fort/README.md

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  <h1 align="center">Fort Firewall</h1>
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Fort is an effective firewall designed for Windows 7 and later versions, offering both simplicity and robustness.

![Screenshot-v3.10.6](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/assets/77551811/53e25cb0-a296-46d9-8321-3fb0aae77b7f)

## Features

  - Filter by network addresses, application groups and more
  - Filter by `SvcHost.exe` service names
  - Support for wildcards in application path names
  - Speed limit application groups
  - Blocklists via "Zones"
  - Saves traffic statistics
  - Graphical display of the bandwidth
  - Has its own kernel driver based on the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP)

## [System Requirements](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/User-Guide#system-requirements)

### Which installer should I download?

  - for **Windows 10 1809** or newer:

    [![x86_64@latest](https://img.shields.io/badge/x86_64-green?label=FortFirewall-x.x.x-windows10-x86_64.exe)](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/releases/latest)

  - for **Windows 7** or newer (e.g. Windows 10 1703):

    [![x86@latest](https://img.shields.io/badge/x86-green?label=FortFirewall-x.x.x-windows-x86.exe)](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/releases/latest)

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## Wiki

  - [User Guide](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/User-Guide)
  - [Functionality overview](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/Functionality-overview)
  - [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/FAQ)
  - [Building](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/Building)

## Support

  - ⭐ Star it on GitHub, ❤ Rate on [AlternativeTo](https://alternativeto.net/software/fort-firewall/about/)
  - 🐞 [Report bugs](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/issues), ⚡ [Discuss ideas](https://github.com/tnodir/fort/discussions)

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Nodir Temirkhodjaev, <nodir.temir@gmail.com>