awesome-privacy

A curated list of tools and services that respect your privacy.
https://github.com/dishantsinghdev2/awesome-privacy

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Ad blockers
- Reddit
  - AdAway
  - AdGuard - platform app to get rid of intrusive ads and online tracking.
  - Blokada
  - Better Blocker
  - DNS66 - based host blocker for Android.
  - Pi-hole - wide ad blocking solution.
  - RethinkDNS + Firewall
Android app stores
- Metadata removal
  - F-Droid
  - AuroraDroid - Droid.
  - Foxy Droid - Droid client in the style of the classic one.
  - Aurora Store
Android keyboards
- Metadata removal
  - OpenBoard
  - AnySoftKeyboard
  - Simple Keyboard
  - Hacker's Keyboard
  - kboard - A keyboard designed for fast responses.
Backup tools
- Metadata removal
  - Déjà Dup
  - Timeshift
  - Cronopete
  - BorgBackup
  - UrBackup
  - ArchiveBox - hosted internet archiving solution to preserve websites offline.
BitTorrent clients
- Metadata removal
  - Transmission - platform BitTorrent client.
  - qBittorent - source software alternative to µTorrent.
  - Deluge - platform BitTorrent client.
  - rTorrent - line BitTorrent client.
  - WebTorrent - platform desktop app for streaming torrents.
  - LibreTorrent
Blogging platforms
- Metadata removal
  - WordPress
  - Ghost
  - Grav - file CMS.
  - Plume
  - Telescope
  - Bear - first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform.
Cloud storage
- Reddit
  - NextCloud - hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control.
  - CryptPad
  - Seafile
  - Tresorit - to-end encrypted file sync and sharing solution.
Contacts and calendars
- Reddit
  - EteSync - to-end encrypted sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes.
  - fruux
  - Lightning Calendar
  - Etar Calendar
  - Simple Calendar
  - Nextcloud Calendar
  - KOrganizer
  - KAddressBook
DNS
- Reddit
  - DNSCrypt
  - Unbound
  - dnscrypt-proxy
  - Nebulo - source Android client supporting DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS.
  - DNSCloak - proxy 2.
Document viewers
- Metadata removal
  - Okular
  - Skim - taker for macOS.
  - zathura
  - Evince
  - Document Viewer
Ebook readers
- Metadata removal
Email
- Aliases
  - SimpleLogin
- Clients
  - Thunderbird - platform, free and open source email application made by Mozilla.
  - Geary
  - Evolution
  - Claws Mail
  - KMail
  - FairEmail
  - p≡p
  - Kube
- Encryption
  - GPG Suite - end for macOS.
  - Enigmail
  - Mailvelope
- Providers
- Self-hosting
  - Mail-in-a-Box - to-deploy mail server in a box.
  - mailcow
  - RainLoop - based email client.
- Temporary email
  - FreeCustom.Email - Free and open source disposable e-mail addresses service.
  - Maildrop - mail addresses service.
  - 10 Minute Mail
  - Mailsac
Encryption
- Reddit
  - Cryptomator
  - VeraCrypt
  - Kryptor
  - 7-Zip - source file archiver.
  - Hat.sh
  - Tomb
  - LUKS
  - StegCloak
Firewalls
- Reddit
Fonts
- Metadata removal
  - Font Squirrel - use licenses.
  - Brick - source webfont service.
Gaming
- Metadata removal
  - Lutris
  - itch.io
  - Playnite
  - GameHub
  - PlayOnLinux
  - RetroArch
  - OpenEmu
  - Pegasus
  - Ludo
Graphic design
- Metadata removal
  - Inkscape
  - MyPaint
  - Akira
  - Pencil Project - source GUI prototyping tool.
  - Penpot - domain teams.
  - Scribus
  - Seashore
Hosting providers
- Reddit
  - Bahnhof - performance and secure cloud solutions.
  - Njalla - aware domain and VPS service.
  - Exoscale
  - Greenhost
  - 1984 Hosting
  - OrangeWebsite
  - FlokiNET
  - Namecheap
Instant messaging
- Podcast
  - Element - in-one secure chat app for teams, friends and organisations.
  - Conversations
  - Ricochet
  - Session - to-end encrypted messenger that minimises sensitive metadata.
  - Tox
  - Delta Chat - mail server network.
Maps and navigation
- Metadata removal
  - OpenStreetMaps
  - MAPS.ME - platform offline maps application.
Markdown editors
- Terminal emulators
  - Typora
  - Mark Text
  - Abricotine - source markdown editor built for desktop.
  - ghostwriter - free Markdown editor for Windows and Linux.
Media players
- Music
  - Strawberry
  - Audacious
  - Rhythmbox
  - DeaDBeeF - platform and modular audio player.
  - Vanilla Music
  - Elisa
- Podcast
- Video
  - VLC - platform multimedia player.
  - MPV - platform media player.
  - MPC-BE
Media streaming
- Music
  - Funkwhale
  - Ampache
  - koel
  - Sonerezh - hosted, web-based application to stream your music everywhere.
  - Nuclear
  - Audius - owned music-sharing protocol and app.
  - Radio4000
- Video
  - Kodi
  - Streamio
  - Owncast - hosted live video and web chat server.
Mobile security
- Metadata removal
  - Orbot
Note-taking
- Terminal emulators
  - Standard Notes - taking app.
  - Joplin - taking and to-do application.
  - Turtl
  - Carnet
  - QOwnNotes
  - Boost Note
  - Paperwork - source, self-hosted alternative to services like Evernote, OneNote or Google Keep.
Office
- Metadata removal
Operating systems
- Advanced OS
  - Arch Linux
  - Debian
  - Void Linux
  - GhostBSD
- Mobile OS
  - Ubuntu Touch - source operating system for smartphones and tablets based on Ubuntu.
  - Plasma Mobile - respecting, open source and secure phone ecosystem based on KDE Plasma.
  - postmarketOS
  - /e/
  - PureOS
  - microG - implementation of Google’s proprietary Android apps and libraries.
- Privacy oriented OS
  - Tails
  - Alpine Linux - oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.
  - Parrot OS
- User-friendly OS
  - Ubuntu - friendly Linux distribution developed by Canonical.
  - Fedora Workstation - friendly, and powerful operating system.
  - Manjaro - source operating system.
  - openSUSE
  - Pop!₋OS
  - KDE Neon - solid base.
  - EndeavourOS
Other
- Metadata removal
  - Zero Data App
  - Budget Zen - to-end encrypted budget and expense managemer (also open source).
Password managers
- Reddit
  - KeePassXC - platform open source password manager.
  - KeePassDX
  - MacPass
  - KeePass2Android
  - KeePassDroid
  - LessPass
  - Master Password
  - Buttercup
  - Padloc - to-end encrypted password manager.
Photo
- Android camera

