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60 apps

AdwCleaner

Malwarebytes Inc.

FREE

Single-purpose cleaner for adware, toolbars and bundled junk, run from one portable file with no install.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

Bitwarden

Bitwarden, Inc.

FREE

Password manager with an unlimited free tier and a server component you can self-host if you prefer.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

BleachBit

BleachBit contributors

FREE

Clears caches, logs and temporary files by application, with an option to overwrite freed space.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsSecurity & Privacy

Brave

Brave Software, Inc.

FREE

Chromium-based browser that blocks ads and trackers by default, without installing an extension first.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

ClamAV

Cisco Systems, Inc.

FREE

Open source antivirus engine with a command line scanner and signature database you can update yourself.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Cryptomator

Skymatic GmbH

FREE

Encrypts a folder file by file before it reaches cloud storage, so sync keeps working per changed file.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo, Inc.

FREE

Privacy browser built on the system web engine, blocking trackers and answering cookie pop-ups for you.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyBrowsers

Element

Element

FREE

Matrix client for chat and calls, able to connect to any homeserver including one you run yourself.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Encrypto

MacPaw

FREE

Drag a file in, set a password, and get an AES-256 package that opens on either Windows or macOS.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

Enpass

Sinew Software Systems

FREE + ONE-TIME

Password manager that keeps the vault on your device and syncs it through cloud storage you already own.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

FREE

Two-factor code generator that backs up its TOTP secrets end-to-end encrypted across devices.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

ExifCleaner

szTheory

FREE

Strips metadata from photos, videos and PDFs by dragging them onto the window, in bulk if needed.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

Firefox

Mozilla

FREE

Independent browser on Mozilla's Gecko engine, with container tabs that keep separate logins isolated from each other.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Firejail

Firejail contributors

FREE

Confines a Linux program with kernel namespaces and seccomp, using ready-made profiles for common apps.

GPL-2.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

GlassWire

GlassWire

FREE

Turns network traffic into a timeline graph and flags new connections, with a firewall tab to cut them off.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

GPG Suite

GPGTools GmbH

FREE + ONE-TIME

Brings OpenPGP to macOS through a key manager and Services menu; the Apple Mail plugin is the paid part.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Gpg4win

Intevation GmbH

FREE

Packages GnuPG for Windows together with Kleopatra, a graphical manager for OpenPGP and S/MIME keys.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Gufw

Marcos Alvarez Costales

FREE

Graphical front end for the ufw firewall, turning Linux rule syntax into checkboxes and profiles.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

Helium

imput

FREE

Chromium build derived from ungoogled-chromium, shipping uBlock Origin as a native component.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

ImHex

WerWolv

FREE

Hex editor for reverse engineering, with a pattern language that labels binary structures.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSecurity & Privacy

Jami

Savoir-faire Linux

FREE

Peer-to-peer calling and messaging app that connects clients directly, with no central account server in between.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Joplin

Laurent Cozic

FREE

Markdown notebook that syncs through your own storage account and encrypts notes end to end before upload.

AGPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivitySecurity & Privacy

KeePass

Dominik Reichl

FREE

The original offline password database, stored in a single encrypted file and extended through plugins.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

KeePassXC

KeePassXC Team

FREE

Offline password manager storing an encrypted database file you keep and sync yourself.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

LibreWolf

LibreWolf Community

FREE

Firefox build with telemetry removed and privacy settings hardened before first launch.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Little Snitch

Objective Development Software GmbH

ONE-TIME

macOS application firewall with a rule editor and live traffic map, sold as a perpetual licence.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

LuLu

Objective-See

FREE

Open source macOS firewall that prompts on unknown outbound connections and asks nothing in return.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes Inc.

