Current Projects
Listed on this page are programs and projects which are - at this moment - working with NLnet funding.
| NLnet has a long term commitment to the following programs: | ||
| NLnet Labs | - | Independent lab for Internet infrastructure development |
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Other running projects: | ||
| A Distributed Software Stack For Co-operation | - | Facilitating easy ad hoc cooperation |
| A proof of concept of identity-based encryption | - | Make encryption simpler |
| Accessible security | - | Integration effort of independent security efforts like Qubes, Heads, coreboot, etc |
| Adopt improvements in Email Encryption in KMail | - | Adopt improvements in Email Encryption in KMail |
| An x86, 64-bit Virtual Machine Monitor for the seL4, verified microkernel | - | Very restricted virtualized environment for higher security |
| ARPA2 | - | Working towards a decentralised global internet that offers security and privacy by design. |
| ARPA2 LDAP Middleware | - | Privacy enhancing middleware |
| ARPA2 resource ACL and HTTP SASL modules for NGINX | - | Extend consistent access control to NGINX webserver |
| ARPA2 Steamworks | - | Near-instantaneous controlled configuration settings over any network |
| Autocrypt for Thunderbird | - | Make email encryption extremely simple |
| Balthazar | - | One laptop for the new internet age. |
| betrusted | - | A protected hardware device for your private matters. |
| Betrusted OS | - | An embedded OS for cryptographic devices |
| Betrusted software | - | A minimalist and secure OS for embedded communication devices |
| Bitmask | - | User-friendly and secure VPN configuration |
| Blink RELOAD | - | Secure P2P real-time communications with RELOAD |
| Briar | - | A secure messaging app with offline capabilities |
| Build Transparency (Trustix) | - | Towards a decentralized supply chain for software |
| Castopod | - | Podcasting in the fediverse |
| Chips4Makers ASICs | - | Chips4Makers ASICs |
| Conferences | - | sponsoring of various conferences |
| Connect by Name | - | Library for easy connection setup |
| Conversations | - | A secure mobile messaging client |
| CryptPad | - | Real-time collaboration with client-side encryption |
| CryptPad for communities | - | Collaborative web editor with client-side encryption |
| CryptPad: Project Dialogue | - | Secure surveys and polls for Cryptpad |
| Dat Private Network | - | Private storage in DAT |
| DCnets | - | Implementation of Dining Cryptographers Network |
| Declarative web service security | - | Declarative web service security in NixOS |
| DeltaBot | - | Social discovery over mail-based chat |
| Democratic Sendcomm | - | An easy to use connected open hardware device with a flat learning curve |
| dhcpcanon | - | Network configuration with better privacy |
| DIME | - | A new encrypted, end-to-end email protocol |
| Dino | - | User-friendly and secure instant messaging |
| Discourse ActivityPub | - | Connecting internet discussions with ActivityPub |
| Discover and move your coins by yourself | - | A safe way to explore and work with cryptocurrency forks |
| Distributed Private Trust | - | Decentralised trust and reputation system |
| DNSSEC Key Signing Suite | - | A best practise for DNSSEC Key Signing |
| Donations | - | smaller contributions to various activities |
| eduVPN | - | Making secure VPN network technology available to everyone |
| eduVPN app | - | Add Wireguard protocol to federated VPN suite |
| eduVPN multi-protocol | - | Review of the eduVPN multi-protocol project. |
| EGIL SCIM client | - | System for Cross-domain Identity Management |
| ELF Linking | - | Analytic tools for UNIX' Executable and Linkable Format |
| elRepo.io - Resilient, human-centered, distributed content sharing and discovery. | - | Resilient, human-centered, distributed content sharing and discovery. |
| EteSync - iOS application | - | Encrypted synchronisation for calendars, addressbook, etc |
| EteSync - protocol and encryption scheme enhancements | - | Redesign EteSync protocol and encryption scheme |
| Explain | - | Deep search on open educational resources |
| Explain Direct | - | Providing effective and efficient access paradigms for open educational material |
| Extending PeerTube | - | Adding advanced search capabailities to PeerTube |
| FairSync | - | Simplify aggregation and discovery of places and events |
| Fashion Freedom | - | Supporting research, development, and education to bring the fashion industry into the 21st century |
