Lightweight Unicode homograph detection system.
GlyphGuardian aims to protect users from deceptive link spoofing attacks by detecting suspicious characters that mimic trusted domains.
This project is part of WhyTrashEarth-Projects.
Every year, billions are lost to phishing attacks — many of them using invisible tricks like Unicode domain spoofing.
GlyphGuardian is a lightweight defense designed to catch these tricks before they catch you.
- Scans domain names for lookalike Unicode characters
- Compares against trusted whitelisted domains
- Flags, blocks, or warns users before danger
- Trusted Domain:
youtube.com - Spoofed Domain:
уoutube.com(Cyrillic "у" instead of Latin "y")
Both look the same — but one could steal your information.
GlyphGuardian stops this before you click.
- Project Launch
- Browser Extension (Firefox/Chrome)
- CLI Scanner (Advanced users)
- Integration into Email Gateways
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 Alec / WhyTrashEarth
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If GlyphGuardian protects you or your company, please consider donating to an environmental cause. 🌎
Contact: [email protected]
Social: @WhyTrashEarth (most platforms)
We aim to expand GlyphGuardian beyond browsers to email clients like Outlook and Thunderbird.
Eventually, lightweight desktop apps will be created for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Typosquatting Detection — Identify links that use common misspellings (e.g., "porkbunt.com" instead of "porkbun.com").
- Future Feature: Subdomain Deception Detection — Warn users about tricky subdomain structures (e.g., "porkbun.com-products.domains").
Let's Improve Our Earth Together and protect many users everywhere! If you want to help in anyway please contact me, I plan to make a website soon and I will credit everyone that assists on this necessary endeavor!
- Porkbun Team — For providing valuable feedback and suggestions during the early design of Glyph Guardian. Your support is greatly appreciated!