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Current projects

On this page you find an overview of recent projects which have either been recently completed or are — at this moment — working with NLnet funding. For a complete overview please check the overview of all projects, or use the thematic index to look up projects based on thematic funds and specific themes. Click on the name of the project to find out more about it.

project description
0KNOW Group Theoretic Zero-knowledge Proofs (0KNOW)
LibreCellular Open hardware 4G Mobile Network
AI-VPN Local machine-based learned analysis of VPN trafffic
Analog/Mixed-Signal Library OSHW component library for ASIC design
Accessible security Integration effort of independent security efforts like Qubes, Heads, coreboot, etc
Aerogramme Standards-compliant open-source IMAP server with server-side encryption
Alder Lake Desktop Open firmware for widely used Desktop/Workstation motherboard
OCCRP Aleph disambiguation OCCRP Aleph: disambiguating different people and companies
Apicula Open source tools for working with Gowin FPGAs
Automating mobile app interception with Frida Mobile app network introspection for security research
Perspectives: Making Models Generate software from open models for human interaction patterns
Arcan-A12 Explorative p2p protocol for fast and secure remote desktops
AREXERA Crawler C++ based web crawler
Armbian Versatile OS for ARM-based single board computers
Atomic Data Typesafe handling of LinkedData
Atomic Tables Self-hostable tabular structured data solution
Authenticated DNSSEC bootstrapping Secure in-band announcements of DNSSEC parameters
Heads-OpenPGP OpenPGP Authenticated Heads and long-time awaited security improvements
Autocrypt for Thunderbird Make email encryption extremely simple
Automated clearing of source code files More efficient retrieval of security and license compliance contextual information
binary-analysis-ng improvements Integrate Kaitai in binary-analysis-ng
BB3-CM4 CM4 compatible MCU board
BBBsecureChat Add E2EE instant messaging to Big Blue Button meetings
Babelia Search engine and crawler in Scheme
Balthazar One laptop for the new internet age.
Balthazar Casing Open hardware laptop
Balthazar - One laptop for the new internet age. A secure fully open hardware laptop
Bertie Formally verified TLS 1.3 implementation
Betrusted OS An embedded OS for cryptographic devices
Betrusted software A minimalist and secure OS for embedded communication devices
Betrusted Storage Plausably deniable encrypted storage
Blink Qt Messaging Add modern encryption to SIP softphone
Blink RELOAD Secure P2P real-time communications with RELOAD
Bonfire Search & Discovery Improving search and discoverability in the Fediverse
Bonfire federated groups Create, join and manage federated groups across instances
Briar A secure messaging app with offline capabilities
Briar Desktop E2EE online and offline messaging and discussion
CNSPRCY E2EE connections between trusted devices
Converged Security Suite Improvements Open source tooling for BIOS configuration
Cable A new wire protocol for cabal (and beyond)
Canaille Zero-knowledge opinionated OpenID Connect (OIDC) server.
Canarytail Warrant canary standardization and automation
Castopod Podcasting in the fediverse
Castopod Mobile Userfriendly mobile podcasting application
Libre-SOC Cavatools: Power ISA Simulator Power ISA Simulator
CeroWRT II Make Wi-Fi routers faster and more reliable
Certbot ECDSA support
Charon Privacy-enabling account management and SSO solution
LibrEDA An integrated development environment for chip design
Zerocat Chipflasher Flashrom Interface Hardware to flash alternative/libre firmware to BIOS chips
Chips4Makers ASICs
Discover and move your coins by yourself A safe way to explore and work with cryptocurrency forks
Coko Docs A modern, open source replacement for Google Docs and Drive
Coloquinte High performance placement of cells inside digital electronic circuitry
Condensation Data System CRDT-driven data store that guarantees data ownership
Connect by Name Library for easy connection setup
Conversations A secure mobile messaging client
Conversations 3.0 Secure and standards-compliant XMPP client for Android
Conzept encyclopedia An alternative encyclopedia
Libre-SOC, Coriolis2 ASIC Layout Collaboration Open tooling for ASIC Layout
Record Federation for Corteza Clouds Data federation over ActivityPub
Corteza Discovery (Geo)search and discovery within federated services
Privacy Infrastructure for Corteza Federations Allow users to locate and browse their private data wherever
ArtistHub Allow creative artists to gain visibility and build reputation on the web
