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Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

31 mentions on Hacker News by 28 people: 5 stories, 26 comments · first 2017-12-08 · latest 2025-12-23

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  1. …2. Windows → https://www.glasswire.com/ 3. Windows (open source) → https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall 4. Windows → https://safing.io/
    comment by guessmyname · 2025-12-23 · in Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstat
  2. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by 57FkMytWjyFu · 2025-08-06 · in Show HN: Sinkzone DNS – Forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist
  3. …something like simplewall [0], which shows prompts for every network request that phones home [0] - https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by udev4096 · 2025-05-21 · in The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
  4. For those looking for something similar, try SimpleWall: https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall It's deny by default, you get a popup when something wants to make a connection, then you can allow. Pre-built binaries available. It's my go-to…
    comment by efilife · 2025-04-07 · in TinyWall is a free, feature-rich, and lightweight firewall for Windows
  5. Archived and it looks like he just doesn't want to maintain it anymore. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by 42lux · 2025-03-15 · in Is SimpleWall Firewall tool compromised?
  6. ▲ 54
    Simplewall Has Been Discontinued
    story by akyuu · 2025-02-22 · 79 comments
  7. [SimpleWall]( https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall )
    comment by gnabgib · 2024-12-30 · in Little Snitch: Network Monitor and Application Firewall for macOS
  8. You could install WPD ( https://wpd.app/ ), use Simplewall ( https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall ) and a pihole on the network to block a lot, but it's still sad that we need to do this. Apple alternatives include LuLu (…
    comment by 72deluxe · 2023-12-05 · in Windows users report appearance of unwanted HP app
  9. I’m very happy with SimpleWall: https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by 0xADEADBEE · 2023-07-14 · in Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS
  10. …bullshit background processes the first time they attempt to connect to a remote server. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by fodi · 2023-05-17 · in I Still Use Windows 95 (2008)
  11. …forward to testing OpenSnitch on Debian, it looks like it could be the former's counterpart. [0]: https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by fodi · 2023-05-14 · in OpenSnitch in Debian ready for prime time
  12. …which is great, and if you are looking for similar software for Windows I can recommend simplewall. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by Hrun0 · 2023-05-14 · in OpenSnitch in Debian ready for prime time
  13. …and I cannot emphasize this enough, exceedingly happy with it. [1] https://www.peerblock.com/ [2] https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix [4] https://noscript.net [5]…
    comment by lurtbancaster · 2023-04-03 · in The Mullvad Browser
  14. …but it'll still alert you to the requests, allow for timers, per application/route rules etc. [0]: https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by oktwtf · 2023-03-22 · in Little Snitch Mini
  15. SimpleWall? https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by phneutral26 · 2023-03-10 · in What does "Copy clean link" mean?
  16. For Windows, check out simplewall, it does (almost) exactly that. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by smarkov · 2022-11-07 · in Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides
  17. …not require a kernel extension and works with the API provided by Windows to do network filtering. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by alibert · 2022-11-05 · in Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
  18. …So after not that much investigation--mostly just rereading what's shown on their project page ( https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall ) -- it confirms my belief that this adequately shields me from any and all networks without my…
    comment by d11z · 2022-10-18 · in How to hide your IP address
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    Simplewall: Simple Tool to Configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP)
    story by thunderbong · 2022-02-21 · 0 comments
  20. Simplewall https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by guilhas · 2021-11-28 · in Ask HN: What tools make using Windows more bearable (for Linux folk)?
  21. …is also simplewall tool [1] which has predefined Windows list to block. [0] binisoft.org/wfc [1] https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by m0guz · 2021-10-09 · in O&O ShutUp10++ – Free anti-spy tool for Windows 10, 11
  22. ▲ 3
    Simplewall: Tool to Configure Windows Filtering Platform
    story by decrypt · 2021-09-05 · 0 comments
  23. ▲ 3
    Simplewall Has Been Archived
    story by lurtbancaster · 2021-08-03 · 0 comments
  24. …updates too, and even blocks edge, live.com, and linkedin, which I really don't care for! [1] https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by shanehoban · 2020-09-04 · in Windows update resets your default programs so they can suggest using Edge
  25. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by ents · 2020-06-10 · in Windows Privacy Dashboard: GUI for Windows 10 Privacy Settings
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    Simplewall: Windows Filtering Platform Configurator
    story by dvfjsdhgfv · 2020-02-01 · 0 comments
  27. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by soeka · 2020-02-01 · in OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall
  28. I do the same, plus a (heavily) modified hosts file and simplewall ( https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall ).
    comment by baal80spam · 2019-04-19 · in Ask HN: How do you secure your Windows PC?
  29. If you don't need fancy features, I would ditch GlassWire for something like https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by youseecomrade · 2018-03-12 · in OpenSnitch: LittleSnitch clone for Linux
  30. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall > Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) So much better than anything else I tested. Easy to import/export rules (XML) and there's also portable mode and advanced options (that goes…
    comment by randomString1 · 2018-01-19 · in LuLu: An open-source macOS firewall that blocks unknown outgoing connections
  31. …firewall from control panel and clear see that Tinywall is not allowed to connect in the rules. https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
    comment by guilhas · 2017-12-08 · in Ask HN: TinyWall or something else?