Projects

Projects actively supported by Localization Lab

Logo	Project	Organization	Summary	Project Site	Project Type	Project Status
Apple Censorship Logo	Apple Censorship	GreatFire	Apple Censorship website lets users search and view which apps are available in different AppStores around the world.	applecensorship.com	Censorship	Active
Bitmask Logo	Bitmask	LEAP	Bitmask is an open-source application to provide easy and secure encrypted communication. You can choose among several different service providers or start your own. Currently, Bitmask supports encrypted internet (VPN).	bitmask.net	Circumvention and VPN	Active
Briar Project Logo	Briar	Briar Project	Briar offers peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums, storing data securely on your device and not in the cloud. Briar also allows you to connect directly with nearby contacts without Internet access, making messaging possible with low bandwidth or when Internet access is blocked.	briarproject.org	Secure Messaging	Active
Bypass Censorship Website Logo	Bypass Censorship Website		The Bypass Censorship website aims to connect individuals worldwide with effective tools to circumvent censorship.	bypasscensorship.org	Circumvention	Active
Censorship.no! (CENO)	CENO	eQualitie	CENO (short for Censorship.no!) is a mobile Web browser using a novel approach to circumvent Internet censorship infrastructure, allowing users living in a censored zone to share retrieved content with each other, peer-to-peer.	censorship.no	Circumvention	Active
Cupcake Logo	Cupcake	Cupcake	Cupcake empowers you to assist censored internet users all over the world by turning your web browser into a pathway to the Tor network.	Cupcake Chome Extension		Active
CAT Logo	Cybersecurity Assessment Tool	Ford Foundation	The Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) is an automated questionnaire to measure the maturity, resiliency, and strength of an organization’s cybersecurity efforts.	Cybersecurity Assessment Tool	Cybersecurity	Active
Deflect Logo	Deflect	Equalit.ie	Deflect is a robust and innovative website protection service designed to withstand distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.	deflect.ca	Website Security and Hosting	Active
F-Droid Logo	F-Droid	F-Droid Limited	F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.	f-droid.org	App Store	Active
FreedomBox Logo	FreedomBox	FreedomBox Foundation	FreedomBox is a simple private server, wireless internet router, and multi-purpose tool designed to create internet freedom with only free software and inexpensive hardware. FreedomBox is a Debian-based system designed to protect against data-mining, surveillance, and censorship.	freedombox.org	Personal Server	Active
FreeBooks Logo	FreeBooks	GreatFire	Note: FreeBrowser is a closed source project. FreeBooks is a free Android app that provides access to censored books, primarily in Mainland China and Iran.		Circumvention	Active
FreeBrowser Logo	FreeBrowser	GreatFire	Note: FreeBrowser is a closed source project. FreeBrowser is a free Android app that provides access to an uncensored internet.	freebrowser.org	Circumvention	Active
Freenet Logo	Freenet	The Freenet Project Inc.	Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites" (web sites accessible only through Freenet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship.	freenetproject.org		Active
Globaleaks Logo	Globaleaks	Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights	GlobaLeaks is an open source project aimed at creating a worldwide, anonymous, censorship-resistant, distributed whistleblowing platform.	globaleaks.org		Active
I2P Logo	I2P (Invisible Internet Project)		I2P is an anonymous network built on top of the internet. It allows netizens to create and access content and build online communities on a network that is both distributed and dynamic. It is intended to protect communication and resist monitoring by third parties such as ISPs.	geti2p.net		Active
CJFE Logo	Journalists in Distress	Canadian Journalists for Free Expression	Journalists in Distress is a a digital security guide targeting journalists working in hostile environments.	www.cjfe.org		Active
KeePassXC Logo	KeePassXC		KeePassXC is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager for storing and managing most sensitive information.	KeePassXC.org		Active
	keys.openpgp.org	keys.openpgp.org	The keys.openpgp.org server is a public service for the distribution and discovery of OpenPGP-compatible keys, commonly referred to as a 'keyserver'.	keys.openpgp.org		Active
Lantern Logo	Lantern	Brave New Software	Lantern is an Internet proxy tool that lets you access blocked sites.	getlantern.org		Active
