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Projects actively supported by Localization Lab

Logo Project Organization Summary Project Site Project Type Project Status
Apple Censorship Logo
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 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 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 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)
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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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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 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
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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 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 Logo
Lantern Brave New Software Lantern is an Internet proxy tool that lets you access blocked sites. getlantern.org Active
Mailvelope Logo
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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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 Logo
SAFETAG Internews "Security Auditing Framework and Evaluation Template for Advocacy Groups

SAFETAG 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 by OpenArchive Logo
Save by OpenArchive [open-archive.org 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 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 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
PhishDetect Logo
PhishDetect Logo
PhishDetect PhishDetect is a tool to help at-risk users to identify potential phishing attacks. It allows to distribute up-to-date blocklists, to easily detect and report suspicious emails and links, and to scan unknown pages. phishdetect.io Active
Tails Logo
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 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 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 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
Calyx Institute Logo
CalyxOS Calyx Institute calyxos.org Active
Check Logo
Check Logo
Check Meedan checkmedia.org
Check on Transifex
Active
Delta Chat Logo
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 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 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
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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 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 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 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 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 Logo
Orweb Guardian Project guardianproject.info Inactive - See Tor
Peerio Logo
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
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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 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 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 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 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
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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 App Logo
Mailpile Mailpile mailpile.is Inactive
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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
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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 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
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Haven Logo
Haven Guardian Project guardianproject.github.io/haven/
Haven on Transifex
Inactive
OpenCircle Guardian Project github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle
OpenCircle on Transifex
Inactive