[ { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?google.com/maps", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org", "name": "OpenStreetMap", "desc": "Created by people like you and free to use under an open license." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?google.com/chrome", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://mozilla.org/firefox", "name": "Mozilla Firefox", "desc": "Firefox is an open source browser, backed by the Mozilla Foundation." }, { "url": "https://brave.com", "name": "Brave Browser", "desc": "Brave is an open source, new-generation browser." }, { "url": "https://torproject.org", "name": "Tor Browser", "desc": "Tor Browser is a modified version of Firefox, which protects your privacy by connecting to the Tor network." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https?://(www.)?slack.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://matrix.org", "name": "Matrix / Element", "desc": "An open network for secure, decentralized communication." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://twitter.com/i/flow/signup", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://joinmastodon.org", "name": "Mastodon", "desc": "Mastodon is the most popular email-like decentralized social network." }, { "url": "https://friendi.ca", "name": "Friendica", "desc": "Friendica is a Facebook-style social network." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?amazon.(com|in)/[\\w\\-]*/?dp/\\w+", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://betterworldbooks.com", "name": "Better World Books", "desc": "Better World Books is an online bookshop, which donates one book to charity for every book it sells." }, { "url": "https://hive.co.uk", "name": "Hive", "desc": "Hive is a wholesaler-run site, which lets you order books online." }, { "url": "https://switching.software/tools/kobo-search", "name": "Kobo", "desc": "Kobo is a global eBook seller, and the most comprehensive alternative to Kindle." }, { "url": "https://switching.software/tools/ebook-search", "name": "Public Domain eBooks", "desc": "This tool allows searching for classic eBooks that are in the public domain." }, { "url": "https://openlibrary.org", "name": "Open Library", "desc": "Open Library is a Goodreads-style site for borrowing and downloading eBooks." }, { "url": "https://libreture.com", "name": "Libreture", "desc": "Libreture is a Goodreads-style site, which lets you store and organise your DRM-free eBooks online." }, { "url": "https://inventaire.io", "name": "Inventaire", "desc": "Inventaire is a libre volunteer-run book lending site." }, { "url": "https://calibre-ebook.com", "name": "Calibre", "desc": "Calibre is a well-established and popular libre app, which lets you organise your eBook collection." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?facebook.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://joinmastodon.org", "name": "Mastodon", "desc": "Mastodon is the most popular email-like decentralized social network." }, { "url": "https://friendi.ca", "name": "Friendica", "desc": "Friendica is a Facebook-style social network." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?youtube.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://joinpeertube.org", "name": "PeerTube", "desc": "PeerTube is an open source federated alternative to YouTube." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?goodreads.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://openlibrary.org", "name": "OpenLibrary", "desc": "Internet Archive is building OpenLibrary as a better alternative to GoodReads" } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?gmail.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://tutanota.com", "name": "Tutanota", "desc": "Tutanota is an encrypted email and calendar service, based in Germany." }, { "url": "https://protonmail.com", "name": "ProtonMail", "desc": "ProtonMail is a Swiss-based email service, with no advertising and maximum possible privacy for its users." }, { "url": "https://posteo.de", "name": "Posteo", "desc": "Posteo is an email service, with no advertising." }, { "url": "https://fastmail.com", "name": "Fastmail", "desc": "Fastmail is an Australian company that offers private email, funded entirely by its users." }, { "url": "https://soverin.net", "name": "Soverin", "desc": "Soverin hosts privacy-oriented email and website, based in the Netherlands." }, { "url": "https://thexyz.com", "name": "Thexyz", "desc": "Thexyz is a Canadian company, offering privacy-conscious business email." }, { "url": "https://kolabnow.com", "name": "Kolab Now", "desc": "Kolab Now is a Swiss email provider with lots of extra services, aimed at business people." }, { "url": "https://mailbox.org", "name": "mailbox.org", "desc": "Run by a German family business, mailbox.org offers email, online file storage and online office features." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(\\w+.)?medium.