web based products: search and images: - title: Search (Web & Images) - name: DuckDuckGo url: https://duckduckgo.com/ eyes: 5 text: > One of the best privacy-focused search engines. Domain is hosted in USA which could potentially be problematic for some. - name: Startpage url: https://www.startpage.com/ eyes: 9 text: > Another privacy search engine that claims to not track any of your data. They operate servers in both USA and Europe. Note: Startpage was recently acquired. See [Issue #12](https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/12). Thanks @pydo, @ThijsRay, and @DatAres37. Also see [this comment in Issue #99](https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/99#issuecomment-616224650) from @danarel on Startpage. - name: searx url: https://searx.space/ repo: https://github.com/searx/searx eyes: null text: > Open-source (thanks for clarification u/Sheezdudeln) privacy search engine. Domain hosted in Germany. - name: MetaGer url: https://metager.org/about eyes: 14 text: > MetaGer is the search engine project from the registered nonprofit organization SUMA E.V. in Germany. - name: Qwant url: https://www.qwant.com/ eyes: 9 text: > Major improvements since 2018's guide. *would prefer better info other than an outdated reference* - name: Swisscows url: https://swisscows.ch eyes: null text: > A Swiss search engine that offers a unique search experience for the web, images, videos, music, and more. They are currently funding a mail service. Read through their [datacenter about page](https://swisscows.ch/en/datacenter), it's really interesting. - name: Mojeek url: https://www.mojeek.com/ eyes: 5 text: > Unlike other privacy search engines which act as a "middle man" between you and Google/Bing/Yahoo, Mojeek has their own crawler and index. The results aren't as complete as some of the others, but it is still impressive and they are actively building their index to include more results with better accuracy. - name: Ekoru url: https://ekoru.org/ eyes: null text: > Privacy focused search engine that also aims to clean up the oceans. Thanks @mynamesleon - name: Cyberd url: https://cyber.page/ repo: https://github.com/cybercongress/cyb eyes: null text: > Decentralized Google. A web 3 alternative for the Google search engine. In Beta testing mode. Uses IPFS and Tendermint consensus for security and economic incentives. Please see their [ELI-5 FAQ](https://github.com/cybercongress/congress/blob/master/ecosystem/ELI-5%20FAQ.md) for more info. - name: Infinity Search url: https://infinitysearch.co/ repo: https://gitlab.com/infinitysearch/infinity-search eyes: 5 text: > Infinity Search is a privacy metasearch engine that does not log any information about its users. In terms of privacy, it works the same way as DuckDuckGo. It is free to use and is funded by non-tracking advertisements and affiliate links. It is also completely open-source. - name: Runnaroo url: https://www.runnaroo.com/ eyes: 5 text: > "Runnaroo was built from the ground up to provide an all around better search experience." Thanks @codingepaduli youtube: - title: YouTube - name: PeerTube url: https://joinpeertube.org/ eyes: null text: > Decentralized, federated video hosting network. Still quite small, but is growing and has a dedicated community. Although there is no central database/server, all the separate instances can still talk to one another. This allows for data exchange and a way to view anyone's videos while only associating with one instance. Thanks @kdkasad for clarifying federation. - name: BitChute url: https://www.bitchute.com/ eyes: 5 text: > Also P2P, but not decentralized. Due to it being proprietary, if BitChute goes down then the whole thing goes down (unlike PeerTube). (thanks u/up-sky-7) - name: DTube url: https://d.tube/ eyes: null text: > Looks very similar to YouTube. Advertised as "first crypt-decentralized video-platform". Built on Steemit and IPFS. - name: Bit.tube url: https://bit.tube/ eyes: null text: > Appears to be a crypto-powered decentralized video sharing service. (thanks u/rudolf323) - name: Invidious url: https://invidio.us/ repo: https://github.com/omarroth/invidious eyes: null text: > An open-source front-end alternative to YouTube. Seems to work pretty well from my experience so far, and it hasn't triggered *anything* on my adblocker/privacy extensions. Also offers downloads in many formats for videos (including `.vtt` subtitles). - name: Hooktube url: https://hooktube.com/ eyes: null text: > A slightly better way to use actual YouTube. (Use as a "last resort") - name: LBRY url: https://lbry.com/ repo: https://github.com/lbryio eyes: null text: > A decentralized platform for distributing and supporting creators's work. It aims to be Open, Community driven "digital marketplace". It can be used in a similar way to YouTube: browsing, subscribing to channels, there is a mechanism to send "tips" to creators. Looks up videos based on a blockchain and is open-source and uncensored. It already has some "larger" creators like Minutephysics, Veritasium, Barnacules and Lunduke. - name: US.TV url: https://us.tv/ eyes: null text: > PeerTube instance hosted by Epik.com. - name: FreeTube url: https://freetubeapp.io/ repo: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube eyes: null text: > Open-source desktop YouTube client that uses the Invidio.us API to serve content. - name: youtube-local url: https://github.com/user234683/youtube-local repo: https://github.com/user234683/youtube-local eyes: null text: > Open-source browser-based client for watching Youtube anonymously and with greater page performance. Non-video requests can be routed through Tor. Optionally the videos can be routed through Tor as well. Can be used without Javascript. No server software installation required. Uses self-hosted subscriptions and playlists. news: - title: News - name: Local newspaper url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_newspapers_by_country eyes: null text: > Support independent and qualitative journalism in your community. - name: AllSides url: https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news eyes: null text: > Unbiased news source (primarily for US politics). Thanks @jeanofthedead - name: Miniflux url: https://miniflux.app/ repo: https://github.com/miniflux eyes: null text: > Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader. Completely open-source, along with automatically removing pixel trackers. groups: - title: Groups - notes: - Use other forum sites relating to specific topics. This is a very broad service. - name: Sympa url: https://www.sympa.org/ repo: https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa eyes: null text: > Sympa is an open-source mailing list manager. It provides advanced features with a rich and secure web interface. - name: GNU Mailman url: https://list.org/ eyes: null text: > Mailman is free software for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. Mailman is integrated with the web, making it easy for users to manage their accounts and for list owners to administer their lists. Mailman supports built-in archiving, automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, spam filters, and more. - name: Discourse url: https://discourse.group/ repo: https://github.com/discourse/discourse eyes: 5 text: > Discourse is the 100% open-source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, or long-form chat room. - name: Groups.io url: https://groups.io/ eyes: 5 text: > a privacy focused email list system that does not track you, nor your members. It is not open source. Data is hosted on one central server but the server is encrypted. It has modern email group features such as a wiki, integrations, and RSS import support. translate: - title: Translate - name: DeepL url: https://deepl.com/ eyes: 14 text: > DeepL is an artifical intelligence translation service. **Please keep in mind DeepL tracks the text you translate unless you purchase Pro**. See sections 4 & 5 of their [privacy policy](https://www.deepl.com/privacy.html) for more information. Thanks u/TheCy-FiJuggernaut - name: Apertium url: https://apertium.org/ repo: https://github.com/apertium/apertium eyes: null text: > A free, open-source translation system. - name: LibreTranslate url: https://libretranslate.com/ repo: https://github.com/uav4geo/LibreTranslate eyes: null text: > A free and open-source machine-translation API which can be self-hosted. ads: - title: Google Ads/AdMob/AdSense - name: EthicalAds url: https://www.ethicalads.io/ repo: https://github.com/readthedocs/ethical-ad-server eyes: null text: > A developer-focused, privacy-obsessed ad network from the fine folks at Read the Docs. Source code can be found on GitHub. alerts: - title: Google Alerts - name: F5Bot url: https://f5bot.com/ eyes: 5 text: > Emails you when your selected keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters. gsuite: - title: G Suite (enterprise cloud) - name: Nextcloud url: https://www.nextcloud.com/ eyes: null text: > Nextcloud 19 now has Community Document Server and **[ONLYOFFICE](https://www.onlyoffice.com/)** apps integrated which allows self-hosted instances of docs/sheets/slides. Users are able to edit documents in real time. Thanks @k3tan172 and @plutocrat - name: Open-Xchange url: https://www.open-xchange.com eyes: null text: > A secure hosted email and productivity platform, designed for providers of all sizes to offer their customers email, calendar, storage, encryption and more. - name: Sandstorm url: https://sandstorm.io/ repo: https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm eyes: null text: > An open-source self-hosted web hosting platform for a wide set of web applications, including Etherpad (collaborative text editing), Radicale (calendar), Lychee (image hosting), Wekan (Kanban) blogger and sites: - title: Blogger/Sites - name: Joomla url: https://www.joomla.org/ repo: https://github.com/joomla eyes: null text: > Self-hosted and open-source content management system (CMS). - name: Write.as url: https://write.as/ eyes: null text: > Self-advertised as privacy-focused. - name: WordPress self-hosted url: https://wordpress.org/ repo: https://code.