Collection: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.
Description | Homepage | License | Is GNU | |
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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/ | GPLv2orlater with library exception LGPLv2.1orlater GPLv3orlater PublicDomain Expat | 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 |
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 | GPLv2orlater LGPLv2.1orlater GFDL 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/ | GPLv2 with exception LGPLv2.1 | 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/ | GPLv3orlater Expat BSD 3Clause | false |
Gnutls | Library implementing TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0. | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ | LGPLv2.1orlater LGPLv3orlater GPLv3orlater | true |
Gnuzilla | GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. | https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ | GPL LGPL 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 GPLv2 with exception Artistic BSD | 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/ | AGPLv3orlater Expat | false |
Libgcrypt | Cryptographic library. | https://gnupg.org/software/libgcrypt/ | LGPLv2.1orlater GPLv2orlater BSD 3Clause PublicDomain | true |
Licenseutils | Put copyright and license notices at the head of source code files | http://sv.gnu.org/p/licenseutils | GPLv3orlater Other | 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 OStatus and ActivityPub standards, is compatible with GNU Social, supports content warnings and private messages | https://joinmastodon.org | AGPLv3 | 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/ | AGPLv3orlater Common Public License 1.0 | 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 |
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/ | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 GPLv2orlater | 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 |
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/ | LGPLv2.1orlater Expat GPLv2orlater | 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/ | GPLv3orlater AGPLv3orlater | 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/ | AGPLv3orlater Expat | false |
Zclassic | Zclassic is a Zcash fork with no 20% Founders Tax. | http://zclassic.org/ | AGPLv3orlater Expat | false |
Zcoin | Private financial transactions using the Zcoin protocol | http://zcoin.tech/ | Expat | false |
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