FireWally - A free Mac firewall powered by Apple Intelligence
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FireWally is a privacy-first network tool designed to give you full control over your Mac’s online activity. See which apps are actively connecting to the internet in real time, block unwanted connections, and explore detailed traffic history by the hour or for the entire day.
Apple Intelligence–powered insights help you understand why apps connect and whether they’re safe, making FireWally a smart, intuitive way to protect your privacy and take control of your network.
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@yuriy_varbanets Genius idea, congrats!
The product looks great and the focus on privacy first design is refreshing. I am curious whether you plan to add alerts or recommendations based on unusual traffic patterns. This seems like a tool that can grow in many useful directions.
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@ngocphuc_1910 Thanks for the kind words! We’re glad the privacy-first approach resonates. Alerts and recommendations are great suggestions - we’re exploring different ways to evolve Firewally, and feedback like this plays an important role in shaping our priorities.
@yuriy_varbanets Appreciate it! Yuriy. Great to hear you are exploring those ideas. FireWally has a lot of potential and I am looking forward to future updates.
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So proud of our team and this launch! FireWally is a huge milestone. 🚀
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Great work by the whole team — proud to be a part of it!
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Amazing to see this launch go live! 🥳 Congrats to the team - glad I could contribute!
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FireWally is live! 🙌 So happy for the team and proud to be on this journey together. Congrats!
This is really cool. Just installed and setup. Might be more advanced but would love to see a log of the connections if it's possible. For example, I use Opal once/twice a month for calls and I realized it's been phoning home for some reason even though it's not actively being used.
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@nkotov Thanks for checking out FireWally and for the kind words — really appreciate it!
Your suggestion about having a history of app activity is very interesting. We’ll add it to our wishlist.
If you have more ideas or feedback, feel free to share!
Wow, FireWally looks incredible! Im loving the Apple Intelligence-powered safety insights. How granular can you get with blocking connections for specific processes within an app?
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@jaydev13 Thanks a lot for the kind words — great to hear you liked the Apple-Intelligence-powered insights!
Right now, FireWally tracks and manages network activity only at the app level. The first version of the app doesn't calculate traffic on a per-process basis.
Your suggestion is valuable — we’ll add it to our wishlist.
If you have more ideas, we’d love to hear them!
Nas.io
Does it allow blocking sites or apps?
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@nuseir_yassin1 The current version of the app can block apps only. Thanks for the suggestion to block websites!
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The release is here! ✨
Hope our users will be satisfied with FireWally! 😊