Pyruse Alternatives

Pyruse is described as 'Light-weight and extra-configurable peruser of systemd journal logs: ban IP, send immediate email, daily report… all based on a single JSON configuration file' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Pyruse for Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows. The best Pyruse alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pyruse are reaction, SSHGuard, Denyhosts and tallow.

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Light-weight and extra-configurable peruser of systemd journal logs: ban IP, send immediate email, daily report… all based on a single JSON configuration file.

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Pyruse alternatives page was last updated Dec 7, 2023
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    Fail2ban

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    Fail2ban scans log files (e.g. /var/log/apache/error_log) and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc. Generally Fail2Ban is then used to update firewall rules to reject the IP addresses for a specified amount of time...

    20 Fail2ban alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Fail2ban VS Pyruse

    Is Fail2ban a good alternative to Pyruse?
     

    • Fail2ban is the most popular Linux alternative to Pyruse.

    • Fail2ban is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pyruse.

    • Fail2ban is Free and Open SourcePyruse is also Free and Open Source
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    reaction

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    Inspired by the honorable Fail2ban, it intend to provide a more lightweight (CPU wise) alternative, easy to configure and well documented.

    9 reaction alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  IP Address Blacklist
    2.  Security Monitoring
    3.  Brute force attack
    4.  Golang
    5.  Spam Filter
    6.  Website Monitoring
    7.  SSH
    8.  Golang Regular Expressions
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    reaction VS Pyruse

    Is reaction a good alternative to Pyruse?
     

    • reaction is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Pyruse.

    • reaction is Free and Open SourcePyruse is also Free and Open Source
    • reaction is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPyruse is not according to our users
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    SSHGuard

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    SSHGuard monitors services through their logging activity. It reacts to messages about dangerous activity by blocking the source address with the local firewall. SSHGuard employs a clever parser that can transparently recognize several logging formats at once (syslog, syslog-ng...

    15 SSHGuard alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    SSHGuard Features

    1.  SSH
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    SSHGuard VS Pyruse

    Is SSHGuard a good alternative to Pyruse?
     

    • SSHGuard is the most popular Mac alternative to Pyruse.

    • SSHGuard is Free and Open SourcePyruse is also Free and Open Source
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    Denyhosts

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    The idea of denying access to SSH servers is nothing new and I was inspired by many other scripts that I discovered. However, none of them did things the way I envisioned them to. Also, they were all shell scripts which do not offer the elegance of Python.

    17 Denyhosts alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Denyhosts VS Pyruse

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  6. tallow

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    Tallow is a fail2ban/lard replacement that uses systemd's native journal API to scan for attempted ssh logins, and issues temporary IP bans for clients that violate certain login patterns.

    5 tallow alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    tallow Features

    1.  SSH
    2.  Support for TOR

    tallow VS Pyruse

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  7. win2ban

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    win2ban is a Fail2ban implementation for Windows systems. It is a packaging of Fail2ban, Python, Cygwin, Winlogbeat and many other related tools to make it a complete and ready-to-use solution for brute-force attack protection.

    15 win2ban alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Brute force attack

    win2ban VS Pyruse

    Is win2ban a good alternative to Pyruse?
     

    • win2ban is the most popular Windows alternative to Pyruse.

    • win2ban is Free Personal and ProprietaryPyruse is Free and Open Source
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