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.me url: https://searx.me/ eyes: null text: | [Open-source](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx) (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 *would prefer better info other than an outdated reference* - name: Swisscows url: https://swisscows.ch eyes: null text: | A Swiss search engine that offers a unique search experience for the web, images,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/ 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/ 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. youtube: - title: YouTube - name: PeerTube url: https://joinpeertube.org/ eyes: null text: | Decentralized video hosting network. Still quite small, but is growing and has a dedicated community. - 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/ eyes: null text: | An [open-source](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious) 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/ 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. 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: "*Feeder*" url: https://f-droid.org/app/com.nononsenseapps.feeder eyes: null text: | Use good old-fashioned RSS feeds with Feeder (available from F-Droid) groups: - title: Groups - notes: - Use other forum sites relating to specific topics. This is a very broad service. translate: - title: Translate - name: DeepL url: https://deepl.com/ eyes: 14 text: | DeepL is an artifical intelligence translation service. *Editor note: The site server seems to be hosted in Finland, yet the company lists itself as [a company based in Germany](https://www.deepl.com/pro-faq.html) in the Data Protection section.* ads: - title: Google Ads/AdMob/AdSense - name: CodeFund url: https://codefund.io/ eyes: 5 text: | Ethical advertising for technical audience. 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: Zoho url: https://www.zoho.com/ eyes: null text: | Zoho was included in 2018's thread as well, and they've only improved since then. They offer a full enterprise business suite that can easily rival G Suite or MS Office 365. *Better description wanted* - name: Nextcloud url: https://www.nextcloud.com/ eyes: null text: | Nextcloud 18 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 blogger and sites: - title: Blogger/Sites - name: Joomla url: https://www.joomla.org/ 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/ eyes: null text: | The open-source version of WordPress. A very popular tool and a recognized name. - name: concrete5 url: https://www.concrete5.org/about 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/ eyes: null text: | Open-source modern CMS. Boasts "over 19x faster than WordPress". Thanks @peterge1998 analytics: - title: Analytics - name: Matomo url: https://matomo.org/ 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/ eyes: 5 text: | Open-source, privacy-focused web analytics. - name: GoatCounter url: https://www.goatcounter.com/ 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: Toasted Analytics url: https://toastedanalytics.com/ eyes: 5 text: | Simple, privacy friendly analytics with event tracking. Paid only (with free trial) photos: - title: Photos - name: Photoprism url: 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 eyes: null text: | Self-hosted and open-source Google Photos alternative. - name: Piwigo url: https://piwigo.org/ eyes: 9 text: | (self-hosted) - 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 calendar: - title: Calendar - name: Lightning Calendar (Thunderbird) url: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/calendar/ eyes: null text: | Developed by Mozilla Foundation and open-source. Integrates into Thunderbird and SeaMonkey. - 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/ eyes: 14 text: | Open-source calendar using "sabre/dav" (open-source 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: Zoho url: https://www.zoho.com/ eyes: null text: | I mentioned Zoho above for G Suite, so here they are again. - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com eyes: null text: | Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars and tasks. docs: - title: Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud) - name: CryptPad url: 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: 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: 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: eyes: 14 text: | Self-hosted instance of LibreOffice that you can run in your browser. Thanks @flubberding - name: ONLYOFFICE url: https://www.onlyoffice.com 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/ eyes: null text: | Open-source offline document suites. - name: Apache OpenOffice url: https://www.openoffice.org/ eyes: null text: | Open-source offline document suites. - name: LyX url: https://www.lyx.org/ 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. Thanks @Glitchy-Tozier 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) - name: Porkbun url: https://porkbun.com/ eyes: 5 text: | Domain registration with free WHOIS privacy. drive: - title: Drive - name: ownCloud url: https://owncloud.org/ 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/ eyes: 9 text: | An interesting take on cloud storage: decentralized. Peer-to-peer between only your devices. Software is open-source and available on GitHub. - 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: null 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: Armored url: https://armored.net/ eyes: 9 text: | Nextcloud instance hosted by Epik.com. Paid plans with 30-day trial. Servers in a "secure bunker" in Norway. Supports other Nextcloud features such as Nextcloud Talk. - name: seafile url: https://www.seafile.com eyes: null text: | Open-source and self-hosted file sync&share solution. - name: Cozy Cloud url: https://cozy.io/ eyes: 9 text: | French based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Can also be self-hosted. Open-Source. And it also offers a collaborative notes editor. 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/ eyes: 5 text: | 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: Riot url: https://about.riot.