NetLimiter Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to NetLimiter is Portmaster, which is open source with a free version. Other popular alternatives are simplewall, Fort Firewall, Little Snitch and Minimal Firewall. There's no shortage of Firewalls like NetLimiter, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Murus is a frontend for the OS X PF network firewall. From basic filtering to advanced proactive options, Murus allows to easily configure a complex network setup dragging and dropping icons and moving sliders and selecting checkboxes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. TrafficToll icon
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    TrafficToll allows you to limit download and upload bandwidth globally (per interface) and per process, even during the process' runtime.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. Bouncer App icon
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    Bouncer is an application to help you choose the correct firewall zone for wireless connections. When you connect to a new network, Bouncer will open a window prompting you for what kind of network (eg home, public, work) it is.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. trickle is a portable lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper. It can run in collaborative mode (together with trickled) or in stand alone mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  5. ufw KDE icon
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    KDE front-end to ufw, similar to the GTK/Gnome based gufw.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Kubuntu
    • KDE neon
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  6. Douane icon
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    Douane is a personal firewall that protects a user's privacy by allowing a user to control which applications can connect to the internet from their GNU/Linux computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. spectraNET is a free per-application network monitor for macOS, Windows and Linux. It measures every connection of every program and shows which apps use the network, how much, with whom, and whether anything looks suspicious, as an animated 2.5D city or a 2D map.

    6 spectraNET alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Pausix icon
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    On-device mobile bandwidth limiter for Android and iOS that applies separate download and upload caps through local VPN APIs. Use preset or custom profiles, start or stop throttling quickly, and reproduce slow-network conditions for app QA without root access or remote servers.

    7 Pausix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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