Radio Silence VS Portmaster

Radio Silence

Radio Silence is a network monitor and firewall for the macOS. The software stops apps from making network connections. The firewall runs in the background and does not require an open window.

Portmaster

Is a Privacy Modular Privacy App which includes a "DNS over TLS" feature as well as an "Application Firewall".

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Radio Silence and Portmaster)

Portmaster

Monitoring Tools

35 35%

Monitoring Tools

65% 65

Firewall

40 40%

Firewall

60% 60

Security & Privacy

0 0%

Security & Privacy

100% 100

Productivity

100 100%

Productivity

0% 0

User comments

Share your experience with using Radio Silence and Portmaster. For example, how are they different and which one is better?

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Portmaster should be more popular than Radio Silence. It has been mentiond 58 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Radio Silence mentions (12)

Stopping MDNSResponder from Sneakily Using DoH for DNS Lookups on macOS Ventura
Agreed, though I combine using Little Snitch with Radio Silence: https://radiosilenceapp.com Little Snitch is great for when I want hyper granular control of a specific app's network permissions while Radio Silence gives me a super quick way to just block EVERYTHING for a particular app right away without even opening it the first time. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
Little Snitch Mini
I'm using radio silence for years and it is awesome :) https://radiosilenceapp.com. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Do You Use A 3rd Party Firewall App On Your Mac ?
Forgot to mention Radio Silence (commercial), seen by many as an easier introduction vs Little Snitch. Source: over 1 year ago
A little help
Sorry for the late reply. I use Lulu which should be enough, but I also simultaneously use Radio Silence to be safe. Source: almost 2 years ago
Little Snitch vs TripMode 3 - monitoring my web traffic
Little Snitch (LS) is considered by many to be the gold standard. The aforementioned Lulu has a good reputation. The app Hands Off! Appears to be no longer developed (site offline). Then there's Radio Silence that may well fit your needs. Finally, one or more apps by Murus may be of interest but AFAIK these are not easy to configure and may be overkill for the average Mac user. I'm not familiar with TripMode. Source: about 2 years ago

Portmaster mentions (58)

Manjaro is a free and open source Linux operating system that emphasizes privacy
Manjaro actually includes Portmaster [0] as a package [1], which is now being moved to "extra". [0] https://safing.io/portmaster [1] https://software.manjaro.org/package/portmaster-stub. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
Google contacts sync foss alternative
I get it, but running an outdated OS with no patching is height risk for security, consider the tradeoff. If I'm not mistaken W7 is not supported anymore, meaning you are exposed to vulnerabilities. Consider checking online guides on how to harden W10 or consider migrating to a modern Linux distribution, that can even run some Windows programs. It is true that has reliability issues. VMs are another option and... Source: over 1 year ago
What do you guys think of Chromium-based Browsers or whatever engine it is made out of?
Wouldn't a software like PiHole or Safing Portmaster help in this regard than to rely on ublock origin? Source: over 1 year ago
Do I need a firewall?
You could look at something like Portmaster https://safing.io/portmaster/. Source: over 1 year ago
Is there a free and trustworthy Firewall
You can also check Portmaster that is still on Alpha, but looks promising. Source: over 1 year ago