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. It is 100% free and open-source with no paid plans. - 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/ 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 (https://meet.jit.si) (**5-eyes** server) gmail: - title: Gmail - notes: - This is just for the Gmail service, not a client - 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". - name: Zoho Mail url: https://www.zoho.com/mail/ eyes: null text: | Zoho comes back yet again with a mail solution. - name: Tutanota url: https://tutanota.com/ eyes: 14 text: | Open-source. Also one of the top 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/ eyes: null text: | Open-source, self-hosted, and privacy focused email forwarding service. - name: Migadu url: https://www.migadu.com/en/index.html eyes: null 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 eyes: null text: | Now also provides an email service (self-hosted). Thanks @je-vv - name: Anonymize.com Email url: https://anonymize.com/ eyes: null text: | Paid secure email service provided by Epik.com. keep: - title: Keep - name: Joplin url: https://joplinapp.org/ 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/ 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: Zoho Notebook url: https://www.zoho.com/notebook/ eyes: null text: | A notebook from Zoho. Also available on Android. - 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/ eyes: null text: | Open-source file editor with Markdown support. (thanks u/maqp2) - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com eyes: null text: | Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars and tasks. - 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. 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.github.io/ 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/ 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/faq 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. 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 eyes: 5 text: | Hassle-free way for webmasters to self-host open-source Fonts from "Google Fonts" - name: Brick url: https://brick.im 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. Thanks @FreddyMarsden classroom: - title: Classroom - name: Moodle url: https://moodle.org/ eyes: null text: | Self-hosted Classroom software for schools. Very powerful. Thanks @jankapunkt - name: ILIAS url: https://www.ilias.de/en/ eyes: null text: | Another self-hosted open source classroom software. Thanks again to @jankapunkt - name: Canvas url: https://www.instructure.com/canvas eyes: null text: | Paid service by Instructure. Also available as a [self-hosted, open source option](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms). 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 - name: Mapillary url: https://www.mapillary.com/app/ eyes: 14 text: | Crowdsourced street-level imagery built on top of OpenStreetMap. Open source. Includes map data generated with object recognition software. Coverage is lacking in many cities but can always be improved upon. transit: - title: Transit - name: Transportr url: https://transportr.app/ 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 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/ eyes: 5 text: | Open-source and based on Android, but without the crap. - name: SailfishOS url: https://sailfishos.org/ eyes: null text: | *Help requested!* - name: GrapheneOS url: https://github.com/GrapheneOS eyes: null text: | Previously known as [CopperheadOS](https://old.reddit.com/r/CopperheadOS/comments/8qdnn3/goodbye/). It has now evolved into [GrapheneOS](https://old.reddit.com/r/CopperheadOS/comments/b6muvh/androidhardening_project_renamed_to_grapheneos/) - name: postmarketOS url: https://postmarketos.org/ 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". chromeos: - title: Chrome OS - 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: 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/ 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/ 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 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 [apart 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 onion network. Automatically has a few privacy extensions installed (such as HTTPS Everywhere). Be careful using it in public though, as it *can* look like a pretty suspicious piece of software. 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/ eyes: null text: | Open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled - name: Emacs url: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ eyes: null text: | Another open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled 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: Aptoide url: https://www.aptoide.com/ eyes: null text: | Marketplace for Android apps. Publishers/developers manage their own stores rather than a centralized market such as Google Play Store. - name: Yalp Store url: https://github.com/yeriomin/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. - 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 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 @RefexHD & @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/ eyes: null text: | Also uses the F-Droid repo but with a different UI. - name: APKGrabber url: 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/ 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/ 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 eyes: null text: | Also part of the SMT project. Available on F-Droid. - name: Calculator N+ or NCalc+ url: 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. calendar: - title: Calendar - 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 eyes: null text: | Open-source material design Calendar that integrates with the Android Calendar API. If you have a CalDAV/CardDAV server, I recommend using [DAVx5](https://www.davx5.com/) to sync with it. Available from F-Droid. Also look at [ICSx5](https://icsx5.bitfire.at/), another WebDav/CalDav client that can integrate with calendar apps. Also available from F-Droid. Thanks @je-vv for ICSx5. camera: - title: Camera - name: Open Camera url: https://opencamera.sourceforge.io/ eyes: null text: | Open source camera for Android. Thanks @je-vv clock: - title: Clock - name: Clock + url: https://github.com/philliphsu/ClockPlus eyes: null text: | Open-source Alarm clock, timer, and stop watch. Available from F-Droid. - name: Simple Alarm Clock url: 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 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. contacts: - title: Contacts - name: Fruux (mobile app) url: https://fruux.com/ eyes: text: | Fruux *also* provides a contacts app. - name: Simple Contacts url: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Contacts eyes: text: | Open-source. Part of the [Simple Mobile Tools](https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools) project. Available from F-Droid. - name: Open Contacts url: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/opencontacts.open.com.opencontacts/ eyes: text: | Available from F-Droid. (thanks u/consentio) messages: - title: Android Messages (specifically SMS/MMS, not IM) - name: QKSMS url: https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms eyes: null text: | Open-source. Very clean and feature rich SMS app. Available on