CryptPad Auth Implement external identity mechanisms to E2EE collaborative editor
CryptPad Blueprints Server-side encrypted collaborative editor
CryptPad: Project Dialogue Secure surveys and polls for Cryptpad
CryptoLyzer Cryptographic settings analyzer library
CryptPad Real-time collaboration with client-side encryption
CryptPad for communities Collaborative web editor with client-side encryption
GNU Guix - Cuirass Continuous integration system for GNU Guix/Linux + Hurd
DAVx⁵ Share Contacts, Calendars, Tasks, Notes & Journals
DCnets Implementation of Dining Cryptographers Network
Securing Internet protocols with DIDs Bridge Decentralized Identifiers with standardised authorisation mechanisms
Dat Private Network Private storage in DAT
Anonymisation for Data Donations Facilitate platform scrutinization through anonymised data contributions
DATALISP Universal data interchange format using canonical S-expressions
Structuring the System Layer with Dataspaces Implementing a secure and scalable system layer on mobile
DeltaBot Social discovery over mail-based chat
Dino User-friendly and secure instant messaging
Distributed Private Trust Decentralised trust and reputation system
dream2nix Automate reproducible packaging for various language ecosystems
How AdTech works Improving public awareness of AdTech and privacy
EDeA Repeatable, automated measurement data capture
EEZ DIB EEZ DIY Instrument Bus
EEZ Studio Open source tooling for measurement and test equipment
Extend EFI support in BSDs Bring automated firmware update to BSDs
EGIL SCIM client System for Cross-domain Identity Management
ELF Linking Analytic tools for UNIX' Executable and Linkable Format
Encoding for Robust Immutable Storage (ERIS) Encrypted and content-addressable data blocks
Earthstar P2P protocol and APIs for collaborative and social applications
Earthstar (Encryption, Safety, and Local Sync) Improve security, encryption and sync capabilities in Earthstar CRDT
Edalize ASIC backend Create open hardware silicon with a fully free software toolchain
EDeA A forge suitable for open hardware development
AEAP Automated e-mail address porting to a new provider
Email for expert news Keep up to date with a flow of publication
Etebase - protocol and encryption enhancements Redesign EteSync protocol and encryption scheme
EteSync - iOS application Encrypted synchronisation for calendars, addressbook, etc
The search for ethical Apps
EventFahrplan Conference schedule app with strong offline capabilities
Tracking the Trackers Automated scanning for spyware in mobile applications
FABulous Demo SoC SoC with open source FPGA based on FABulous
FOSS Code Supply Chain Assurance Mitigate attacks through software dependencies
FairSync Simplify aggregation and discovery of places and events
searx Federating self-hosted search hubs
Federated software forges with Gitea Add ActivityPub based federation to Gitea
Federated Task-Tracking with Live Data Track tasks and issues in a federated way
Federated Timesheets Interoperable machine-readable time tracking
First Classify Documents Categorise different types of official documents
Fobnail Remote attestation delivered locally
Folksonomy engine for the food ecosystem Data modelling by the community
ForgeFed Federation for software collaboration tools
ForgeFed Federating software forges with ActivityPub
Fractal Native client for the Matrix protocol
Fix the Pitch Black Attack in Freenet routing A decentralized distributed platform for private communication
Funkwhale ActivityPub-driven audio streaming and sharing
Funkwhale ActivityPub-driven audio streaming and sharing
GNU Name System Authenticated naming system for the internet from GNU project
GNS Migration and Zone Management Registrar tools for adoption of GNU Name System
GNU Mes Help create an operating system we can trust
Full-source GNU Mes on ARM and RISC-V Expand full-source bootstrap to other CPU platforms
GNU Mes RISC-V Bringing the trustworthy bootstrap to RISC-V
GNU Mes on ARM Trustworthy bootstrap for operating systems on ARM ISA
GNU Mes: Full Source bootstrap
GNU Mes Tower GNU Mes with alternative scheme implementations and WASM
GNU social Modernizing the original FOSS Social Network
GNU Taler Advanced electronic payment system for privacy-preserving payments
Taler for local currencies. Free software banking backend for local currencies
Layer-2-Overlay Generalising the GNUnet Layer-2 Overlay for broader usage
GNUnet Messenger API API for decentralized instant messaging using CADET
GPG Lacre project Best effort encryption of mail flows with OpenPGP
Tooling to improve security and trust in GNU Guix Contextual software vulnerability discovery
