Collection:High Priority Projects

High Priority Projects
Programs related to FSF's High Priority Free Software Projects. Note that, at least in regards to forms of real-time personal communications, the aforementioned campaign focuses on protocols which federate, not clients nor on specific software.

This is an automatically-generated list of all high priority projects indexed by the Free Software Directory:

Name	Description	Homepage	License	GNU
Bayonne	Telephony server.	https://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne/	GPLv3orlater	true
Bisq	A decentralized cryptocurrency exchange	https://bisq.network/	AGPLv3	false
Ccrtp	RTP protocol stack of GNU Common C++ and the GNU project.	https://www.gnu.org/software/ccrtp/	PublicDomain Expat GPLv3orlater LGPLv2.1orlater GPLv2orlater with library exception	true
Dante	Free implementation of socks version 4, socks version 5, and msproxy	http://www.inet.no/dante/	GPL	false
Decentraleyes	Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery. It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/		false
Diaspora	Server software for the decentralized social network of the same name	https://diasporafoundation.org/	AGPLv3orlater	false
DuckDuckGo (Lite SSL)	This add-on will put the Lite (non-JS / SSL) version of DuckDuckGo in your search bar.	https://duckduckgo.com/lite/		false
Ecryptfs-utils	ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)	https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs	GPLv2orlater	false
Ekiga	VoIP and video conferencing	http://www.ekiga.org/	GPLv2orlater	false
Electrum	A secure, forgiving, lightweight and easy to use Bitcoin client	http://electrum.org/	GPLv3orlater	false
Empathy	a messaging program which supports text, voice, and video chat and file transfers over many different protocols.	https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Empathy	GFDL GPLv2orlater LGPLv2.1orlater Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5	false
Enigmail	GPG support for Thunderbird/Icedove	http://www.enigmail.net/home/index.php	GPLv2orlater LGPLv2.1orlater Creative Commons Attribution 3.0	false
FOSSology	Scan files for licenses and copyrights	https://www.fossology.org/	LGPLv2.1 GPLv2 with exception	false
Flashproxy	Pluggable transport to circumvent IP address blocking - nodejs proxy	https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/	Expat	false
FoxyProxy Standard	FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy management tool that completely replaces Firefox's limited proxying capabilities. For a simpler tool and less advanced configuration options, please use FoxyProxy Basic.	http://getfoxyproxy.org/	GPLv2	false
Freenet	Filesharing program	https://freenetproject.org/	GPLv2	false
Friendica	Friendica Communications Platform	http://friendica.com/	AGPLv3	false
GlobaLeaks	GlobaLeaks is an open-source, free software intended to enable secure and anonymous whistleblowing initiatives. It was developed by the Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights, an Italian-based NGO supporting freedom of speech online.	https://www.globaleaks.org/	AGPL-3.0-or-later	false
Gnu-crypto	Full set of Java cryptographic tools.	https://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-crypto/	GPLv2orlater with library exception	true
Gnucomm	GNU telecommunications project.	https://www.gnu.org/software/gnucomm/	GPLv3orlater	true
Gnunet	Secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer networking framework.	https://gnunet.org/	AGPLv3orlater GPLv3orlater	true
Gnupg	Complete implementation of the OpenPGP Internet standard.	https://gnupg.org/	BSD 3Clause Expat GPLv3orlater	false
Gnutls	Library implementing TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0.	https://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/	GPLv3orlater LGPLv2.1orlater LGPLv3orlater	true
Gnuzilla	GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser.	https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/	LGPL GPL MPL	true
Gpa	graphical user interface for the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG).	http://www.gnupg.org/gpa.html	GPLv3orlater	false
HTTPS Everywhere	Browser extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure.	https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere	GPLv3orlater	false
I2P	Invisible Internet Project	https://geti2p.net/	PublicDomain BSD Artistic GPLv2 with exception	false
IceCat/CanvasBlocker	Blocks the JS-API for modifying <canvas> to prevent Canvas-Fingerprinting.</canvas>	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/		false
IceCat/Disable WebRTC	WebRTC exposes your internal network IP(s), without user interaction.	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disable-webrtc/		false
IceCat/NoScript	Only enable JavaScript for sites you trust.	https://noscript.net/	GPLv2	false
Iptables	program to configure the Linux IP packet filtering rules	http://www.iptables.org/	GPLv2	false
Jami	Distributed and encrypted audio/video/text communication.	https://www.gnu.org/software/jami/	GPLv3orlater	true
Komodo	A Zcash fork.	https://komodoplatform.com/	Expat AGPLv3orlater	false
Libgcrypt	Cryptographic library.	https://gnupg.org/software/libgcrypt/	PublicDomain GPLv2orlater BSD 3Clause LGPLv2.1orlater	false
Licenseutils	Put copyright and license notices at the head of source code files	http://sv.gnu.org/p/licenseutils	Other GPLv3orlater	false
Linphone	SIP softphone	https://www.linphone.org	GPLv2	false
Location Guard	Hide your geographic location from websites. Report a fake location with the addition of random noise in order to protect your privacy. Per site settings with three configurable levels of accuracy or even the possibility to use a fixed location.	https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard		false
