web based products: search and images: - title: Search (web, images) - name: DuckDuckGo url: https://duckduckgo.com/ eyes: 5 text: | One of the best privacy-focused search engines. Domain is hosted in USA which could potentially be problematic for some. - name: Startpage url: https://www.startpage.com/ eyes: 9 text: | 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](https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/12). Thanks @pydo, @ThijsRay, and @DatAres37. Also see [this comment in Issue #99](https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/99#issuecomment-616224650) from @danarel on Startpage. - name: searx.me url: https://searx.me/ eyes: null text: | [Open-source](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx) (thanks for clarification u/Sheezdudeln) privacy search engine. Domain hosted in Germany. - name: MetaGer url: https://metager.org/about eyes: 14 text: | MetaGer is the search engine project from the registered nonprofit organization SUMA E.V. in Germany. - name: Qwant url: https://www.qwant.com/ eyes: 9 text: | Major improvements since 2018's guide. *would prefer better info other than an outdated reference* - name: Swisscows url: https://swisscows.ch eyes: null text: | A Swiss search engine that offers a unique search experience for the web, images,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](https://swisscows.ch/en/datacenter), it's really interesting. - name: Mojeek url: https://www.mojeek.com/ eyes: 5 text: | 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. - name: Ekoru url: https://ekoru.org/ eyes: null text: | Privacy focused search engine that also aims to clean up the oceans. Thanks @mynamesleon - name: Cyberd url: https://cyber.page/ eyes: null text: | 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. Please see their [ELI-5 FAQ](https://github.com/cybercongress/congress/blob/master/ecosystem/ELI-5%20FAQ.md) for more info. - name: Infinity Search url: https://infinitysearch.co/ eyes: 5 text: | 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. youtube: - title: YouTube - name: PeerTube url: https://joinpeertube.org/ eyes: null text: | Decentralized video hosting network. Still quite small, but is growing and has a dedicated community. - name: BitChute url: https://www.bitchute.com/ eyes: 5 text: | 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) - name: DTube url: https://d.tube/ eyes: null text: | Looks very similar to YouTube. Advertised as "first crypt-decentralized video-platform". Built on Steemit and IPFS. - name: Bit.tube url: https://bit.tube/ eyes: null text: | Appears to be a crypto-powered decentralized video sharing service. (thanks u/rudolf323) - name: Invidious url: https://invidio.us/ eyes: null text: | An [open-source](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious) 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). - name: Hooktube url: https://hooktube.com/ eyes: null text: | A slightly better way to use actual YouTube. (Use as a "last resort") - name: LBRY url: https://lbry.com/ eyes: null text: | 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. - name: US.TV url: https://us.tv/ eyes: null text: | PeerTube instance hosted by Epik.com. news: - title: News - name: Local newspaper url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_newspapers_by_country eyes: null text: | Support independent and qualitative journalism in your community. - name: AllSides url: https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news eyes: null text: | Unbiased news source (primarily for US politics). Thanks @jeanofthedead - name: "*Feeder*" url: https://f-droid.org/app/com.nononsenseapps.feeder eyes: null text: | Use good old-fashioned RSS feeds with Feeder (available from F-Droid) #TODO: Groups groups: - title: Groups translate: - title: Translate - name: DeepL url: https://deepl.com/ eyes: 14 text: | DeepL is an artifical intelligence translation service. *Editor note: The site server seems to be hosted in Finland, yet the company lists itself as [a company based in Germany](https://www.deepl.com/pro-faq.html) in the Data Protection section.* ads: - title: Google Ads/AdMob/AdSense - name: CodeFund url: https://codefund.io/ eyes: 5 text: | Ethical advertising for technical audience. alerts: - title: Google Alerts - name: F5Bot url: https://f5bot.com/ eyes: 5 text: | Emails you when your selected keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters. gsuite: - title: G Suite (enterprise cloud) - name: Zoho url: https://www.zoho.com/ eyes: null text: | Zoho was included in 2018's thread as well, and they've only improved since then. They offer a full enterprise business suite that can easily rival G Suite or MS Office 365. *Better description wanted* - name: Nextcloud url: https://www.nextcloud.com/ eyes: null text: | Nextcloud 18 now has Community Document Server and **[ONLYOFFICE](https://www.onlyoffice.com/)** apps integrated which allows self hosted instances of docs/sheets/slides. Users are able to edit documents in real time. Thanks @k3tan172 and @plutocrat blogger and sites: - title: Blogger/Sites - name: Joomla url: https://www.joomla.org/ eyes: null text: | Self-hosted and open-source content management system (CMS). - name: Write.as url: https://write.as/ eyes: null text: | Self-advertised as privacy-focused. - name: WordPress self-hosted url: https://wordpress.org/ eyes: null text: | The open-source version of WordPress. A very popular tool and a recognized name. - name: concrete5 url: https://www.concrete5.org/about eyes: 5 text: | Open-source CMS. - name: Noblogs url: https://noblogs.org/ eyes: 9 text: | A privacy/security focused blogging platform. - name: Ghost url: https://ghost.org/ eyes: null text: | Open-source modern CMS. Boasts "over 19x faster than WordPress". Thanks @peterge1998 analytics: - title: Analytics - name: Matomo url: https://matomo.org/ eyes: "9/14" text: | (Matomo/parent company) - Open-source analytics platform. (thanks u/Newblik) - name: Fathom url: https://usefathom.com/ eyes: 5 text: | Simple analytics for bloggers & businesses - name: Plausible url: https://plausible.io/ eyes: 5 text: | Open-source, privacy-focused web analytics. - name: GoatCounter url: https://www.goatcounter.com/ eyes: 14 text: | Simple web statistics. No tracking of personal data. Open-source and may be self-hosted. Free for non-commercial use; paid plans available. - name: Simple Analytics url: https://simpleanalytics.com/ eyes: 9 text: | Great analytics with privacy and simplicity in mind. Paid plans only (with free trials). - name: Toasted Analytics url: https://toastedanalytics.com/ eyes: 5 text: | Simple, privacy friendly analytics with event tracking. Paid only (with free trial) photos: - title: Photos - name: Photoprism url: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism eyes: null text: | Self-hosted and open-source Personal Photo Management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. - name: ownPhotos url: https://github.com/hooram/ownphotos eyes: null text: | Self-hosted and open-source Google Photos alternative. - name: Piwigo url: https://piwigo.org/ eyes: 9 text: | (self-hosted) - Self-hosted and open-source cloud photo manager. You can also sign up for an ["as a service" account](https://piwigo.com). - name: JottaCloud url: https://jottacloud.com/ eyes: 9 text: | Norway based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Thanks @mynamesleon calendar: - title: Calendar - name: Lightning Calendar (Thunderbird) url: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/calendar/ eyes: null text: | Developed by Mozilla Foundation and open-source. Integrates into Thunderbird and SeaMonkey. - name: Tutanota Calendar url: https://tutanota.com/calendar/ eyes: 14 text: | Developed by Tutanota. Free cross-platform encrypted calendar. Allows importing of other Calendar files. Can't be synced to other calendar software. - name: Fruux url: https://fruux.com/ eyes: 14 text: | Open-source calendar using "sabre/dav" (open-source 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. - name: Zoho url: https://www.zoho.com/ eyes: null text: | I mentioned Zoho above for G Suite, so here they are again. - name: EteSync url: https://www.etesync.com eyes: null text: | Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars and tasks. docs: - title: Docs/Sheets/Slides (cloud) - name: CryptPad url: eyes: 9 text: | 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. - name: Etherpad url: eyes: null text: | 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. - name: Cryptee url: eyes: null text: | 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. - name: LibreOffice Online url: eyes: 14 text: | Self-hosted instance of LibreOffice that you can run in your browser. Thanks @flubberding - name: ONLYOFFICE url: https://www.onlyoffice.com eyes: null text: | Open-source private cloud replacement for Google Docs'suite and Office 360. Also available as a self contained rich application. - name: Arcane Office url: https://arcaneoffice.com/ eyes: null text: | 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 docs offline: - title: Docs/Sheets/Slides (offline) - name: LibreOffice url: https://www.libreoffice.org/ eyes: null text: | Open-source offline document suites. - name: Apache OpenOffice url: https://www.openoffice.org/ eyes: null text: | Open-source offline document suites. - name: LyX url: https://www.lyx.org/ eyes: null text: | 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. Thanks @Glitchy-Tozier domains: - title: Domains - name: Njalla url: https://njal.la/ eyes: 14 text: | 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) - name: Porkbun url: https://porkbun.com/ eyes: 5 text: | Domain registration with free WHOIS privacy. operating systems: desktop applications: chrome: - title: Chrome - name: Ungoogled Chromium url: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium eyes: null text: | Chromium (which Chrome and countless other browsers are built on top of) is one of the cleanest and light-weight browsers available. This version cuts out all the Google crap. - name: Firefox url: https://firefox.com/ eyes: null text: | Built by Mozilla, "The Privacy Company". Huge extension library; great for privacy. - name: Waterfox url: https://www.waterfox.net/ eyes: 5 text: | Based on Firefox, but **64-bit only** with an emphasis on speed and privacy. Has a "classic" version built off older Firefox for legacy extension support and also an "alpha" version built off Quantum. It doesn't collect any telemetry and also removes Pocket from the alpha release. Project is run by [Alex Kontos](https://github.com/MrAlex94/) and is constantly in active development. Looks very clean and fast. Android versions are in the works too. **UPDATE:** @Nudin pointed out in Issue #85 that Waterfox is now [apart of System1](https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1/). - name: Vivaldi url: https://vivaldi.com/ eyes: null text: | Privacy-focused browser. Appears to be very customizable and feature-rich. - name: Tor Browser url: eyes: null text: | Firefox-based browser routed through the onion network. Automatically has a few privacy extensions installed (such as HTTPS Everywhere). Be careful using it in public though, as it *can* look like a pretty suspicious piece of software. Available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. earth: - title: Earth - name: KDE Marble url: https://kde.org/applications/education/org.kde.marble eyes: null text: | Strong alternative for G Earth. Currently only on Linux, but is being ported to other platforms. Thanks to @PopeRigby android studio: - title: Android Studio (not specifically for Android development, just in general) - name: VSCodium url: https://vscodium.com/ eyes: null text: | VSCodium is Visual Studio Code but without all the Microsoft telemetry and branding. - name: Vim url: https://www.vim.org/ eyes: null text: | Open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled - name: Emacs url: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ eyes: null text: | Another open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled mobile applications: hardware: