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Open source alternatives to Portmaster

50 open source Social apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. D

    Discourse

    Launch

    Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation.

  2. B

    Bluesky

    Launch

    A decentralized social network focused on fostering meaningful interactions and giving users control over their data and experience.

  3. F

    Flarum

    Launch

    Lightweight, extensible forum platform with a sleek interface, powerful moderation tools, and seamless integration capabilities.

  4. M

    Mastodon

    Launch

    Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

  5. N

    Novu

    Launch

    Novu is the open-source notification and agent communication infrastructure. Connect AI agents and products to customers across in-app, email, SMS, push, WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Telegram with one API. Start with npx novu conne

  6. P

    Pi-Hole

    Launch

    Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware, using DNS filtering and re-direction Pi-Hole can block ads on a whole network, so Smartphones and Game Consoles can benefit from it in addition to computers.

    Self-hosted

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O

OpenVPN

OpenVPN is a virtual private network

Launch
8
N

NodeBB

Forum software built for the modern web

Launch
9
H

Hey

A blockchain-powered social platform offering censorship-resistant content

Launch
10
O

OpenTofu

A community-driven, truly open-source fork of Terraform

Launch
11
N

NetAlertX

Network intruder and presence detector

Launch
12
T

The Lounge

Self-hosted web IRC client

Launch
13
N

Nakama Dotnet

.NET client for Nakama server written in C#

Launch
14
O

OpenSearch

Community-driven, Apache 2.0-licensed search and analytics suite

Launch
15
M

Mosquitto

Eclipse Mosquitto - An open source MQTT broker

Launch
16
M

Movim

Modern, federated social network based on XMPP

Launch
17
A

AIRI

Self hosted, you-owned Grok Companion, a container of souls of waifu

Launch
18
O

Orb Agent

Orb network observability agent, part of the NetBox ecosystem and developed…

Launch
19
S

Stats

macOS system monitor in your menu bar

Launch
20
X

Xray-core

Xray, Penetrates Everything

Launch
21
C

Campfire

Install your own group chat system with @mentions, DMs, and mobile support

Launch
22
C

Colanode

Local-first collaboration platform combining real-time chat, rich text pages

Launch
23
S

Scanopy

Discovers your network via SNMP, LLDP, and ARP

Launch
24
M

Maigret

Collect a dossier on a person by username from 6K websites

Launch
25
W

WeeChat

The extensible command-line chat client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]

Launch
26
F

Flow Launcher

Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

Launch
27
A

Apprise

Apprise allows you to send a notification

Launch
28
B

Bitchat

bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

Launch
29
N

Nicotine Plus

Graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network

Launch
30
V

V2ray Core

A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions

Launch
31
R

Rabbitmq Server

Open source RabbitMQ: core server and tier 1 (built-in) plugins

Launch
32
B

Brook

A cross-platform programmable network tool

Launch
33
B

blocky

Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network

Launch
34
O

OpenMediaVault

Network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux

Launch
35
P

Paperless-ngx

Scan, index, and archive physical documents efficiently

Launch
36
T

Tinode

Instant messaging platform

Launch
37
M

Mixpost

Create, schedule, and manage social media content from your own server

Launch
38
O

Opengrep

Opengrep is a community-driven fork of SemgrepCE

Launch
39
Y

YunoHost

Install and maintain your own server with minimal technical knowledge

Launch
40
N

NSQ

A realtime distributed messaging platform

Launch
41
F

Forem

Open source platform for building communities

Launch
42
L

Lobsters

Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion

Launch
43
P

phpBB

Flat-forum bulletin board software solution

Launch
44
F

Fluxer

A free and open source instant messaging and VoIP chat app built for friends

Launch
45
G

GoToSocial

ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API

Launch
46
N

Nats Server

High-Performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system

Launch
47
O

OpenZiti

Fully-featured, zero trust, full mesh overlay network

Launch
48
S

SimpleX Chat

The most private and secure chat and applications platform

Launch
49
P

Pulsar

A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, Forked from Atom, built on Electron

Launch
50
R

Redlib

An alternative private front-end to Reddit, with its origins in Libreddit

Launch

About Portmaster

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Portmaster

Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall

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. 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. Protect your whole computer, not just your browser.

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Price
Free
Made by
safing
Category
Social
Website
safing.io