About SafeNest OSS

What we build, how we work and who is behind it. Everything here can be checked on our GitHub.

What

SafeNest OSS is an initiative of small, free, open source tools that protect children and teenagers (5-18) online. We start small: one simple tool, one clear job.

No Shorts is a Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts. It is live in the Chrome Web Store. Details.
More tools will come from real needs of families and schools. Ideas go to the public issue tracker.

We focus on safety and education, with attention to cybersecurity, online safety and innovation. We teach, we do not scare.

How

Transparency. Open code (MIT license), public plans and decisions. Claims about research come with a source and a note on what they do not prove.
Community. Parents, teachers and developers shape the tools. Anyone can propose an idea, report a problem or send a fix.
Security by design. No data collection, minimum permissions, no remote code, few dependencies.
Open workflow. Every change goes through a public pull request on a protected branch, with releases built from the code you can read.
Honest limits. A tool never replaces a conversation with your child, and we say what each tool cannot do.

How to join

Test a tool with your family and tell us what happened.
Open an issue with an idea or a problem, or join the discussions on GitHub.
Send a pull request or a translation. See CONTRIBUTING.

Who

Łukasz, a parent and the maintainer of the project (GitHub: ol3j). The project is a private initiative, not a company product, and the tools are free.

The community: everyone who contributes on GitHub is welcome to be listed.