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<p align="center"><img width="500" src="misc/awesomeprivacy.png"> </img></p>
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<p align="center">List of free,open source and privacy respecting services and alternatives to privative services.</p>
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<p align="center"><a href="https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy/blob/main/misc/ABOUT.md"> About </a> </p>
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* [Search Engines](#search-engines)
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* [Photo Storage](#photo-storage)
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* [Photo Management](#photo-management)
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* [Cloud Storage](#cloud-storage)
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* [Encryption](#encryption)
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* [File management / sharing](#file-sharing)
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* [Maps / Navigation](#maps--navigation)
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* [Social Networks](#social-networks)
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* [Instagram](#instagram)
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* [Youtube](#youtube)
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* [Twitter](#twitter)
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* [Reddit](#reddit)
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* [Teamworking and Communication Tools](#teamworking-tools)
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* [Instant Messaging](#instant-messaging)
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* [Password Managers](#password-managers)
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* [Video conferencing](#video-conferencing)
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* [Media Streaming Platforms](#media-streaming-platforms)
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* [Video/Audio](#video-audio)
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* [Audio](#audio)
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* [Podcasts](#podcasts)
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* [Operating Systems](#operating-systems)
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* [Android](#android-1)
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* [Smart TV](#smart-tv)
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* [PC](#PC)
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* [Analytics](#analytics)
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* [Cloaking](#cloaking)
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* [Office](#office)
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* [Uncategorized](#uncategorized)
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## Search Engines
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**
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* Google Search
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* Yahoo Search
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* Bing
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* Yandex
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Whoogle Search](https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search) - A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting Google metasearch engine.
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* [Qwant](https://www.qwant.com/) - A privacy oriented search engine made in France with no tracking.
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* [SearX](https://searx.me/) - Privacy-respecting metasearch engine.
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## Photo storage
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**
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* Google Photos
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* Amazon Photos
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Stingle Photos](https://stingle.org/) - Open source solution that provides strong security, privacy and encryption to backup your photos.
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* [Crypt.ee](https://crypt.ee/) - A private and encrypted place for all your photos, documents, notes and more.
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* [Photoprism](https://photoprism.app) - Feature rich server-based application for browsing, organizing and sharing your personal photo collection. The most similar to Google Photos.
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* [Photostructure](https://photostructure.com/) - Self-hosted photo library that makes browsing and sharing a lifetime of memories delightful.
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* [LibrePhotos](https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos) - Active [OwnPhotos](https://github.com/hooram/ownphotos) fork. Self hosted alternative to Google Photos.
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* [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) - The open source self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control. It has a [*Photos*](https://github.com/nextcloud/photos) plugin to help you organize and visualize your photos.
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## Photo management
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / Lightroom
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* VSCO
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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#### Desktop:
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* [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/) - The Free & Open Source Image Editor.
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#### Android:
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* [PocketPaint](https://github.com/Catrobat/Paintroid) - The standard image manipulation app for Catroid.
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* [Scrambled Exif](https://gitlab.com/juanitobananas/scrambled-exif) - Remove Exif data from pictures before sharing them.
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* [ImagePipe](https://codeberg.org/Starfish/Imagepipe) - Reduces image size and removes exif-tags when sharing images on android devices.
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## Encryption
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Remember: Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.
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* [Veracrypt](https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html) - VeraCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
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* [Hat.sh](https://hat.sh/) - A Free, Fast, Secure and Serverless File Encryption.
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* [Cryptomator](https://cryptomator.org/) - Cryptomator encrypts your data quickly and easily. Afterwards you upload them protected to your favorite cloud service.
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* [Stegcloak](https://stegcloak.surge.sh/) - Hide secrets with invisible characters in plain text securely using passwords.
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## File Sharing
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* WeTransfer
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* SendAnywhere
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead Use:**
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* [Lufi](https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lufi) - Let's Upload that FIle — File sharing software.
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* [Croc](https://github.com/schollz/croc) - Easily and securely send things from one computer to another.
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* [Dat-cp](https://github.com/tom-james-watson/dat-cp) - Copy files between hosts on a network using the peer-to-peer Dat network.
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* [QRcp](https://github.com/claudiodangelis/qrcp) - Transfer files over wifi from your computer to your mobile device by scanning a QR code without leaving the terminal.
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* [Paperless](https://github.com/the-paperless-project/paperless) - Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents.
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## Cloud Storage
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**
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* Google Drive
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* Dropbox
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* OneDrive
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) - The open source self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control.
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* [Seafile](https://www.seafile.com/en/home/) - High performance file syncing and sharing. It includes a Wiki, WYSIWYG editing and other knowledge management features.
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**Other useful tools**:
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* [Cryptomator](https://cryptomator.org) - Cryptomator encrypts your data quickly and easily. Afterwards you upload them protected to your favorite cloud service.
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* [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) - Continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes.
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* [Rclone](https://rclone.org/) - Rclone is a command line program to manage files on cloud storage. It is a feature rich alternative to cloud vendors' web storage interfaces and like the tools listed above enables encryption for encrypting files in the cloud.
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## Maps / Navigation
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* Google Maps
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* Apple Maps
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* Yandex Maps
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* Bing Maps
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* Waze
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* Sygic
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* HERE WeGo
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead Use:**
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* [Open Street Map (OSM)](https://www.openstreetmap.org/) - OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.
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* [OSMAnd](https://osmand.net/) - Android/iOS Navigation app using OSM. It is a feature-rich app with all you expect.
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## Mail Services
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## Operating Systems
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### Android
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Try to avoid using Google Android or any Android that has been modified and tuned by any manufacturer such as Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung, etc. Android is an Open Source project - [AOSP - Android Open Source Project]() - and it has many versions that will respect the user privacy and data and won't share it with private servers from manufacturers or service providers.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead Use:**
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#### Android app compatibility
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* [GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/) - GrapheneOS is an open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.
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* [CalyxOS](https://calyxos.org/) - CalyxOS lets you have your cake and eat it too, with "Privacy by Design".
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* [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/) - A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform.
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* [Replicant](https://www.replicant.us/) - A free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security.
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#### Based on Linux
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* [UBPorts](https://www.ubports.com/) - Ubuntu Touch is the touch-friendly mobile version of Ubuntu.
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* [postmarketOS](https://postmarketos.org/) - Touch optimised and pre-configured version of Alpine Linux.
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* [PureOS](https://www.pureos.net/) - Operating system developed by purism for the Librem 5.
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### Smart TV
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Don't use Android TV, LG WebOS or any other privacy-invasive common TV OS that comes preinstalled with your TV.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead Use:**
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* [Kodi](https://kodi.tv/) - It is an entertainment hub that brings all your digital media together into a beautiful and user friendly package. It is 100% free and open source, very customisable and runs on a wide variety of devices.
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* [Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) - Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.
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* [OSMC](https://osmc.tv/) - OSMC is a free and open source media center built for the people, by the people.
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* [RaspberryCast](https://github.com/vincelwt/RaspberryCast) - Transform your Raspberry Pi into a streaming device. Cast videos from mobile devices or computers to your TV.
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### PC
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Don't use MS Windows.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead Use:**
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* [GNU/Linux](https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux/) - GNU/Linux is a family of mostly free and open source Operating Systems mostly developed by the community. If you don't know where to start, [Linux-Mint(Cinnamon)](https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=281) is a beginner friendly Distribution. If you want to try it out without installing it to your computer, you can use a [Live USB Stick](https://www.fosslinux.com/274/how-to-create-linux-mint-live-usb-drive-on-windows.htm). If you want to install Linux but keep your current operating System, you can set up [dual boot](https://averagelinuxuser.com/dualboot-linux-windows/).
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## Social Networks
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### Instagram
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Don't use instagram (or at least the official client). Instagram is a very privacy-invasive app with biased results and feeds based on user profiles, it is also used as a manipulation tool and has a lot of censorship going against free speech. Lastly, it has an addictive and toxic ui-design.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead Use:**
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**Alternatives to Instagram**:
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* [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) - Decentralized, federated and Open Source alternative to Instagram with posts, videos, stories, tags, etc.
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**Alternative Instagram clients**:
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* [Barinsta](http://barinsta.austinhuang.me/) - The beautiful, open source, and privacy-friendly alternative Instagram client for Android.
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### Youtube
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Don't use YouTube (or at least the official client). Youtube is very privacy invasive, it generates a very accurate profile based on your interests. Also it is a [radicalization tool](https://www.pcmag.com/news/does-youtubes-algorithm-lead-to-radicalization) which shows [biased content to users](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.08313.pdf) in order to get more engadgement and to get them to watch more and more content creating an [adiction](https://medium.com/dataseries/how-youtube-is-addictive-259d5c575883). It never shows you [alternative opinions](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.08313.pdf) to your ideology/bias. Youtube censors a lot. Youtube collects a LOT of your data: interesnts, free time, ideology, likes, dislikes, music taste, etc...
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead Use:**
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* [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/en/) - A free, open and decentralized alternative to video platforms.
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* [LBRY](https://lbry.tv/) - LBRY is a secure, open, and community-run digital marketplace. Enjoy the latest content from your favorite creators - as a user, not a product.
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* [Odysee](https://odysee.com/) - Odysee is a video platform backed by the creators of lbry and uses the lbry blockchain protocol.
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* [DTube](https://github.com/dtube/dtube) - A full-featured video sharing website, decentralized.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Privacy respecting Youtube clients:**
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- [Yotter](https://github.com/ytorg/yotter) - Youtube and Twitter with privacy. Never share any of your data to Youtube, yet be able to watch Youtube videos.
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- [Invidious](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious) - Alternative and privacy respecting Youtube frontend.
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- [FreeTube](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube) - FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. (Uses Local RSS API or Invidious for backend)
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- [NewPipe](https://newpipe.net/) - Alternative android Youtube app. No account needed, privacy respecting. **Shares IP with Youtube**
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#### Worth mentioning:
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- [Piped](https://github.com/TeamPiped) - Work in progress.
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### Twitter
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Avoid using Twitter official app / website. It tracks users and creates user profiles based on what they follow, retweet and like. Twitter harms and vulnerates users privacy with their policies.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Alternatives to Twitter:**
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> **Federated social networks**: A federated social network isn’t a single website like Twitter or Facebook, it's a network of thousands of communities operated by different organizations and individuals that provide a seamless social media experience.
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* [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/) - Pleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols.
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* [Soapbox](https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox-fe) - A frontend for Pleroma with a focus on custom branding and ease of use.
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* [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) - Free, federated microblogging social network built on open protocols.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Alternative Twitter Frontends:**
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* [Nitter](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances) - Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy.
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* [Yotter](https://github.com/ytorg/yotter) - Twitter with privacy with a simple yet beautiful UI.
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### Reddit
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Try to avoid using Reddit or at least avoid their official clients as they are plenty of trackers, ads and share unnecessary user data with their servers.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Reddit alternatives:**
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* [Lemmy](https://join.lemmy.ml/) - A federated and open alternative to reddit in rust.
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* [Aether](https://getaether.net/) - Peer-to-peer ephemeral public communities.
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* [SaidIt](https://saidit.net/) - Open source Reddit clone.
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* [Ruqqus](https://ruqqus.com) - Open source Reddit alternative without censorship.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Privacy respecting Reddit clients:**
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* [Teddit](https://teddit.net/) - Alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy
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* [Infinity](https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit) - A beautiful Reddit client for Android.
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* [Slide](https://github.com/ccrama/Slide) - Slide is an open sourced, ad free Reddit browser for Android and iOS.
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## Teamworking Tools
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* Slack
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* Google Hangouts
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* Microsoft Teams
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* Discord
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Zulip](https://zulip.com/) - Chat for distributed teams.
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* [Twake](https://twake.app/) - Work in a team faster. Twake covers all of your organizational needs through a single platform.
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* [RocketChat](https://rocket.chat/) - Control your communication, manage your data, and have your own collaboration platform to improve team productivity.
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* [Nextcloud Talk](https://nextcloud.com/talk/) - Keep conversations private with Nextcloud Talk.
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* [Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/) - Open-source Slack alternative.
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## Instant Messaging
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**Check out [this site](https://www.securemessagingapps.com/) for comparisons*
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* Whatsapp
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* Instagram DM
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* Facebook Messenger
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* Skype
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* Zoom
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* Google Hangouts / Chat
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Signal](https://signal.org/) - Extreme focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect. Strong encryption by design.
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* [Molly](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android) - Signal-compatible fork client with some security enhancements.
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* [Element](https://element.io/) - All-in-one secure chat app for teams, friends and organisations. Keeps conversations in your control, safe from data-mining and ads. Talk to everyone through the open global Matrix network, protected by proper end-to-end encryption.
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* [Jabber / XMPP](https://xmpp.org/) - The universal messaging standard. Tried and tested. Independent. Privacy-focused.
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* [Conversations](https://conversations.im/) - Jabber/XMPP client for Android 4.0+ smartphones that has been optimized to provide a unique mobile experience
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* [AstraChat](https://astrachat.com/) - Another XMPP client.
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* [Session](https://getsession.org/) - Extreme focus on privacy. Blockchain technology.
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* [Status](https://status.im/) - Status is a secure messaging app, crypto wallet, and Web3 browser built with state of the art technology.
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* [Tox](https://tox.chat/) - Tox is easy-to-use software that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in.
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* [Briar](https://briarproject.org/) - Peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums.
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* [DeltaChat](https://delta.chat/) - Chat over encrypted e-mail.
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* [Tinfoil Chat](https://github.com/maqp/tfc) - Onion-routed, endpoint secure messaging system.
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#### Worth mentioning
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* [Berty](https://berty.tech/) - Not released yet.
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* [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) - Not fully open source. No E2E encryption by default on chats.
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## Password Managers
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* Lastpass
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* Dashlane
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com) - An open source cloud based password manager
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* [KeepassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) - Securely store passwords using industry standard encryption, no sync just storage.
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* [KeepassDX](https://www.keepassdx.com/) for Android.
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* [Strongbox](https://strongboxsafe.com/) for iOS.
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* [KeeWeb](https://keeweb.info/) for Web and other platforms.
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## Video Conferencing
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* ZOOM
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* Skype
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* Google Meet
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* Whatsapp
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* Instagram
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* Discord
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Jitsi Meet](https://meet.jit.si/) - More secure, more flexible, and completely free video conferencing. **No account needed, no installation needed**
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* [Jami](https://jami.net/) - P2P audio and video conferences.
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* [BigBlueButton](https://bigbluebutton.org/) - BigBlueButton is a web conferencing system designed for online learning.
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* [PeerCalls](https://peercalls.com/) - Group peer to peer video calls for everyone written in Go and TypeScript.
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## Media Streaming Platforms
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**:
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* Amazon Prime Video
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* Netflix
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* Disney+
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* Plex
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* Spotify
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* Soundcloud
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#### Video/Audio:
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* [Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) - Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.
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* [Streamio](https://www.stremio.com/) - Stremio is a modern media center that's a one-stop solution for your video entertainment.
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#### Audio:
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* [Funkwhale](https://funkwhale.audio/) - A social platform to enjoy and share music (Soundcloud alternative)
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* [Subsonic](http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp) - Your complete, personal music streamer.
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* [Koel](https://koel.dev/) - a personal music streaming server that works.
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* [Nuclear](https://nuclear.js.org/) - Modern music player focused on streaming from free sources.
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* [Navidrome](https://navidrome.org/) - Lightweight, fast and self-contained personal music streamer.
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#### Podcasts
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* [Antennapod](https://antennapod.org/) - The Open Podcast Player
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## Analytics
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Avoid any analytics service that comes from Google, Facebook, Microsoft or any privative service. These kind of analytics hurt the users privacy.
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [Matomo](https://matomo.org/) - Google Analytics alternative that protects your data and your customers' privacy.
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* [Plausible](https://plausible.io/) - Simple and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics
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## Cloaking
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### Images
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* [Fawkes](https://github.com/Shawn-Shan/fawkes) - privacy preserving tool against facial recognition systems.
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* [CloakMe](https://github.com/pluja/CloakMe) - Web interface for Fawkes algorithm.
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* [ImageScrubber](https://github.com/everestpipkin/image-scrubber) - A friendly browser-based tool for anonymizing photographs taken at protests ([hosted version provided by everestpipkin](https://everestpipkin.github.io/image-scrubber/)).
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### Text
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* [Stegcloak](https://stegcloak.surge.sh/) - Hide secrets with invisible characters in plain text securely using passwords ([repo](https://github.com/kurolabs/stegcloak)).
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## Office
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<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> **AVOID**
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* Microsoft Office
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* Google Docs
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<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use:**
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* [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) - Free and open source offline office
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* [OnlyOffice](https://www.onlyoffice.com/) - Free and open source online office for collaboration
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## Uncategorized
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* [Skymap](https://skymaponline.net/) - Open online planetarium program.
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* [CrowdSec](https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec) - An open-source, modernized and collaborative fail2ban
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* [Hetty](https://github.com/dstotijn/hetty) - Hetty is an HTTP toolkit for security research. It aims to be an open-source alternative to Burp Suite Pro.
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