| fediverse.space | - | Find your way in the Fediverse |
| FileSender | - | FileSender is a secure and private way to share large files with anyone. |
| Finish porting Replicant to a newer Android version | - | Alternative, free software version of Android |
| Fix the Pitch Black Attack in Freenet friend-to-friend routing | - | A decentralized distributed platform for private communication |
| ForgeFed | - | Federation for software collaboration tools |
| Free Software Vulnerability Database | - | A resource to aggregate software updates |
| Funkwhale | - | ActivityPub-driven audio streaming and sharing |
| Geographic tagging and discovery of Internet Routing and Forwarding | - | Geographic tagging and discovery of Internet Routing and Forwarding |
| Global Directories | - | Distributed contact information discovery mechanism |
| GNU Guix | - | Discovery of service configurations in a declarative setup |
| GNU Mes | - | Help create an operating system we can trust |
| GNU Mes | - | Trustworthy bootstrap for operating systems on ARM ISA |
| GNU Mes: Full Source bootstrap | - | GNU Mes: Full Source bootstrap |
| GNU Name System | - | Authenticated naming system for the internet from GNU project |
| GNU Taler | - | Advanced electronic payment system for privacy-preserving payments |
| GoatCounter | - | Privacy-friendly web analytics for small websites |
| Graphics acceleration on Replicant | - | Free software graphics drivers for mobile phones |
| Hackathons | - | contributions to various hackathons |
| Handling Data from IPv6 Scanning | - | Scanning tools for scaling up IPv6 scans |
| Hubzilla | - | Federated social networking environment |
| Implement sound support in the Hurd | - | Add audio capabilities to the multiserver microkernel from GNU |
| Improve usability of Linux firewall userspace tools | - | Userspace tooling for Linux kernel Netfilter |
| IMSI Pseudonymization | - | Better privacy protection for 2G-5G |
| IN COMMON | - | Public platform to map and act together for the Commons |
| In-document search | - | Interoperable Rich Text Changes for Search |
| Indigenous | - | Indieweb mobile clients |
| Internet of Coins | - | Create a decentralized, self-sustaining economy by implementing inter-blockchain connectivity |
| Interpeer | - | Collaboration infrastructure with near real-time p2p data synchronization |
| ipfs-search.com | - | Search engine for the Interplanetary File System |
| IRMA made easy | - | Usability research into attribute based authentication |
| iuh-openbsc | - | An open source implementation of 3G |
| JavaScript Shield | - | Cross-browser extension to make javascript less exploitable |
| Katzenpost | - | Observation resistant secure messaging layer |
| Kiwi IRC | - | Self-hosted web IRC environment |
| KWin and Wayland input | - | Secure windowing system for KWin |
| Langsec in Pectore | - | A secure pacemaker created from formal grammars |
| Lemmy | - | ActivityPub for link aggregation |
| librarian | - | Custom meta-search |
| Libre Silicon compiler | - | Synthesize, place and route hardware description to silicon |
| Libre-RISCV SoC Design | - | A fully open hardware System-on-a-Chip |
| Librecast Live | - | Live streaming with multicast |
| LibreSilicon | - | Free/open source semiconductor manufacturing process |
| Lightmeter | - | Email server configuration lifecycle management |
| Lizard | - | E2E Rendez-vous and discovery |
| LumoSQL | - | Create more reliable, distributed embedded databases |
| Maemo Leste | - | An independent mobile operating system focused on trustworthiness |
| Magic Wormhole | - | Magic Wormhole allows you to securely send files between two computers with minimum fuss |
| Mailpile Search Integration | - | Personal email search engine |
| Manyverse | - | An off-line capable privacy-centric social messaging app |
| Matrix UX | - | Matrix Cryptographic Usability |
| Matrix-Appservice-CommonsPub | - | Bridge ActivityPub and Matrix realms |
| MEGA65 Phone | - | A phone simple enough to understand in full |
| MeiliSearch | - | Modern and responsive search |
| Meta-Press.es | - | A press search engine in your browser |
| Meta-Press.es | - | A press search engine in your browser |
| Minedive | - | P2P search over webRTC |
| mobile-nixos | - | NixOS for mobile phones and tablets |
| MPTCP | - | MultiPath TCP |
| Mynij | - | Portable indexing and search engine for mobile |