Gash Port Gash to GNU Mes for auditable bootstrap
Geolexica reverse Reverse Semantic Search and Ontology Discovery via Machine Learning
Federated software forges with Gitea Use W3C ActivityPub to federate amond software forges
Verilog-AMS in Gnucap Mixed-signal modelling and simulation with Verilog-AMS
GoToSocial Lightweight ActivityPub social network server
GoatCounter Privacy-friendly web analytics for small websites
Gosling Generic Onions Services Library Project
Real time graph database search engine Live filtering on graph database streams
The Open Green Web Ethical meta-search filter on green hosted websites
Porting Guix to Riscv64 Port Guix software collection to Riscv64 architecture
TPM 2.0 for HEADS TPM 2.0 support for open source BIOS replacement firmware
Haketilo/Hydrilla Browser extension for site customisatoin
Great scanning and OCR for mobile devices
Haphaestus Lightweight JavaScript-free browser engine written in Haskell
Himalaya End-to-end encryption capable scriptable email
Hubzilla Federated social networking environment
Implement sound support in the Hurd Add audio capabilities to the multiserver microkernel from GNU
Hyper Hyper Space Cryptographically secure append-only distributed data layer
A proof of concept of identity-based encryption Make encryption simpler
IC workspace Open Source IC Design Management Tool
IMSI Pseudonymization Better privacy protection for 2G-5G
IPDL Equational Proofs for Distributed Cryptographic Protocols
ipfs-search.com Search engine for the Interplanetary File System
Telecommunication in HF using the Internet Protocol (IPoHF) High-throughput software-defined wireless telecommunications
IRMA made easy Usability research into attribute based authentication
Icebreaker Gemini centric viewpoint of coding issues and bug tracking
IN COMMON Public platform to map and act together for the Commons
In-document search Interoperable Rich Text Changes for Search
Practical Tools to Build the Context Web Declarative setup of P2P collaboration
Indigenous Indieweb mobile clients
YunoHost and the Internet Cube Solutions for DIY-ISP's and self-hosters
Interpeer Collaboration infrastructure with near real-time p2p data synchronization
Interpeer SDKs Secure and efficient peer-to-peer networking stack
Inventaire Wikidata-based social sharing of reading experiences
Inventaire recommender Book recommendations in Inventaire
Irdest Llocal P2P mesh discovery of devices and users
Threat intelligence sharing Privacy-Preserving Sharing of Threat Intelligence in Trusted Adversarial Environments
JavaScript Restrictor Increasing Security and Privacy of JavaScript APIs
JShelter Cross-browser extension to make javascript less exploitable
JShelter Manifest V3 Make JShelter compatible with Manifest V3
End-To-End Encryption for Jitsi Meet Proven strong encryption for open source video conferencing
Verified Differential Privacy for Julia Proving sound privacy guarantees through a type system
K-Gen From datasets in DCAT catalogs to knowledge graphs
KDE Connect KDE Connect discovery and transport protocol improvements
Standardizing KEMTLS Post-quantum TLS without handshake signatures
Kaidan Adding encryption to userfriendly cross-platform XMPP client
Kaidan A/V Secure audio and video calls for Kaidan and QXmpp
Kaidan Encrypted A/V calls, group chat messaging
Serialization in Kaitai Struct for Java and Python Declaratively modify and create complex binary file formats
Karrot Save and share food waste
Katzen Meta-data resistant instant messaging over the Katzenpost mixnet
Kazarma Bridge ActivityPub and Matrix realms
Kbin ActivityPub based link sharing and microblogging
Keyoxide Self-hostable identity proofs with bidirectional linking verification
Keyoxide Mobile Mobile client for identity magement tool Keyoxide
Private Key Operations for Keyoxide Implement Private Key Store design in Keyoxide
Keyoxide v2 Add cryptographic signature based to Keyoxide
KiCad Professional open source electronics design application
KiKit Tooling for automation of production of PCB designed in KiCAD
Kintex-nextpnr Open toolchain for high performance FPGAs
Improve Email Encryption in KMail Adopt improvements in Email Encryption in KMail
Improve Krill (RPKI) BGP integration Real-time routing for Krill RPKI daemon
ARPA2 LDAP Middleware Privacy enhancing middleware
Collabora Online and LibreOffice Improved visual document search for cloud service
lemmur A Lemmy mobile client
Lemmy ActivityPub for link aggregation
Lemmy Add private communities to Lemmy federated link aggregator
Lemmy Lemmy Federation and ActivityPub compliance
Let's Connect! Client-Server to P2P Add P2P features to Let's Connect!
