GlassWire

GlassWire
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Metacritic
78
Steam
70.405
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free
Release date
7 June 2016
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78 (393 votes)

GlassWire visualizes all your network activity so you can improve your Internet connection quality, save bandwidth, and help protect your computer from malware. If any unusual network-related activity is detected GlassWire warns you with a temporary polite notification that won't disturb your game-play.

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GlassWire system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Celeron 2GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Any
  • Storage: 100 MB available space

Recommended:

Recommended requirements are not yet specified.
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355000
Platforms
Windows PC
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MiniMe
MiniMe

Do not buy this on Steam!!! After I reinstalled my laptop, the license stopped working. I contacted their support a million times, but they don't fix it.
This would be the first app on steam that you purchase until you switch laptop or until a reinstall.

XeonCore
XeonCore

Nifty app if you're keen to see detailed network activity, with great future potential. Initially on the pricey side, but given the devs aren't charging for future updates I feel it's worth the investment. I'm sure these updates will continue to improve the app, and from what I read in the Steam Discussions the devs are interactive and willing to consider constructive feedback for inclusion in future releases. Keep up the good work!

Latsu
Latsu

Needed a way to track network traffic and useage for my Main computer and my Windows 8 HTPC. Works like a charm and differentiates Local and Internet traffic. Mostly use this to make sure I don't go over my Comcast data cap that they forced on everyone.

Dàbái
Dàbái

How about an update?
I previously did not recommend Glasswire as below old review stated. But since 2020 Q2 I find myself installing it once again on all my computers and oh my, they have updated allot.
More information is now presented via UI and notifications, it have only 2-3 times locked itself up using all of my CPU and RAM but a quick reboot and its gone and they have added various search bars!

I find myself trying to find any apparent fault but cannot complain at all since I love the licensing model they are using.

Thank you @ Glasswire Team

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For more tech savvy people like myself I cannot with a straight mind recommend this software. Glasswire fulfils its purpose to some extent. But the issue comes when you want to go more advanced.

The issue lies in a mix between bad UI design and absence of features that you can find in other similar software applications For example, when you have used the firewall for a while, you get this huge list of blocked applications that is in the same spectrum as the non-blocked. There is no way to search or sort the primary list which makes it a hassle to maintain.

Other things like features to just see advanced information of the application wanting to connect. You get a notification asking you if you want to allow, but sometimes the application uses a shared exe which doesn’t really tell you where its located on your hard disk, with what commando this application is executed or even the PID. These things would be super usefule but are not present.

Another issue I have is that, I use Glasswire on my gaming rig, my server and my laptop. On my laptop it tends to spinup in CPU usage, making the laptop run hot. I believe this is due to the "database" or rather, the amount of data that I got. The data only gets larger for each and every day I use my computers which is not really something I would like to have loaded in the memory, especially not if it affects the performance.

As Χάο pointed out in the comments; "Pay for it"

Good point, I failed to mentioned that I bought the Elite version and used it since 7 Feb 2017 on 1 laptop, 1 mainrig and a server.

moos
moos

I initially downloaded the free version off their website then bought the basic version on Steam.

Had a frustrating issue where the Steam version couldn't be activated and kept crashing. But those guys at GlassWire support are really amazing! Thanks Jon!

Highly recommended.

oxbo
oxbo

Good until it shows 0 traffic and 0 apps.

Daleth
Daleth

The software works great and as intended.

I got the elite version dirt cheap from a steam sale, I don't think it's worth full price for elite but I'd say it's worth it on sale.

Licenses bought on steam DO work with the download copy when you have a license supporting multiple installs, this means you can monitor your home network without installing steam on all your other pc's.

One important thing to note that I didn't know when I bought it is that it does not support rate limiting your network, however it does have per application firewall features, you can block any application from connecting at will other than certain "hollow shell" microsoft official apps such as "yourphone.exe".

This program will obviously require admin privileges to install, as it installs as a system service in the background. The application that you launch from steam is more of a UI for the program, the actual functions run on the service meaning you don't need to worry about starting it from steam every time you boot your pc.

All in all, I'd recommend it to any sysadmin with a network they want to keep safe, but for the every day user this is a bit over the top and not worth the price. If you are not sure why you'd need this I recommend getting something like malwarebytes for your home network instead of this - this does not protect your home network, it's more of a tool to help you protect it yourself.