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title: Safing Portmaster
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<div class="alert-primary rounded-none text-md">
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  <span>Portmaster is Alpha Software - expect hiccups here and there</span>
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      <h1 class="header-two-top-title">
          Take Back Control of Your Computer
      </h1>
      <p class="header-two-top-desc">
          Portmaster is a free and open-source application that puts
          you back in charge over all your computer's network
          connections.
      </p>
      <a class="btn-secondary" href="#download">Download for free</a>
  </div>
  <div class="header-two-bottom">
      <img src="{{ site.img_url }}page-specific/portmaster/full-interface.png" alt="">
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<section class="section-container">
  <div class="showcase-container-reverse">
      <div class="showcase-left" style="max-width: 1050px;">
        <img src="{{ site.img_url }}page-specific/portmaster/monitor-network-activity.png" alt="">
      </div>
      <div class="showcase-right">
          <div class="alert-tiny w-max pr-6 bg-safing-blue-600 ml-0 md:mx-auto">
            <i class="icon-info text-md"></i>
            <span>Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development</span>
          </div>
          <h2 class="showcase-right-title" style="max-width: 350px;">
            Monitor All Network Activity
          </h2>
          <p class="showcase-right-desc">
            Discover everything that is happening on your computer. Expose every
            connection your applications make and detect evil ones. Finally get
            the power to act accordingly.
          </p>
      </div>
  </div>
  <div class="showcase-container">
    <div class="showcase-left" style="max-width: 850px;">
      <img src="{{ site.img_url }}page-specific/portmaster/manually-allow-ord-block-connections.png" alt="">
    </div>
    <div class="showcase-right">
        <div class="alert-tiny w-max pr-6 bg-safing-blue-600 ml-0 md:mx-auto">
          <i class="icon-info text-md"></i>
          <span>Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development</span>
        </div>
        <h2 class="showcase-right-title" style="max-width: 350px;">
          Block Unwanted Connections
        </h2>
        <p class="showcase-right-desc">
          Many programs connect to the Internet without your knowledge. When you
          find unwanted connections, you can now simply block them.
        </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="showcase-container-reverse">
      <div class="showcase-left" style="max-width: 850px;">
        <img src="{{ site.img_url }}/page-specific/portmaster/block-trackers-system-wide.png" alt="">
      </div>
      <div class="showcase-right">
          <div class="alert-tiny w-max pr-6 bg-safing-blue-600 ml-0 md:mx-auto">
            <i class="icon-info text-md"></i>
            <span>Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development</span>
          </div>
          <h2 class="showcase-right-title" style="max-width: 450px;">
            Auto-Block via Selected Filter Lists
          </h2>
          <p class="showcase-right-desc">
            Automatically block ads, trackers and malware hosts via trusted domain-lists,
            which are also used by Ad-Blockers, etc. Easily change the defaults to fit
            your needs.
          </p>
      </div>
  </div>
  <div class="showcase-container">
    <div class="showcase-left" style="max-width: 850px;">
      <img src="{{ site.img_url }}page-specific/portmaster/enforce-dns-over-tls.png" alt="">
    </div>
    <div class="showcase-right">
        <div class="alert-tiny w-max pr-6 bg-safing-blue-600 ml-0 md:mx-auto">
          <i class="icon-info text-md"></i>
          <span>Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development</span>
        </div>
        <h2 class="showcase-right-title" style="max-width: 350px;">
          Enforce Secure DNS
        </h2>
        <p class="showcase-right-desc">
          Even with invasive connections gone, you do not want to share your dns requests
          out in the open. With the Portmaster, you can easily re-route all your dns
          queries to a DNS-over-TLS provider of your choice.
        </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="showcase-container-reverse">
    <div class="showcase-left" style="max-width: 850px;">
      <img src="{{ site.img_url }}page-specific/portmaster/explore-the-docs-and-source-code.png" alt="">
    </div>
    <div class="showcase-right">
        <div class="alert-tiny w-max pr-6 bg-safing-blue-600 ml-0 md:mx-auto">
          <i class="icon-info text-md"></i>
          <span>Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development</span>
        </div>
        <h2 class="showcase-right-title" style="max-width: 350px;">
          Explore the Docs and Source Code
        </h2>
        <p class="showcase-right-desc">
          In the age of Mass Surveillance, what good is a service when you cannot see what
          it is really doing? We believe in open source. We also document everything
          as good as we can.
