LiFE Parental Control
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The facts
Each one read from LiFE Parental Control's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Activity reports
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Backup limit
- JSON backup export and import excludes the parent password and usage history.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content filtering
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Dashboard
- The dashboard shows today's total and per-app screen time and an activity log of historical sessions and enforcement events.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dashboard and backup
- The dashboard shows daily screen time and per-app usage; JSON backup export excludes passwords and usage history.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Settings can be preconfigured in default.json and distributed for the daemon to apply automatically.checked 12 Oct 2026
- DNS filtering
- DNS-based filtering uses dnsmasq to rewrite blocked domains to 0.0.0.0, with an optional DNS4EU family-safe upstream resolver.checked 12 Oct 2026
- DNS options
- The web filter can use DNS4EU’s family-safe resolver and can optionally block known public DNS-over-HTTPS resolver IPs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The repository lists LiFE Parental Control 1.1.5 as its latest release and shows five release assets.checked 12 Oct 2026
- KDE restrictions
- KDE kiosk restrictions are applied through /etc/xdg/kdeglobals, with an optional Plasma layout hard lock.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Location tracking
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Password storage
- The README says the parent password hash is stored separately in root-only /etc/life-parental/auth.json using SHA-256 with a salt.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- LiFE Parental Control is a desktop parental control app for Linux, including KDE Plasma and GNOME.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Screen time
- Screen-time controls include daily limits, allowed hours, weekday schedules, bonus minutes, and a one-time parent bypass.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Screen-time schedules
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security details
- The README says the parent password hash is stored separately in a root-only auth.json file with chmod 600.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security setup
- The first-run Lockdown Wizard can remove the child account from sudo or wheel, remove SSH keys, and optionally restrict FUSE and AppImages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Setup and lockdown
- A first-run wizard can create a parent admin account, de-privilege a child account, and optionally set a GRUB password or restrict AppImage/FUSE.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Web filtering
- Its web filter supports custom domains, allowlists, category packs, and HaGeZi blocklists.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App blocking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- App controls
- The daemon can block configured apps and enforce daily per-app usage caps.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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