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awesome-ad-free

Curated list of ad-free alternatives to popular services on the web
https://github.com/johnjago/awesome-ad-free

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  • Alternatives

    • Blogs

    • Communication

      • FastMail - Reliable business email with no data lock-in.
      • Jami - Telephone, teleconferencing, and media sharing through a distributed service.
      • Jitsi Meet - Secure video conferencing and desktop sharing using WebRTC.
      • ProtonMail - Free encrypted email.
      • Signal - Private messaging and calling for desktop, Android, and iOS.
      • Telegram - Cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.
      • Tox - Encrypted and distributed messaging platform with voice, video, and screen sharing.
      • Wire - Text, audio, and video communication with end-to-end encryption.
      • Write.as - Blogging platform that allows you to publish ideas without distraction.
      • ProtonMail - Free encrypted email.
      • Signal - Private messaging and calling for desktop, Android, and iOS.
    • File Sharing

      • Mega - 50 GB of secure free storage (in which 35 GB will expire after 30 days). Files are encrypted client-side. More (non-permanent) space can be claimed from achievements.
      • qBittorrent - Free and open source BitTorrent client.
    • Mobile Apps

      • Bible - Bible reader with many versions and languages to choose from.
      • Simple Mobile Tools - Open source Android utilities: gallery, contacts, calendar, and more.
      • Amaze File Manager - Open source, Material Design file explorer for Android devices.
      • Amaze File Manager - Open source, Material Design file explorer for Android devices.
    • Music

      • Libre.fm - Stream, download, remix, and share music for free.
      • mStream - Suite of software for syncing and streaming music across multiple devices.
      • mStream - Suite of software for syncing and streaming music across multiple devices.
    • Other

      • Disroot - Collection of ethical alternatives to email, cloud storage, collaborative document editing, and more.
      • Disroot - Collection of ethical alternatives to email, cloud storage, collaborative document editing, and more.
    • Publications

      • Adbusters - Magazine about the takeover of psychological, physical, and cultural environments by commercial forces.
      • Aeon - Digital magazine that publishes original thinking on science, philosophy, society, and the arts.
      • Armstrong Economics - Educational blog about markets and the global economy.
      • Common Dreams - Progressive news website.
      • Consumerist - Independent source of consumer news and information.
      • Ello - Media platform for creators and artists that does not sell user data.
      • Popular Resistance - Independent, nonviolent, and diverse movements to end the power of concentrated wealth and put human needs before corporate greed.
      • RealSport - Fans write articles on football, basketball, cricket, e-sports, motorsports, and most other sports out there. This site is committed to maintaining an experience free of pop-ups, fake news, click-bait, and ads.
      • The Conversation - High quality, authenticated, explanatory journalism funded by universities.
      • The Conversation - High quality, authenticated, explanatory journalism funded by universities.
    • Reference

      • OpenStreetMap - Map of the world created by users and released under an open license.
      • Wikipedia - Encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
      • Wiktionary - Dictionary that anyone can edit.
      • Weather.gov - Weather reports for places in the United States.
      • OpenStreetMap - Map of the world created by users and released under an open license.
      • Weather.gov - Weather reports for places in the United States.
    • Social

      • Are.na - Visual platform to help you think about and organize online content.
      • diaspora* - Feeds, likes, profiles, and tags; you are in control of your data.
      • GNUsocial.no - Allows users to connect and share with each other; expenses are covered by donations.
      • Libranet - Popular site running friendica, a federated Facebook-style social network.
      • Lobsters - Simple link aggregation site with explanations required to downvote.
      • Manyverse - Off the grid social network.
      • Mastodon - Decentralized microblogging platform similar to Twitter.
      • PixelFed - Essentially Instagram without ads, trackers, or modified timelines.
      • GNUsocial.no - Allows users to connect and share with each other; expenses are covered by donations.
      • Mastodon - Decentralized microblogging platform similar to Twitter.
    • Utilities

      • Etherpad - Collaborative document editing in real-time.
      • ProtectedText - Online encrypted notepad with storage and no sign up.
    • Web Apps

      • Cloverleaf - An open source app to replace your password manager without storing your passwords anywhere.
      • bundlejs - A quick and easy way to bundle, minify, and compress (gzip and brotli) your ts, js, jsx and npm projects all online, while returning the final bundle file size.
      • Cloverleaf - An open source app to replace your password manager without storing your passwords anywhere.
      • bundlejs - A quick and easy way to bundle, minify, and compress (gzip and brotli) your ts, js, jsx and npm projects all online, while returning the final bundle file size.
  • Resources

  • No longer maintained

    • Talks

      • No More Ads - Practical advice for an ad-free internet. ([Wayback Machine archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20190121234844/https://nomoreads.org/))
      • Voltra - DRM-free music listening and discovery software that supports artists directly.
      • Art Not Ads - Artists creating change in the urban landscape, but not by going after the ads themselves. ([Wayback Machine archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20190111233537/http://artnotads.org/))
      • Goblin Refuge - Video and image sharing service powered by MediaGoblin. ([Wayback Machine archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20190512071500/https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/))