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-sources eyes: null text: > The open-source version of WordPress. A very popular tool and a recognized name. - name: concrete5 url: https://www.concrete5.org/ repo: https://github.com/concrete5 eyes: 5 text: > Open-source CMS. - name: Noblogs url: https://noblogs.org/ eyes: 9 text: > A privacy/security focused blogging platform. - name: Ghost url: https://ghost.org/ repo: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost eyes: null text: > Open-source modern CMS. Boasts "over 19x faster than WordPress". Thanks @peterge1998 - name: Bear url: https://bearblog.dev/ eyes: 5 text: > Free, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging. No javascript, no stylesheets, no trackers. Just your words. - name: Simpleblogs url: https://simpleblogs.org/ eyes: null text: > FLOSS blogging platform with a focus on privacy. Easy to self-host (standard rails app, ships with AWS deployment scripts. AWS is not required). Access restricted to accounts which you create and hand out. Good for private blogs but not for commercial/public blogging. analytics: - title: Analytics - name: Matomo url: https://matomo.org/ repo: https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo eyes: 9/14 text: > (Matomo/parent company) - Open-source analytics platform. (thanks u/Newblik) - name: Fathom url: https://usefathom.com/ eyes: 5 text: > Simple analytics for bloggers & businesses - name: Plausible url: https://plausible.io/ repo: https://github.com/plausible/analytics eyes: 5 text: > Open-source, privacy-focused web analytics. - name: GoatCounter url: https://www.goatcounter.com/ repo: https://github.com/zgoat/goatcounter eyes: 14 text: > Simple web statistics. No tracking of personal data. open-source and may be self-hosted. Free for non-commercial use; paid plans available. - name: Simple Analytics url: https://simpleanalytics.com/ eyes: 9 text: > Great analytics with privacy and simplicity in mind. Paid plans only (with free trials). - name: Alpina Web Analytics url: https://alpina.io eyes: 5 text: > Simple, privacy-friendly analytics with event tracking, real-time dashboard and filters. No cookie or localstorage usage. Servers in EU. Paid only (with free trial) - name: Shynet url: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet repo: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet eyes: null text: > Shynet is a self-hosted analytics tool that doesn't make use of cookies. It is privacy focused and fully open-source. Thanks @woutfeys - name: Supabase url: https://supabase.io/ repo: https://github.com/supabase/supabase eyes: null text: > Supabase is an opensource alternative to Firebase. As of right now you can use their hosting plan for free as it's in alpha, or you can self host ([note on self hosting](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/issues/85#issuecomment-636010946)). Thanks @woutfeys - name: GoAccess url: https://goaccess.io/ repo: https://github.com/allinurl/goaccess eyes: null text: > An open-source web server analysis tool. Installs on your web server (ideally), but works just as well if you download your logs someplace else. Interactive; cursor around in the report and see what's going on. Can generate HTML reports. Can also generate realtime interactive HTML reports if you run it in server mode. Lightweight, only requires UTF-8 support and ncurses (ncursesw, if you want a UTF-8 enabled console). Available in the default package repositories of multiple Linux distros. Thanks @virtadpt - name: Offen url: https://www.offen.dev/ repo: https://github.com/offen/offen eyes: null text: > Open-source and self-hosted, Offen is a fair and lightweight web analytics alternative that treats operators and users as equal parties. - name: Umami url: https://umami.is/ repo: https://github.com/mikecao/umami eyes: null text: > A simple, easy to use, open-source/self-hosted web analytics solution. - name: Kindmetrics url: https://kindmetrics.io repo: https://github.com/kindmetrics eyes: 5/14 text: > An open-source analytics tool. Landing page and company is based in Sweden, CDN in EU, Servers on Digitalocean (USA) datacenter in Germany. - name: userTrack url: https://www.usertrack.net/ eyes: null text: > Self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics, similar to Matomo but cheaper for premium features. Includes user segments, heatmaps, session recordings and A/B testing. - name: Piwik PRO url: https://piwik.pro/ eyes: 5 text: > An analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. - name: Panelbear url: https://panelbear.com/ eyes: 14 text: > Privacy-focused analytics + web performance monitoring. photos: - title: Photos - name: Photoprism url: https://photoprism.pro/ repo: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism eyes: null text: > Self-hosted and open-source Personal Photo Management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. - name: ownPhotos url: https://github.com/hooram/ownphotos repo: https://github.com/hooram/ownphotos eyes: null text: > Self-hosted and open-source Google Photos alternative. - name: Piwigo url: https://piwigo.org/ repo: https://github.com/Piwigo eyes: 9 text: > Self-hosted and open-source cloud photo manager. You can also sign up for an ["as a service" account](https://piwigo.com). - name: JottaCloud url: https://jottacloud.com/ eyes: 9 text: > Norway based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Thanks @mynamesleon - name: Cryptee url: https://crypt.ee/ eyes: null text: > Encrypted photo storage in a simple solution similar to Google Photos. - name: PhotoStructure url: https://photostructure.com/ eyes: null text: > Self-hosted photo and video manager. Cross-platform (macOS, Windows, Linux, Docker). Scales to millions of assets, with automatic organization, auto-transcoding, and advanced de-duplication. - name: Lychee url: https://lycheeorg.github.io/ repo: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee eyes: null text: > An open-source self-hosted photo-management tool that includes built-in support for videos. Thanks @m0yP calendar: - title: Calendar - name: Lightning Calendar (Thunderbird) url: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/calendar/ repo: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/get-involved eyes: null text: > Developed by Mozilla Foundation and open-source. Integrates into Thunderbird and SeaMonkey. - name: ProtonCalendar url: https://calendar.protonmail.com/ eyes: null text: > Developed by ProtonMail. Free plan only supports 1 calendar. Allows importing of other calendar files. Has an Android app. - name: Tutanota Calendar url: https://tutanota.com/calendar/ eyes: 14 text: > Developed by Tutanota. Free cross-platform encrypted calendar. Allows importing of other Calendar files. Can't be synced to other calendar software. - name: Fruux url: https://fruux.com/ repo: https://fruux.com/opensource eyes: 14 text: > Open-source calendar using "sabre/dav" (FOSS WebDAV, CardDAV, and CalDAV). They mention privacy quite a bit on their site. Very large number of features, and supports nearly every device: Windows, iOS, Linux, Android, BlackBerry, SailFish, and also a webapp for browsers. - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com repo: https://github.com/etesync eyes: null text: > Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes. - name: Baïkal url: https://sabre.io/baikal/ eyes: null text: > a lightweight CalDAV+CardDAV server. It offers an extensive web interface with easy management of users, address books and calendars. It is fast and simple to install and only needs a basic php capable server. The data can be stored in a MySQL or a SQLite database. Thanks @mahdi1234 - name: Nextcloud url: https://nextcloud.com/ eyes: null text: > Nextcloud also offers a calendar solution using CalDAV and CardDAV. Thanks @mahdi1234 for pointing this out. - name: Radicale url: https://radicale.org/ eyes: null text: > Self-hosted calendar server written in Python. WebUI for desktop, CalDav/CardDav for mobile sync. Can use a reverse proxy with Nginx for HTTPS. - name: Mailfence Calendar url: https://www.mailfence.com eyes: 14 text: > Supports vCal/iCal import, export and can be accessed by using CalDAV. Users can share their calendars with group members and can also create polls. docs: - title: Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud) - name: CryptPad url: https://cryptpad.fr/ repo: https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad eyes: 9 text: > Open-source "zero knowledge" collaborative cloud editor. They offer Rich Text, Code, Presentation, Sheet (beta), Poll, Kanban, Whiteboard, and CryptDrive. 