GlassWire Alternatives

GlassWire is described as 'Visualizes network activity, alerts on suspicious behavior, manages firewall rules, reports new app connections, and identifies potential threats' and is a very popular Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GlassWire for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best GlassWire alternative is simplewall, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GlassWire are Portmaster, Little Snitch, Fort Firewall and TrafficMonitor.

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  1. Free Firewall icon
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    Free Firewall is a full-featured professional firewall that protects against the threats of the Internet. Control every program on your computer by permit or deny access to the Internet. Free firewall notifies you when applications want to access the Internet in the background...

    15 Free Firewall alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. As soon as you’re connected to the Internet, your apps can send whatever they want to wherever they want, unnoticed by you, because all of this happens invisibly under the hood.

    44 Little Snitch Mini alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Windows Firewall Notifier (WFN) extends the default Windows embedded firewall behavior, allowing to visualize and handle incoming or outgoing connections.

    Cost / License

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    • Windows
     
  4. NetTraffic icon
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    Live data rate chart. Network usage history (statistics). Quota counter (limit usage meter). Works with every network connection. Multi-language. Installer & portable. Lightweight. Freeware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Privatefirewall icon
     26 likes

    This personal firewall and intrusion detection application provides comprehensive online security. It constantly monitors your PC for intrusion and reports any findings, so you can take the appropriate action.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Enables per-application network monitoring with instant notifications, detailed logging, multiple predefined security zones, blocking of zero-day malware and telemetry, support for portable use, remote management, IPv6 networks, and flexible LAN connectivity settings.

    26 Windows 11 Firewall Control alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. SpyShelter icon
     6 likes

    SpyShelter is an effective and easy-to-use security application that helps you to protect your system against known and unknown malware.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Barikade icon
     Like

    Barikade is a Windows Service to close processes running outside allowed directories followed by network connections blocking to prevent the use of legit software to bypass Windows Firewall and download malware.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Netmute icon
     1 like

    Find out which apps phone home, contact trackers, or quietly drain your bandwidth. Block any connection with one click — locally. No VPN, no signup, no cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. BWMeter icon
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    BWMeter is a powerful bandwidth meter, monitor, traffic controller and firewall, which measures, displays and controls all traffic to/from your computer or on your network. Unlike other products, it can analyze the data packets (where they come from, where they go, which port...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. RustNet icon
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    RustNet bridges the gap between basic connection utilities (like netstat or ss) and heavy-duty packet analyzers (like Wireshark or tcpdump). Built entirely in Rust, it provides a beautiful, resource-efficient Terminal UI that monitors network connections, tracks connection...

    36 RustNet alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
     
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