Privacy Tools

A native macOS network monitor. Combines Bonjour, ARP, SSDP, NetBIOS and active probing to show every connected device — Apple gadgets, smart TVs, IoT, printers — in one live window. Full per-device history: first seen, last seen, every online/offline transition. Five alert types for new, risky, or returning devices. One-click security scan checks common ports with plain-English findings. Built 100% in SwiftUI. No cloud, no account, no telemetry. Your data stays on your Mac. Free.

Oasis is a refuge from noisy, scattered browsing. Privacy comes first, in an elegant experience that AI makes feel lighter and more capable, not busier. Your data is your data. Period. As you train Oasis on what matters to you, it grows sharper, quicker, and truer to your everyday flow.

Most storage apps are incredibly complex and built for you while you're alive. But what happens after? Ente Locker is built for transmission of your important documents, passwords and notes. Add your loved ones as trusted contacts — for when your spouse needs the property deed and you're not around to send it. Locker is end-to-end encrypted and open source, so your information remains truly yours.

Thirteen years in, and we've just shipped our most ambitious update yet. Vivaldi 8.0 has a bold new look we call Unified. Every toolbar now sits on one continuous surface, giving you new ways to customize your browser across the whole window, edge to edge. With six layouts to start from - then make it all yours. Every color, every toolbar, every pixel. Your browser. Your rules.

Most AI media tools want your data in the cloud. Invenio is built for your Mac. It gives your AI local access to your video and photo libraries. Type "man on a bike" – it finds the exact frame, understands the context, and lets you drag it directly into Premiere or Final Cut. No cloud, no tracking, 100% local via Apple Neural Engine. Works with TBs on external drives. Visual search and OCR are completely free.

Whiteout sits in your Mac menu bar, watches your screenshots, and auto-detects sensitive info like phone numbers, SSNs, credit cards, and API keys. Clean copies saved automatically, originals tucked away. Fully offline. $9.99 once.

Code with AI. Chat with AI. 100% offline. Description: Quietly is a local-first AI IDE and chat companion for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Built for developers who refuse to compromise on privacy, it keeps your source code and prompts entirely on your machine. No cloud, no telemetry, and zero latency. Just you and your models.

Most LLM memory systems store facts. Tenure stores what to do with them. Every belief carries a why_it_matters field that converts observations into instructions the model acts on directly, no additional inference required. Precision retrieval over similarity search. Fully local, encrypted at rest, nothing leaves localhost. Every belief is visible, editable, and correctable, the model isn't building a hidden profile. Retrieval claims are documented in a reproducible arXiv paper.

Phone browser to command line, Apple to Android, any device to any device. If it has a browser or a CLI, it works. P2P, end-to-end encrypted. No cookies, no logins, free.

DeepFrame — a luxury security studio running authorized deep pentests for fast-moving web apps. Depth, clarity, retest.

Run powerful AI models entirely offline no internet, no GPU, no cloud. LumiChats Offline is a free, open-source desktop app built on GPT4All with full privacy by default. Supports Mistral, LLaMA, Qwen, DeepSeek and our own fine-tuned LumiChats models. Chat with your own PDFs and docs via LocalDocs. Works on Windows, Linux and macOS.

Run powerful AI models entirely offline no internet, no GPU, no cloud. LumiChats Offline is a free, open-source desktop app built on GPT4All with full privacy by default. Supports Mistral, LLaMA, Qwen, DeepSeek and our own fine-tuned LumiChats models. Chat with your own PDFs and docs via LocalDocs. Works on Windows, Linux and macOS.

MediaOptim compresses images, videos, and audio files directly on your Mac — no uploads, no subscriptions, no privacy risk. Most compression tools send your files to a server. MediaOptim runs everything locally using native Apple frameworks, so files never leave your device. ✓ Batch compress entire folders ✓ Supports HEIC, WebP, MP4, MOV, MP3, FLAC and more ✓ Set quality targets, not just percentages ✓ Works offline, always

ClearMesh brings Git-like version control to large files. It helps AI, VFX, research, data, and engineering teams commit, push, clone, sync, branch, and mount datasets, model files, media assets, CAD exports, and binary folders. Files are stored as chunks in S3/R2-compatible Vault storage, with optional client-side encryption. Unchanged chunks can be reused across versions, and repos can be mounted read-only so tools can stream files from a normal path. Would this fit your workflow?

TogetherLetters keeps groups connected through a simple, regular email newsletter. No algorithm, no feed, and no scraping by search engines. On a schedule you pick, everyone gets nudged for an update. Click the link, write, done. Updates compile into one newsletter for the group. No reply-all. Reply directly to individuals for real 1-on-1 conversations. Everything is completely private and never on the web. 700+ groups, 5k+ users - all word of mouth. Free forever for groups of 10 or less.

PanicMode is a native desktop app for macOS and Windows that lets you instantly cover your screen with a clean, neutral workspace using a single hotkey. Built for people working in public spaces, it helps avoid exposing emails, chats, or sensitive data when someone walks by. Choose from different workspace profiles (Developer, Office…) that blend naturally with your setup. No screenshots, no blur, just instant control.

Sleek Analytics is a privacy-first Google Analytics alternative for Modern Web. Real-time website analytics, cookieless tracking, and fast dashboards.

ScreenVeil helps you hide sensitive parts of your screen and place useful overlays on top of any app on macOS. It’s built for screen sharing, presentations, live streams, recordings, and everyday work when you need full control over what stays visible. You can add floating panels in seconds and save complete setups as presets. It’s a simple way to protect private information, keep notes visible, highlight content, or prepare reusable on-screen layouts for meetings and demos.

AnyDrop is a free, purely browser-based web app that connects your devices directly. Drop files of any size, chat, and sync a live notepad across Mac, PC, iOS, and Android without any downloads or sign-ups. True P2P with zero cloud storage.

Open-source plugin that redacts PII before Claude Code reads it. Names, emails, and IBANs become placeholders Claude sees; you reveal originals locally. Same engine ships as a CLI for any LLM and a hosted proxy for OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure.

Run hundreds of AI agents from your phone. Turn your devices into a private compute pool, route every task to the best AI, and use Claude, Codex, Gemini and more — no infra, no lock-in.