100% Client side encryption. Tons of useful features. - name: Etherpad url: https://etherpad.org/ repo: https://github.com/ether eyes: null text: > Self-hosted collaborative editor. Does not use the browser. Not the greatest interface, but it's open-source and you have full control over who can see your data. - name: Cryptee url: https://crypt.ee/ repo: https://github.com/cryptee eyes: null text: > Open-source and privacy focused photo and document storage/editing. Based in Estonia, so your files are outside the reach of any 14-eyes country. They don't even require an email address to sign up. - name: LibreOffice Online url: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-online/ eyes: 14 text: > Self-hosted instance of LibreOffice that you can run in your browser. Thanks @flubberding - name: ONLYOFFICE url: https://www.onlyoffice.com repo: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE eyes: null text: > Open-source private cloud replacement for Google Docs'suite and Office 360. Also available as a self contained rich application. - name: Arcane Office url: https://arcaneoffice.com/ eyes: null text: > A decentralized office suite with high-security and zero-knowledge on your data. With Arcane Office, you have maximum control on your personal stuff. Full-featured online document and spreadsheet editor. Secure storage to save your photos. All free for personal use. Thanks @taraletti docs offline: - title: Docs/Sheets/Slides (offline) - name: LibreOffice url: https://www.libreoffice.org/ repo: https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/source-code eyes: null text: > Open-source offline document suites. - name: LyX url: https://www.lyx.org/ repo: https://www.lyx.org/Development eyes: null text: > It's an open-source (and offline) document processor using TeX/LaTeX. It's different than Docs or Word but amazing, once you get used to it. - name: ONLYOFFICE url: https://www.onlyoffice.com/ repo: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE eyes: null text: > Offline version of ONLYOFFICE, an open-source private cloud replacement for Google Docs suite and Office 360. Also available as a self contained rich application. Thanks @PalmoliveDev - name: Cryptee url: https://crypt.ee/ eyes: null text: > Offline version of Cryptee for web. Runs as a progressive web app. Works most modern phone browsers (Chrome, Opera or Firefox on Android; Safari on iOS). Also works in desktop browsers that support PWA (the website lists that only Chrome works, but [others will work](https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/160#issuecomment-643066320) too. - name: Calligra url: https://calligra.org/ repo: https://calligra.org/get-involved eyes: null text: > Calligra Suite is an office and graphic art suite by KDE. It is available for desktop PCs, tablet computers, and smartphones. It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, vector graphics, and editing databases. (Free and open-source Software) domains: - title: Domains - name: Njalla url: https://njal.la/ eyes: 14 text: > Privacy-focused domain registration. Competitive pricing and a large list of available domain extensions. They also offer VPS hosting. Built by people who built The Pirate Bay among others. (thanks u/brais33 and u/HumbleBasis6). Note: some users may have issues with them [legally owning your domain](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14177597). - name: Orangewebsite url: https://www.orangewebsite.com/ eyes: null text: > An Iceland-based freedom of speech web hosting provider. They never actually ask for your name, at least when you pay in Bitcoin. dns: - title: Public DNS - name: LibreDNS url: https://libredns.gr/ eyes: 14 text: > A public encrypted DNS service that people can use to maintain the secrecy of their DNS traffic, but also circumvent censorship. It already supports DNS over HTTPS & DNS over TLS. They also operate a number of [open-source projects](https://github.com/libreops/) drive: - title: Drive - name: ownCloud url: https://owncloud.org/ repo: https://github.com/owncloud eyes: null text: > Open-source and self-hosted. Provide your own storage. - name: Nextcloud url: https://nextcloud.com/ eyes: null text: > Also self-hosted. Spin-off of ownCloud. **Also offers Calendar and Contacts** (thanks @chribre) - name: Syncthing url: https://syncthing.net/ repo: https://github.com/syncthing eyes: 9 text: > An open-source continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, whether it is shared with some third party, and how it's transmitted over the internet. - name: Sia url: https://sia.tech/ eyes: null text: > Fully decentralized cloud storage. - name: Tresorit url: https://tresorit.com/ eyes: null text: > Primarily meant for businesses, but offers a free version for individuals as well. Thanks u/xNick26 - name: Sync url: https://www.sync.com eyes: 5 text: > End-to-end encrypted Google Drive/Dropbox replacement. - name: JottaCloud url: https://jottacloud.com/en/ eyes: 9 text: > Norway based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Thanks @mynamesleon - name: seafile url: https://www.seafile.com repo: https://github.com/haiwen/seafile eyes: null text: > Open-source and self-hosted file sync&share solution. - name: Cozy Cloud url: https://cozy.io/ repo: https://github.com/cozy/cozy-stack eyes: 9 text: > French based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Can also be self-hosted and is open-source. And it also offers a collaborative notes editor. - name: Mailfence Documents url: https://www.mailfence.com eyes: 14 text: > Documents can be accessed using WebDAV or edited online. Users can drag and drop files in folders and categorize them with tags. - name: Filecloud Community Edition url: https://www.getfilecloud.com/filecloud-community-edition/ eyes: null text: > Powerful, secure Dropbox-like enterprise class file sharing and sync solution for home or business. - name: Diode url: https://diode.io/ eyes: null text: > For individuals and organizations who want to safeguard their digital sovereignty. It is a high security, end-to-end encrypted solution for file sharing, collaboration, and backup that prioritizes security and confidentiality. hangouts: - title: Hangouts (text/video messaging) - notes: - > See [this article](https://outline.com/BK8f7h) for why I didn't include WhatsApp and why you should NOT use it (if someone has a better Outline link, that would be much appreciated). - I have also **removed** Telegram. See [Issue #29](https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/29) from @arsv. - name: Signal url: https://signal.org/ repo: https://github.com/signalapp eyes: 5 text: > Open-source secure messaging. Whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden recommends Signal. - name: Tox url: https://tox.chat/ eyes: null text: > Tox is unique as it uses P2P technology to ensure the network *never* goes down, as long as there are users to keep it alive. They specifically say on the website "Tox has no central servers that can be raided, shut down, or forced to turn over data". - name: Wire url: https://wire.com/en/ eyes: 5 text: > Uses end-to-end encryption. Looks to be more of a corporate service with tiered plans. - name: Element url: https://element.io/ repo: https://github.com/vector-im eyes: 5 text: > Open-source privacy-focused chat service with end-to-end encryption. They offer webapps, desktop apps, iOS, and Android (Play Store and F-Droid). Uses the "Matrix" protocol for decentralized communication. - name: Threema url: https://threema.ch/en eyes: null text: > Swiss-based GDPR-compliant instant messenger. Has apps for both iOS and Android. Unlike Signal, no phone number is required (nor is an email) to sign up. End-to-end encrypted. Thanks to @nathanvogel - name: Keybase url: https://keybase.io/ eyes: 5 text: > Encrypted chat like Signal with features like Slack. Does not require a phone number to sign up. Also has file storage. **Note:** Keybase was acquired by Zoom, Inc. in May 2020 ([Keybase blog](https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-joins-zoom), [Zoom blog](https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/07/zoom-acquires-keybase-and-announces-goal-of-developing-the-most-broadly-used-enterprise-end-to-end-encryption-offering/)). Thanks @notpushkin & @multimob. - name: Jitsi url: https://jitsi.org/ repo: https://github.com/jitsi eyes: 5 text: > Jitsi is an open-source secure video conferencing platform. No account is needed to use it, simply enter a Room Name to join or host a meeting. The host is able to kick rogue users from the call. Works directly in your browser, with apps available for iOS and Android. It is not necessary to self-host, but self-hosting is an option for those who wish to. Very low latency and easy to set up. A free public server is available at [meet.jit.si](https://meet.jit.si). (**5-eyes** server) - name: Jami url: https://jami.net/ eyes: 5 text: > Audio / Video Calls, Conferences, Messaging app with peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted communications. - name: Mumble url: https://www.mumble.info/ repo: https://github.com/mumble-voip eyes: null text: > A free, open-source, low latency, high quality voice chat application. - name: Session url: https://getsession.org/ repo: https://github.com/loki-project?type=source eyes: null text: > Open-source. It is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that removes sensitive metadata collection. No phone number required to create an account. gmail: - title: Gmail (mail service) - notes: - This is just for the Gmail service, not a client - name: Forward Email url: https://forwardemail.net/ repo: https://github.com/forwardemail eyes: null text: > A free and open-source email forwarding service focused on a user's right to privacy. - name: Protonmail url: https://protonmail.com/ eyes: null text: > One of the top privacy-focused email providers. Servers are in Switzerland in an underground guarded bunker that they claim can "survive a nuclear attack". **Privacy note:** Please see [Issue #258](https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/258) for info on ProtonMail privacy & integrity concerns. - name: Tutanota