Open Source Software Library

Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication and publishing. Ian Clarke, whose work has strong Canadian roots, created the project. Canadian privacy advocates and technical contributors have been essential to the project's ongoing development and adoption.

Maple Linux is a Canadian maintained, Debian based distro. It ships with Cinnamon DE for an easy transition for Windows users, and includes additional security and privacy enhancements out of box. Learn more at maplelinux.ca

TypeScript module for removing personally identifiable information from text.

Privacy-focused open-source file conversion tools.

Python anonymization package from Statistics Canada for privacy-protection workflows. It supports identification and treatment of sensitive information, helping analysts prepare safer datasets for sharing or processing.

Starter-app based prototype for simplifying privacy statements in government services. It explores how plain-language content and service design can make privacy notices easier to understand.

Qubes OS Tools is an open-source software project focused on security, virtualization, privacy. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

SearXNG is an open-source software project focused on search, privacy, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

Whoogle Search is an open-source software project focused on search, privacy, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.

A continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization application that keeps data under user control.

A desktop and mobile tool that encrypts files before they are stored in cloud services.

A disk encryption application for creating encrypted volumes and protecting stored data.

An open email client for Android that forms the foundation of Thunderbird for Android.

A privacy-focused notes application with end-to-end encryption and cross-device synchronization.

A network-wide DNS filtering system for blocking advertising and unwanted domains.

A network-level DNS server for blocking ads, trackers, and malicious domains.

A privacy-respecting web analytics platform that can be self-hosted.

A lightweight privacy-focused website analytics platform.

A simple privacy-focused web analytics application for self-hosted deployments.

Municipal PDF utility that makes redactions and form entries permanent by flattening documents.

Self-hosted file-sharing platform for sending files through temporary share links.

Cross-platform local-network file and message sharing application with no central server requirement.

End-to-end encrypted photo storage and gallery platform with open-source clients and server components.

Privacy-focused personal knowledge management system with block-based editing and local-first storage.