awesome-privacy
A curated list of tools and services that respect your privacy.
https://github.com/paulaime/awesome-privacy
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Gaming
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Video transcoders
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Project management
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Graphic design
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Wiki
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Web development
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Code editors
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FTP clients
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Version control
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Terminal emulators
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Document viewers
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Metadata removal
- Okular
- SumatraPDF - format reader for Windows.
- MuPDF
- Skim - taker for macOS.
- zathura
- Evince
- Document Viewer
- PDF Viewer Plus
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Office
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Metadata removal
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Note-taking
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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.
- Paperwork - source, self-hosted alternative to services like Evernote, OneNote or Google Keep.
- QOwnNotes
- Carnet
- Standard Notes - taking app.
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Social networks
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Reddit
- Phuks
- Raddle - based forum where users submit links, pictures, posts, etc.
- Lemmy
- Ruqqus
- SaidIt
- Tildes - profit community site driven by its users' interests.
- Aether - to-peer ephemeral public communities.
- Slide - iOS) and Android.
- Infinity - rich Reddit client for Android.
- RedReader
- Raddle - based forum where users submit links, pictures, posts, etc.
- SaidIt
- Ruqqus
- Phuks
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Facebook
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Twitter
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YouTube
- PeerTube
- LBRY - run alternative to big tech.
- Odysee
- DTube - featured and decentralized video sharing website.
- FreeTube
- NewPipe
- SongTube - free YouTube client for Android.
- SkyTube - source YouTube app for Android.
- Piped - friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.
- Invidious - focused alternative front-end to YouTube.
- DTube - featured and decentralized video sharing website.
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Instagram
- PixelFed
- Barinsta - friendly alternative Instagram client for Android.
- Bibliogram - free Instagram front-end.
- Barinsta - friendly alternative Instagram client for Android.
- Bibliogram - free Instagram front-end.
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Cloud storage
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Media streaming
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Video
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Music
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Maps and navigation
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Metadata removal
- OpenStreetMaps
- OsmAnd
- MAPS.ME - platform offline maps application.
- Magic Earth
- OpenStreetMaps
- MAPS.ME - platform offline maps application.
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Search engines
- DuckDuckGo - based search engine that respects the privacy of its users.
- Startpage
- Searx - source, self-hostable, metasearch engine.
- Mojeek
- Qwant
- YaCy
- Swisscows
- DuckDuckGo - based search engine that respects the privacy of its users.
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Web browsers
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Cross-platform
- Firefox
- Tor Browser - ons, encryption, and an advanced proxy.
- Ungoogled Chromium - in Google services or background processes.
- Ungoogled Chromium - in Google services or background processes.
- Mullvad Browser
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For Android
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For iOS
- Onion Browser - source browser that lets you browse the web anonymously over the Tor network.
- SnowHaze - source web browser with built-in ad, tracker, cookie, and fingerprint blocking.
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser - source web browser that has built-in ad and tracker blocking.
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Extensions
- Privacy Badger
- HTTPS Everywhere
- NoScript
- LocalCDN
- SponsorBlock
- Multi-Account Containers - US/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/) to create and manage containers in Firefox.
- Snowflake
- Cookie Autodelete
- ToS;Dr
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Email
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Providers
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Clients
- Thunderbird - platform, free and open source email application made by Mozilla.
- Canary Mail
- Geary
- Evolution
- Claws Mail
- KMail
- K-9 Mail
- FairEmail
- Kube
- p≡p
- Thunderbird - platform, free and open source email application made by Mozilla.
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Encryption
- GnuPG
- GPG Suite - end for macOS.
- GPG4Win - end for Windows.
- Mailvelope
- Enigmail
- Mailvelope
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Aliases
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Temporary email
- Maildrop - mail addresses service.
- 10 Minute Mail
- erine.email
- Mailsac
- inboxkitten
- 10 Minute Mail
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Self-hosting
- Mail-in-a-Box - to-deploy mail server in a box.
- mailcow
- Roundcube - based IMAP email client.
- Mailpile - mail client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features.
- RainLoop - based email client.
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Markdown editors
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Terminal emulators
- Typora
- Mark Text
- Zettlr
- MacDown
- Abricotine - source markdown editor built for desktop.
- ghostwriter - free Markdown editor for Windows and Linux.
- Mark Text
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Operating systems
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User-friendly OS
- Ubuntu - friendly Linux distribution developed by Canonical.