Programming Languages

Java 11 Python 7 Kotlin 4 JavaScript 3 Vala 3 C++ 3 Objective-C 2 Rust 2 C 1 Fluent 1

Categories

Social networks 26 Photo 24 Email 23 Operating systems 20 Web browsers 18 Media players 12 Media streaming 10 Web development 10 Gaming 9 Password managers 9 Encryption 8 Contacts and calendars 8 Hosting providers 8 Graphic design 7 Ad blockers 7 Note-taking 7 BitTorrent clients 6 Instant messaging 6 Search engines 6 Backup tools 6 Blogging platforms 6 Website analytics 5 Document viewers 5 Two-factor authentication 5 Android keyboards 5 DNS 5 Ebook readers 5 Video and voice calling 4 System optimizers 4 Project management 4 Team communication 4 Android app stores 4 Markdown editors 4 Wiki 4 Cloud storage 4 Office 3 Video transcoders 3 Firewalls 3 Screen recording 3 Other 2 URL shorteners 2 Maps and navigation 2 Translation 2 Fonts 2 Video editors 2 To-do lists 2 VPN 1 Screenshot utilities 1 Mobile security 1

Sub Categories

Metadata removal 94 Reddit 61 Podcast 25 Terminal emulators 17 Music 13 Extensions 10 YouTube 9 Clients 8 User-friendly OS 7 Photo storage 6 Photo management 6 Mobile OS 6 Video 6 Code editors 5 Image editing 5 Advanced OS 4 Twitter 4 Temporary email 4 For Android 4 Providers 4 Self-hosting 3 Android camera 3 Privacy oriented OS 3 Facebook 3 Encryption 3 Cross-platform 2 For iOS 2 Instagram 2 Version control 1 Aliases 1

Keywords

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