# privacytools/privacytools.io

🛡🛠 You are being watched. Protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.

Repository: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/privacytoolsio
Homepage: https://www.privacyguides.org
Language: HTML
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: privacy, encryption, decentralization, privacy-protection, surveillance, website, documentation
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-06-24T13:57:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4074, "days_push": 1531, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3145, forks 377 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:45.960942+00:00)

## What it is
The archived source code of PrivacyTools, a community website recommending privacy-respecting tools, services, and encryption practices against mass surveillance. The project has been succeeded by Privacy Guides (privacyguides.org), which continues the mission as a non-profit.

## Use cases
- find privacy-respecting alternatives to mainstream services
- learn how to protect myself against mass surveillance
- recommendations for encrypted messengers and email providers
- guide to choosing a secure browser and VPN
- privacy checklist for hardening my online presence
- open-source privacy tool recommendations

## When to choose
- you want the historical source of the original PrivacyTools website
- you need the CC0-licensed content for reuse or research
- you are tracing the project's history before it became Privacy Guides

## When to avoid
- you want current, up-to-date privacy recommendations - use Privacy Guides instead
- you need a maintained tool or active community
- you want to contribute - the repository is archived

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation, security, privacy
- domain: privacy, security, self-hosted, documentation
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: privacy-recommendations, surveillance-resistance, archived-project, successor-privacyguides, static-website, encryption, web-server

## Member repositories
- privacytools/privacytools.io (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.960942+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 2026-08-30T07:25:58.985081+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.960942+00:00, sha 07ac27161a52)
  - homepage: https://www.privacyguides.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.154846+00:00, sha 0cc9c2bc5f30)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/press-releases/2026/03/03/privacy-guides-launches-a-new-activism-section (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.169687+00:00, sha 31720b914a7e)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/press-releases/2026/01/31/a-message-regarding-ice-in-minnesota-and-the-usa-from-privacy-guides-program-director-jonah-aragon (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.172055+00:00, sha 7022830eaf18)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/donate (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.163975+00:00, sha 9d2d0f389fa6)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.165898+00:00, sha fa045b6a7ca8)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/27/whatsapp-offers-improved-security-features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.167988+00:00, sha 8ab3334ced08)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/press-releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.174491+00:00, sha 22c3ee046645)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.