Portmaster is Alpha Software - expect hickups here and there
Portmaster is Alpha Software - expect hickups here and there
Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development
Discover everything that is happening on your computer. Expose every connection your applications make and detect evil ones. Finally get the power to act accordingly.
Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development
Add your own rules to block specific domains you dislike. Enable Prompt Mode and decide the fate of every new connection. Block or Allow.
Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development
Block ads, trackers, malware and NSFW sites via trusted domain-lists, which are also used by Ad-Blockers, etc. Easily change the defaults to fit your needs.
Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development
Even with invasive connections gone, you do not want to share your dns requests out in the open. With the Portmaster, you can easily re-route all your dns queries to a DNS-over-TLS provider of your choice.
Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development
In the age of Mass Surveillance, what good is a service when you cannot see what it is really doing? We believe in open source. We also document everything as good as we can.
Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development
The Wi-Fi in your local coffee shop is riskier than yours at home. Set up your settings for different networks and then simply press a button when changing location. All settings will adjust immediately.
Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development
Make your own rules. Completely cut off applications from the Internet. Or block all p2p connections except for certain apps. Or never connect to specific countries. The Portmaster has you covered.
Portmaster is Alpha Software, treat as such; expect bugs here and there. Early Adopters welcome.
View guide and status for Windows 7, 8 or other Linux 2.4+ distributions
You have a question? We answered some already, but you can always contact us at hello@safing.io
In short, our business model is Freemium. First provide local privacy for free, forever. Then let happy users support us by paying for a powerful VPN alternative. Finally reinvest earnings into making all our products better.
Yes, we highly recommend to continue using adblockers, such as uBlock Origin, uMatrix, or similar. They give you more fine grained control over domains. iE you can allow certain domains to allow css files & images while blocking cookies & javascripts. The Portmaster cannot make this distinction.
Currently we support Windows and Linux. Mac and Mobile are planned, but are further down the road.
You can find our code on Github. The Portmaster, the Portmaster UI, the SPN, the docs and this website have their respective repositories. Jess, the heart of the SPN, which got audited by Cure53, can also be found online.
