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Awesome Privacy
List of free, open source and privacy respecting services and alternatives to privative services.
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[!IMPORTANT] Anonymity, Privacy, and Security are often used interchangeably, but they actually represent distinct concepts. It is important to understand the differences between them. Read more in this section below.
The primary focus of this list is to provide alternatives that prioritize privacy. These alternatives give you control over your data and do not collect or sell it.
Contents
- 2FA
- Analytics
- Android
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bookmarking
- Captchas
- Calendar
- Commenting Engines (disqus)
- Cloaking
- Cloud Storage
- Creator Tools
- Databases
- Dating Apps
- Design Tools
- Developer Tools
- Dictation / ASR
- Domain Registrar
- Download Manager
- Encryption
- File Management and Sharing
- Fitness and Health
- Fonts
- Forms
- Games
- Home Assistants
- Instant Messaging
- Link in Bio Tools
- Link Shorteners
- Location tracking
- Mail Services
- Maps and Navigation
- Media Streaming Platforms
- Music Recognition (Shazam-like)
- Notes and Tasks
- Office
- Online Phone Providers (SMS)
- Operating Systems
- Password Managers
- Pastebin and Secret Sharing
- Payments
- Personal Finances
- Photo Editing and Management
- Photo Storage
- Privacy Tools
- Remote Access and Control
- Search Engines
- Social Networks and Platforms
- Screen Recording
- Teamworking Tools
- Translation
- Uncategorized
- Utilities
- Version Control
- Video and Audio Conferencing
- Video Editing
- Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- Web Browser
Notes and Tasks
⛔ Avoid
These providers offer apps and services filled with data trackers. Also, most of them store your notes on their servers and do not offer any kind of encryption.
- Google Keep
- Google Keep Exporter or Keep To Markdown - Convert your Google Keep notes into a standard markdown + YAML header format.
- Evernote
- Squid
- Notion
- OneNote
✅ Instead use
- Anytype - An open-source Notion alternative. E2EE, cloud and local network sync, can be self-hosted.
- AppFlowy - Open Source Notion Alternative. You are in charge of your data and customizations.
- HedgeDoc - Formerly CodiMD. A real-time collaborative markdown notes app.
- Joplin - Note taking and to-do application with synchronisation and encryption capabilities.
- Logseq - Open-source, local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.
- Nextcloud Notes - The Notes app is a distraction free notes taking app for Nextcloud.
- Nextcloud Notes app - An android client for Nextcloud Notes.
- Notally - A beautiful notes app (local only, no sync).
- Notevo - Privacy-first, self-hostable Markdown notes app with AES-GCM client-side encryption, Laverna import support, tags, and zero telemetry. Offline-first, MIT licensed.
- Notesnook - Open source zero knowledge private note taking.
- Obsidian - Obsidian is the private and flexible note‑taking app. Closed source but has no trackers (website / apps) and E2EE sync.
- Quillpad - Take beautiful markdown notes and stay organized with task lists. Fork of Quillnote.
- SiYuan - A local-first personal knowledge management system.
- Standard Notes - A free, open-source, and completely encrypted notes app.
- Trilium Notes - Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases.
- Turtl - Secure, collaborative notebook.
- Vikunja - The open-source, self-hostable to-do app.
- WikiSuite - The most comprehensive and integrated Free / Libre / Open Source enterprise software suite.
- XWiki - A generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it.