# destan19/OpenAppFilter

OAF(OpenAppFilter) is a parental control software based on OpenWrt. It supports popular applications across gaming, video streaming, instant messaging, such as TikTok, YouTube, Facebook. Currently, it supports hundreds of different applications.

Repository: https://github.com/destan19/OpenAppFilter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openappfilter
Homepage: http://www.openappfilter.com
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: luci, oaf, openappfilter, openwrt
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:34:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2820, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 133, "gap_med": 68.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2786, forks 742 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:21.930546+00:00)

## What it is
OpenAppFilter (OAF) is a parental control and application filtering plugin for OpenWrt routers, built as a kernel module, service daemon, and LuCI web interface. It uses DPI-based Layer 7 protocol parsing and HTTPS domain resolution to identify and block or allow hundreds of applications such as TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.

## Use cases
- block tiktok and youtube on kids' devices through the router
- parental control screen time filtering on openwrt
- filter gaming and streaming apps by category on a home network
- identify which applications clients are using on my router
- block specific apps like facebook or instagram at the network level
- custom l7 protocol signatures for app filtering

## When to choose
- you run an OpenWrt router and want network-wide app-level parental controls
- you need DPI-based app identification that works independently of DNS
- you want a LuCI-integrated, low-overhead filtering solution on consumer router hardware

## When to avoid
- you need filtering on non-OpenWrt systems or standard Linux servers
- you require TLS 1.3/encrypted-traffic inspection beyond domain resolution
- commercial use without contacting the author for authorization

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: security, networking, monitoring, middleware
- domain: networking, security, self-hosted, privacy
- platform: embedded, self-hosted
- tags: parental-control, dpi, deep-packet-inspection, app-filtering, openwrt-plugin, luci, kernel-module, screen-time, l7-filtering, openwrt, linux

## Member repositories
- destan19/OpenAppFilter (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.930546+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:16:00.859894+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/destan19/OpenAppFilter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.930546+00:00, sha 9ffcfe573a5e)
  - homepage: http://www.openappfilter.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:20.271780+00:00, sha 403d647e711c)
  - site_page: https://www.openappfilter.com/en/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:20.274357+00:00, sha 321ee1dc567b)
  - site_page: https://www.openappfilter.com/en/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:20.276529+00:00, sha 905e662f38fb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.