FREE

On-demand malware scanner and remover; the free edition cleans an infected machine without real-time cover.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Micro Snitch

Objective Development Software GmbH

ONE-TIME

Menu bar utility that reports whenever an app switches on the microphone or camera, and logs each event.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

Mullvad Browser

Mullvad VPN AB

FREE

Tor Browser's anti-fingerprinting work without the Tor network, meant to be paired with a VPN.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyBrowsers

NetBird

NetBird GmbH

FREE

Mesh VPN with access policies and an optional self-hosted control plane you run on your own server.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyDeveloper Tools

Notesnook

Streetwriters

FREE

Note app that encrypts every note on the device before syncing, so the server never sees readable content.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivitySecurity & Privacy

OnionShare

Micah Lee

FREE

Shares files, hosts a site or runs a chat room straight from your machine over a temporary Tor address.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

OpenSnitch

Simone Margaritelli

FREE

Interactive outbound firewall for Linux, asking about each new connection and keeping a searchable log.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Orion

Kagi

FREE + ONE-TIME

WebKit browser for macOS that runs Safari, Chrome and Firefox extensions and sends no telemetry.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Picocrypt

Evan Su

FREE

Very small file encryption tool built around XChaCha20, with optional Reed-Solomon corruption recovery.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

Portmaster

Safing ICS Technologies GmbH

FREE

Application firewall that names the app behind every connection and filters trackers at the DNS layer.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

privacy.sexy

undergroundwires

FREE

Builds a privacy hardening script from tweaks you tick off, and generates the matching revert script too.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

Proton Pass

Proton AG

FREE

Password manager from the Proton suite, adding hide-my-email aliases beside the usual logins and notes.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Proton VPN

Proton AG

FREE

VPN client whose free plan carries no data cap, funded by the paid tiers rather than by advertising.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

Radio Silence

Juuso Salonen

ONE-TIME

Minimal macOS outbound firewall: pick the apps to silence, with no rule prompts interrupting your work.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Sandboxie Plus

David Xanatos

FREE

Runs Windows programs in an isolated box, so changes to files and registry vanish when the box is emptied.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

Session

Session Technology Foundation

FREE

Encrypted messenger that identifies accounts by a random ID instead of a phone number, routed over a node network.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Signal Desktop

Signal Messenger, LLC

FREE

End-to-end encrypted messenger whose desktop app links to a phone account and keeps message keys on the device.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

simplewall

Henry++

FREE

Thin front end for the Windows Filtering Platform that blocks apps by default until you allow them.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

SimpleX Chat

SimpleX Chat Ltd

FREE

Messenger with no account identifiers at all: contacts are added through one-time invitation links or QR codes.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Tailscale

Tailscale Inc.

FREE

Builds a private WireGuard mesh between your own machines, so they reach each other without port forwarding.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyDeveloper Tools

Threema

Threema AG

ONE-TIME

Swiss encrypted messenger paid for once rather than by subscription, with accounts that need no phone number.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Tor Browser

The Tor Project

FREE

Firefox build that routes traffic through the Tor network and makes users' fingerprints look alike.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & PrivacyBrowsers

Tuta Mail

Tutao GmbH

FREE

Encrypted mail service with a desktop client that keeps mailbox contents and the search index encrypted on device.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 24 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

ungoogled-chromium

ungoogled-software

FREE

Chromium build with Google service integration and background connections stripped out of the source.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

FREE

Disk encryption that mounts encrypted containers as drives and can hide a second volume inside the first.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

Waterfox

BrowserWorks

FREE

Independent Firefox fork that keeps telemetry off and retains support for some older extension types.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Windscribe

Windscribe Limited

FREE

VPN client with an open source desktop app and a free tier metered in gigabytes per month.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

Wire

Wire Swiss GmbH

FREE

End-to-end encrypted messenger with a free personal plan covering chats, calls and screen sharing on desktop.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

WireGuard

Jason A. Donenfeld

FREE

VPN tunnel built on a small modern codebase, configured through short key-based files instead of a GUI wizard.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Wireshark

The Wireshark team

FREE

Network protocol analyser that captures live traffic and decodes it packet by packet.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSecurity & Privacy

Desktop app that reads one-time codes off a YubiKey, so the secrets never sit on the computer itself.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy