Portmaster: Open-source Application Firewall

Portmaster: Open-source Application Firewall

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James Patterson
Dec 19, 2025

Portmaster is a free and open source application firewall built to monitor and control network activity on Windows and Linux. The project is developed in the EU and is designed to give users stronger privacy without asking them to manage every rule by hand.

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James Patterson

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