Me and a friend recently noticed a gap in the security tool space. Most corporate File Integrity Monitors (FIM) out there are heavy, complicated, and worst of all: they come packed with telemetry endpoints sending data to god knows who.
We wanted something different. Something private, fast, and entirely local. So we built pwss (Integrity Hash).
It’s a free of cost and solid FIM that runs strictly on your local machine. No phone-homes, no cloud leakage—just pure file integrity tracking.
Key Features:
• Triple-Hash Security: We use 3 robust hashing algorithms to ensure file integrity.
• For Everyone: We even included a video guide in the README showing how to easily install it—making it accessible for non-developers who still want top-tier local security.
• DIY Friendly: If you are a dev, you can of course clone, build, or fork the project however you like!
• Open-Source
While building this, we realized we didn't want to keep all the good stuff to ourselves. We broke down our core features into standalone libraries. If you ever need to get a file hash in your own project, you don't have to write boilerplate code for hashing algorithms or handle complex file streams. You can just plug in our libraries!
They are available right now on Maven.
(To find them, just scroll to the very bottom of our README and click on pwss libraries).
GitHub:https://github.com/pwssOrg/File-Integrity-Scanner
We would love to hear your feedback, thoughts, or suggestions for improvements.
Take care and happy coding!