Google Web-based products alternatives

Privacy-respecting alternatives in web-based products.

Search Engine Party
Search (Web & Images)

An open-source comparison table of popular search engines. It was made by a former team member at PrivacyGuides, though is not affiliated with the site.

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DuckDuckGo
Search (Web & Images)

One of the best privacy-focused search engines. Domain is hosted in USA which could potentially be problematic for some.

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Startpage
Search (Web & Images)

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. Thanks @pydo, @ThijsRay, and @DatAres37. Also see this comment in Issue #99 from @danarel on Startpage.

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SearXNG
Search (Web & Images)

Open-source self-hostable metasearch engine that aggregates results from other engines without tracking you. SearXNG is the actively-maintained fork of the original searx project, which is no longer developed; searx.space lists public instances of both.

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searx
Search (Web & Images)

The original open-source privacy metasearch engine. Note: development has effectively stopped in favour of SearXNG (above) — new deployments should use SearXNG instead.

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Brave Search
Search (Web & Images)

A search engine with its own independent index, from the makers of the Brave browser. Does not require an account and has an optional paid ad-free API/premium tier. Closed-source, US-based company.

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Kagi
Search (Web & Images)

A paid, ad-free search engine with no advertising business model, which is the basis of its privacy claim (you pay instead of being tracked). Requires an account, is subscription-only, and the search backend is closed-source.

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Uruky
Search (Web & Images)

EU-based paid search alternative to Google Search (I'm Blue, Lda., Portugal). Anonymous Mullvad-style accounts, no ads or tracking; EU servers, storage, and payments. Metasearch over European providers. Thanks Bruno for the suggestion.

Whoogle Search
Search (Web & Images)

Open-source, self-hostable front-end that fetches Google results without ads, JavaScript, cookies, or tracking. Useful if you specifically want Google's result quality without Google seeing you.

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MetaGer
Search (Web & Images)

MetaGer is the search engine project from the registered nonprofit organization SUMA E.V. in Germany.

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Qwant
Search (Web & Images)

A privacy-respecting search engine. Note: Qwant may not be available in all countries; see Issue #408 for more information.

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Swisscows
Search (Web & Images)

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, it's really interesting.

Mojeek
Search (Web & Images)

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.

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Ekoru
Search (Web & Images)

Privacy focused search engine that also aims to clean up the oceans. Thanks @mynamesleon

Cyberd
Search (Web & Images)

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. Visit their ELI-5 FAQ for more info.

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Infinity Search
Search (Web & Images)

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.

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Runnaroo
Search (Web & Images)

"Runnaroo was built from the ground up to provide an all around better search experience." Thanks @codingepaduli

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PeerTube
YouTube

Decentralized, federated video hosting network. Still quite small, but is growing and has a dedicated community. Although there is no central database/server, all the separate instances can still talk to one another. This allows for data exchange and a way to view anyone's videos while only associating with one instance. Thanks @kdkasad for clarifying federation.

BitChute
YouTube

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)

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DTube
YouTube

Looks very similar to YouTube. Advertised as "first crypt-decentralized video-platform". Built on Steemit and IPFS.

Invidious
YouTube

An open-source front-end alternative to YouTube. Seems to work pretty well from my experience so far, and it hasn't triggered anything on my adblocker/privacy extensions. Also offers downloads in many formats for videos (including .vtt subtitles).

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LBRY
YouTube

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.

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FreeTube
YouTube

Open-source desktop YouTube client that uses the Invidio.us API to serve content.

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youtube-local
YouTube

Open-source browser-based client for watching Youtube anonymously and with greater page performance. Non-video requests can be routed through Tor. Optionally the videos can be routed through Tor as well. Can be used without Javascript. No server software installation required. Uses self-hosted subscriptions and playlists.

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Piped
YouTube

An open-source front-end alternative to YouTube. Uses NewPipeExtractor behind the scenes.

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Local newspaper
News

Support independent and qualitative journalism in your community.