| Namecoin | - | Decentralized, censorship resist Internet infrastructure for e.g. DNS and identities |
| neuropil | - | Privacy by design P2P search including IoT |
| Next | - | A programmable browser with advanced search integration |
| Nextcloud | - | Unified and intelligent search within private cloud data |
| nftables-xfrm | - | Rewriting nftables to optimise for xfrm |
| Nitrokey | - | Open hardware for encryption and authentication |
| Nixcloud Mail | - | Declarative mail server based on NixOS |
| Nixcloud Webservices | - | Declarative web services based on NixOS |
| node-Tor | - | Implementation of Tor protocols for inside webpages |
| Noise Explorer-VerifPal | - | Automated proofs and code generation for secure protocols |
| Nym Credentials | - | A decentralised solution for authentication |
| Off-the-Record messaging version 4 | - | Advanced protocol for secure messaging |
| offen | - | Ethical site analytics, controlled by the user |
| OnBaSca | - | Tor Bandwidth Scanner |
| Opaque Sphinx | - | Secure password-based authentication with Opaque/Sphinx |
| Opaque Sphinx Server and Clients | - | Server and tools for modern authentication |
| Open Source DRTM implementation with TrenchBoot for AMD processors | - | Unified framework for dynamic RTM |
| openEngiadina | - | Platform for creating, publishing and using open local knowledge |
| Openki.net | - | Make local events and meetups discoverable |
| OpenPGP Certificate Authority | - | Managing OpenPGP keys for communities and organisation |
| P2Pcollab | - | Decentralised social search and discovery |
| Padding Machines for Tor | - | Protect metadata in the Tor onion routing network |
| pcb-rnd | - | Modular printed circuit board editor |
| Personal Food Facts | - | Privacy protecting personalized information about food |
| PGP4civiCRM | - | Add email encryption to CRM |
| Pixelfed | - | ActivityPub driven decentralised photo sharing platform |
| PKCS#11 v3 | - | Contribute to standardisation of PKCS |
| Plaudit | - | Make good science discoverable through endorsements |
| Poliscoops | - | Make political news and online debate accessible |
| Port of AMDVLK/RADV 3D Driver to the Libre RISC-V SoC | - | Adapt Vulkan Drivers to the Libre RISC-V SoC |
| postmarketOS | - | An independent mobile operating system |
| Practical Decentralised Search and Discovery | - | Search and discovery inside mesh/adhoc networks |
| Privacy Enhancements for PowerDNS and DNSdist | - | Make it easier to deploy private DoT/DoH resolvers |
| Privacy Preserving Disease Tracking | - | Mobile tracking of virus risk |
| Private Searx | - | Add private resources to the open source Searx metasearch engine |
| PSYC2 | - | Next iteration of the Protocol for SYnchronous Conferencing |
| Qubes OS | - | Bring the security of Qubes OS to people with disabilities |
| RaptorJIT | - | RaptorJIT is a high-performance Lua virtual machine for network dataplanes. |
| Redwax | - | Standardisation of client side PKI interfaces |
| Redwax | - | Modular infrastructure for building security services on the web |
| Reowolf | - | Rip and replace for BSD socket insecurity |
| Reproducible Builds | - | Make the build processes behind software distributions reproducible |
| Ricochet Refreshed | - | Anonymous, meta-data free secure messaging |
| Robur privacy-enhanced DNS resolver and DHCP server | - | Secure network configuration and DNS resolution |
| Rocket CWMP | - | Remote governance and configuration for internet equipment |
| Rust Threadpool | - | Improve privacy of Rust threading library |
| SASL Works for the InternetWide Architecture | - | Integrate new authentication mechanisms into SASL |
| SASL XMSS | - | Make SASL work with XMSS protocol |
| SCION-Swarm | - | Secure and reliable decentralized storage platform |
| SDR PHY | - | Create a GSM mobile phone consisting of completely open source software and SDR radio |
| Search and Displace | - | Find and redact privacy sensitive information |
| searx | - | Federating self-hosted search hubs |
| searx | - | A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine |
| Secure User Interfaces (Spritely) | - | Usability of decentralised social media |
| Securing PLCs via embedded Open-Source protocol adapters | - | Open hardware protocol adapters for industrial automation |
| SecuShare | - | A framework for sufficiently safe social interaction. |
| SecuShare-box | - | A framework for sufficiently safe social interaction. |
| SensifAI | - | AI driven image tagging |