url: https://tutanota.com/ repo: https://github.com/tutao/tutanota eyes: 14 text: > Open-source and one one of the top rated privacy-focused email providers. Located in Germany. - name: Posteo url: https://posteo.de/en eyes: 14 text: > Completely anonymous mail provider located in Germany. - name: mailbox.org url: https://mailbox.org/en/ eyes: 14 text: > Paid email provider, also located in Germany. - name: Disroot url: https://disroot.org/ eyes: 9 text: > Decentralized email service. - name: StartMail url: https://www.startmail.com/en/ eyes: 9 text: > Operated by the same people who run StartPage. - name: SimpleLogin url: https://simplelogin.io/ repo: https://github.com/simple-login eyes: null text: > Open-source, self-hosted, and privacy focused email forwarding service. - name: Migadu url: https://www.migadu.com/en/index.html eyes: 9 text: > Paid email provider, located in Switzerland. Focus on privacy. - name: Fastmail url: https://fastmail.com/ eyes: 5 text: > Paid email provider, located in Australia and US. - name: Runbox url: https://runbox.com/why-runbox/privacy-protection/ eyes: 9 text: > Privacy focusued email provider. Thanks @petertorelli - name: NextCloud url: https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-mail-server/157 repo: https://github.com/nextcloud/mail eyes: null text: > Nextcloud provides a webmail interface that can be used to access email from various providers. Thanks @je-vv - name: Anonymize.com Email url: https://anonymize.com/ eyes: null text: > Paid secure email service provided by Epik.com. - name: Thexyz url: https://www.thexyz.com/ eyes: 5 text: > Thexyz is a Canadian company offering privacy-conscious business email. Premium webmail costs USD $2.95 per month. - name: Mailfence url: https://www.mailfence.com eyes: 14 text: > A secure and private email provider much like Protonmail and Tutanota. There are no google analytics nor hidden cookies. There are options to pay anonymously via cryptocurrency. It features a wide array of collaboration tools, such as groups, calendar, contacts, documents with editing space. Offers free, paid, and freemium plans. Can pay with cryptocurrency and has a [warrant canary](https://blog.mailfence.com/transparency-report-and-warrant-canary/). Thanks @resto1231 - name: CTemplar url: https://ctemplar.com/ eyes: null text: > Privacy-focused email provider located in Iceland. - name: Anonaddy url: https://anonaddy.com/ repo: https://github.com/anonaddy/anonaddy eyes: 9 text: > Open-source Anonymous forwarding email service. Forwarded email can be encrypted (OpenPGP) to prevent Google from reading it. Accepts cryptocurrencies (including Monero). - name: Mail-in-a-Box url: https://mailinabox.email/ repo: https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox eyes: null text: > Open-source self-hosted easy-to-deploy mail server in a box. keep: - title: Keep - name: Joplin url: https://joplinapp.org/ repo: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin eyes: null text: > Open-source notes/todo app. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Also offers a terminal version. It can import Evernote `.enex` files if you use that. It can also sync with Nextcloud (mentioned above). - name: Standard Notes url: https://standardnotes.org/ fdroid: com.standardnotes eyes: null text: > Encrypted note storage with loads of features. Offers a web app as well as downloads for most operating systems. Has a paid plan, but the free tier has many useful features as well. - name: Turtl url: https://turtlapp.com/ eyes: null text: > Encrypted collaborative notebook with possibility of running your own server. - name: QOwnNotes url: https://www.qownnotes.org/ repo: https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes eyes: null text: > Open-source file editor with Markdown support. (thanks u/maqp2) - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com repo: https://github.com/etesync eyes: null text: > Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes. - name: GitJournal url: https://gitjournal.io/ eyes: null text: > Your Markdown notes stores in any Git Repo. Available for both Android (Play Store) and iOS. - name: Nextcloud Notes url: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/notes eyes: null text: > A distraction free notes taking app for Nextcloud. It provides categories for better organization and supports formatting using Markdown syntax. Notes are saved as files in your Nextcloud, so you can view and edit them with every Nextcloud client. - name: TiddlyWiki url: https://tiddlywiki.com/ repo: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5 eyes: null text: > An open-source personal note-taking system that can run in the browser as a single HTML file or as a NodeJS application. It can be stored locally on a hard drive or removable drive, self-hosted on one's own server, or use various web-based storage options. music tv movies: - title: Play Music, Movies, & TV - notes: - > I can no longer recommend [Emby](https://emby.media/) as they are [no longer open source](https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/12/jellyfin-free-software-emby-media.html). - Thanks to u/eA8KESARaW6iqCpHsbE4 for suggesting Jellyfin and pointing out that Emby isn't open source. - name: Jellyfin url: https://jellyfin.org/ repo: https://github.com/jellyfin eyes: null text: > Open-source alternative to the Play media services. You do need to provide your own content, however. In active development with frequent updates (to the source, that is). - name: Funkwhale url: https://funkwhale.audio/ eyes: null text: > Self-hosted, decentralized music service. Provide your own audio. (thanks u/DashEquals) - name: Airsonic url: https://airsonic.github.io/ repo: https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic eyes: null text: > Self-hosted open-source media streamer. Has features for transcoding audio on-the-fly for "virtually any audio format". You can also set bandwidth limits if you need to. Looks very powerful. - name: Music Player Daemon url: https://www.musicpd.org/ eyes: null text: > A "flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music". - name: Popcorn Time url: https://popcorntime.sh/ repo: https://github.com/popcorn-official eyes: null text: > Open-source software for desktop and mobile that let you easily stream movie/TV torrents. **Be careful if your country or ISP has policies against torrenting, a VPN is recommended.** Thanks @je-vv - name: Nuclear Music Player url: https://nuclear.js.org/ eyes: null text: > Streaming music player that finds music from free sources automatically. - name: Tribler url: https://www.tribler.org/ repo: https://github.com/Tribler/tribler eyes: null text: > Open-source peer-to-peer file sharing that provides a "Youtube"-like streaming experience. Tribler uses Tor-like onion routing to protect the privacy of its users. - name: Ampache url: http://ampache.org/ repo: https://github.com/ampache/ampache eyes: null text: > Open-source and self-hosted web based media manager and media server. API available to allow usage on various platforms. On-the-fly transcoding available. Supports both music and video. fonts: - title: Fonts - name: Open Font Library url: https://fontlibrary.org/ eyes: 5 text: > Lots of Serif and Sans-Serif fonts that can be directly embedded into a website. - name: google webfonts helper url: https://google-webfonts-helper.herokuapp.com/fonts repo: https://github.com/majodev/google-webfonts-helper eyes: 5 text: > Hassle-free way for webmasters to self-host open-source fonts from Google Fonts - name: Brick url: https://brick.im repo: https://github.com/alfredxing/brick eyes: 9 text: > Open-source fonts that work in a very similar way to Google fonts. Most of the fonts render nicer than Google Fonts. classroom: - title: Classroom - name: Moodle url: https://moodle.org/ repo: https://github.com/moodle/moodle eyes: null text: > Self-hosted open-source Classroom software for schools. Very powerful. Thanks @jankapunkt - name: ILIAS url: https://www.ilias.de/en/ repo: https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS eyes: null text: > Another self-hosted open-source classroom software. Thanks again to @jankapunkt - name: Canvas url: https://www.instructure.com/canvas repo: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms eyes: null text: > Paid service by Instructure. Also available as a self-hosted, open-source option. To ensure privacy, use the self-hosted option. maps: - title: Maps/Street View - name: OpenStreetMap url: https://www.openstreetmap.org/ eyes: 9 text: > Collaborative project to create a free, editable map of the world (from Wikipedia). Completely crowdsourced. Very strong alternative to Maps. - name: Qwant Maps url: https://www.qwant.com/maps/ eyes: null text: > Maps from the makers of Qwant search engine. Thanks @mynamesleon - name: Benmaps url: https://benmaps.fr eyes: null text: > Another maps alternative based on OpenStreetMap. Thanks @dimqua transit: - title: Transit - name: Transportr url: https://transportr.app/ repo: https://github.com/grote/Transportr eyes: null text: > An open-source Transit app on Android that takes information from several providers (e.g Deutsche Bahn in Germany) and enables you to use them in the app. Visualises the routes on an online OpenStreetMap map. Works in most of Western-Europe, as well as the USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the UAE and Ghana. **Beware: most information-providers only have beta or alpha support, it may be a good idea to keep a second app as a fallback option** trends: - title: Trends forms: - title: Forms - name: BlockSurvey url: https://blocksurvey.io/ eyes: null text: > BlockSurvey enables digital rights (identity and data ownership) to users using Blockstack's blockchain. Users truly own their data with BlockSurvey. All your data is protected using your key and only you can access it. There are no trackers, cookies, or fingerprints on the forms of data providers. Thanks @compressstudio operating systems: mobile: - title: Android/Fuchsia - notes: - > You'll either need a rooted device with an unlocked bootloader, or a specific device depending on which OS you like. - Please see Issue #55 for details on /e/. - name: Ubuntu Touch url: https://ubuntu-touch.io/ eyes: null text: > Ubuntu, but for phones. - name: LineageOS url: https://www.lineageos.org/ repo: https://github.com/lineageos eyes: 5 text: > Open-source and based on Android, but without the crap. - name: SailfishOS url: https://sailfishos.org/ repo: http://releases.sailfishos.org/sources eyes: null text: > Privacy-focused mobile OS by Jolla with a proprietary UI and Android compatibility layer on top of an open-source Mer GNU/Linux base. - name: GrapheneOS url: https://grapheneos.org/ repo: https://github.com/GrapheneOS eyes: null text: > Open-source Android-based OS with an emphasis on security and privacy. Features advanced hardening and privacy protections throughout the system. - name: postmarketOS url: https://postmarketos.org/ repo: https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS eyes: null text: > Open-source mobile Linux OS. Can install different user interfaces such as [Plasma Mobile](https://www.plasma-mobile.org/). Thanks @okias - name: Replicant url: https://replicant.us/ eyes: 5 text: > Free Android distribution. Puts the emphasis on "freedom and privacy/security". - name: CalyxOS url: https://calyxos.org/ repo: https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS eyes: null text: > Open-source Android-based OS with an emphasis on security and privacy. Provides good combination of privacy and security together with usability. Optional support for MicroG. chromeos: - title: Chrome OS - name: GalliumOS url: https://galliumos.org/ eyes: null text: > "A fast and lightweight Linux distro for ChromeOS devices". Based on Xubuntu. - name: Qubes OS url: https://www.qubes-os.org/ eyes: null text: > "A reasonably secure operating system", at least according to their website. Edward Snowden recommends it. - name: Subgraph OS url: https://subgraph.com/index.en.html eyes: null text: > A desktop computing and communications platform that is designed to be resistant to network-borne exploit and malware attacks. - name: Tails url: https://tails.boum.org/ eyes: null text: > For the uber-paranoid. Runs live and the entire OS is routed through Tor right from boot. Built on Debian. - name: Knoppix url: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html eyes: null text: > Another Live OS, runs from CD/DVD/USB. Can also be installed if desired. - name: Parrot OS url: https://parrotsec.org/ eyes: null text: > Debian-based and privacy focused. Fully sandboxed. (thanks u/Safe_Airport) - name: PureOS url: https://pureos.net/ eyes: 5 text: > The OS of Purism Laptops (mentioned in the Hardware section). Very clean UI. *Editor note: I could not get this working on a UEFI Dell laptop. The group behind PureOS does not provide any UEFI support.* - name: GhostBSD url: https://ghostbsd.org/ repo: https://github.com/GhostBSD eyes: null text: > This is a secure open-source OS based on FreeBSD, preconfigured to be a sane desktop environment for all users. - name: Any other form of Linux url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ eyes: null text: > [Ubuntu](https://www.ubuntu.com/); [Debian](https://www.debian.org/); [Mint](https://linuxmint.com/); [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/); [Arch](https://www.archlinux.org/) or [Manjaro](https://manjaro.org/) (Manjaro is objectively much easier to get running than Arch); [Trisquel](https://trisquel.info/); [Gentoo](https://www.gentoo.org/); [Alpine](https://www.alpinelinux.org/) (thanks u/privacyfreak555); [etc etc etc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions) wearos: - title: Wear OS - name: AsteroidOS url: https://asteroidos.org/ repo: https://github.com/AsteroidOS eyes: 14 text: > The cleanest (and only) open-source alternative for Wear OS. Make sure you buy a watch that supports it! android auto: - title: Android Auto android tv: - title: Android TV - name: Kodi url: https://kodi.tv/ eyes: null text: > It's incredibly powerful and backed by one of the strongest communities around. Tons of plugins to do nearly anything you want. Software installs on nearly any platform. - name: OSMC url: https://osmc.tv/ repo: https://github.com/osmc/osmc eyes: null text: > Free, open-source media center OS. Kodi is pre-installed. Thanks to @g4rret and @lgiard for clarifying the difference between Kodi and OSMC! desktop applications: chrome: - title: Chrome - name: Ungoogled Chromium url: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium repo: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium eyes: null text: > Chromium (which Chrome and countless other browsers are built on top of) is one of the cleanest and light-weight browsers available. This version cuts out all the Google crap. - name: Firefox url: https://firefox.com/ eyes: null text: > Built by Mozilla, "The Privacy Company". Huge extension library; great for privacy. - name: Waterfox url: https://www.waterfox.net/ eyes: 5 text: > Based on Firefox, but **64-bit only** with an emphasis on speed and privacy. Has a "classic" version built off older Firefox for legacy extension support and also an "alpha" version built off Quantum. It doesn't collect any telemetry and also removes Pocket from the alpha release. Project is run by [Alex Kontos](https://github.com/MrAlex94/) and is constantly in active development. Looks very clean and fast. Android versions are in the works too. **UPDATE:** @Nudin pointed out in Issue #85 that Waterfox is now [a part of System1](https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1/). - name: Vivaldi url: https://vivaldi.com/ eyes: null text: > Privacy-focused browser. Appears to be very customizable and feature-rich. - name: Tor Browser url: https://www.torproject.org/download/ eyes: null text: > Firefox-based browser routed through the [Tor network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29). Automatically has a few privacy extensions installed (such as HTTPS Everywhere). [Read this article](https://write.privacytools.io/my-thoughts-on-security/slicing-onions-part-1-myth-busting-tor) for more info on how it works and the benefits of using Tor. Available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. earth: - title: Earth - name: KDE Marble url: https://kde.org/applications/education/org.kde.marble eyes: null text: > Strong alternative for G Earth. Currently only on Linux, but is being ported to other platforms. Thanks to @PopeRigby android studio: - title: Android Studio (not specifically for Android development, just in general) - name: VSCodium url: https://vscodium.com/ eyes: null text: > VSCodium is Visual Studio Code but without all the Microsoft telemetry and branding. - name: Vim url: https://www.vim.org/ repo: https://github.com/vim/vim eyes: null text: > Open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled - name: Emacs url: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ repo: https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs eyes: null text: > Another open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled - name: Atom url: https://atom.io/ repo: https://github.com/atom/atom eyes: null text: > Atom is a free and open-source text and source code editor for macOS, Linux, and Microsoft Windows with support for plug-ins written in Node.js, and embedded Git Control, developed by GitHub. Atom is a desktop application built using web technologies. (From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(text_editor))) Thanks @woutfeys mobile applications: play store: - title: Play Store - notes: - When searching for replacements, check the alternative stores (such as F-Droid) before checking the Play Store. - name: F-Droid url: https://f-droid.org/ eyes: null text: > Catalogue of FOSS apps for Android. Easy to install and keeps track of updates. Also has a browser version if you don't want to install the app. - name: Yalp Store (fork) url: https://github.com/kiliakin/YalpStore repo: https://github.com/kiliakin/YalpStore fdroid: com.github.kiliakin.yalpstore eyes: null text: > Yalp downloads Play Store apps as APK files. Helpful if you want to stay away from the Play Store, but require an app that is only available there. This version is a fork of the original project that is no longer active. Thank @onlyjob - name: APKMirror url: https://www.apkmirror.com/ eyes: null text: > An online library of user-uploaded APK files. Helpful if you need a specific older version of an app or don't want to download it through Google Play. - name: Aurora Store url: https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore repo: https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore fdroid: com.aurora.store eyes: null text: > Aurora Store is ~~simply a fork of the Yalp Store~~ no longer a fork of Yalp, but is now its own project (see their [readme](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/blob/master/README.md)). **Update:** Removed note on using microG as Aurora Store [does not use it](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/blob/master/README.md#L77). Thanks @notpushkin - name: Fossdroid url: https://fossdroid.com/ eyes: null text: > Uses the same library