Algo VPN alternatives

Looking for an alternative tool to replace Algo VPN? During the review of Algo VPN we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.

Top 3

  1. Decentraleyes (local CDN emulation for privacy)
  2. MAT (removal of metadata)
  3. Privacy Badger (privacy protection for browsers)

These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to Algo VPN.

Alternatives (by score)

63

Decentraleyes

Introduction

Most websites consist of HTML show the structure of a website. Together with CSS for styling, and JavaScript for interactive functionality, the website can provide value for its visitors. Some of the used JavaScript libraries are heavy on bandwidth, so website owner may use a content delivery network (CDN). The primary goal for a CDN is to get data closer to the end-user, which results in faster downloads and increasing the performance of the website.

Some common JavaScript libraries are used on many websites. As not every single website creator can pay the costs of a CDN, bigger companies might actually sponsor bandwidth on their CDN edge servers. While this is great from a cost perspective, it also introduces a privacy concern. The owner of the CDN can exactly see what websites a user is visiting by looking at the related requests to the CDN and the related referrer. This is where Decentraleyes comes into place, by intercepting requests to content delivery networks (CDN).

Project details

Decentraleyes is written in JavaScript.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + More than 1000 GitHub stars
  • + The source code of this software is available

    Typical usage

    • Privacy enhancement

    Decentraleyes review

    63

    MAT (Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit)

    Introduction

    Many file forms store sensitive data, like a location, author name, or even the date and time. This toolkit can remove these bits of data while allowing the file to be used as before.

    Project details

    MAT is written in Python.

    Strengths and weaknesses

    • + The source code of this software is available

      Typical usage

      • Privacy enhancement

      MAT review

      100

      Privacy Badger

      Introduction

      Privacy Badger provides protection against website visitor trackers. These trackers come in the form of beacons or invisible pixels and have the goal to collect information about the browser. This data is often shared by third parties and used to create a profile of a particular browser. As minor differences for each user may lead to an individual user, these third parties may even link some of the data to the related individual. Tools like Privacy Badger do not provide guarantees that they block everything, yet can decrease the amount of data greatly.

      Project details

      Privacy Badger is written in JavaScript.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + More than 50 contributors
      • + The source code of this software is available
      • + Supported by a large company
      • + Well-known tool
      • - Many provided pull requests are still open

      Typical usage

      • Privacy enhancement

      Privacy Badger review

      97

      hBlock

      Introduction

      For the privacy-aware users, tools like hBlock can be helpful to block malicious domains, malware, advertisements, and trackers. Trackers could be pixels added to websites to track which pages you visited, which might invade your privacy.

      Project details

      hBlock is written in shell script.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + Used language is shell script
      • + The source code of this software is available

        Typical usage

        • Malware protection
        • Privacy enhancement
        • Provide anonymity

        hBlock review

        64

        IKEForce

        Introduction

        IKEForce is a command line utility to brute force VPN connections (IPSEC) that allow group name/ID enumeration and XAUTH.

        Project details

        IKEForce is written in Python.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + The source code of this software is available

          IKEForce review

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