| Serval-LR | - | SERVAL Long-range WiFi Add-on |
| Simmel | - | A wearable contact tracing beacon/scanner |
| SIPproxy64/6bed4 | - | 0cpm, SIPproxy64, 6bed4, applet, freeswitch RTT |
| SocketHUB | - | A polyglot communication server for the decentralized internet |
| Software Heritage | - | Collect, preserve and share the source code of all software ever written |
| Software vulnerability discovery | - | Automating discovery of software update and vulnerabilities |
| SOLID Data Workers | - | Toolkit to ingest data into SOLID |
| Solid-NextCloud app | - | Bridge Nextcloud to Solid |
| Sonar: a modular peer-to-peer search engine for the next-generation web | - | Modular peer-to-peer search engine |
| Spectrum | - | A security through compartmentalization based operating system |
| Standard Cell Library | - | Open Standard Cell Library with automated dimensioning of transistors |
| StreetComplete | - | Fix open geodata with OpenStreetMap |
| Stubby | - | A DNS stub resolver which will provide DNS Privacy for end users |
| Suhosin-NG | - | Harness PHP 7 applications |
| Sylk Client | - | Secure multiparty videoconferencing application |
| Sylk Mobile | - | Secure real-time mobile communications |
| Tantum Search | - | Context-enhanced search driven by schema.org |
| The Libre RISC-V SoC, Formal Correctness Proofs | - | Mathematical unit tests for open hardware System-on-Chip |
| The Libre RISC-V SoC, Formal Standards Development | - | Formal Standards for RISC-V extensions from Libre RISC-V SoC |
| The Libre-RISCV SoC, Coriolis2 ASIC Layout Collaboration | - | Open tooling for ASIC Layout |
| The Libre-RISCV SoC, Video Acceleration | - | Optimised video acceleration instructions for Libre RISC-V SoC |
| The Open Green Web | - | Ethical meta-search filter on green hosted websites |
| Thunderbird - native EteSync integration using TbSync | - | Add encrypted sync to Thunderbird |
| TLS-KDH | - | Kerberos-based (mutual) authentication, bound in Elliptic-Curve Diffie-Hellman |
| TLS-KDH mbed | - | Implement TLS-KDH into mbed |
| TOS;DR | - | A user rights initiative to rate and label website terms & privacy policies |
| Tracking Exposed | - | Increase transparency behind personalization algorithms |
| Tracking the Trackers | - | Automated scanning for spyware in mobile applications |
| Transparency Toolkit | - | A decentralized hosted archiving service with search |
| Trusted Boot Module | - | An open hardware trusted boot manager |
| Uberflow | - | An Open-Source OpenFlow Controller Implementing the North-Bound Interface |
| Universal DID Resolver and Registrar | - | Tooling for decentralized identifiers |
| Untitled Electronics Hub | - | A forge suitable for open hardware development |
| ValOS Cryptographic Content Security project | - | Cryptographic Content Security for ValOS |
| variation graph (vgteam) | - | Privacy enhanced search within e.g. genome data sets |
| Verified Differential Privacy for Julia | - | Proving sound privacy guarantees through a type system |
| Verifpal | - | Prove soundness of verification in Verifpal |
| VFRAME: Visual Defense Tools | - | Use computer-vision to shield privacy in video |
| video box | - | Affordable open hardware video-to-network |
| Video chat privacy | - | Add privacy features to video chats |
| Virtualizing device firmware | - | Creating digital twins for auditing and testing appliances |
| Vita | - | Vita is a fast VPN gateway that operates at layer-3. |
| Vita | - | A high performance IPSEC implementation |
| Web Annotation | - | Building blocks for interoperable annotation systems |
| Web Shell | - | Desktop and security environment for web apps |
| WebXray Discovery | - | Expose tracking mechanism in search hubs |
| Wireguard | - | Take modern network tunnels to the next level |
| Wireguard | - | A fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. |
| WireGuard | - | WireGuard |
| Wireguard Rust Implementation | - | Implementation of WireGuard in a type safe language |
| Wireguard Windows client | - | Native Wireguard protocol client for Windows |
| Wishbone Streaming | - | Add Streaming capabilities to Wishbone |
| XWiki | - | Bring wiki capabilities into the Fedeverse |
| YaCy Grid SaaS | - | YaCy Grid SaaS |
| YunoHost and the Internet Cube | - | Solutions for DIY-ISP's and self-hosters |
| Zerocat Chipflasher Flashrom Interface | - | Hardware to flash alternative/libre firmware to BIOS chips |
| ZSipOs | - | Open hardware for telephony encryption |