Letswifi/Geteduroam Make federated wifi access provisioning safer and more convenient
LiberaForms End tot End Encrypted Forms
Liberaforms Open source form server
XMPP-ActivityPub gateway XMPP, ActivityPub and E2EE Pubsub
Audio/Video Calls in Libervia Encrypted Audio/Video Calls in multi-frontend XMPP client
Libre-SOC A fully open hardware System-on-a-Chip
Libre-SOC HPC Work on High Performance Compute capabilities for Libre-SOC
Libre-SOC OpenPOWER ISA WG Steward ISA extension proposals through OpenPOWER External RFC Process
IndieHosters System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
Librecast E2E encrypted multicast
LibreCellular FOSS technology stack for 4G networks
LibreOffice P2P Encrypted collaborative editing in the browser
The Libre-SOC Gigabit Router Native Open Hardware chip implementation of crypto primitives
LibreSilicon Free/open source semiconductor manufacturing process
Libre Silicon compiler Synthesize, place and route hardware description to silicon
Standard Cell Library Open Standard Cell Library with automated dimensioning of transistors
Port of AMDVLK/RADV 3D Driver to the Libre-SOC Adapt Vulkan Drivers to the Libre-SoC
Libre-SOC Formal Correctness Proofs Mathematical unit tests for open hardware System-on-Chip
Libre-SOC Formal Standards Development Formal Standards for OpenPower extensions from Libre-SoC
Libre-SOC Video Acceleration Optimised video acceleration instructions for Libre RISC-V SoC
Librecast Live Live streaming with multicast
Lightmeter Email server configuration lifecycle management
Liminix Nix-based OS for domestic WiFi routers, access points etc
LinkedDataHub Framework to handle Linked Data at scale
Usability of Linux firewall userspace tools Userspace tooling for Linux kernel Netfilter
Local Production of Antennas for LibreRouter (LoPaLiR) Reliable open hardware Antennas for LibreRouter
LumoSQL Create more reliable, distributed embedded databases
LumoSQL at-rest data security Modern embedded database with encryption and signed data
Luna PnR A versatile and fast new open-source place and route tool
LunaPnR Phase 2 A versatile and fast new open-source place and route tool
MNT Reform A trustworthy open hardware laptop
MaDada Using LinkedData to improve FOI processes
Maemo Leste An independent mobile operating system focused on trustworthiness
Maemo Leste Telepathy Modernise open source real-time communications stack
Mailpile Search Integration Personal email search engine
Makatea An x86, 64-bit Virtual Machine Monitor for the seL4, verified microkernel
Mangaki Advanced group recommendations
Manyverse An off-line capable privacy-centric social messaging app
Manyverse Private Groups Implement SSB Private Groups in Manyverse
MapComplete Thematics OpenStreetMap-viewer and editor.
Marginalia Search A fresh take on search
Mastodon - groups, filtering, moderation Group support with ActivityPub
Improving Matrix E2E encryption UX Better usability of Matrix.org E2E encryption
MEGA65 Phone A phone simple enough to understand in full
Mellium Add OMEMO support to XMPP library
Mepo Lightweight mobile map search
Practical Decentralised Search and Discovery Search and discovery inside mesh/adhoc networks
Modular Meta-Press.es Reusable decentralised meta-search engine
Meta-Press.es A press search engine in your browser
Meta-Press.es Retrieve news feeds and search locally
Misskey Misskey federation and ActivityPub compliance
MobileAtlas A distributed open hardware test infrastructure to analyse mobile networks
MobileAtlas Taking roaming measurements to the next levelMobileAtlas
Mobile Test Farm Test farm setup for aftermarket mobile operating systems
Mobilizon Find, create and organize events
MoboSearch Providing an alternative view on the Android App ecosystem
Caster Open-hardware high-refresh-rate electrophoretic display controller
Monal IM Free Jabber/XMPP client for iOS and macOS
Mosaic Trustworthy open hardware design tool for electrical engineers
Movim Add OMEMO encryption to Movim XMPP client
Mynij Portable indexing and search engine for mobile
NEFUSI NEFUSI: A novel NEuroFUzzy approach for semantic SImilarity assessment
Naisho Efficiently combine end-to-end encryption with CRDTs
Naja EDA tool focused on post logic synthesis
Namecoin: TLS Various TLS integrations for Namecoin
Namecoin: ZeroNet and Packaging Make ZeroNet work with Namecoin
Namecoin: Core Infrastructure Alternative domain name system
NaxRiscv core improvements Open hardware out-order Risc-V CPU
NeoChat Native Matrix encrypted instant messaging client
Packet classification extensions for Netfilter High throughput packet classification of tunneled traffic
neuropil Privacy by design P2P search including IoT
neuropil DHT based overlay network
Nextcloud Unified and intelligent search within private cloud data
