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drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

Community guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#apple #checklist #disk-encryption #guide #guides #hardening

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-31
History: 41 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

22,521

stars

Forks: 1,464
Commits: 1,090 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TecharoHQ/anubis

Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers

AI dev

Stack

Go gRPC Go React Cargo Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#defense #security

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-17
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 372 open

22,158

stars

Forks: 709
Commits: 909 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

matomo-org/matomo

Empowering People Ethically 🚀 — Matomo is hiring! Join us → https://matomo.org/jobs Matomo is the leading open-source alternative to Google Analytics, giving you complete control and built-in privacy. Easily collect, visualise, and analyse data from websites & apps. Star us on GitHub ⭐️ – Pull Requests welcome!

AI dev

Stack

PHP Symfony Vite Vue Composer npm

GitHub topics

#analytics #growth #hacktoberfest #intranet #log #marketing

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2007-07-24
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2,530 open

21,929

stars

Forks: 2,904
Commits: 31,529 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gravitational/teleport

The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra Electron gRPC Go React Cargo Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#audit #bastion #certificate #cluster #database-access #firewall

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-02
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 3,252 open

20,997

stars

Forks: 2,176
Commits: 27,925 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

bee-san/RustScan

🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#docker #hacking #hacktoberfest #networking #nmap #pentesting

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2020-07-11
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 18 open

20,575

stars

Forks: 1,395
Commits: 1,063 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bettercap/bettercap

The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, HID, CAN-bus, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

AI dev

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#ble #deauthentication-attack #dot11 #hacking #hid #mitm

Updated: 2026-08-13
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-17
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 44 open

20,150

stars

Forks: 1,728
Commits: 2,432 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +25 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

eosphoros-ai/DB-GPT

open-source agentic AI data assistant for the next generation of AI + Data products.

AI dev

Stack

Python FastAPI Next.js pytest React npm pip uv

GitHub topics

#agents #bgi #database #deepseek #gpt #gpt-4

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2023-04-13
History: 83 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 454 open

20,034

stars

Forks: 2,941
Commits: 3,411 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

simplex-chat/simplex-chat

SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱!

Stack

Haskell Android pytest Tailwind CSS Vite CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#chat #double-ratchet #e2ee #encryption #haskell #messaging

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-21
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 1,288 open

19,574

stars

Forks: 1,366
Commits: 6,431 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ImranR98/Obtainium

Get Android app updates straight from the source.

Stack

Dart Android Flutter Dart Pub Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#android #apk #apk-update #apk-updater #app-updater #automation

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-11
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 402 open

19,488

stars

Forks: 591
Commits: 3,489 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fail2ban/fail2ban

Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#anti-bot #attack-prevention #ban-hosts #ban-management #bsd #fail2ban

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-10-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 278 open

18,780

stars

Forks: 1,508
Commits: 6,291 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cure53/DOMPurify

DOMPurify - a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. DOMPurify works with a secure default, but offers a lot of configurability and hooks. Demo:

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#cross-site-scripting #dom #dompurify #html #javascript #mathml

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-17
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1 open

17,358

stars

Forks: 858
Commits: 2,491 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wazuh/wazuh

Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.

Stack

C++ pytest Starlette CMake Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cloud-security #compliance #configuration-assessement #container-security #cybersecurity #file-integrity-monitoring

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2005-09-23
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3,145 open

17,104

stars

Forks: 2,523
Commits: 51,684 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cryptomator/cryptomator

Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#cloud-storage #crypto #cryptography #cryptomator #encryption #java

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-02
History: 14 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 285 open

16,172

stars

Forks: 1,543
Commits: 6,518 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zaproxy/zaproxy

The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project

Stack

Java Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#appsec #dast #hacktoberfest #opensource #security #security-scanner

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-16
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 864 open

15,931

stars

Forks: 2,668
Commits: 10,412 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

crowdsecurity/crowdsec

Open-source IDS/IPS, WAF and bot detection for Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes, with a crowdsourced blocklist of malicious IPs.