AllSides
News

Unbiased news source (primarily for US politics). Thanks @jeanofthedead

Miniflux
News

Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader. Completely open-source, along with automatically removing pixel trackers.

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Sympa
Groups

Sympa is an open-source mailing list manager. It provides advanced features with a rich and secure web interface.

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GNU Mailman
Groups

Mailman is free software for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. Mailman is integrated with the web, making it easy for users to manage their accounts and for list owners to administer their lists. Mailman supports built-in archiving, automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, spam filters, and more.

Discourse
Groups

Discourse is the 100% open-source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, or long-form chat room.

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Groups.io
Groups

a privacy focused email list system that does not track you, nor your members. It is not open source. Data is hosted on one central server but the server is encrypted. It has modern email group features such as a wiki, integrations, and RSS import support.

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DeepL
Translate

DeepL is an artifical intelligence translation service. Please keep in mind DeepL tracks the text you translate unless you purchase Pro. See sections 4 & 5 of their privacy policy for more information. Thanks u/TheCy-FiJuggernaut

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Apertium
Translate

A free, open-source translation system.

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LibreTranslate
Translate

A free and open-source machine-translation API which can be self-hosted.

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Lingva Translate
Translate

Alternative front-end for Google Translate. Operates similar to NewPipe or Invidious, Lingva "scrapes through GTranslate and retrieves the translation without using any Google-related service, preventing them from tracking".

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Ollama
Gemini (formerly Bard) & AI assistants

Open-source tool for running open-weight language models entirely on your own machine. Once a model is downloaded, inference happens locally with no network access required.

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llama.cpp
Gemini (formerly Bard) & AI assistants

Open-source C/C++ inference engine that runs open-weight models locally on CPU or GPU, including on fairly modest hardware. Underpins many other local-AI tools.

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Open WebUI
Gemini (formerly Bard) & AI assistants

Open-source, self-hosted web interface for local models, giving a chat experience similar to hosted assistants while keeping conversations on your own server.

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Jan
Gemini (formerly Bard) & AI assistants

Open-source desktop app for running language models offline on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Aimed at users who want a local assistant without configuring a server.

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DuckDuckGo AI Chat
Gemini (formerly Bard) & AI assistants

A free, no-account proxy in front of several hosted models. DuckDuckGo states chats are anonymised and not used for training, but prompts still leave your device and reach a third-party model provider — this is a weaker privacy guarantee than running a model locally.

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EthicalAds
Google Ads/AdMob/AdSense

A developer-focused, privacy-obsessed ad network from the fine folks at Read the Docs. Source code can be found on GitHub.

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F5Bot
Google Alerts

Emails you when your selected keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters.

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Nextcloud
G Suite (enterprise cloud)

Nextcloud 19 now has Community Document Server and ONLYOFFICE apps integrated which allows self-hosted instances of docs/sheets/slides. Users are able to edit documents in real time. Thanks @k3tan172 and @plutocrat

Open-Xchange
G Suite (enterprise cloud)

A secure hosted email and productivity platform, designed for providers of all sizes to offer their customers email, calendar, storage, encryption and more.

Sandstorm
G Suite (enterprise cloud)

An open-source self-hosted web hosting platform for a wide set of web applications, including Etherpad (collaborative text editing), Radicale (calendar), Lychee (image hosting), Wekan (Kanban)

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Activepieces
Google Workflow

Open source no-code business and process automation tool. For example, you can set up a flow to receive Slack messages whenever a new Trello card is added.

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Joomla
Blogger/Sites

Self-hosted and open-source content management system (CMS).

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WriteFreely
Blogger/Sites

An open-source platform for building a writing space on the web.

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Write.as
Blogger/Sites

Free & paid hosting for WriteFreely, which is developed by the folks at Write.as.

WordPress self-hosted
Blogger/Sites

The open-source version of WordPress. A very popular tool and a recognized name.

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concrete5
Blogger/Sites

Open-source CMS.

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Noblogs
Blogger/Sites

A privacy/security focused blogging platform.

