Free, open source macOS firewall. It aims to block unknown outgoing connections, unless explicitly approved by the user.
- Homepage: objective-see.com/products/lulu.html
- GitHub: github.com/objective-see/LuLu
- Privacy: tosdr.org/en/service/3069
- Web info: web-check.xyz/results/objective-see.com
LuLu Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Summary
- There is a date of the last update of the agreements
- When the service wants to make a material change to its terms, users are notified at least 30 days in advance
Score
Documents
- Terms of UseCreated 09 Apr 21, Last modified 4 years ago
- Privacy PolicyCreated 09 Apr 21, Last modified 4 years ago
About the Data
This data is kindly provided by tosdr.org. Read full report at: #3069
LuLu Source Code
Author
Description
LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall
Homepage
https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.htmlLicense
GPL-3.0
Created
10 Sept 17
Last Updated
26 Feb 26
Latest version
Primary Language
Objective-C
Size
26,050 KB
Stars
12,052
Forks
547
Watchers
12,052
Language Usage
Star History
Top Contributors
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@objective-see (293)
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@benjaminach (13)
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@Pixel-Master (11)
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@bitigchi (5)
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@haroondilshad (4)
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@EP45 (3)
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@josh-stein (3)
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@AykutCevik (1)
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@davegallant (1)
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@JeffreyCA (1)
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@jhult (1)
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@rmettig (1)
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@szuke (1)
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@stek29 (1)
Recent Commits
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Patrick Wardle (24 Feb 26)
refactor processing related flows
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Patrick Wardle (24 Feb 26)
rules/loading improvements (re)generate rules when they can't be loaded refactor extension loading
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Objective-See Foundation (24 Feb 26)
Merge pull request #816 from jhult/fix/memory-leaks-616 Fix memory leaks (#616)
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Jonathan Hult (20 Feb 26)
fix: resume related flows before removing from array Related flows were removed from the tracking array but never resumed via resumeFlow:withVerdict:, causing them to stay paused indefinitely and leak memory. Fixes #616
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Patrick Wardle (01 Feb 26)
UI tweaks
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Patrick Wardle (01 Feb 26)
UI tweaks
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Patrick Wardle (01 Feb 26)
UI tweaks
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Patrick Wardle (01 Feb 26)
version bump (4.2.1)
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Patrick Wardle (01 Feb 26)
localizations and fix for #812
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Patrick Wardle (31 Jan 26)
Option to export (and thus later import) only user-created rules #814
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Patrick Wardle (31 Jan 26)
Custom Rule Duration now is relative See: #811
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Patrick Wardle (20 Nov 25)
improved handling of terminated process now, traffic from terminated will be denied
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Patrick Wardle (31 Oct 25)
UI improvements fixed 'jumping' with modal alerts use parent app icons for helper's w/ no icon
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Patrick Wardle (31 Oct 25)
version bump, plus Friends of++
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Patrick Wardle (31 Oct 25)
support for 0.0.0.0/ and ::/0 #807
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Patrick Wardle (28 Oct 25)
UI improvements fix for #801 LuLu can now be within subfolders of /Applications too
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Patrick Wardle (10 Oct 25)
version # bump
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Patrick Wardle (10 Oct 25)
friends, improved code signing checks
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Patrick Wardle (28 Sept 25)
improved rule importing and cleanup rule importing (#795) rule cleanup (directory rules)
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Patrick Wardle (28 Sept 25)
support for 0.0.0.0/0 and ::/0 in allow/block list #793
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Patrick Wardle (28 Sept 25)
fixed hashing of bundles (for VirusTotal), UI improvements fix for #791 (for bundles, we grab the main binary to hash) update preference pane clears update message other UI improvements (#785)
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Objective-See Foundation (28 Sept 25)
Merge pull request #789 from bitigchi/tr-l10n Tweak Turkish translations
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Emir SARI (16 Sept 25)
Tweak Turkish translations Signed-off-by: Emir SARI <emir_sari@icloud.com>
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Patrick Wardle (01 Sept 25)
No longer need preferences in rule's window
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Patrick Wardle (01 Sept 25)
removed rule simplification (that hid ports for 80/443) Too confusing, as it could be (mis)interpreted as the rule covered *all* traffic to an endpoints when port(s) weren't shown (#782)
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Patrick Wardle (01 Sept 25)
version bump, improvements to dmg script
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Patrick Wardle (26 Aug 25)
improved logging
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Patrick Wardle (26 Aug 25)
notification for rules to reload
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Patrick Wardle (26 Aug 25)
improved rule description
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Patrick Wardle (26 Aug 25)
preferences / logging improvements preference for showing rule endpoint details (#782) improved logging for matching on events (#777)
LuLu Website
Website
301 Moved
Redirects
Redirects to https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
Security Checks
1 security checks failed (65 passed)
- External Redirect Detected
Server Details
- IP Address 216.239.34.21
- Hostname any-in-2215.1e100.net
- Location Mountain View, California, United States of America, NA
- ISP Google LLC
- ASN AS15169
Associated Countries
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Safety Score
Website marked as safe
100%
Blacklist Check
objective-see.com was found on 0 blacklists
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API
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