as F-Droid, but with a modern UI similar to that of the Play Store and the ability to view apps by popularity. - name: G-Droid url: https://gitlab.com/gdroid/gdroidclient/ repo: https://gitlab.com/gdroid/gdroidclient eyes: null text: > Also uses the F-Droid repo but with a different UI. - name: APKGrabber url: https://github.com/hemker/apkgrabber repo: https://github.com/hemker/apkgrabber eyes: null text: > Fork of [APKUpdater](https://github.com/rumboalla/apkupdater). Both are great tools for avoiding app stores (on Android). - name: Aurora Droid url: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-aurora-droid-fdroid-client-t3932663 eyes: null text: > Yet another F-Droid client, potentially has a few bugs (thanks u/OfficialJohnGL4) chrome android: - title: Chrome (Android) - name: Fennec F-Droid url: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/ fdroid: org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid eyes: null text: > A privacy-focused version of Firefox Android available on F-Droid. It's focused on removing any proprietary bits found in official Mozilla's builds. (thanks u/SupremeLisper) - name: Bromite url: https://www.bromite.org/ repo: https://github.com/bromite/bromite eyes: null text: > Privacy-focused/open-source build of Chromium with built-in ad blocking. (thanks u/SupremeLisper) calculator: - title: Calculator - name: Simple Calculator url: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calculator repo: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calculator fdroid: com.simplemobiletools.calculator eyes: null text: > Also part of the SMT project. Available on F-Droid. - name: Calculator N+ or NCalc+ url: https://github.com/tranleduy2000/ncalc repo: https://github.com/tranleduy2000/ncalc eyes: null text: > Open-source feature-rich calculator. App itself is no longer in development, but the developer does [encourage pull requests](https://github.com/tranleduy2000/ncalc#calculator-n---powerful-calculator-for-android). I've used it frequently and it works great. Not on F-Droid, but a 3rd party play store can probably find it; or the APK's are available as releases on GitHub. You can also compile from source. - name: Calculator++ url: https://github.com/Bubu/android-calculatorpp repo: https://github.com/Bubu/android-calculatorpp fdroid: org.solovyev.android.calculator eyes: null text: > Open-source calculator packed with features. Thanks @ghost calendar: - title: Calendar - name: DAVx⁵ url: https://www.davx5.com/ repo: https://gitlab.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose fdroid: at.bitfire.davdroid eyes: null text: > DAVx⁵ is an open-source CalDAV/CardDAV suite and sync app for Android. - name: ICSx⁵ url: https://icsx5.bitfire.at/ fdroid: at.bitfire.icsdroid eyes: null text: > ICSx⁵ is an Android app to subscribe to remote (“Webcal”) or local iCalendar files (like time tables of your school/university or event files of your sports team). Thanks @je-vv - name: Fruux (mobile app) url: https://fruux.com/ eyes: null text: > Same service from above provides an Android app. - name: Etar url: https://github.com/xsoh/Etar-Calendar repo: https://github.com/xsoh/Etar-Calendar fdroid: ws.xsoh.etar eyes: null text: > Open-source material design Calendar that integrates with the Android Calendar API. Can integrate with CalDAV/CardDAV servers. - name: Simple Calendar url: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calendar repo: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calendar fdroid: com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro eyes: null text: > Open-source. Part of the [Simple Mobile Tools](https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools) project. - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com repo: https://github.com/etesync fdroid: com.etesync.syncadapter eyes: null text: > Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes. camera: - title: Camera - name: Open Camera url: https://opencamera.sourceforge.io/ repo: https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/code/ci/master/tree fdroid: net.sourceforge.opencamera eyes: null text: > Open-source camera for Android. Thanks @je-vv clock: - title: Clock - name: Clock + url: https://github.com/philliphsu/ClockPlus repo: https://github.com/philliphsu/ClockPlus fdroid: com.philliphsu.clock2 eyes: null text: > Open-source Alarm clock, timer, and stop watch. - name: Simple Alarm Clock url: https://github.com/yuriykulikov/AlarmClock repo: https://github.com/yuriykulikov/AlarmClock eyes: null text: > Exactly as it's name says; simple alarm clock yet adds many improvements over other apps. No dock mode or world clock. - name: Insane Alarm! url: https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/insane-alarm repo: https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/insane-alarm eyes: null text: > Developer states that he had "spent a night out with the boys and drank a bit too much but needed to be up in the morning". So, he made the loudest alarm clock possible based off an emergency alarm from when he was in the military. This app doesn't mess around, use it wisely. - name: Alarmio url: https://github.com/fennifith/Alarmio repo: https://github.com/fennifith/Alarmio fdroid: me.jfenn.alarmio eyes: null text: > An open-source simple alarm clock that implements many useful features while following regular design standards to ensure that it is quick and intuitive to use. contacts: - title: Contacts - name: Fruux (mobile app) url: https://fruux.com/ eyes: null text: > Fruux *also* provides a contacts app. - name: Simple Contacts url: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Contacts repo: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Contacts fdroid: com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro eyes: null text: > Open-source. Part of the [Simple Mobile Tools](https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools) project. - name: Open Contacts url: https://gitlab.com/sultanahamer/OpenContacts/-/blob/HEAD/README.md repo: https://gitlab.com/sultanahamer/OpenContacts fdroid: opencontacts.open.com.opencontacts eyes: null text: > Open-source contacts. (thanks u/consentio) - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com repo: https://github.com/etesync fdroid: com.etesync.syncadapter eyes: null text: > Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes. messages: - title: Android Messages (specifically SMS/MMS, not IM) - name: QKSMS url: https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms repo: https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms fdroid: com.moez.QKSMS eyes: null text: > Open-source. Very clean and feature rich SMS app. Available on F-Droid. - name: Silence.im url: https://silence.im/ repo: https://silence.im/contribute fdroid: org.smssecure.smssecure eyes: null text: > Open-source and utilizes Signal's encryption protocol. Seamlessly works with SMS. End-to-end encryption with other Silence users. Available on F-Droid. - name: Signal url: https://signal.org/ repo: https://github.com/signalapp eyes: null text: > Open-source. Signal possesses SMS/MMS capabilities on Android. Using it as your default SMS app has the advantage of having your SMS and your online-messaging-service integrated within one app. Doing so will also show stats within the app of how many messages you send are encrypted, and offers to send invites to your contacts.

Thanks @Glitchy-Tozier for suggesting it be listing as SMS/MMS alternative. gboard: - title: Gboard (Google Keyboard) - name: AnySoftKeyboard url: https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/ repo: https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard fdroid: com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard eyes: null text: > Open-source keyboard. Available on F-Droid. - name: Hacker's Keyboard' url: https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard repo: https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard fdroid: org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard eyes: null text: > Also open-source. Very useful for developers or sysadmins on the go. - name: kboard url: https://github.com/adgad/kboard repo: https://github.com/adgad/kboard fdroid: com.adgad.kboard eyes: null text: > Open-source. Has features for phrases, "lenny faces", macros and more. **Note**: Project [appears to be abandoned](https://github.com/adgad/kboard/issues/16). - name: Simple Keyboard url: https://github.com/rkkr/simple-keyboard repo: https://github.com/rkkr/simple-keyboard fdroid: rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod eyes: null text: > Open-source keyboard. - name: Indic Keyboard url: https://gitlab.com/indicproject/indic-keyboard repo: https://gitlab.com/indicproject/indic-keyboard eyes: null text: > Open-source keyboard that supports many languages that other keyboards sometimes don't support. Not on F-Droid, but can be built from source or possibly through a Play Store alternative. - name: OpenBoard url: https://github.com/dslul/openboard repo: https://github.com/dslul/openboard fdroid: org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin eyes: null text: > New 100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP. Similar to "Simple Keyboard". - name: FlorisBoard url: https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard repo: https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard fdroid: dev.patrickgold.florisboard eyes: null text: > An open-source keyboard aimed at providing you with an easy way to type while respecting your privacy (this project is currently in alpha stage). - name: 8VIM url: https://www.8vim.com/ repo: https://github.com/flide/8VIM