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Ghost
Blogger/Sites

Open-source modern CMS. Boasts "over 19x faster than WordPress". Thanks @peterge1998

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Bear Blog
Blogger/Sites

Privacy-first, no-nonsense blogging platform. No JavaScript, no stylesheets, no trackers — just your words. Tiny pages, custom domains, RSS. Source-available (not self-hostable as a multi-tenant platform).

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Haven
Blogger/Sites

FLOSS private blogging platform. Easy to self-host (standard rails app, ships with AWS and Raspberry Pi deployment scripts. AWS is not required). Access restricted to accounts which you create and hand out. Good for private blogs but not for commercial/public blogging. Built-in feed reader.

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Matomo
Analytics

(Matomo/parent company) - Open-source analytics platform. (thanks u/Newblik)

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Fathom
Analytics

Simple analytics for bloggers & businesses

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Plausible
Analytics

Open-source, privacy-focused web analytics.

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GoatCounter
Analytics

Simple web statistics. No tracking of personal data. open-source and may be self-hosted. Free for non-commercial use; paid plans available.

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Simple Analytics
Analytics

Great analytics with privacy and simplicity in mind. Paid plans only (with free trials).

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Alpina Web Analytics
Analytics

Simple, privacy-focused analytics with event tracking, real-time dashboard and filters. No cookie or localstorage usage. Servers in EU. Free and paid plans available.

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Shynet
Analytics

Shynet is a self-hosted analytics tool that doesn't make use of cookies. It is privacy focused and fully open-source. Thanks @woutfeys

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Supabase
Analytics

Supabase is an opensource alternative to Firebase. You can host for free on their platform, or you can self host. Thanks @woutfeys

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GoAccess
Analytics

An open-source web server analysis tool. Installs on your web server (ideally), but works just as well if you download your logs someplace else. Interactive; cursor around in the report and see what's going on. Can generate HTML reports. Can also generate realtime interactive HTML reports if you run it in server mode. Lightweight, only requires UTF-8 support and ncurses (ncursesw, if you want a UTF-8 enabled console). Available in the default package repositories of multiple Linux distros. Thanks @virtadpt

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Offen
Analytics

Open-source and self-hosted, Offen is a fair and lightweight web analytics alternative that treats operators and users as equal parties.

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Umami
Analytics

A simple, easy to use, open-source/self-hosted web analytics solution.

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Kindmetrics
Analytics

An open-source analytics tool. Landing page and company is based in Sweden, CDN in EU, Servers on Digitalocean (USA) datacenter in Germany.

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UXWizz
Analytics

Self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics, similar to Matomo but cheaper for premium features. Includes user segments, heatmaps, session recordings and A/B testing.

Piwik PRO
Analytics

An analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security.

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Panelbear
Analytics

Privacy-focused analytics + web performance monitoring.

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HockeyStack
Analytics

Offers cookieless tracking and no PII collected.

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Swetrix
Analytics

Privacy-focused, cookieless and selfhostable alternative to Google Analytics.

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Immich
Photos

Open-source, self-hosted photo and video backup designed as a direct Google Photos replacement, with mobile apps for Android and iOS that auto-upload to your own server. Includes albums, search, face recognition, and sharing.

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Photoprism
Photos

Self-hosted and open-source Personal Photo Management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow.

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LibrePhotos
Photos

A self-hosted open source photo management service. A fork of Ownphotos which has been discontinued in favor of LibrePhotos.

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Piwigo
Photos

Self-hosted and open-source cloud photo manager. You can also sign up for an "as a service" account.

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JottaCloud
Photos

Norway based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Thanks @mynamesleon

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Cryptee
Photos

Encrypted photo storage in a simple solution similar to Google Photos.

PhotoStructure
Photos

Self-hosted photo and video manager. Cross-platform (macOS, Windows, Linux, Docker). Scales to millions of assets, with automatic organization, auto-transcoding, and advanced de-duplication.