NextGraph Interlinked data graphs, with privacy, security, data locality, and interoperability in mind
Nitrokey Open hardware for encryption and authentication
Nitrokey 3 PIV/FIPS 201-3 and extended hardware support for Trussed/Nitrokey
Securing NixOS services with systemd
UEFI Secure Boot support for NixOS Add a self-sovereign root of trust as part of supply chain security
NoScript Contextual Policies & LAN protection Application Boundaries Enforcer (ABE) for new generation of browsers
Adopting the Noise Key Exchange in Tox Improved security of Tox instant messaging with NoiseIK
Nominatim Multi-lingual support in address search
Nominatim as a library Self-hostable address/location retrieval for OpenStreetMap
Nym Credentials A decentralised solution for authentication
Nyxt Webextensions Independent implementation of WebExtensions
Nyxt A programmable browser with advanced search integration
Nyxt Browser integration of federated, distributed platforms
Open Know-How Search Search Open Hardware Projects
OSF Crawler Cooperation Support Infrastructure for Open Search initiatives
OpenStreetMap Speed Limits Infer default speed limits for better quality OpenStreetMap-based routing
Off-the-Record messaging version 4 Advanced protocol for secure messaging
Offen Privacy-respecting site analytics
Oil Shell A new dialect of shell that is less error-prone
Oil Shell Modern shell language and runtime
Improve Okular digital signature support Improve open source tooling for digital signatures
Omnom Self-hosted bookmarking and snapshotting with search
OnBaSca Tor Bandwidth Scanner
Opaque Sphinx Secure password-based authentication with Opaque/Sphinx
Opaque Sphinx Server and Clients Server and tools for modern authentication
OpenCryptoHW CGRA- based reconfigurable open-source cryptographic IP cores
OpenCryptoLinux Make Linux run on OpenCryptoHW
OpenCryptoTester System-on-Chip for hardware/software testing
DRTM implementation for AMD processors Unified framework for dynamic RTM
Personal Food Facts Privacy protecting personalized information about food
Open Hospitality Network Federated hospitality with ActivityPub
Openki.net Make local events and meetups discoverable
Open MLS Infrastructure End-to-end encrypted group messaging
OpenPGP Certificate Authority Managing OpenPGP keys for communities and organisation
Improving OpenSSH's Authentication and PKI Improving SSH Authentication with OpenPGP transitive trust
Interoperable Certificate Store for OpenPGP Standardisation effort for shared OpenPGP certificate storage
Hardening OpenPGP CA deployments HSM support for OpenPGP key infrastructure
OpenQRNG Open source, certified Quantum Random Number Generator
802.11n feature of openwifi Open Hardware implementation of wifi
Ordie Designing a SoC for Betrusted
LTE support in OsmoCBC (Cell Broadcast Centre) Open source Cell Broadcast Centre for mobile networks
GPRS/EGPRS support in Osmocom CNI for Ericsson RBS
Open source ePDG for VoWiFi Enhanced Packet Data Gateway for mobile infrastructure
Owncast ActivityPub powered Livecasting
p2panda p2p protocol and event-driven data store
P2Pcollab Decentralised social search and discovery
PGP4civiCRM Add email encryption to CRM
Adding Web-of-Trust Support to PGPainless Web-of-Trust specification support for Java
Securing PLCs via embedded protocol adapters Open hardware protocol adapters for industrial automation
Post-Quantum Crypto in DNSSEC Experimental platform for DNSSEC with post-quantum cryptography
PRESC Classifier Copies Package Implementing Machine Learning Copies as a Means for Black Box Model Evaluation and Remediation
Statime Memory-safe high-precision clock synchronization
The PeARS app Building low-resource Web search applications from cognitive models
PeerDB Search Search for semantic and full-text data
PeerTube A decentralised streaming video platform
Extending PeerTube Adding advanced search capabailities to PeerTube
peermaps Peer to peer cartography
Peertube plugin livechat Integrated chat for Peertube live streams
PeerTube - Remote Transcoding Remote Transcoding for distributed video sharing network
Peppol for the masses Hybrid self-hosted e-invoicing with decentralized identities
A Distributed Software Stack For Co-operation Facilitating easy ad hoc cooperation
Pion Network congestion measurement for adaptive real-time applications
PixelDroid Share and browse photos in the fediverse with a mobile app
Pixelfed Live Live streaming and other Pixelfed enhancements
Pixelfed ActivityPub driven decentralised photo sharing platform
Pixelfed Open source, federated photo sharing platform using ActivityPub
Plaudit Make good science discoverable through endorsements
Poliscoops Make political news and online debate accessible
Privacy Enhancements for PowerDNS and DNSdist Make it easier to deploy private DoT/DoH resolvers
