Portmaster
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
5recommend
0warn against
Nov 21, 2025first mention
Jun 14, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“many bespoke and commercial linux games that run on these devices via portmaster[0]”
“portmaster is the tool i use for upgrading installed ports on freebsd”
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“I use Portmaster (on Linux) and I have never seen ads”
“Windows → https://safing.io/”
“there's this project I learned about literally yesterday!”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Alongside the VPN we run additional services: modDNS, Mailx and Portmaster.”
“Alongside the VPN we run additional services: modDNS, Mailx and Portmaster.”
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All comments 6
“many bespoke and commercial linux games that run on these devices via portmaster[0]”
“portmaster is the tool i use for upgrading installed ports on freebsd”
“I use Portmaster (on Linux) and I have never seen ads”
“It's now on Portmaster if anyone is curious”
“Windows → https://safing.io/”
“there's this project I learned about literally yesterday!”