Lychee
Photos

An open-source self-hosted photo-management tool that includes built-in support for videos. Thanks @m0yP

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ente
Photos

A paid, cloud-based, open-source photo storage app with a focus on security and privacy. Apps are available for iOS, Android, web and desktop.

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Photoview
Photos

Self-hosted and open-source Personal Photo Management with options for face grouping, albums, sharing, automatic thumbnail generation, and map pins.

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Lomorage
Photos

Enables people to backup photos / videos from any devices to their own self-hosted server, and intelligently manages these personal assets via AI. Run the Lomorage server at your home, download mobile client to save the memories, and enjoy the moments.

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Lightning Calendar (Thunderbird)
Calendar

Developed by Mozilla Foundation and open-source. Integrates into Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

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ProtonCalendar
Calendar

Developed by ProtonMail. Free plan only supports 1 calendar. Allows importing of other calendar files. Has an Android app.

Tutanota Calendar
Calendar

Developed by Tutanota. Free cross-platform encrypted calendar. Allows importing of other Calendar files. Can't be synced to other calendar software.

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Fruux
Calendar

Open-source calendar using "sabre/dav" (FOSS WebDAV, CardDAV, and CalDAV). They mention privacy quite a bit on their site. Very large number of features, and supports nearly every device: Windows, iOS, Linux, Android, BlackBerry, SailFish, and also a webapp for browsers.

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Baïkal
Calendar

a lightweight CalDAV+CardDAV server. It offers an extensive web interface with easy management of users, address books and calendars. It is fast and simple to install and only needs a basic php capable server. The data can be stored in a MySQL or a SQLite database. Thanks @mahdi1234

Nextcloud
Calendar

Nextcloud also offers a calendar solution using CalDAV and CardDAV. Thanks @mahdi1234 for pointing this out.

Radicale
Calendar

Self-hosted calendar server written in Python. WebUI for desktop, CalDav/CardDav for mobile sync. Can use a reverse proxy with Nginx for HTTPS.

Mailfence Calendar
Calendar

Supports vCal/iCal import, export and can be accessed by using CalDAV. Users can share their calendars with group members and can also create polls.

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CryptPad
Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud)

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.

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Etherpad
Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud)

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.

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Cryptee
Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud)

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.

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LibreOffice Online
Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud)

Self-hosted instance of LibreOffice that you can run in your browser. Thanks @flubberding

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ONLYOFFICE
Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud)

Open-source private cloud replacement for Google Docs'suite and Office 360. Also available as a self contained rich application.

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Arcane Office
Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud)

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

LibreOffice
Docs/Sheets/Slides (offline)

Open-source offline document suites.

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LyX
Docs/Sheets/Slides (offline)

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.

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ONLYOFFICE
Docs/Sheets/Slides (offline)

Offline version of ONLYOFFICE, an open-source private cloud replacement for Google Docs suite and Office 360. Also available as a self contained rich application. Thanks @PalmoliveDev

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Cryptee
Docs/Sheets/Slides (offline)

Offline version of Cryptee for web. Runs as a progressive web app. Works most modern phone browsers (Chrome, Opera or Firefox on Android; Safari on iOS). Also works in desktop browsers that support PWA (the website lists that only Chrome works, but others will work too.

Calligra
Docs/Sheets/Slides (offline)

Calligra Suite is an office and graphic art suite by KDE. It is available for desktop PCs, tablet computers, and smartphones. It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, vector graphics, and editing databases. (Free and open-source Software)

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Njalla
Domains

Privacy-focused domain registration. Competitive pricing and a large list of available domain extensions. They also offer VPS hosting. Built by people who built The Pirate Bay among others. (thanks u/brais33 and u/HumbleBasis6). Note: some users may have issues with them legally owning your domain.

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Orangewebsite
Domains

An Iceland-based freedom of speech web hosting provider. They never actually ask for your name, at least when you pay in Bitcoin.