pretalx Open source tooling for events and conferences
PrivateRecSys Privacy-Friendly Recommendation System
Private Searx Add private resources to the open source Searx metasearch engine
Probabilistic NAT Traversal Last resort ad hoc connections for GNUnet
Prosody IM Implement SASL authentication mechanism for XMPP
ProveThis Prove statements about authenticated API resources
PyCM Evaluate the performance of ML algorithms
Qubes OS Bring the security of Qubes OS to people with disabilities
R5N-DHT Formalisation within IETF of R5N Distributed Hash Table design
RAIJIN Open Hardware brain meeasurements with near-infrared spectroscopy
rasn Safe ASN.1 codec framework for Rust
RISC-V Phone Open hardware RISC-V Phone
RNP Confium Distributed trust store enabling threshold encryption
Radio-Meshnet Self-sustained Community and Emergency Radio Networking
RADIUSdesk Open wifi mesh deployment application
Re-isearch Vectorise text with a flexible unit of retrieval
Redwax Standardisation of client side PKI interfaces
Reowolf Rip and replace for BSD socket insecurity
Graphics acceleration on Replicant Free software graphics drivers for mobile phones
Finish porting Replicant to newer Android version Alternative, free software version of Android
Ricochet Refresh Anonymous, meta-data free secure messaging
pcb-rnd, sch-rnd Open source EDA suite
Ripple Safer and faster incremental software builds
Robotnix Reproducible Builds of Android with NIX
Rosenpass Post Quantum Security Add-On for WireGuard
Rotonda Secure Extensions Implement BGPSec in Rust and integrate into Rotonda
Rust Threadpool Improve privacy of Rust threading library
Great OCR for SANE Integrate OCR capabilities into open source scanning tools
SASL XMSS Make SASL work with XMSS protocol
SASL Works for the InternetWide Architecture Integrate new authentication mechanisms into SASL
SCION-RAINS RAINS, Another Internet Naming Service (or, a DNS alternative)
SCION-Pathdiscovery Secure and reliable decentralized storage platform
Geographic tagging of Routing and Forwarding Geographic tagging and discovery of Internet Routing and Forwarding
SDCC Small Device C Compiler compiler for 8-bit microcontrollers
SES - SimplyEdit Spaces SimplyEdit Spaces - collaborative presentations
SWH package manager Data Ingestion Add Package managers to Software Heritage
Storing Efficiently Our Software Heritage Faster retrieval within Software Heritage
SpinalHDL, VexRiscv, SaxonSoc Open Hardware System-on-Chip design framework based on SpinalHDL
Adera Relevant scientific research results
SEARXR Virtual reality for web search
searx A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine
Subliminal Messaging Embedded secure channels within traditional and internet telephony
SeedVault Private backups of mobile applications
Dynamic indexing for real time graph database Provide faster query results through algorithmic preprocessing
SensifAI AI driven image tagging
#Seppo! Portable ActivityPub implementation
A Secret Key Store for Sequoia PGP Standards-compliant private key store for OpenPGP
Adding TPM Support to Sequoia PGP Implement use of TPM 2.0 crypto hardware for OpenPGP
Sequoia PGP Improve interface of Sequoia PGP commandline
Sequoia GPG Chameleon Implement well-known API's for using OpenPGP
Signature PDF Self-hosted tool to add signature to PDFs
SignRoom Zenroom based signature and credential platform
Silicon verification Non-destructive, in-situ inspection of physical chips
Simmel A wearable contact tracing beacon/scanner
smoltcp RPL Implement Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy networks
Software Heritage Collect, preserve and share the source code of all software ever written
Peer-to-Peer Access to Our Software Heritage Access Software Heritage data via IPFS DHT
Solid Application Interoperability
Solid-NextCloud app Bridge Nextcloud to Solid
Solid-Search Queries in a pod
Solid Control Access Control mechanism for data and services within Solid
Solid Application Interoperability
Solid Application Interoperability Interoperable Data sharing flows and discovery for Solid
Solid Usable App Tools Project Improve developer experience for W3C Solid
Solid Wallet Authorization reasoning, rule-based controls and fluid integration for Solid
Sonar: a modular peer-to-peer search engine Modular peer-to-peer search engine
sourcehut Graph query support for software development platform
Dual-level Specification Inference Make formal verification more practical with dual-level Specification Inference
Spectrum A security through compartmentalization based operating system
Secure User Interfaces (Spritely) Usability of decentralised social media
Spritely Capability based petname system
Spritely (and OCapN) Enable secure P2P applications with Object Capabilities
