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evilsocket/opensnitch has 14,257 GitHub stars and 684 forks. GitHot measured +3 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-07 14:54 UTC. Last push 2026-07-26.

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OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.

What you can do

  • Interactive outbound connections filtering.
  • Block ads, trackers or malware domains system wide.
  • Configure input policy, allow inbound services, etc.
  • Manage multiple nodes from a centralized GUI.

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OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux application firewall.

•• Key Features • Download • Installation • Usage examples • In the press ••

OpenSnitch

Key features

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 dnf install opensnitch*.rpm

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

Please, refer to the documentation 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!

In the press

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

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