LibreDNS
Public DNS

A public encrypted DNS service that people can use to maintain the secrecy of their DNS traffic, but also circumvent censorship. It already supports DNS over HTTPS & DNS over TLS. They also operate a number of open-source projects

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ownCloud
Drive

Open-source and self-hosted. Provide your own storage.

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Nextcloud
Drive

Also self-hosted. Spin-off of ownCloud. Also offers Calendar and Contacts (thanks @chribre)

Syncthing
Drive

An open-source continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, whether it is shared with some third party, and how it's transmitted over the internet.

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Sia
Drive

Fully decentralized cloud storage.

Tresorit
Drive

Primarily meant for businesses, but offers a free version for individuals as well. Thanks u/xNick26

Sync
Drive

End-to-end encrypted Google Drive/Dropbox replacement.

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JottaCloud
Drive

Norway based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Thanks @mynamesleon

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seafile
Drive

Open-source and self-hosted file sync&share solution.

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Cozy Cloud
Drive

French based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Can also be self-hosted and is open-source. And it also offers a collaborative notes editor.

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Mailfence Documents
Drive

Documents can be accessed using WebDAV or edited online. Users can drag and drop files in folders and categorize them with tags.

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Filecloud Community Edition
Drive

Powerful, secure Dropbox-like enterprise class file sharing and sync solution for home or business.

Diode
Drive

For individuals and organizations who want to safeguard their digital sovereignty. It is a high security, end-to-end encrypted solution for file sharing, collaboration, and backup that prioritizes security and confidentiality.

Signal
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

Open-source secure messaging. Whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden recommends Signal.

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Tox
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

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".

Wire
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

Uses end-to-end encryption. Looks to be more of a corporate service with tiered plans.

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Element
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

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.

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Threema
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

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

Keybase
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

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, Zoom blog). Thanks @notpushkin & @multimob.

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Jitsi
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

Jitsi is an open-source secure video conferencing platform. No account is needed to use it, simply enter a Room Name to join or host a meeting. The host is able to kick rogue users from the call. Works directly in your browser, with apps available for iOS and Android. It is not necessary to self-host, but self-hosting is an option for those who wish to. Very low latency and easy to set up. A free public server is available at meet.jit.si. (5-eyes server)

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Jami
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

Audio / Video Calls, Conferences, Messaging app with peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted communications.

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Mumble
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

A free, open-source, low latency, high quality voice chat application.

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Session
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

Open-source. It is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that removes sensitive metadata collection. No phone number required to create an account.

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SimpleX Chat
Hangouts (text/video messaging)

Open-source messenger with no user identifiers at all — no phone number, username, or account ID — which removes the social graph a server could otherwise collect. Relay servers can be self-hosted. Apps for Android, iOS, and desktop.

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Forward Email
Gmail (mail service)

A free and open-source email forwarding service focused on a user's right to privacy.

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Protonmail
Gmail (mail service)

One of the top privacy-focused email providers. Servers are in Switzerland in an underground guarded bunker that they claim can "survive a nuclear attack". Privacy note: Visit Issue #258 for info on ProtonMail privacy & integrity concerns.

Tuta (formerly Tutanota)
Gmail (mail service)

Open-source and one of the top rated privacy-focused email providers. Located in Germany. Rebranded from Tutanota to Tuta; older tutanota.com links now redirect.

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Posteo
Gmail (mail service)

Completely anonymous mail provider located in Germany.

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mailbox.org
Gmail (mail service)

Paid email provider, also located in Germany.

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Disroot
Gmail (mail service)

Decentralized email service.

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StartMail
Gmail (mail service)

Operated by the same people who run StartPage.

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SimpleLogin
Gmail (mail service)

Open-source, self-hosted, and privacy focused email forwarding service.

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Migadu
Gmail (mail service)

Paid email provider, run from Switzerland with servers in France. Focus on privacy.

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Fastmail
Gmail (mail service)

Paid email provider, located in Australia and US.