Stalwart Mail Server Robust full featured mail infrastructure in Rust
Statime PTP Master Statime - Zero-allocation cross-platform Precision Time Protocol
ARPA2 Steamworks ARPA2 Steamworks
StreetComplete Fix open geodata with OpenStreetMap
StreetComplete Collaborative editing in OpenStreetMap
StreetComplete UX Improve usability of StreetComplete
Suhosin-NG Harden PHP 7 and PHP 8 applications
Sylk chat Add instant messaging features to Sylk
Sylk Client Secure multiparty videoconferencing application
Sylk Mobile Secure real-time mobile communications
RETETRA Security Analysis of Proprietary Cryptography in Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TLS-KDH mbed Implement TLS-KDH into mbed
TOS;DR OTA backend Integrate Terms of Service;Didn't Read with Open Terms Archive
Great Black Swamp Decentralized cloud storage with provider-independent security
GNU Taler wallet app for iOS Mobile GNU Taler payments for portable Apple devices
Tantum Search Context-enhanced search driven by schema.org
Tauri Apps A safer run-time for web technology based apps
Servo Webview for Tauri Integrated portable webview based on Servo engine into Tauri
TerosHDL Assisting hardware developers to deliver safer designs
Padding Machines for Tor Protect metadata in the Tor onion routing network
Tracking weasel Detect privacy violations in mobile apps
TrustING Ultrafast AS-level Public-Key Infrastructure
Trust semantic learning and monitoring Measure on-going trust between interacting agents
Build Transparency (Trustix) Towards a decentralized supply chain for software
Trustix Make build logs available as publicly verifiable, tamper-proof Merkle trees
Tvix Alternative Rust-based software build transparency
TwPM Open hardware implementation of Trusted Platform Module
TypeCell CRDT-based collaborative block-based editor
UEFI isolation in VM from non UEFI firmware Safer booting into UEFI-compliant operating system
ULX3M A modular open hardware FPGA platform
URL Frontier 2.0 Enterprise features for URLFrontier
URL Frontier Develop a API between web crawler and frontier
Universal DID Resolver and Registrar Tooling for decentralized identifiers
LIP6 VLSI Tools Logical validation of ASIC layouts
ValOS Cryptographic Content Security project Cryptographic Content Security for ValOS
variation graph (vgteam) Privacy enhanced search within e.g. genome data sets
Noise Explorer-VerifPal Automated proofs and code generation for secure protocols
Verifpal Prove soundness of verification in Verifpal
Verified Reowolf Formal protocol verification with Reowolf
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
Vula Encrypted ad hoc local-area networking
Free Software Vulnerability Database A resource to aggregate software updates
Waasabi Framework P2P Live Streaming for events
Web Annotation Building blocks for interoperable annotation systems
DeltaChat/WebXDC Portable private apps that can be shared in e.g. chat
WebXray Discovery Expose tracking mechanism in search hubs
Web Zero, with m-ld Multi-collaborator editable pages and data based on m-ld's CRDT
Web Shell Desktop and security environment for web apps
XWiki Bring wiki capabilities into the Fediverse
WikiRate: More Sites, More Cites Persistent citation for Dekko-based open source data collections
WikiRate Insights Transforming WikiRate ESG Platform User Experience to Maximise Reliable Data Insights
WikiRate Insights 2 Dedicated text search architecture for environmental, social and corporate governance platform
Winden/Magic Wormhole dilation Improving Magic-Wormhole by implementing dilation and multiple file support for the web
WireGuard Scale up WireGuard
Wireguard Windows client Native Wireguard protocol client for Windows
Wireguard Rust Implementation Implementation of WireGuard in a type safe language
Wishbone Streaming Add Streaming capabilities to Wishbone
Wispwot Implement generalized scalable protection against disruptive behavior in content discovery
WordPress ActivityPub Bring ActivityPub social networking to the widely used Wordpress
XR Fragments Discover, reference, navigate and query 3D online content
XWiki ActivityPub First class ActivityPub support in XWiki
YaCy Grid SaaS
Yrs Collaborative editing with CRDT written in Rust
Yrs Undo Rust-based CRDT framework for real-time multi-user applications
ZIP file format description Documenting the ZIP file format for reverse engineers and developers
ZSipOs Open hardware for telephony encryption
Quantum-Proof Zenroom Implementation of Quantum-Proof Cryptography in Zenroom
ARPA2 Working towards a decentralised global internet that offers security and privacy by design.
GnuTLS Implement TLS-KDH in GnuTLS
ARPA2 resource ACL and HTTP SASL modules for NGINX Extend consistent access control to NGINX webserver
betrusted A protected hardware device for your private matters.
