFi, yet no one can run it
- WiFi-DensePose – open-source software that sees you through walls using wifi
- RuView – WiFi DensePose: See Through Walls with WiFi
Ready to self-host π RuView?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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