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Runbox
Gmail (mail service)

Privacy focusued email provider. Thanks @petertorelli

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NextCloud
Gmail (mail service)

Nextcloud provides a webmail interface that can be used to access email from various providers. Thanks @je-vv

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Thexyz
Gmail (mail service)

Thexyz is a Canadian company offering privacy-conscious business email. Premium webmail costs USD $2.95 per month.

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Mailfence
Gmail (mail service)

A secure and private email provider much like Protonmail and Tutanota. There are no google analytics nor hidden cookies. There are options to pay anonymously via cryptocurrency. It features a wide array of collaboration tools, such as groups, calendar, contacts, documents with editing space. Offers free, paid, and freemium plans. Can pay with cryptocurrency and has a warrant canary. Thanks @resto1231

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Anonaddy
Gmail (mail service)

Open-source Anonymous forwarding email service. Forwarded email can be encrypted (OpenPGP) to prevent Google from reading it. Accepts cryptocurrencies (including Monero).

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Mail-in-a-Box
Gmail (mail service)

Open-source self-hosted easy-to-deploy mail server in a box.

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Joplin
Keep

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).

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Standard Notes
Keep

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.

F-Droid
Turtl
Keep

Encrypted collaborative notebook with possibility of running your own server.

QOwnNotes
Keep

Open-source file editor with Markdown support. (thanks u/maqp2)

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GitJournal
Keep

Your Markdown notes stores in any Git Repo. Available for both Android (Play Store) and iOS.

Nextcloud Notes
Keep

A distraction free notes taking app for Nextcloud. It provides categories for better organization and supports formatting using Markdown syntax. Notes are saved as files in your Nextcloud, so you can view and edit them with every Nextcloud client.

TiddlyWiki
Keep

An open-source personal note-taking system that can run in the browser as a single HTML file or as a NodeJS application. It can be stored locally on a hard drive or removable drive, self-hosted on one's own server, or use various web-based storage options.

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Notesnook
Keep

A truly zero-knowledge note taking app, encrypted using XChaChaPoly1305-IETF & Argon2. It is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and has browser extensions too. It is not self-hostable and follows a freemium model.

Jellyfin
Play Music, Movies, & TV

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).

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Funkwhale
Play Music, Movies, & TV

Self-hosted, decentralized music service. Provide your own audio. (thanks u/DashEquals)

Airsonic
Play Music, Movies, & TV

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.

open-source
Music Player Daemon
Play Music, Movies, & TV

A "flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music".

Popcorn Time
Play Music, Movies, & TV

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

open-source
Nuclear Music Player
Play Music, Movies, & TV

Streaming music player that finds music from free sources automatically.

Tribler
Play Music, Movies, & TV

Open-source peer-to-peer file sharing that provides a "Youtube"-like streaming experience. Tribler uses Tor-like onion routing to protect the privacy of its users.

open-source
Ampache
Play Music, Movies, & TV

Open-source and self-hosted web based media manager and media server. API available to allow usage on various platforms. On-the-fly transcoding available. Supports both music and video.

open-source
Bunny Fonts
Fonts

Privacy-first drop-in replacement for Google Fonts (swap the CSS hostname and you're done). Zero logging, no cookies, GDPR-oriented. Run by BunnyWay d.o.o. in Slovenia (EU). Fonts delivered via bunny.net's CDN.

Open Font Library
Fonts

Lots of Serif and Sans-Serif fonts that can be directly embedded into a website.

5-eyes
google webfonts helper
Fonts

Hassle-free way for webmasters to self-host open-source fonts from Google Fonts

5-eyesopen-source
Fontsource
Fonts

Self-host Open Source fonts in neatly bundled NPM packages.

5-eyesopen-source
Moodle
Classroom

Self-hosted open-source Classroom software for schools. Very powerful. Thanks @jankapunkt

open-source
ILIAS
Classroom

Another self-hosted open-source classroom software. Thanks again to @jankapunkt

open-source
Canvas
Classroom

Paid service by Instructure. Also available as a self-hosted, open-source option. To ensure privacy, use the self-hosted option.

open-source
OpenStreetMap
Maps/Street View

Collaborative project to create a free, editable map of the world (from Wikipedia). Completely crowdsourced. Very strong alternative to Maps.

9-eyes
Qwant Maps
Maps/Street View

Maps from the makers of Qwant search engine. Thanks @mynamesleon

Benmaps
Maps/Street View

Another maps alternative based on OpenStreetMap. Thanks @dimqua

Transportr
Transit

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

open-source
Formms
Forms

Free AI form builder (mobile-first Google Forms alternative). Describe what you need, AI drafts the questions, share a short link or QR code, and read responses on your phone. Unlimited responses on the free tier; can import Google Forms / Typeform / Tally. CSV export. Responses are private to your account and sent over encrypted connections (not end-to-end encrypted).

BlockSurvey
Forms

BlockSurvey enables digital rights (identity and data ownership) to users using Blockstack's blockchain. Users truly own their data with BlockSurvey. All your data is protected using your key and only you can access it. There are no trackers, cookies, or fingerprints on the forms of data providers. Thanks @compressstudio

Budibase
AppSheet

Budibase is an open-source low-code platform that helps IT professionals create internal apps in minutes. Users can deploy Budibase on their existing infrastructure, using Docker, Kubernetes, and Digital Ocean.

9-eyesopen-source
Bitwarden
Chrome Password Manager

Open-source password manager with a generous free tier, apps for every major platform, and browser extensions. Can be self-hosted, and the clients have been independently audited.

5-eyesopen-source
Vaultwarden
Chrome Password Manager

An unofficial, lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust. Works with the official Bitwarden clients while being far cheaper to self-host than the official server.

open-source
KeePassXC
Chrome Password Manager

Open-source, fully offline password manager storing everything in a local encrypted KDBX file. No cloud account of any kind; sync the database yourself with Syncthing or Nextcloud if you want it on multiple devices.

open-source
Proton Pass
Chrome Password Manager

End-to-end encrypted password manager from Proton, based in Switzerland. Free and paid tiers, with open-source clients and built-in email alias support.

open-source
Psono
Chrome Password Manager

Open-source, self-hostable password manager aimed at teams, with granular sharing and access controls. Free self-hosted community edition plus paid hosted plans.

14-eyesopen-source
EteSync
Bulk Services

For Calendar & Keep. Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes.

open-source

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About this site

DeGoogle Directory is a searchable list of privacy-respecting alternatives to Google products: search engines, cloud storage, mobile OSes, password managers, browser extensions, and more.

Based on tycrek/degoogle. The original repo is archived; this directory is personally maintained and open to new suggestions.

Credit for the original list goes to tycrek and the people under the heart icon. This site isn’t affiliated with them.

Last updated .

Contributors

Personally maintained by Mighil. New suggestions welcome.

DeGoogle Directory suggestions:

  • Bruno (Uruky),
  • mighil.local (Bunny Fonts),

Below are the original contributors to tycrek/degoogle.

GitHub:

Reddit:

  • u/SheepKid12
  • u/yieldingTemporarily
  • u/R0B0LUT10N
  • u/rudolf323
  • u/Sheezdudeln
  • u/up-sky-7
  • u/Newblik
  • u/brais33
  • u/HumbleBasis6
  • u/eA8KESARaW6iqCpHsbE4
  • u/poto-tomato
  • u/itsec_ho
  • u/steamport
  • u/Safe_Airport
  • u/privacyfreak555
  • u/OfficialJohnGL4
  • u/SupremeLisper
  • u/wesaphzt
  • u/SomeoneWannaBe
  • u/droidonomy
  • u/Kentto7
  • u/bilange
  • u/aoeudhtns
  • u/rightknobhead
  • u/FrontierPsycho
  • u/Abaddon182
  • u/xNick26
  • u/maqp2
  • u/consentio
  • u/masao77
  • u/-Choose-A-User-
  • u/EbonixCo
  • u/TheCy-FiJuggernaut

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