        </p>
        <div class="col-container w-full text-left md:text-center lg:w-max lg:text-left">
          <a class="btn-secondary" href="{{ site.docs_url }}">Checkout the docs</a>
          <a class="btn-tertiary hover-opacity-out" href="{{ site.github_url }}/portmaster"><i class="icon-github text-md mr-2"></i>Inspect source code</a>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="showcase-container">
    <div class="showcase-left" style="max-width: 850px;">
      <img src="{{ site.img_url }}page-specific/portmaster/configure-settings-for-different-networks.png" alt="">
    </div>
    <div class="showcase-right">
        <div class="alert-tiny w-max pr-6 bg-safing-blue-600 ml-0 md:mx-auto">
          <i class="icon-info text-md"></i>
          <span>Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development</span>
        </div>
        <h2 class="showcase-right-title" style="max-width: 550px;">
          Configure Settings for Different Networks
        </h2>
        <p class="showcase-right-desc">
          The Wi-Fi in your local coffee shop is riskier than yours at home. Set up your
          settings for different networks and then simply press a button when changing
          location. All settings will adjust immediately
        </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="showcase-container-reverse">
      <div class="showcase-left" style="max-width: 850px;">
        <img src="{{ site.img_url }}/page-specific/portmaster/Set-global-and-per-app-configureation.png" alt="">
      </div>
      <div class="showcase-right">
          <div class="alert-tiny w-max pr-6 bg-safing-blue-600 ml-0 md:mx-auto">
            <i class="icon-info text-md"></i>
            <span>Alpha Software: Portmaster is in active development</span>
          </div>
          <h2 class="showcase-right-title" style="max-width: 350px;">
              Set Global & per‑App Settings
          </h2>
          <p class="showcase-right-desc">
            Make your own rules. Completely cut off applications from the
            Internet. Or block all p2p connections except for certain apps.
            Or never connect to specific countries. The Portmaster has you
            covered.
          </p>
      </div>
  </div>
  <div class="download-container" id="download">
    <h2 class="download-container-title" id="downloads">
        Download
    </h2>
    <div class="alert-primary max-w-3xl mx-auto">
        <i class="icon-twitter text-xs"></i>
        <span>Portmaster is Alpha Software, treat as such; expect bugs here and there. Early Adopters welcome.</span>
    </div>
    <div class="col-container-center w-full md:w-max text-center md:text-left">
      <a class="btn-secondary" href="{{ site.download_windows_url }}"><i class="icon-windows text-md mr-2"></i>Windows 10 + 11</a>
      <a class="btn-secondary" href="{{ site.download_linux_deb_url }}"><i class="icon-ubuntu text-md mr-2"></i>Ubuntu</a>
      <a class="btn-secondary" href="{{ site.download_linux_rpm_url }}"><i class="icon-fedora text-md mr-2"></i>Fedora</a>
      <a disabled class="btn"><i class="icon-mac text-md mr-2"></i>Macos (Not supported)</a>
    </div>
    <p class="download-container-extra">
        View guide and status for <a class="link-primary" href="{{ site.docs_install_windows_url }}">Windows 7, 8</a> or <a class="link-primary" href="{{ site.docs_install_linux_url }}">other Linux 2.4+ distributions</a>
    </p>
  </div>
  <div class="faq-container">
    <div class="faq-container-top">
        <h2 class="faq-container-top-title">
            FAQ
        </h2>
        <p class="faq-container-top-desc">
            You have a question? We answered some already, but you
            can always contact us at <a class="link-primary" href="mailto:hello@safing.io">hello@safing.io</a>
        </p>
    </div>
    <div class="faq-container-bottom">
      {% for faq in site.data.faq.portmaster %}
        <div class="faq-container-bottom-question">
            <div class="card-faq hover-scale-out">
                <label class="card-label" for="card-toggle-anchor-{{ forloop.index }}">
                    <div class="wrapper-left">
                        <div class="card-title">
                            <h3 class="title">
                              {{ faq.q }}
                            </h3>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="wrapper-right">
                        <i class="icon-arrow"></i>
                    </div>
                </label>
                <input class="card-input-toggle" id="card-toggle-anchor-{{ forloop.index }}" type="checkbox">
                <div class="card-dropdown-toggle">
                    <div class="card-dropdown-content">
                      {{ faq.a }}
                      {% if faq.link %}
                        <br>
                        <br>
                        <a class="link-primary" href="{{ faq.link.url }}">{{ faq.link.text }}</a>
                      {% endif %}
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
      {% endfor %}
      {% include source_code_faq.html %}
  </div>
</div>
</section>