Bitmask User-friendly and secure VPN configuration
Reinstatement of crypto.signText() Cryptographic signatures brought back to the browser
Democratic SendComm Easy to use connected open hardware device
DIME A new encrypted, end-to-end email protocol
Distributed Mechanism Learning Privacy preserving ways of distributed data usage
Donations smaller contributions to various activities
dweb-search Index DHT based distributed webs
eduVPN app Add Wireguard protocol to federated VPN suite
eduVPN on Apple eduVPN for Apple devices
eduVPN on Apple part II Improved version of eduVPN for Apple devices
eduVPN multi-protocol Review of the eduVPN multi-protocol project.
eduVPN Making secure VPN network technology available to everyone
elRepo.io - Resilient, distributed content sharing Resilient, human-centered, distributed content sharing and discovery.
Explain Direct Providing effective and efficient access paradigms for open educational material
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.
fwupd Automatic Firmware updates for BSD operating systems
GetDNS Deliver DNSSEC as a building block in harsh environments
Global Directories Distributed contact information discovery mechanism
Pretty Easy Privacy At scale simulation over GNUnet with different realistic user behavior scenarios
GUN P2P Encryption A realtime, decentralized, offline-first, graph database engine
Hackathons contributions to various hackathons
imap-codec library Release version 1.0 of the imap-codec library
Internet of Coins Create a decentralized, self-sustaining economy by implementing inter-blockchain connectivity
Handling Data from IPv6 Scanning Scanning tools for scaling up IPv6 scans
iuh-openbsc An open source implementation of 3G
Katzenpost Observation resistant secure messaging layer
Key Management Key Management
DNSSEC Key Signing Suite A best practise for DNSSEC Key Signing
lib25519: Secure and efficient computation of X25519 and Ed25519
libresilient Create robust web presence with service workers and DHT
libspng A fast and safe implementation of Portable Network Graphics
lpnTPM TPM 2.0 compliant open hardware Trusted Platform Module
Securing Decentralised Live Information with m-ld Collaborative editing of LInked Data based on CRDT
mCaptcha Privacy-friendly Proof of Work (PoW) based CAPTCHA system
Minedive P2P search over webRTC
mobile-nixos NixOS for mobile phones and tablets
Namecoin Decentralized, censorship resist Internet infrastructure for e.g. DNS and identities
Faster and configurable datapath/Linux xfrm Rewriting nftables to optimise for xfrm
Nixcloud Mail Declarative mail server based on NixOS
Nixcloud Webservices Declarative web services based on NixOS
Software vulnerability discovery Automating discovery of software update and vulnerabilities
node-Tor Implementation of Tor protocols for inside webpages
offen Ethical site analytics, controlled by the user
openEngiadina Platform for creating, publishing and using open local knowledge
oqsprovider Post-quantum/quantum-safe cryptographic algorithms for OpenSSL
p4-nix Combine Programming Protocol-independent Packet Processors language with declarative Nix packaging
pcb-rnd Modular printed circuit board editor
Pitchfork Open hardware for compartmentalizing key material and cryptographic operations
Pitchfork PKCS#11 Contribute to OASIS standardisation PKCS#11 v3
PKCS#11 v3 Contribute to standardisation of PKCS#11 for cryptographic tokens
postmarketOS An independent mobile operating system
Privacy Preserving Disease Tracking Research into contact tracing privacy
RaptorJIT RaptorJIT is a high-performance Lua virtual machine for network dataplanes.
Modular CA Modular infrastructure for building secure internet services
Remote PKCS#11 Remote usage of PKCS#11
SDR PHY Create a GSM mobile phone consisting of completely open source software and SDR radio
x86-64 VM Monitor for seL4 verified microkernel Very restricted virtualized environment for higher security
Search and Displace Find and redact privacy sensitive information
SecuShare A framework for sufficiently safe social interaction
Secushare Box Operating system extension of Secushare for hardware devices
Serval-LR SERVAL Long-range WiFi Add-on
Magic Wormhole/SPAKE2 Securely send files between two computers with minimum fuss
Stubby A local DNS Privacy stub resolver using DNS-over-TLS
TLS-KDH Combined Kerberos and Diffie-Hellman as an authentication mechanism for TLS
TOS;DR A user rights initiative to rate and label website terms & privacy policies
Tracking Exposed Increase transparency behind personalization algorithms
Trusted Boot Module An open hardware trusted boot manager
vdirsyncer Synchronise calendars and contacts
Vita A fast IPSEC-based VPN gateway
Vita A high performance IPSEC implementation
Free Software Vulnerability Database A resource to aggregate software updates
Nixcloud Declarative internet services based on NixOS
WireGuard A fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography
Wireguard Take modern network tunnels to the next level
WPIA CA Infrastructure Deployment infrastructure for certificate authorities

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NLnet Labs Independent lab for Internet infrastructure development

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