# johncassil/dontallow

> A macOS utility that automatically presses "Don't Allow" on the system prompt asking whether an app may find devices on local networks. Runs as a launchd agent via Accessibility, uses zero CPU while idle, and survives reboots.

- Magnitude: 3.8 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 25 total · +19 stars measured 2026-10-29, 19:54–22:08 UTC
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Security · Language: Swift · License: MIT · Created: 2026-10-29 · Last push: 2026-10-29
- GitHub: https://github.com/johncassil/dontallow · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/johncassil/dontallow

## Useful for

- Install the agent to stop recurring local network prompts from Chromium browsers
- Inspect with dontallow rules which Privacy rows are local network entries and which are orphans
- Add an app to the allowlist or pause the agent when it genuinely needs LAN access

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-29 (UTC), 19:54–22:08: 6 → 25 stars (+19). This is the change over that interval.
- The repository is 0 days old and already has 25 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?"” — 60 points, 2 h ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 1
- Issues and pull requests: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 20 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 9
- Latest release: v0.1.1 (2026-10-29)

## Stars per day, last 1 day (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-29 … 2026-10-29: 19

## Hacker News

- Show HN: Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?" — 60 points, 52 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294506

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
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Data as of 2026-10-29 22:20 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.