Protect Your Family
How Alpaca Helps Protect Your Mac
Alpaca uses DNS filtering at the system level - a simple but effective approach that's designed to help protect your entire Mac.
You browse normally
Use Safari, Chrome, or any app. Alpaca works in the background without changing how you browse.
Alpaca checks each request
When any app tries to connect to a website, Alpaca checks it against regularly updated filter lists.
Risky content is filtered
Known advert servers, trackers, and potentially harmful websites are filtered before they can load.
Safe content loads normally
Everything else works as expected. No slowdowns, no interruptions - just quieter, safer browsing.
All filtering happens locally on your Mac. We never see or store your browsing data.
Who Alpaca is For
Simple protection designed for different needs
For Parents
You can't watch over their shoulder every minute. Alpaca is designed to help filter out many risky websites and adverts - so you can worry a little less about what they might encounter online.
For Privacy-Conscious Users
Tired of being tracked across the internet? Alpaca is designed to help reduce the trackers that follow you, and all filtering happens locally. Your browsing data never leaves your Mac.
For New Mac Owners
Tired of adverts following you everywhere? Alpaca is designed to help filter them out - all while running so lightly you'll forget it's there.
For Peace of Mind
Worried about clicking something wrong? Alpaca is designed to help watch out for you while you browse. Once it's set up, you don't need to think about it again.
What Alpaca is designed to do for your family
Alpaca is designed to work quietly in the background, helping to protect everyone who uses your Mac.
Helps Filter Ads and Pop-ups
Designed to reduce distracting ads and pop-ups, helping create a calmer browsing experience for your whole family.
Designed to Reduce Tracking
Many websites try to follow you across the internet. Alpaca is designed to help minimise this tracking, aiming to keep your family's browsing more private.
Helps Filter Potentially Risky Websites
If someone accidentally clicks a suspicious link, Alpaca is designed to help catch it before it becomes a problem.
Regularly Updated Protection
New online threats emerge constantly. Alpaca receives regular updates designed to help keep your family's protection current.
Runs Quietly in the Background
No constant notifications. No interruptions. Alpaca is designed to work unobtrusively so you can forget it's there.
Your Browsing Stays on Your Mac
All filtering happens locally on your Mac. We don't see, collect, or store any information about your browsing activity.
Works Across Your Entire Mac
Unlike browser extensions, Alpaca works at the system level - designed to help filter threats across all your applications, not just within a single browser.
No Browser Extensions Needed
Alpaca works outside your browser - no plugins to install, configure, or update. Just system-level protection designed to work across all your browsers automatically.
Designed for Organisational Use
Alpaca aims to complement - not conflict with - your organisation's VPNs, firewalls, and security policies. Designed to fit into most environments.
Simple Protection for Your Organisation's Macs
Alpaca is designed to provide system-wide DNS filtering that aims to work alongside your existing infrastructure - no browser extensions to manage, no complicated configurations.
- System-wide protection across all applications
- No browser extensions to install or maintain
- Designed to work with VPNs and network policies
- Lightweight and battery-friendly
- Simple to deploy, minimal ongoing maintenance
Primary & Secondary Schools
Help protect student devices from inappropriate content and online threats. Simple to deploy, designed to work with your school's network.
Universities
Lightweight protection that aims to stay out of the way of research, VPN access, and institutional systems. No browser extensions to manage.
Workplaces
System-wide DNS filtering designed for employee Macs. Works quietly without disrupting productivity tools or VPN connections.
Libraries
Help protect public-access Macs with DNS filtering that's designed to require minimal ongoing maintenance.
Get Alpaca
Help protect your family in under a minute
Notarised by Apple
Download
Click below to download Alpaca to your Mac
Install
Drag Alpaca to your Applications folder
Approve
Open Alpaca and approve the one-time system permission request
You're Set!
That's it - Alpaca is now working to help protect your family's Mac
Frequently Asked Questions
Got questions? We've got answers.