About
The Virtue Initiative is an organization that aims to provide free tools and resources for accountability. We currently offer a free screenshot-based accountability app and some resources on how to use it well.
Our mission is to develop free technology and resources to support ending pornography addiction. We know what it's like to feel stuck, and we want to provide tools to support you. We don't want the price to be yet another excuse not to deal with pornography.
Our vision is to see the Christian church and the world freed from pornography. There are billions of dollars made by keeping men and women stuck in addiction. For many people, it starts from a young age, and it's hard to give up, even if they desperately want to. We want to provide tools to provide support and make it easier.
The Virtue Initiative began in February 2026 when we started looking at accountability apps. There were a few options but none of them were free. We thought, "What if we can make a free version while keeping most of the essential features of other paid services?" Our goal is to fundraise all our financial support and keep the app free.
Hopefully you're willing to join us on this mission. If you've been or know someone who's been struggling to break free from porn, sign up now or send this to them. You might also want to read this page on tips to beat the addiction.
If you wish to support us monetarily, you can donate (at some point). If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at help@virtueinitiative.org
How it works
- Create an account
- Install Virtue (the monitoring app) on one or more of your devices.
- Invite an accountability partner by email. They will need to create an account.
- The client runs in the background, capturing periodic blurry screenshots and uploading them securely using end-to-end encryption.
- Your accountability partner logs in to the web portal to review your activity log and screenshots.
Currently supported platforms & features
We are working hard to support more platforms and features. Below is the current features supported by platform. As you can probably tell, this is still an alpha stage project.
| Feature | Windows | macOS | Linux | Android | iOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Periodic screenshots | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Runs as a background service | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Detects shutdowns | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Detects tampering | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Captures web history | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Image risk classification | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| End-to-end encryption | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ |