networking, privacy, and security utilities
Recent window: last 5.3 months
(2026-04-28 → 2026-10-05), compared with the prior
5.3 months.
horizontal · 227 members ·
Data as of 2026-10-08
These products provide specialized tools for network management, device access, data privacy, and security audits. They are primarily built for developers, system administrators, and privacy-focused technologists seeking granular control over their digital infrastructure. The cluster stands out for its emphasis on self-hosted architectures, peer-to-peer protocols, and local-first data protection rather than centralized SaaS.
Metrics
- Stage
- crowded
- Recent count
- 173
- Prior count
- 31
- Total count
- 227
- Momentum
- 300.00
- Attention
- 0.49
- Crowding
- 0.82
- Concentration
- 0.82
- Opportunity
- 0.46
Opportunity components
- Attention
- 0.49
- Low crowding
- 0.18
- Momentum (normalized)
- 1.00
- Low concentration
- 0.18
Source split
- github
- 99 (0.57)
- hn
- 62 (0.36)
- ph
- 7 (0.04)
- yc
- 5 (0.03)
Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.54
Members
|
Name
|
Source
|
Upvotes ▼
|
Launched
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| cloud-native-microservices-app |
GITHUB |
9 |
2026-09-10 |
| Nixctl |
GITHUB |
9 |
2026-09-12 |
| Open-source passive NFC tag that signs with ECDSA, verified on-chain |
HN |
9 |
2026-09-15 |
| sleep-not-allowed |
GITHUB |
9 |
2026-09-11 |
| PasswordSafeCore |
GITHUB |
9 |
2026-09-22 |
| filet |
GITHUB |
9 |
2026-09-13 |
| antisocialcord-kt |
GITHUB |
9 |
2026-09-29 |
| network-recon-toolkit |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-10-01 |
| private-diary |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-27 |
| turnrelay |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-14 |
| Miget |
HN |
8 |
2026-07-29 |
| Turbo |
HN |
8 |
2026-07-08 |
| Privacy focused client side password generator |
HN |
8 |
2026-08-19 |
| psstpsst |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-12 |
| Slack killed their OpenAPI spec, so we reverse engineered it |
HN |
8 |
2026-04-15 |
| kite |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-10 |
| oslokrok |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-28 |
| SuperEdge |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-29 |
| lookout |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-14 |
| friendlilink |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-16 |
| Brute |
GITHUB |
8 |
2026-09-18 |
| zpoint |
GITHUB |
7 |
2026-09-17 |
| Open-source code for a private, infinitely scalable, PQ-secure L1 layer |
HN |
7 |
2026-02-01 |
| HyCanvas, a free self-hostable Canva alternative |
HN |
7 |
2026-07-21 |
| Family sync with no server |
HN |
7 |
2026-08-26 |
| Qevoryx |
GITHUB |
7 |
2026-09-12 |
| We built a way for web apps to message users' phones without SMS |
HN |
7 |
2026-09-29 |
| OPCloud-Bridge |
GITHUB |
7 |
2026-09-16 |
| Self-host open-source LLMs on AWS with scale-to-zero |
HN |
7 |
2026-09-09 |
| Selvum |
HN |
7 |
2026-08-17 |
| Privacy-First Pdf Converter |
HN |
7 |
2026-05-04 |
| Sideloop |
HN |
7 |
2026-10-05 |
| SecretGate |
HN |
7 |
2026-10-06 |
| Decoy |
HN |
7 |
2026-02-26 |
| SyncBank |
HN |
6 |
2026-05-11 |
| Age-PHP: a PHP implementation of age encryption (post-quantum) |
HN |
6 |
2026-04-11 |
| Freenet Lives |
HN |
6 |
2026-02-08 |
| cf-workers-lb |
GITHUB |
6 |
2026-09-15 |
| UltraLocked |
HN |
6 |
2025-11-17 |
| Gopher |
HN |
6 |
2026-09-02 |
| Trellus: Parallel/Power Dial directly inside of Attio, Lemlist, Hubspot, Amplemarket, Salesforce, Google Sheets and more |
YC |
6 |
2026-04-21 |
| Pure PHP server, from yesterday, now supports sockets and rooms. |
HN |
6 |
2026-07-21 |
| Nullsec |
HN |
6 |
2026-09-17 |
| Password-less authentication via Ramanujan's 1/π series and Nvidia-B200 |
HN |
5 |
2026-05-07 |
| Nat-zero |
HN |
5 |
2026-04-28 |
| I built an encrypted BLE dongle for pasting stuff to air-gapped devices |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-04 |
| Cloudflarebase |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-28 |
| Bench on Your Network |
HN |
5 |
2026-08-16 |
| How Scaleway brought the first RISC-V servers to the cloud |
HN |
5 |
2026-05-12 |
| Show HN : Dally |
HN |
5 |
2026-07-15 |