fdroid: inc.flide.vi8 eyes: null text: > Open-source. A "text editor inside a keyboard, drawing it's inspiration from 8pen and Vim." drive: - title: Drive - name: ownCloud Android url: https://github.com/owncloud/android repo: https://github.com/owncloud/android fdroid: com.owncloud.android eyes: null text: > ownCloud Android client. Available on F-Droid. - name: Nextcloud Android url: https://github.com/nextcloud/android repo: https://github.com/nextcloud/android fdroid: com.nextcloud.client eyes: null text: > Nextcloud Android client. Available on F-Droid. - name: Syncthing Android url: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android repo: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android fdroid: com.nutomic.syncthingandroid eyes: null text: > Wrapper of Syncthing for Android. Available on F-Droid. Also consider [Syncthing-Fork](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/) which uses a native Android UI rather than the default web UI. gmail_app: - title: Gmail (smartphone app) - name: Protonmail url: https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/android/ eyes: null text: > Can be downloaded from the Play Store, but may work with one of the store replacements above (such as Yalp). - name: Tutanota url: https://www.tutanota.com/ fdroid: de.tutao.tutanota eyes: 14 text: > Client available from F-Droid. - name: Disroot url: https://disroot.org/ fdroid: org.disroot.disrootapp eyes: null text: > Available from F-Droid. - name: K-9 Mail url: https://k9mail.github.io/ fdroid: com.fsck.k9 eyes: null text: > Available on F-Droid. - name: FairEmail url: https://email.faircode.eu/ fdroid: eu.faircode.email eyes: null text: > Available on F-Droid. You can (optionally) pay a 1-time fee to unlock some premium features (and support the developer). - name: DeltaChat url: https://delta.chat/ fdroid: com.b44t.messenger eyes: null text: > An email app with a chat-based UI and privacy support with autocrypt. - name: Mailbox.org url: https://mailbox.org/ eyes: 14 text: > Mailbox.org provides IMAP settings for Android/iOS and an iOS profile. Thanks @avasts Issue #45 keep: - title: Keep (or any stock note-taking app) - name: Notepad url: https://github.com/farmerbb/Notepad repo: https://github.com/farmerbb/Notepad fdroid: com.farmerbb.notepad eyes: null text: > Open-source. Supports Markdown and HTML. Very clean and feature-rich. *Offline only*. - name: Joplin url: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin repo: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin eyes: null text: > Scroll down on the GitHub page until you reach the Android download links. No F-Droid repo, but you can download the APK directly instead of using the Play Store. - name: Standard Notes url: https://standardnotes.org/ eyes: null text: > Encrypted note storage with loads of features. - name: Omni Notes url: https://omninotes.app/ repo: https://github.com/federicoiosue/Omni-Notes fdroid: it.feio.android.omninotes.foss eyes: null text: > Very feature rich, open-source, material design notes app. Very active development. Available on F-Droid. - name: Carnet url: https://github.com/PhieF/CarnetDocumentation repo: https://github.com/CarnetApp/CarnetAndroid fdroid: com.spisoft.quicknote eyes: null text: > I had some trouble finding info on this one. Looks like it has pretty seamless/painless ownCloud and NextCloud integration. Also available on F-Droid. - name: Markor url: https://gsantner.net/project/markor.html repo: https://github.com/gsantner/markor fdroid: net.gsantner.markor eyes: null text: > Open-source notes/to-do app for Android. Supports Markdown editing. Available on F-Droid. App is 100% offline, as stated on the [GitHub README](https://github.com/gsantner/markor#privacy). - name: Orgzly url: http://orgzly.com/ repo: https://github.com/orgzly fdroid: com.orgzly eyes: null text: > Open-source. Notes are stored in the plain-text [Org mode](https://orgmode.org/) format. Supports searching, metadata, and manual sync with Dropbox or local directory, which can be synced using e.g. Syncthing. - name: Notally url: https://github.com/OmGodse/Notally repo: https://github.com/OmGodse/Notally fdroid: com.omgodse.notally eyes: null text: > A beautiful, light and minimalistic notes app with no trackers, ads or analytics of any kind. - name: Nextcloud Notes for Android url: https://github.com/stefan-niedermann/nextcloud-notes repo: https://github.com/stefan-niedermann/nextcloud-notes fdroid: it.niedermann.owncloud.notes eyes: null text: > An android client for Nextcloud Notes App. - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com repo: https://github.com/etesync fdroid: com.etesync.notes eyes: null text: > Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes. maps and waze: - title: Maps/Waze - name: Maps url: https://gitlab.com/axet/omim/-/blob/HEAD/README.md repo: https://gitlab.com/axet/omim fdroid: com.github.axet.maps eyes: null text: > Open-source navigation app based on MAPS.ME. Searching for addresses doesn't always work and finding businesses can be a slight hassle, but overall one of the better apps I've used. - name: OsmAnd url: https://osmand.net/ fdroid: net.osmand.plus eyes: null text: > OpenStreetMap for Android. (thanks u/masao77). As OsmAnd is primarily crowdsourced, many regions may not be totally accurate. If you would like to help improve OpenStreetMap and OsmAnd, check out [StreetComplete](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete) (available from [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/). - name: Transportr url: https://transportr.app/ repo: https://transportr.app/contribute eyes: null text: > Primarily European, this is an open-source public transport app. Thanks to @lgiard - name: Öffi (Offi) url: https://oeffi.schildbach.de/ fdroid: de.schildbach.oeffi eyes: null text: > Öffi is a public transport Android app (also shows delays and replacement bus service for more and more transport authorities in Europe and beyond) - similar to Transportr news: - title: News - name: Flym url: https://github.com/FredJul/Flym repo: https://github.com/FredJul/Flym fdroid: net.frju.flym eyes: null text: > Open-source Material Design RSS reader. - name: Feeder url: https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder/-/blob/master/README.md repo: https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder fdroid: com.nononsenseapps.feeder eyes: null text: > Use good old-fashioned RSS feeds with Feeder photos: - title: Photos - name: Piwigo Android url: https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo-Android repo: https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo-Android eyes: null text: > You need to have Piwigo set up first. - name: Stingle Photos url: https://stingle.org/ eyes: 5 text: > A convenient, easy to use Gallery/Camera application with Backup and Sync functionality for your photos and videos which seamlessly provides strong security, privacy and encryption. All photos and videos are encrypted prior to being stored and backed up, so they are secure at rest, in transit and on cloud storage. pay: - title: Pay - notes: - > Realistically, there most likely is not a privacy friendly alternative to Google Pay. Get a wallet with RFID protection and keep your cards with you. youtube: - title: YouTube - name: NewPipe url: https://newpipe.schabi.org/ repo: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe fdroid: org.schabi.newpipe eyes: null text: > Powerful open-source YouTube alternative. Supports audio only; background playback; picture-in-picture; no ads. - name: YouTube Vanced url: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-youtube-vanced-edition-t3758757 eyes: null text: > Please read the XDA post before deciding to use this. authenticator: - title: Authenticator - name: andOTP url: https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP repo: https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP fdroid: org.shadowice.flocke.andotp eyes: null text: > Open-source 2FA app. - name: FreeOTP+ url: https://github.com/helloworld1/FreeOTPPlus repo: https://github.com/helloworld1/FreeOTPPlus fdroid: org.liberty.android.freeotpplus eyes: null text: > FreeOTP is no longer in development so this fork should be used instead as it is currently in development. - name: Aegis url: https://getaegis.app/ repo: https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis fdroid: com.beemdevelopment.aegis eyes: null text: > Open-source 2FA for Android. Available on F-Droid. - name: Authenticator url: https://mattrubin.me/authenticator/ repo: https://github.com/mattrubin/Authenticator eyes: null text: > **iOS** - Open-source 2FA for iOS. (thanks u/SomeoneWannaBe) - name: Tofu url: https://tofuauth.com repo: https://github.com/calleerlandsson/tofu eyes: null text: > **iOS** - Open-source 2FA for iOS. - name: Raivo OTP url: https://github.com/raivo-otp repo: https://github.com/raivo-otp/ios-application eyes: null text: > **(iOS)** A native, lightweight and secure one-time-password (OTP) client built for iOS. play music movies tv: - title: Play Music/Play Movies & TV - name: Audinaut url: https://github.com/nvllsvm/Audinaut repo: https://github.com/nvllsvm/Audinaut fdroid: net.nullsum.audinaut eyes: null text: > An open-source Airsonic client for Android. - name: MALP url: https://gitlab.com/gateship-one/malp/-/blob/master/README.md repo: https://gitlab.com/gateship-one/malp fdroid: org.gateshipone.malp eyes: null text: > An open-source Android client for MPD. Available on F-Droid. - name: Shuttle+ url: https://github.com/timusus/Shuttle repo: https://github.com/timusus/Shuttle fdroid: com.simplecity.amp_pro eyes: null