AppArmor Alternatives

AppArmor is described as 'Effective and easy-to-use Linux application security system. AppArmor proactively protects the operating system and applications from external or internal threats, even zero-day attacks, by enforcing good behavior and preventing even unknown application flaws from' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to AppArmor for Linux, Self-Hosted and FreeBSD. The best AppArmor alternative is Firejail, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AppArmor are SELinux, grsecurity, CLIP OS and Vulture.

AppArmor alternatives are mainly Operating Systems but may also be Linux Distros or Virtualization Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AppArmor.

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Firejail
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Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Linux
19 Firejail alternatives
Firejail is a SUID security sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.
- - Firejail is the most popular Linux alternative to AppArmor.
- - Firejail is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AppArmor.
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1. Command line interfaceFirejail either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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SELinux
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Free • Open Source
Linux
4 SELinux alternatives
Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a role-based access control solution, developed by the US spying agency NSA and Red Hat, for internal and general use.
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This is the closest match to AppArmor out there, the two both implement Mandatory Access Control (MAC)
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grsecurity
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Paid • Proprietary
Linux
6 grsecurity alternatives
Grsecurity® is an extensive security enhancement to the Linux kernel that defends against a wide range of security threats through intelligent access control, memory corruption-based exploit prevention, and a host of other system hardening that generally require no...
- - grsecurity is the most popular commercial alternative to AppArmor.
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CLIP OS
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Free • Open Source
Operating System
Linux Distro
Linux
165 CLIP OS alternatives
The CLIP OS project is an open source project maintained by the ANSSI (National Cybersecurity Agency of France) that aims to build a secure, multi-level operating system, based on the Linux kernel and a lot of free and open source software.
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Vulture
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Linux
Self-Hosted
FreeBSD
4 Vulture alternatives
Vulture is an application firewall that supports HTTP/2, detects behavioral anomalies and protects your web applications from Internet attacks.
- - Vulture is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to AppArmor.
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Smack
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Free • Open Source
Linux
4 Smack alternatives
Smack is the the Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel.
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TOMOYO Linux
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Free • Open Source
Linux
4 TOMOYO Linux alternatives
TOMOYO Linux is a Mandatory Access Control (MAC) implementation for Linux that can be used to increase the security of a system, while also being useful purely as a system analysis tool.
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