- Fedora Workstation - friendly, and powerful operating system.
- Linux Mint
- Manjaro - source operating system.
- openSUSE
- Solus
- Pop!₋OS
- KDE Neon - solid base.
- EndeavourOS
- openSUSE
- Ubuntu - friendly Linux distribution developed by Canonical.
- EndeavourOS
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Advanced OS
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Privacy oriented OS
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Mobile OS
- GrapheneOS - focused mobile operating system for Pixel phones built on top of AOSP.
- CalyxOS
- LineageOS
- 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.
- microG - implementation of Google’s proprietary Android apps and libraries.
- CalyxOS
- Ubuntu Touch - source operating system for smartphones and tablets based on Ubuntu.
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Encryption
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Hosting providers
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Reddit
- Njalla - aware domain and VPS service.
- Exoscale
- Greenhost
- 1984 Hosting
- FlokiNET
- Infomaniak
- Namecheap
- Bahnhof - performance and secure cloud solutions.
- OrangeWebsite
- Bahnhof - performance and secure cloud solutions.
- 1984 Hosting
- Namecheap
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DNS
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VPN
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Ad blockers
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Reddit
- AdAway
- AdGuard - platform app to get rid of intrusive ads and online tracking.
- Blokada
- Better Blocker
- Pi-hole - wide ad blocking solution.
- RethinkDNS + Firewall
- uBlock Origin
- Better Blocker
- DNS66 - based host blocker for Android.
- RethinkDNS + Firewall
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Firewalls
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Reddit
- NetGuard
- simplewall
- Douane
- LuLu - source firewall that aims to block unknown outgoing connections on your Mac.
- OpenSnitch
- simplewall
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Password managers
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Reddit
- Bitwarden
- KeePassXC - platform open source password manager.
- KeePassDX
- MacPass
- KeePassDroid
- KeeWeb
- LessPass
- Master Password
- Buttercup
- Padloc - to-end encrypted password manager.
- KeePass2Android
- LessPass
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Contacts and calendars
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Reddit
- EteSync - to-end encrypted sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes.
- fruux
- Lightning Calendar
- Simple Calendar
- Nextcloud Calendar
- KOrganizer
- KAddressBook
- Etar Calendar
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To-do lists
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Terminal emulators
- Org mode - do lists, planning projects, and more.
- Tasks - source to-do lists & reminders app for Android.
- Super Productivity - do list, time tracker and personal Jira/Github task manager.
- Condution - do list and project management system.
- Condution - do list and project management system.
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Photo
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Android camera
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Photo storage
- Piwigo
- PhotoPrism
- Stingle Photos
- Cryptee
- Lychee - hosted photo-management tool.
- Netxcloud Photos
- LibrePhotos - hosted alternative to Google Photos based on Ownphotos.
- Stingle Photos
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Photo management
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Image editing
- Darktable
- RawTherapee - platform raw image processing program.
- Filmulator
- Darktable
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Metadata removal
- ExifCleaner
- mat2
- Scrambled Exif
- Imagepipe - tags when sharing images.
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Ebook readers
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Metadata removal
- Calibre - book needs.
- Librera Reader - Format eBook Reader for Android.
- KOReader
- Thorium Reader
- Calibre Web
- Foliate
- Bookworm
- Duofolio
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Media players
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Music
- Strawberry
- Audacious
- Rhythmbox
- DeaDBeeF - platform and modular audio player.
- Elisa
- Vanilla Music
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Video
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Podcast
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Instant messaging
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Podcast
- Signal - to-end encrypted voice/video calls and messaging app for all platforms.
- Threema
- Briar - to-peer encrypted messaging app for Android.
- Conversations
- Ricochet
- Session - to-end encrypted messenger that minimises sensitive metadata.
- Tox
- Delta Chat - mail server network.
- Delta Chat - mail server network.
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Video and voice calling
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Podcast
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Team communication
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Podcast
- Rocket.chat - time.
- Mattermost
- Zulip
- Dino
- Big Blue Button - A free, open source, web conferencing system for online learning.
- Element - in-one secure chat app for teams, friends and organisations.
- Big Blue Button - A free, open source, web conferencing system for online learning.
- Rocket.chat - time.
- Element - in-one secure chat app for teams, friends and organisations.
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Screen recording
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Metadata removal
- OBS Studio
- SimpleScreenRecorder
- Kazam
- Kap - source screen recorder built with web technology.
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Screenshot utilities
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Translation
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Metadata removal
- Apertium - source machine translation platform.