text: > Open-source local music player for Android. Available on F-Droid or by direct download. hangouts: - title: Hangouts - name: Keybase url: https://keybase.io/ eyes: 5 text: > Encrypted chat like Signal with features like Slack. Does not require a phone number to sign up. Also has file storage. **Note:** Keybase was acquired by Zoom, Inc. in May 2020 ([Keybase blog](https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-joins-zoom), [Zoom blog](https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/07/zoom-acquires-keybase-and-announces-goal-of-developing-the-most-broadly-used-enterprise-end-to-end-encryption-offering/)). Thanks @notpushkin & @multimob. - name: Conversations url: https://conversations.im/ repo: https://github.com/iNPUTmice/Conversations fdroid: eu.siacs.conversations eyes: 14 text: > An open-source Android Jabber/XMPP client. It's a paid app on Google Play, but you can also build it from source for free if you want to. - name: Element url: https://github.com/vector-im/element-android repo: https://github.com/vector-im/element-android fdroid: im.vector.app eyes: 5 text: > Android app - The open-source Android client for Element. - name: Jitsi Meet (F-Droid) url: https://meet.jit.si/ repo: https://github.com/jitsi fdroid: org.jitsi.meet eyes: null text: > Jitsi is an open-source secure video conferencing platform. No account is needed to use it, simply enter a Room Name to join or host a meeting. The host is able to kick rogue users from the call. Works directly in your browser, with apps available for iOS and Android. It is not necessary to self-host, but self-hosting is an option for those who wish to. Very low latency and easy to set up. A free public server is available at [meet.jit.si](https://meet.jit.si). (**5-eyes** server) - name: Jami url: https://jami.net/ fdroid: cx.ring eyes: 5 text: > Audio / Video Calls, Conferences, Messaging app with peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted communications. - name: Mumla (client for Mumble) url: https://mumla-app.gitlab.io/ fdroid: se.lublin.mumla eyes: null text: > Third-party Android client for Mumble. - name: Briar url: https://briarproject.org/ repo: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/tree/master eyes: null text: > An open-source app which supports Peer-to-Peer encrypted messaging. No phone number required for signing up. If the internet’s down, Briar can sync via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, keeping the information flowing in a crisis. If the internet’s up, Briar can sync via the Tor network, protecting users and their relationships from surveillance. Can install through a [third-party F-Droid repo](https://briarproject.org/installing-briar-via-f-droid/). - name: Session url: https://getsession.org/ repo: https://github.com/loki-project?type=source eyes: null text: > Open-source. It is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that removes sensitive metadata collection. No phone number required to create an account. Can be downloaded from the Play Store or as an APK file from GitHub. Also has apps for iOS and Desktop. duo: - title: Duo (video calls) - name: Jitsi Meet (F-Droid) url: https://meet.jit.si/ repo: https://github.com/jitsi fdroid: org.jitsi.meet eyes: null text: > Jitsi is an open-source secure video conferencing platform. No account is needed to use it, simply enter a Room Name to join or host a meeting. The host is able to kick rogue users from the call. Works directly in your browser, with apps available for iOS and Android. It is not necessary to self-host, but self-hosting is an option for those who wish to. Very low latency and easy to set up. A free public server is available at [meet.jit.si](https://meet.jit.si). (**5-eyes** server) - name: Jami url: https://jami.net/ fdroid: cx.ring eyes: 5 text: > Audio / Video Calls, Conferences, Messaging app with peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted communications. assistant: - title: Assistant - name: Mycroft Android url: https://github.com/MycroftAI/Mycroft-Android repo: https://github.com/MycroftAI/Mycroft-Android eyes: null text: > Android client for Mycroft. Must be built in IDE; no pre-built binaries are available. - name: Ara url: https://github.com/FultonBrowne/Ara-android repo: https://github.com/FultonBrowne/Ara-android eyes: null text: > Open-source virtual assistant for Android. Can replace Google Assistant (home button functionality) on most devices. Either uses the author's server by default, or you can [run your own server](https://github.com/FultonBrowne/Ara-Server). Thanks @FultonBrowne (author of Ara) play services framework: - title: Play Services Framework - name: microG url: https://microg.org/ eyes: null text: > A re-implementation of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries. It allows to use more precise navigation (which is proprietary in standard Android ROMs) and optionally receive push messages (requires connection to Google's servers, but also supports routing this connection through Tor). Thanks @notpushkin android launchers: - title: Android home screen launchers - name: Shade Launcher url: https://github.com/amirzaidi/Shade repo: https://github.com/amirzaidi/Shade eyes: null text: > Open-source Android launcher styled after the Google Pixel launcher. Available to download from an [alternative F-Droid](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/amirz.shade), APK Mirror, or GitHub Releases. - name: Omega url: https://github.com/otakuhqz/omega repo: https://github.com/otakuhqz/omega eyes: null text: > Open-source launcher. Active development with lots of nice features. Downloads available from GitHub. Previously known as ZimLX which has since been replaced by Omega. - name: Lawnchair url: https://lawnchair.app/ repo: https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/Lawnchair fdroid: ch.deletescape.lawnchair.plah eyes: null text: > Another open-source launcher, also built to look similar to Google's launcher (it is built off AOSP Launcher3). Available from F-Droid and also APKMirror. (thanks u/droidonomy) - name: KISS Launcher url: https://kisslauncher.com/ repo: https://github.com/Neamar/KISS fdroid: fr.neamar.kiss eyes: null text: > Fast, open-source and small launcher. KISS mainly relies on an app-search-bar, which makes it very easy to open up apps quickly. other: - title: "*Other*" - name: Blokada url: https://blokada.org/ repo: https://github.com/blokadaorg/blokada fdroid: org.blokada.alarm eyes: null text: > From the website: "If you want to efficiently block ads, trackers, malware, save on your data plan, speed up your device and protect your privacy with just one application, then Blokada is for you. It is free, secure and open-source." Uses internal VPN on Android to block ads. - name: TrackerControl url: https://github.com/OxfordHCC/tracker-control-android repo: https://github.com/OxfordHCC/tracker-control-android fdroid: net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid eyes: null text: > From the GitHub README: Allows users to monitor and control the widespread, ongoing, hidden data collection in mobile apps about user behaviour ("tracking"). To detect tracking, TrackerControl checks all network traffic against the Disconnect blocklist, used and trusted by the Mozilla Firefox browser. Thanks @E5dZEUpc3BKaJrHnQVZd5zE hardware: nexus pixel: - title: Nexus/Pixel - name: This list url: https://www.oneclickroot.com/rootable/ eyes: null text: > Shows compatibility for rooting Android devices. - name: Purism Librem 5 url: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ eyes: 5 text: > From the company that makes Purism laptops. Runs PureOS. Thanks @brandonnodnarb - name: PinePhone url: https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/ eyes: 5 text: > From the company that makes the Pine A64 Single Board Computer. Runs a variety of mainline Linux OSs with UIs adapted for mobile. chromebook: - title: Chromebook - name: TUXEDO url: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ eyes: 14 text: > Privacy-focused laptop maker out of Germany. Tech specs are very competent and can easily compete with other modern systems. Fully Linux compatible. They also offer desktops. (thanks u/itsec_ho) - name: Purism Laptops url: https://puri.sm/ eyes: 5 text: > Privacy-focused laptop running PureOS. Good designs and decent hardware. - name: Pinebook Pro url: https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro eyes: null text: > Mid-range Linux/FreeBSD alternative to Chromebook. chromecast: - title: Chromecast - name: Microsoft Wireless HDMI adapter url: https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-us/products/adapters/wireless-display-adapter-2/p3q-00001 eyes: 5 text: > The **only** reason I'm recommending this Microsoft product is because there is no possible way for it to extract any data and ship it off to Microsoft. If anyone is able to find proof that it *can*, I will remove it. google home: - title: Google Home - name: Mycroft url: https://mycroft.ai/ repo: https://github.com/MycroftAI eyes: 5 text: > Open-source virtual personal assistant. Can be run on a Raspberry Pi. (thanks u/Kentto7) - name: Home Assistant url: https://www.home-assistant.io/ repo: https://github.com/home-assistant eyes: null text: > Open-source home automation. (thanks u/bilange) fitbit: - title: FitBit - notes: - > Due to Google's [recent acquisition of FitBit](https://outline.com/tsJCYN), it is recommended to avoid using FitBit. Instead, check out this [list of smart watches](https://asteroidos.org/install/) supported by Asteroid OS (See Wear OS in [Operating systems](#operating-systems)). Thanks @ribtoks