Mailvelope Logo	Mailvelope	Mailvelope	Mailvelope is an easy-to-use browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that enables the exchange of encrypted emails following the OpenPGP encryption standard.	mailvelope.com	Email Encryption	Active
MassBrowser Logo	MassBrowser	The Secure, Private Internet Research Group (SPIN)	MassBrowser is a state-of-the-art system designed to circumvent Internet censorship. MassBrowser is open-source and free to use. It has been designed and developed by the Secure, Private Internet (SPIN) Research Group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. MassBrowser operates with the help of normal Internet users with open access to the Internet who volunteer to help censored Internet users.	massbrowser.cs.umass.edu		Pending
NoScript Logo	NoScript		NoScript is a Firefox extension that provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey, and other Mozilla-based browsers. It is a free, open-source add-on that allows JavaScript, Java, Flash, and other plugins to be executed only by trusted websites of your choice.	noscript.net		Active
Onion Browser Logo	Onion Browser		Onion Browser is a free and open-source web browser for iPhone and iPad that encrypts and tunnels web traffic through the Tor network, with extra features to help you browse the internet privately.	mike.tig.as/onionbrowser	Circumvention, Anonymous and Secure Browsing	Active
OnionShare Logo	OnionShare		OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size.	onionshare.org	Anonymous and Secure Filesharing	Active
OONIprobe Logo	OONI	Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)	Founded in 2012, the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a non-profit free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in documenting internet censorship around the world.	ooni.org	Network measurement project	Active
OpenKeychain Logo	OpenKeychain		OpenKeychain is an app for Android that helps you communicate more privately and securely. It is based on the well established OpenPGP standard making encryption compatible across your devices and operating systems.	openkeychain.org	Key Management, Encryption	Active
Orbot Logo	Orbot	Guardian Project	Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis. Orbot creates a truly private mobile internet connection.	guardianproject.info	Circumvention	Active
Psiphon Logo	Psiphon	Psiphon	Psiphon is an open-source Internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies (VPN, SSH, and HTTP Proxy).	psiphon.ca	Circumvention, VPN	Active
Qubes OS Logo	Qubes OS	Qubes OS	Qubes OS is a "relatively secure operating system" that secures your digital life by compartmentalizing your data and online activities.	qubes-os.org		Active
SecureDrop Logo	SecureDrop	Freedom of the Press Foundation	SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources.	securedrop.org		Active
SAFETAG Logo	SAFETAG	Internews	SAFETAG (Security Auditing Framework and Evaluation Template for Advocacy Groups) is a professional audit framework that adapts traditional penetration testing and risk assessment methodologies to be relevant to smaller non-profit organizations based or operating in the developing world.	safetag.org		Active
SAVE by OpenArchive Logo	Save	OpenArchive	Save is a mobile app designed to help users preserve, protect, and amplify audio/visual media. It is a project of OpenArchive and is free, open-source, and currently available for Android (iOS coming soon!). Functionalities include privacy, mobile archiving, preservation, circumvention, adding metadata and Creative Commons licensing to audio/visual mobile media and sending it to the Internet Archive and other archives over the privacy-focused Tor network.	open-archive.org/save		Active
Shira Logo	Shira	Horizontal	Shira helps users develop the skills needed to identify and defeat phishing attacks on email and messaging apps.	shira.app	Educational	Active
Tella Logo	Tella	Horizontal	Tella is a documentation app for Android. In challenging environments--with limited or no internet connectivity or in the face of repression--Tella makes it easier and safer to document events, whether that’s violence, human rights violations, corruption, or electoral fraud.	hzontal.org/tella		Active
Tails Logo	Tails	Tails	Tails is a complete operating system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly. It is Free Software and based on Debian GNU/Linux.	tails.boum.org		Active
Tor Logo	Tor	Tor Project	Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location.	torproject.org		Active
Umbrella App Logo	Umbrella App	Security First	Umbrella is a one-stop-shop for all the latest tools and information needed to operate safely in a hostile environment.	secfirst.org		Active
VeraCrypt Logo	VeraCrypt	IDRIX	Full disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux	www.veracrypt.fr	Full-Disk Encryption	Active

Other projects supported by Localization Lab

Logo	Project	Organization	Summary	Project Site	Project Type	Project Status
Calyx Institute Logo	CalyxOS	Calyx Institute		calyxos.org		Active
Check Logo	Check	Meedan		checkmedia.org Check on Transifex		Active
Delta Chat Logo	Delta Chat		Delta Chat is like Telegram or Whatsapp but without the tracking or central control. Delta Chat does not need your phone number.	Delta Chat website Delta Chat on Transifex		Active
	Outline	Jigsaw		getoutline.org		Active
ProofMode Logo	ProofMode	Guardian Project		guardianproject.info ProofMode on Transifex		Active
	Zom	Guardian Project		Zom on Transifex		Active

Inactive projects formerly supported by Localization Lab

Logo	Project	Organization	Summary	Project Site	Project Type	Project Status
CameraV Logo	CameraV	Guardian Project	CameraV is the easiest way to capture and share verifiable photos and video proof on a smartphone or tablet, all the while keeping it entirely secure and private.	guardianproject.info		Inactive - See ProofMode
Firetweet Logo	Firetweet	Brave New Software	FireTweet is an Android app powered by Lantern that gives direct unblocked access to Twitter from anywhere in the world.	firetweet.io		Inactive
Gnu Privacy Guard Logo	Gnu Privacy Guard	Guardian Project	Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG) for Android brings the widespread standard in OpenPGP encryption to Android. GnuPG provides solid encryption for keeping emails and files private, and for verifying that emails and files are who you think they are.	guardianproject.info		Inactive - See OpenKeychain
Martus Logo	Martus	Benetech	Martus is an open-source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations.	martus.org		Inactive
NetAidKit Logo	NetAidKit	Free Press Unlimited	The NetAidKit is a pocket-size, USB-powered router that connects everything to everything, designed specifically for non-technical users. The easy to use web interface will allow you to connect the NetAidKit to a wireless or wired network and share that connection with your other devices, such as a phone, laptop or tablet.	netaidkit.net		Inactive
Orfox Logo	Orfox	Guardian Project	Orfox is built from the same source code as Tor Browser (which is built upon Firefox), but with a few minor modifications to the privacy enhancing features to make them compatible with Firefox for Android and the Android operating system.	guardianproject.info		Inactive - See Tor
Orweb Logo	Orweb	Guardian Project		guardianproject.info		Inactive - See Tor
Peerio Logo	Peerio	Peerio	Peerio is a cloud-based encrypted communications suite, available for Android, Apple iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, and as a Google Chrome extension.	peerio.com	Secure Messaging, Encryption	Inactive Peerio Service Closure FAQ
PhishDetect Logo	PhishDetect		PhishDetect is a tool to help at-risk users to identify potential phishing attacks. It allows to distribution of up-to-date blocklists, to easily detect and report suspicious emails and links, and to scan unknown pages.	phishdetect.io		Inactive
secureApp Generator Logo	secureApp Generator	Benetech	The secureApp Generator by Benetech will provide a public system for the creation of secure, multi-lingual, and open-source data collection apps that will improve information management and reduce the risk of exposure for reporters, researchers, and activists. By lowering the barrier to strong, open source encryption, this app will democratize technology and empower citizens.	martus.org		Inactive
Storymaker Logo	Storymaker	Small World News	StoryMaker is an Android app that enables aspiring journalists all over the world to safely produce and publish professional-grade news with their phone.	storymaker.org		Inactive
CGIProxy Logo	CGIProxy	Berkeley Institute for Free Speech Online	CGIProxy is a client-less circumvention tool that allows individuals to access blocked content on their web browser by proxying it through a server running CGIProxy outside of the region of the censoring filter.	freespeechonline.net/download	Circumvention	Inactive
Commotion Logo	Commotion	Formerly hosted by the Open Technology Institute	Commotion is an open-source communication tool that uses wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks.	www.commotionwireless.net	Mesh Networking	Inactive
Courier Logo	Courier	Guardian Project	Courier is a mobile news reader with enhanced security features, offline reading and device-to-device sharing capability. We’ve designed it to be fast and light on slow networks and secured from device and network monitoring.	guardianproject.info	Secure RSS Feeds	Inactive
Enigmail Logo	Enigmail	The Enigmail Project	Enigmail is a Mozilla Thunderbird add-on that allows you to use OpenPGP to encrypt and digitally sign your emails and to decrypt and verify messages you receive.	enigmail.net	Email Encryption	Inactive
Mailpile App Logo	Mailpile	Mailpile		mailpile.is		Inactive
ObscuraCam Logo	ObscuraCam	Guardian Project	In a world of viral videos and facial recognition, ObscuraCam helps you share photos and videos while protecting the privacy of you and those you care about. With ObscuraCam you can blur and disguise faces in your photos and videos. Information that could identify you as the cameraperson is removed from the files for added security.	guardianproject.info	Photo, Video	Inactive
Pixelknot Logo	Pixelknot	Guardian Project	Pixelknot is an Android application that allows users to hide short text-based messages in photographs and share them across trusted channels.	guardianproject.info		Inactive
Ripple Logo	Ripple	Guardian Project	Ripple is a "panic button" that can send its trigger message to any app that is a "panic responder". Such apps can do things like lock, disguise themselves, delete private data, send an emergency message, and more. It is meant for situations where there is time to react, but where users need to be sure it is not mistakenly set off.	guardianproject.info		Inactive
Haven Logo	Haven	Guardian Project		guardianproject.github.io/haven/ Haven on Transifex		Inactive
	OpenCircle	Guardian Project		github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle OpenCircle on Transifex		Inactive