appFirewall

A free, fully open-source application firewall for macOS 10.13 High Sierra and later. Allows real-time monitoring of network connections being made by applications, and blocking/allowing of these per app by user. Supports use of hostname lists (Energized Blu etc) to block known tracker and advertising domains for all apps. Also allows blocking of all network connections for specified apps, blocking of all connections except for specified whitelisted connections, use of pre-configured lists of connections per app to allow/block etc.

Features

Real-time monitoring of network connections being made by applications
Blocking/allowing of network connections per app
Supports use of hostname lists (Energized Blu etc) to block known tracker and advertising domains for all apps
Fully open source: https://github.com/doug-leith/appFirewall/

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BSD License

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Mac

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Cocoa (MacOS X)

Programming Language

C, Swift

Related Categories

C Firewall Software, Swift Firewall Software

Registered

2019-12-16

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