- LibreTranslate
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Blogging platforms
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Website analytics
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Metadata removal
- Matomo
- GoAccess - time web log analyzer and interactive viewer.
- Fathom - weight, privacy-first alternative to Google Analytics.
- Simple Analytics
- umami
- Offen
- Fathom - weight, privacy-first alternative to Google Analytics.
- Shynet - friendly, and detailed web analytics that works without cookies or JS.
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Fonts
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Metadata removal
- Font Squirrel - use licenses.
- Open Font Library
- Brick - source webfont service.
- Font Squirrel - use licenses.
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Android keyboards
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Metadata removal
- AnySoftKeyboard
- Simple Keyboard
- Hacker's Keyboard
- kboard - A keyboard designed for fast responses.
- OpenBoard
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Android app stores
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Metadata removal
- F-Droid
- AuroraDroid - Droid.
- G-Droid - end client for the F-Droid app-repository.
- Foxy Droid - Droid client in the style of the classic one.
- Aurora Store
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Mobile security
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Metadata removal
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Two-factor authentication
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Metadata removal
- FreeOTP - factor authentication application for systems utilizing one-time password protocols.
- Aegis - step verification tokens.
- Tofu Authenticator - to-use, open-source two-factor authentication app for iOS.
- Authenticator - factor authentication client for iOS.
- andOTP - factor authentication app for Android.
- Tofu Authenticator - to-use, open-source two-factor authentication app for iOS.
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URL shorteners
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System optimizers
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Metadata removal
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BitTorrent clients
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Metadata removal
- Transmission - platform BitTorrent client.
- qBittorent - source software alternative to µTorrent.
- Deluge - platform BitTorrent client.
- WebTorrent - platform desktop app for streaming torrents.
- rTorrent - line BitTorrent client.
- LibreTorrent
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Video editors
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Backup tools
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Metadata removal
- Duplicati
- BorgBackup
- UrBackup
- Timeshift
- Cronopete
- ArchiveBox - hosted internet archiving solution to preserve websites offline.
- Déjà Dup
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Other
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Metadata removal
- Zero Data App
- Budget Zen - to-end encrypted budget and expense managemer (also open source).
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Programming Languages
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Social networks
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Email
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Gaming
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Operating systems
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Photo
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Web development
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Web browsers
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Media streaming
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Graphic design
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Media players
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Hosting providers
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Password managers
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Note-taking
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Encryption
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Ad blockers
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Instant messaging
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Team communication
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Website analytics
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Document viewers
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Search engines
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Ebook readers
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Contacts and calendars
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DNS
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Blogging platforms
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Backup tools
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Markdown editors
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BitTorrent clients
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Video transcoders
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Office
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Video and voice calling
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Wiki
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Maps and navigation
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Firewalls
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Two-factor authentication
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Cloud storage
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Android app stores
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Screenshot utilities
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Android keyboards
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Video editors
5
System optimizers
5
Mobile security
5
To-do lists
5
Screen recording
4
Fonts
4
Project management
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URL shorteners
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VPN
3
Translation
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Other
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Sub Categories
Metadata removal
167
Reddit
87
Podcast
37
Terminal emulators
28
Music
17
Code editors
12
User-friendly OS
12
Mobile OS
11
YouTube
11
Clients
11
Video
10
Extensions
9
Photo storage
8
Photo management
7
Providers
7
Twitter
6
Version control
6
Encryption
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Temporary email
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Privacy oriented OS
6
Advanced OS
5
Self-hosting
5
Cross-platform
5
Instagram
5
Image editing
4
For Android
4
Android camera
4
Facebook
4
Aliases
4
For iOS
3
FTP clients
3
Keywords
android
12
linux
5
epub
4
security
3
python
3
privacy
3
ebook-reader
3
android-app
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rss
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self-hosted
2
torrent-client
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youtube
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pdf-viewer
2
torrent
2
mobi
2
java
2
reddit
2
windows
2
macos
2
rust
2
editor
2
invidious
2
chromium
2
monitoring
2
material-design
2
photos
2
firefox
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django
2
image
2
gtk
2
kotlin
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bsd
1
gpu
1
keepass2android
1
opengl
1
keepass2
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vscode
1
password-manager
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calendar
1
open-source-licensing
1
ide
1
floss
1
machine-learning
1
exif
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vuejs
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vue
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slideshow
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pictures
1
picture-gallery
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photo-gallery
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