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<p align="center"><strong>OpenSnitch</strong> is a GNU/Linux application firewall.</p>

<p align="center">•• <a href="#key-features">Key Features</a> • <a href="#download">Download</a> • <a href="#installation">Installation</a> • <a href="#opensnitch-in-action">Usage examples</a> • <a href="#in-the-press">In the press</a> ••</p>

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## Key features
 * Interactive outbound connections filtering.
 * [Block ads, trackers or malware domains](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/wiki/block-lists) system wide.
 * Ability to [configure system firewall](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/wiki/System-rules) from the GUI (nftables).
   - Configure input policy, allow inbound services, etc.
 * Manage [multiple nodes](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/wiki/Nodes) from a centralized GUI.
 * [SIEM integration](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/wiki/SIEM-integration)

## Download

Download deb/rpm packages for your system from https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/releases

## Installation

#### deb
> $ sudo apt install ./opensnitch*.deb ./python3-opensnitch-ui*.deb

#### rpm
> $ sudo yum localinstall opensnitch-1*.rpm; sudo yum localinstall opensnitch-ui*.rpm 

Then run: `$ opensnitch-ui` or launch the GUI from the Applications menu.

Please, refer to [the documentation](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/wiki/Installation) for detailed information.

## OpenSnitch in action

Examples of OpenSnitch intercepting unexpected connections:

https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/discussions/categories/show-and-tell

Have you seen a connection you didn't expect? [submit it!](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/discussions/new?category=show-and-tell)

## In the press

- 2017 [PenTest Magazine](https://twitter.com/pentestmag/status/857321886807605248)
- 11/2019 [It's Foss](https://itsfoss.com/opensnitch-firewall-linux/)
- 03/2020 [Linux Format #232](https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2020/232/Firewalld-and-OpenSnitch)
- 08/2020 [Linux Magazine Polska #194](https://linux-magazine.pl/archiwum/wydanie/387)
- 08/2021 [Linux Format #280](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/discussions/631)
- 02/2022 [Linux User](https://www.linux-community.de/magazine/linuxuser/2022/03/)
- 06/2022 [Linux Magazine #259](https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2022/259/OpenSnitch)

## Donations

If you find OpenSnitch useful and want to donate to the dedicated developers, you can do it from the **Sponsor this project** section on the right side of this repository.

You can see here who are the current maintainers of OpenSnitch:
https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/commits/master

## Contributors

[See the list](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/graphs/contributors)

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