portmaster README

The project's README from github.com/safing/portmaster. As one markdown file: README.md.

Get Peace of Mind
with Easy Privacy

Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall that does the heavy lifting for you. Restore privacy and take back control over all your computer's network activity.

With great defaults your privacy improves without any effort. And if you want to configure and control everything down to the last detail - Portmaster has you covered too. Developed in the EU 🇪🇺, Austria.

Download for Free

About Us

Portmaster User Interface

seen on:

    ghacks.net     Techlore     Lifehacker

Features

  1. Monitor All Network Activity
  2. Full Control: Block Anything
  3. Automatically Block Trackers & Malware
  4. Set Global & Per‑App Settings
  5. Secure DNS (Doh/DoT)
  6. Record and Search Network Activity ($)
  7. Per-App Bandwidth Usage ($)
  8. SPN, our Next-Gen Privacy Network ($$)

Technical Introduction

Portmaster is a privacy suite for your Windows and Linux desktop.

Base Technology

Feature: Secure DNS

Feature: Privacy Filter

Feature: Network History ($)

Feature: Bandwidth Visibility ($)

Feature: SPN - Safing Privacy Network ($$)

Documentation

All details and guides in the dedicated wiki

Build Portmaster Yourself (WIP)

  1. Install Earthly CLI
  2. Install Docker Engine
  3. Run earthly +release
  4. Find artifacts in ./dist

portmaster (safing/portmaster)

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这是什么?Portmaster 是一款免费的开源应用防火墙,适用于 Windows 和 Linux。它会拦截电脑上的所有网络流量,让你可以按应用监控和阻止连接、过滤 DNS,并且开箱即用,内置良好的默认设置,可拦截追踪器和恶意软件。
它是 VPN 还是别的东西?Portmaster 本身是应用防火墙,不是 VPN。它还提供一个可选的付费附加服务 SPN(Safing Privacy Network,Safing 隐私网络)。项目方称,SPN 介于 VPN 和 Tor 之间,并不是 VPN 的直接替代品。
它也能在 macOS 上运行吗?不能。README 只说明支持 Windows 和 Linux 桌面系统,没有提及 macOS。目前界面仍然依赖 Electron 作为封装层,不过团队表示这一点会有所改变。
我的网络和 DNS 数据会去哪里?连接记录、过滤决定和 DNS 解析都在你的设备本地处理。唯一的例外是:如果你选择开通付费的 SPN 网络,流量就会经过 Safing 和社区的服务器转发。
SPN 是什么?它和普通 VPN 或 Tor 有何不同?SPN 与 Tor 一样,会让你的流量经过多层洋葱式加密节点。但它选择路由时会尽量拉大网络内各节点之间的距离以保护隐私,并会选择靠近目标地址的出口节点,这也有助于绕过地域封锁。节点由 Safing 和社区运营,速度可达 100Mbit/s 以上。
Portmaster 会自动拦截广告和恶意软件吗?会。它内置过滤列表,可自动拦截常见的恶意软件、广告和追踪器域名。你也可以根据域名、IP 地址、国家或网络范围编写自己的规则。
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