F-Droid. - name: Silence.im url: https://silence.im/ 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. gboard: - title: Gboard (Google Keyboard) - name: AnySoftKeyboard url: https://anysoftkeyboard.github.io/ eyes: null text: | Open-source keyboard. Available on F-Droid. - name: Hacker's Keyboard url: https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard eyes: null text: | Also open-source. Very useful for developers or sysadmins on the go. - name: kboard url: https://github.com/adgad/kboard eyes: null text: | Open-source. Has features for phrases, "lenny faces", macros and more. - name: Simple Keyboard url: https://github.com/rkkr/simple-keyboard eyes: null text: | Open-source, available from F-Droid. - name: Indic Keyboard url: 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 eyes: null text: | New 100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP. Similar to "Simple Keyboard". Thanks @Glitchy-Tozier drive: - title: Drive - name: ownCloud Android url: https://github.com/owncloud/android eyes: null text: | ownCloud Android client. Available on F-Droid. - name: Nextcloud Android url: https://github.com/nextcloud/android eyes: null text: | Nextcloud Android client. Available on F-Droid. - name: Syncthing Android url: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android eyes: null text: | Wrapper of Syncthing for Android. Available on F-Droid. gmail: - title: Gmail - 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://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.tutao.tutanota/ eyes: 14 text: | Client available from F-Droid. - name: Zoho Mail url: https://www.zoho.com/mail/ios-android-apps.html eyes: null text: | Also on the Play Store but other stores may work too. - name: Disroot url: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.disroot.disrootapp/ eyes: null text: | Available from F-Droid. - name: Posteo url: https://posteo.de/ eyes: 14 text: | Any **open-source mail client** such as: [K-9 Mail](https://k9mail.github.io/) and [FairEmail](https://email.faircode.eu/). Both are available on F-Droid. - 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 eyes: null text: | Open-source and available from F-Droid. Supports Markdown and HTML. Very clean and feature-rich. *Offline only*. - name: Joplin url: 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/ 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 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 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/ eyes: null text: | Open-source and available from F-Droid. 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. maps and waze: - title: Maps/Waze - name: Maps url: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.maps/ eyes: null text: | Available from F-Droid. 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/ 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). It is available from [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/). - name: Transportr url: https://transportr.app/ eyes: null text: | Primarily European, this is an open-source public transport app. Thanks to @lgiard - name: Offi or Oeffi url: https://oeffi.schildbach.de/ eyes: null text: | Another recommendation from @lgiard, this app is also for public transport. news: - title: News - name: Flym url: https://github.com/FredJul/Flym eyes: null text: | Open-source Material Design RSS reader. Available from F-Droid. photos: - title: Photos - name: Piwigo Android url: https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo-Android eyes: null text: | You need to have Piwigo set up first. 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/ eyes: null text: | Powerful open-source YouTube alternative available from F-Droid. Supports audio only; background playback; picture-in-picture; no ads. - name: FreeTube url: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube eyes: null text: | Open-source YouTube client that uses the Invidio.us API to serve content. Not on F-Droid, but you can download the APK from GitHub. (thanks u/wesaphzt) - 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 eyes: null text: | Open-source 2FA app available from F-Droid. - name: FreeOTP+ url: https://github.com/helloworld1/FreeOTPPlus eyes: null text: | FreeOTP is no longer in development so this fork should be used instead as it is currently in development. Available from F-Droid. - name: Aegis url: https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis eyes: null text: | Open-source 2FA for Android. Available on F-Droid. - name: Authenticator url: https://mattrubin.me/authenticator/ eyes: null text: | **iOS** - Open-source 2FA for iOS. (thanks u/SomeoneWannaBe) - name: Tofu url: https://tofuauth.com eyes: null text: | **iOS** - Open-source 2FA for iOS. play music movies tv: - title: Play Music/Play Movies & TV - name: Audinaut url: https://github.com/nvllsvm/Audinaut eyes: null text: | An open-source Airsonic client for Android. Available from F-Droid. - name: MALP url: https://gitlab.com/gateship-one/malp eyes: null text: | An open-source Android client for MPD. Available on F-Droid. 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/ 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](https://github.com/siacs/Conversations) for free if you want to. - name: Riot url: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-android eyes: 5 text: | Android app - The open-source Android client for Riot. - name: Jitsi Meet (F-Droid) url: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/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 (https://meet.jit.si) (**5-eyes** server) assistant: - title: Assistant - name: Mycroft Android url: 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 eyes: null text: | Open-source virtual assistant for Android. Can replace Google Assistant (home button functionality) on most devices. Either uses the authors 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 eyes: null text: | Open-source Android launcher styled after the Google Pixel launcher. No F-Droid, but you can download the APK from GitHub. - name: ZimLX url: https://github.com/otakuhqz/ZimLX eyes: null text: | Open-source launcher. Active development with lots of nice features. Available from F-Droid. - name: Lawnchair url: https://lawnchair.app/ 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) other: - title: "*Other*" - name: Blokada url: https://blokada.org/ 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. [Available from F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.blokada.alarm/). 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 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/ 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/ 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