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://writefreely.org", "name": "Write Freely", "desc": "Write Freely is a blogging service, like Medium, where the focus is on the text itself, with a clean uncluttered aesthetic." }, { "url": "https://joinplu.me", "name": "Plume", "desc": "Plume is an open source federated blogging platform, which lets you create a federated blog." }, { "url": "https://wordpress.org", "name": "WordPress", "desc": "WordPress is an open source software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or an app." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?meetup.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://gettogether.community", "name": "GetTogether", "desc": "GetTogether is a free open source event management site." }, { "url": "https://opensports.org", "name": "Open Sports", "desc": "Sports alternative for Meetup.com" } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https?://(www.)?google.co(m|.in)", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://searx.neocities.org", "name": "searx", "desc": "Searx is an open source “metasearch” engine." }, { "url": "https://mojeek.com", "name": "Mojeek", "desc": "Mojeek is a web search engine based in the United Kingdom." }, { "url": "https://qwant.com", "name": "Qwant", "desc": "Qwant is a search engine based in Europe, which doesn’t track users or personalise results." }, { "url": "https://duckduckgo.com", "name": "DuckDuckGo", "desc": "DuckDuckGo is the most popular and easiest to use privacy-conscious search engine." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https?://(www.)?adobe.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/https://switching.software/replace/adobe-creative-cloud", "name": "Explore", "desc": "switching.software recommends a few alternatives to Adobe's Service as a Software Substitute." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https?://(www.)?audible.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://librivox.org", "name": "LibriVox", "desc": "LibriVox is a DRM-free collection of audiobooks that are provided at no charge." }, { "url": "https://libro.fm", "name": "Libro.fm", "desc": "Libro.fm offers DRM-free audiobooks, while also supporting local bookstores." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https?://(www.)?messenger.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://signal.org", "name": "Signal", "desc": "Signal is a popular private messaging, voice call, and video call service." }, { "url": "https://xmpp.org", "name": "XMPP", "desc": "XMPP is a widely-used free and open internet messaging standard." }, { "url": "https://quicksy.im", "name": "Quicksy", "desc": "Quicksy is an easy-to-use chat app." }, { "url": "https://zom.im/zomenglish.html", "name": "Zom", "desc": "Zom is an extremely easy to use and free open source messenger app." }, { "url": "https://matrix.org", "name": "Matrix / Element", "desc": "An open network for secure, decentralized communication." }, { "url": "https://jami.net", "name": "Jami", "desc": "Jami is a libre, easy-to-use alternative to Skype, with voice call, video call, and messaging." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://matomo.org", "name": "Matomo", "desc": "Matomo Analytics lets sites keep their visitor data private without sharing it with anyone else." }, { "url": "https://umami.is", "name": "Umami", "desc": "Privacy-focused, open-source alternative to Google Analytics" }, { "url": "https://plausible.io", "name": "Plausible Analytics", "desc": "Plausible is a very simple and privacy-friendly analytics software." }, { "url": "https://goatcounter.com", "name": "GoatCounter", "desc": "GoatCounter is an open source web analytics platform available as a hosted service or self-hosted app." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?google.com/calendar", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://nextcloud.com", "name": "Nextcloud", "desc": "Nextcloud is an easy-to-use service that provides a range of optional add-ons, such as calendars." }, { "url": "https://tutanota.com", "name": "Tutanota", "desc": "Tutanota is an encrypted email and calendar service, based in Germany." }, { "url": "https://kolabnow.com", "name": "Kolab Now", "desc": "Kolab Now is a Swiss email provider with lots of extra services, aimed at business people, including a calendar." }, { "url": "https://etesync.com", "name": "EteSync", "desc": "EteSync is an open-source end-to-end encrypted sync tool for your calendars." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?google.com/drive", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://nextcloud.com", "name": "Nextcloud", "desc": "Nextcloud is an easy-to-use service that provides a range of optional add-ons." }, { "url": "https://cryptpad.fr", "name": "CryptPad", "desc": "CryptPad is a collection of open source and privacy-friendly collaboration tools." }, { "url": "https://etherpad.org", "name": "Etherpad", "desc": "Etherpad is an online text editor that can be used collaboratively." }, { "url": "https://syncthing.net", "name": "Syncthing", "desc": "Syncthing is a program to easily synchronize folders across two or more computers." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?google.com/docs", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://nextcloud.com", "name": "Nextcloud", "desc": "Nextcloud is an easy-to-use service that provides a range of optional add-ons." }, { "url": "https://cryptpad.fr", "name": "CryptPad", "desc": "CryptPad is a collection of open source and privacy-friendly collaboration tools." }, { "url": "https://etherpad.org", "name": "Etherpad", "desc": "Etherpad is an online text editor that can be used collaboratively." }, { "url": "https://syncthing.net", "name": "Syncthing", "desc": "Syncthing is a program to easily synchronize folders across two or more computers." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?google.com/forms", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://limesurvey.org", "name": "LimeSurvey", "desc": "LimeSurvey is a free and open source survey software." }, { "url": "https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/forms", "name": "Nextcloud Forms", "desc": "Nextcloud Forms is an extension to Nextcloud, which allows for creating simple surveys and questionnaires." }, { "url": "https://webform.com", "name": "Webform", "desc": "Webform is a free and open source form software." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://hangouts.google.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://jami.net", "name": "Jami", "desc": "Jami is a libre, easy-to-use alternative to Skype, with voice call, video call, and messaging." }, { "url": "https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet", "name": "Jitsi Meet", "desc": "Jitsi Meet is a free and open source video chat app made by volunteers." }, { "url": "https://bigbluebutton.org", "name": "BigBlueButton", "desc": "BigBlueButton is a professional video conferencing tool, focused on online teaching and presenting." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://keep.google.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://standardnotes.org", "name": "Standard Notes", "desc": "Standard Notes is a free and open source notes app, focusing on simplicity." }, { "url": "https://joplinapp.org", "name": "Joplin", "desc": "Joplin is a libre note taking and to-do app." }, { "url": "https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/notes", "name": "Nextcloud Notes", "desc": "Nextcloud Notes is an extension to Nextcloud, which allows for organizing your notes." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://maps.google.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://openstreetmap.org", "name": "OpenStreetMap", "desc": "OpenStreetMap is a huge user-made map site that anyone can use and edit." }, { "url": "https://qwant.com/maps", "name": "Qwant Maps", "desc": "Qwant Maps is a Google Maps replacement built upon OpenStreetMap." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://play.google.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://f-droid.org", "name": "F-Droid", "desc": "F-Droid is an open source alternative app store." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?instagram.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://pixelfed.org", "name": "Pixelfed", "desc": "Pixelfed is a photo-oriented social network with filters, comments, likes, shares." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?minecraft.net", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://minetest.net", "name": "Minetest", "desc": "Minetest is a free and open source Minecraft-style game with huge worlds." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https://(www.)?skype.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://jami.net", "name": "Jami", "desc": "Jami is a libre, easy-to-use alternative to Skype, with voice call, video call, and messaging." }, { "url": "https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet", "name": "Jitsi Meet", "desc": "Jitsi Meet is a free and open source video chat app made by volunteers." }, { "url": "https://bigbluebutton.org", "name": "BigBlueButton", "desc": "BigBlueButton is a professional video conferencing tool, focused on online teaching and presenting." } ] }, { "urlPattern": "https?://(www.)?whatsapp.com", "alternatives": [ { "url": "https://signal.org", "name": "Signal", "desc": "Signal is a popular private messaging, voice call, and video call service." }, { "url": "https://xmpp.org", "name": "XMPP", "desc": "XMPP is a widely-used free and open internet messaging standard." }, { "url": "https://quicksy.im", "name": "Quicksy", "desc": "Quicksy is an easy-to-use chat app." }, { "url": "https://zom.im/zomenglish.html", "name": "Zom", "desc": "Zom is an extremely easy to use and free open source messenger app." }, { "url": "https://matrix.org", "name": "Matrix / Element", "desc": "An open network for secure, decentralized communication." }, { "url": "https://jami.net", "name": "Jami", "desc": "Jami is a libre, easy-to-use alternative to Skype, with voice call, video call, and messaging." } ] } ]