Mailvelope	Mailvelope is an easy-to-use web-browser extension which brings OpenPGP encryption to webmail services	https://www.mailvelope.com	AGPLv3	false
Maryam	Open-source intelligence(OSINT) framework	https://github.com/saeeddhqan/Maryam	GPLv3	false
Mastodon	Microblogging server software which follows the ActivityPub standard, supports content warnings and private messages	https://joinmastodon.org	AGPL-3.0-or-later	false
Matrix-synapse	Synapse: Matrix reference homeserver	https://matrix.org/	Apache2.0	false
Mediagoblin	Server software that allows you to share your media with the world.	https://mediagoblin.org/	Common Public License 1.0 AGPLv3orlater	true
Monero Core	Monero (XMR), after the Esperanto word for money, is a CryptoNight-based cryptocurrency forked from Bytecoin (BCN).	https://getmonero.org/	BSD 3Clause	false
OnionShare	OnionShare is a free software tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size.	https://onionshare.org/	GPLv3orlater	false
Open HRMS Software	Most Advanced Open Source Human Resource Management Software	https://www.openhrms.com/	AGPL-3.0	false
Openbazaar-desktop	OpenBazaar 2.0 Desktop Client (talks to openbazaar-go server daemon)	https://openbazaar.org/		false
Openbazaar-go	OpenBazaar 2.0 Server Daemon in Go	https://openbazaar.org/	X11	false
Openfight	auto-diagnosis and bigData (opendata) tool to fight covid2 and other pandemics	https://github.com/hacknlove/openfight	GPLv3	false
Osip	Library supporting the Session Initiation Protocol.	https://www.gnu.org/software/osip/	LGPLv2.1orlater	true
OwnCloud	Web application for storage and synchronization of files	http://owncloud.org/	GPLv2orlater Creative Commons Attribution 3.0	false
Pica Pica Messenger	Secure decentralized instant messaging platform with e2e encryption	https://picapica.im	GPLv3orlater	false
Pidgin-otr	A Pidgin plugin for off-the-record conversations	https://otr.cypherpunks.ca		false
Privacy Badger	Browser extension that detects and prevents third-party tracking	https://www.eff.org/privacybadger	GPLv3	false
Privoxy	Web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities	https://www.privoxy.org/	GPLv2	false
Pump.io	Blogging server software that federates using the Activity Streams standard	http://pump.io	Apache2.0	false
PyBitmessage	Reference client for Bitmessage	https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main Page		false
Ricochet	Decentralized Instant messenger via the Tor network	https://ricochet.im/	BSD 3Clause	false
ScanCode Toolkit	A typical software project often reuses hundreds of third-party packages. License and origin information is not always easy to find and not normalized: ScanCode discovers and normalizes this data for you.	https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit		false
Searx	Searx a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine inspired by the Seeks websearch proxy	https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/	AGPLv3	false
SecureDrop	whistleblower submission system	https://securedrop.org/		false
Sipwitch	SIP-based office telephone call server.	https://www.gnu.org/software/sipwitch/	GPLv3orlater	true
Social	Powerful social network that is federated.	https://www.gnu.org/software/social/	AGPLv3orlater	true
Speex	Speech compression format.	https://www.gnu.org/software/speex/	Xiph	true
Superalgos	Markets research and trading automation platform	https://superalgos.org		false
Taler	Advanced electronic payment system for privacy-preserving payments.	https://www.gnu.org/software/taler/	AGPLv3orlater GPLv3orlater LGPLv2.1orlater	true
Tor	Anonymous network router to improve privacy on the Internet.	https://torproject.org		false
Tor Browser	A Firefox ESR-based web browser for use of the TOR network	https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html	GPLv3orlater	false
TorBirdy	Provides safe Tor support for Icedove/Mozilla Thunderbird	https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy		false
Torsocks	use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor	https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git	GPLv2	false
Tribler	Python based BitTorrent/Internet TV application	http://www.tribler.org/	GPLv2orlater Expat LGPLv2.1orlater	false
Twinkle	SIP VoIP Phone	http://www.xs4all.nl/~mfnboer/twinkle/home.html	GPLv2orlater	false
Twister	Twister is the fully decentralized P2P microblogging platform leveraging from the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols	http://twister.net.co/	Expat	false
UBlock Origin	A wide-spectrum blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.	https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock	GPLv3orlater	false
UMatrix	Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc.	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/	GPLv3	false
Websocket	WebSocket pluggable transport - server	https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/websocket.git	Other	false
Weechat-scripts	script collection for the WeeChat IRC client	http://weechat.flashtux.org/plugins.php		false
Wire	Modern communication tool, full privacy.	https://wire.com/	AGPLv3orlater GPLv3orlater	false
Yggdrasil	An experiment in scalable routing as an encrypted IPv6 overlay network	https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/		false
Zcash	Zcash is a decentralized cryptocurrency that offers privacy and selective transparency of transactions. Zcash payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient, and amount of a transaction remain private	https://z.cash/	Expat AGPLv3orlater	false
Zclassic	Zclassic is a Zcash fork with no 20% Founders Tax.	http://zclassic.org/	Expat AGPLv3orlater	false
Zcoin	Private financial transactions using the Zcoin protocol	http://zcoin.tech/	Expat	false

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