Best UI Tools for Managing Firewall Rules with Iptables

Have you considered using UFW? It's a simpler alternative that makes managing rules easier.

Sounds like you're looking for a way to simplify things. Many in the community have moved past iptables. For example, you can try using Cockpit, which has a firewall interface, but keep in mind it won't be iptables-based.

Definitely! I often use VSCode for managing firewalld rules instead of vim when I'm feeling lazy. I keep my firewalld policies in git and deploy them through Ansible. Oh, and just so you know, firewalld is built on nftables now, so that's what I'm really using. In a past role, we also used Ferm with Ansible for iptables, but that tool hasn’t been updated in ages.

I get where you're coming from. For me, it's all about automation! I use vim or emacs for direct commands and handle everything through testing and staging before hitting production. Clicking around is just not efficient for larger setups.

If you're into graphical tools, you might want to check out Fwbuilder. It's a bit dated—hasn't been touched in a decade—but it does allow for visual management of firewall rules and should support iptables.