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra Gin gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#anti-bot #blocklist #bot-detection #bot-protection #cybersecurity #docker

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-05-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 308 open

15,103

stars

Forks: 729
Commits: 2,799 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bytebase/bytebase

Database governance built for humans and agents — controlling changes and access across every major database.

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go React React Native .NET SDK Go modules pnpm

GitHub topics

#cicd #data-governance #data-masking #data-security #database-access #database-governance

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-27
History: 17 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 178 open

14,584

stars

Forks: 997
Commits: 22,537 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +35 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +31 +0.1%

Website GitHub

shadow1ng/fscan

一款内网综合扫描工具，方便一键自动化、全方位漏扫扫描。(An intranet comprehensive scanning tool, enabling one-click automated, all-round vulnerability scanning)

Stack

Go Gin gRPC Go React Tailwind CSS Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#fscan #scanner #scanning #sec #security #security-tools

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-29
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

14,537

stars

Forks: 1,945
Commits: 810 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenVPN/openvpn

OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon

Stack

C CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#security #vpn

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-09-26
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 224 open

14,525

stars

Forks: 3,392
Commits: 4,780 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook

How to improve NGINX performance, security, and other important things.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#best-practices #cheatsheet #hacks #handbook #http #https

Updated: 2024-11-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-27
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

14,309

stars

Forks: 1,137
Commits: 1,338 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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evilsocket/opensnitch

OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.

Stack

Python gRPC Go Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#application-firewall #data-breach #firewall #linux #networking #security

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-04-16
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 209 open

14,153

stars

Forks: 677
Commits: 2,293 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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juice-shop/juice-shop

OWASP Juice Shop: Probably the most modern and sophisticated insecure web application

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Angular Express npm

GitHub topics

#24pullrequests #application-security #appsec #ctf #hacking #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-19
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

14,031

stars

Forks: 19,910
Commits: 23,312 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nmap/nmap

Nmap - the Network Mapper. Github mirror of official SVN repository.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#asynchronous #c-plus-plus #libpcap #linux #lua #machine-learning

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-11
History: 11 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 698 open

13,712

stars

Forks: 2,911
Commits: 13,831 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

threat9/routersploit

Exploitation Framework for Embedded Devices

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#bruteforce #creds #dictionary-attack #embedded #exploits #infosec

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 97 open

13,253

stars

Forks: 2,396
Commits: 839 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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anchore/grype

A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Ruby on Rails Bundler Mix Go modules

GitHub topics

#container-image #containers #cyclonedx #docker #go #golang

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-26
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 417 open

13,010

stars

Forks: 913
Commits: 2,404 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

keeweb/keeweb

Free cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass

Stack

HTML Electron npm

GitHub topics

#electron #javascript #keepass #keeweb #password #password-manager

Updated: 2026-05-08
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-17
History: 14 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 441 open

12,998

stars

Forks: 1,160
Commits: 3,925 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

arkenfox/user.js

Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#anti-fingerprinting #anti-tracking #arkenfox #firefox #mozilla #privacy

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-17
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

12,903

stars

Forks: 556
Commits: 2,021 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

secdev/scapy

Scapy: the Python-based interactive packet manipulation program & library.

AI dev

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #network #network-analysis #network-discovery #network-security #network-visualization

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-03-26
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 147 open

12,587

stars

Forks: 2,266
Commits: 7,068 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jopohl/urh

Universal Radio Hacker: Investigate Wireless Protocols Like A Boss

Archived

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#airspy #bladerf #hacking #hackrf #iot #limesdr

Updated: 2025-12-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-01
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 58 open

12,586

stars

Forks: 1,053
Commits: 2,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

future-architect/vuls

Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#administrator #cybersecurity #freebsd #go #golang #linux

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-27
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 91 open

12,283

stars

Forks: 1,250
Commits: 1,924 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

docker-archive-public/docker.labs

This is a collection of tutorials for learning how to use Docker with various tools. Contributions welcome.

Archived

Stack

PHP Express Flask .NET SDK Maven npm

GitHub topics

#containers #docker #docker-compose #docker-tutorial #dotnet #java

Updated: 2023-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-21
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 140 open

11,887

stars

Forks: 5,164
Commits: 718 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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