├── CONTRIBUTING.md ├── LICENSE ├── README.md └── list.md /CONTRIBUTING.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Contributing 2 | 3 | We are open to contributing! If you have advices and propositions please 4 | give them to us applying to the following rules. This is for better 5 | organization so if you can - follow the rules. 6 | 7 | ## Issues 8 | + If you want to add new entry try to provide: 9 | + category 10 | + type 11 | + for what proprietary thing it is alternative if any 12 | + name 13 | + link to official project site/repository 14 | + If you want to edit existing entry add: 15 | + which entry it relates 16 | + description for what reason you want to edit it 17 | 18 | ## Pull requests 19 | + Make sure your changes are consistent with other elements. 20 | + Add links to services and desktop applications. 21 | + Add info how to get application for Android if it isn't avaliable in main repository. 22 | + Add your GitHub nick and link to profile in "Contributors" section in README.md. 23 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. 2 | 3 | Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or 4 | distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled 5 | binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any 6 | means. 7 | 8 | In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors 9 | of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the 10 | software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit 11 | of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and 12 | successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of 13 | relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this 14 | software under copyright law. 15 | 16 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 17 | EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 18 | MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 19 | IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR 20 | OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, 21 | ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR 22 | OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 23 | 24 | For more information, please refer to 25 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FOSS and privacy software 2 | 3 | In this repo you can find some free, open source and privacy applications and services to stop use 4 | proprietary spyware. If you have other advices, suggestions or apps/services which I can add it to 5 | this document please [contribute](./CONTRIBUTING.md) or open an issue. 6 | 7 | ## [Full list of apps, services and game alternatives](./list.md) 8 | 9 | #### Also look on [privacytools.io](https://privacytools.io) and [LinuxCafeFederation's list](https://codeberg.org/LinuxCafeFederation/awesome-alternatives) 10 | 11 | ## [#FreeYourAndroid](https://fsfe.org/campaigns/android/android.en.html) 12 | 13 | + Change proprietary apps on your Android phone to FOSS alternatives. 14 | + You can change stock ROM to custom ROM without Google Play Services (GApps). 15 | + Install applications from [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) instead of using Google Play Store. 16 | 17 | ## Desktop OS 18 | 19 | Change Windows or macOS to GNU/Linux, BSD or any other FOSS operating system. 20 | 21 | ## Other tips 22 | 23 | * Encrypt your files and mails with [GPG](https://gnupg.org/) encryption. 24 | * If you can, use [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) instead of VPN services. 25 | 26 | ### Contributors 27 | 28 | #### From GitHub 29 | 30 | * [Dawid Potocki](https://github.com/dawidpotocki) 31 | * [TheEvilSkeleton](https://github.com/TheEvilSkeleton) 32 | * [Adrian Marciniuk](https://github.com/xXBlackMaskXx) 33 | * [Tim Visée](https://github.com/timvisee) 34 | * [Grzesiek11](https://github.com/jedenastka) 35 | * [Qest333](https://github.com/Qest333) 36 | * [vinceh121](https://github.com/vinceh121) 37 | * [comparesheriff](https://github.com/comparesheriff) 38 | * [RocketJannis](https://github.com/RocketJannis) 39 | 40 | #### From Reddit 41 | 42 | * [u/BehindBrownEyes](https://reddit.com/u/BehindBrownEyes) 43 | * [u/sp6ina](https://reddit.com/u/sp6ina) 44 | * [u/juacq97](https://reddit.com/u/juacq97) 45 | * [u/stannumdude](https://reddit.com/u/stannumdude) 46 | * [u/w-g](https://reddit.com/u/w-g) 47 | * [u/\_kusochi](https://reddit.com/u/_kusochi) 48 | 49 | #### Elsewhere 50 | 51 | * [Chase@git.chasehall.net](https://git.chasehall.net/Chase) 52 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /list.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FOSS and privacy software 2 | 3 | *Please read the comments under each table.* 4 | 5 | ## Android apps 6 | 7 | Type | App | FOSS alternatives 8 | :--- | :--- | :--- 9 | 2FA | Google Authenticator | [Aegis](https://getaegis.app/), [andOTP](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.shadowice.flocke.andotp/) 10 | Activity tracker pairing app | Mi Fit | [Gadgetbridge](https://gadgetbridge.org/)\*\*\* 11 | App store | Google Play Store | [Aurora Store](https://auroraoss.com/), [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) 12 | Browser | Chrome, Opera | [Brave](#where-get-apps-that-arent-on-f-droid)\*, [Bromite](#where-get-apps-that-arent-on-f-droid)\*, [Firefox](#where-get-apps-that-arent-on-f-droid)\* or [Fennec](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/), [Tor Browser](#where-get-apps-that-arent-on-f-droid)\* 13 | Calculator | Google Calculator | [Calculator++](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.solovyev.android.calculator/) 14 | Calendar | Google Calendar | [Simple Calendar](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro/) 15 | Camera | GCam | [OpenCamera](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.sourceforge.opencamera/) 16 | E-book/PDF reader | Acrobat Reader, AIReader | [Librera](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/), [Book Reader](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.bookreader/), [FBReader](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android/) 17 | E-mail | Gmail | [FairEmail](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.email/), [K-9 Mail](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fsck.k9/) 18 | File manager | ES File Explorer, Total Commander | [Amaze](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.amaze.filemanager/), [Ghost Commander](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.ghostsq.commander/), [Material Files](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.zhanghai.android.files/) 19 | Fitness | Google Fit, Mi Fit | [FitoTrack](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.tadris.fitness/) 20 | Gallery | Google Photos | [Simple Gallery](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro/), [Photok](https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.leonlatsch.photok/) 21 | Launcher | Pixel Launcher | [KISS Launcher](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.neamar.kiss/), [T-UI](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ohi.andre.consolelauncher/)\*\*\*, [Lawnchair](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.deletescape.lawnchair.plah/), [Taskbar](https://github.com/farmerbb/Taskbar) 22 | Maps and navigation | Google Maps, Maps.me | [OsmAnd+](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/) 23 | Music player | Google Music | [Vinyl](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.poupa.vinylmusicplayer/), [Odyssey](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.gateshipone.odyssey/) 24 | Notes | Google Keep, OneNote | [Markor](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.gsantner.markor/), [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) 25 | On-screen Keyboard | GBoard | [OpenBoard](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin/), [AOSP Keyboard](#where-get-apps-that-arent-on-f-droid)\* 26 | RSS Feed | Aggregator | [Feeder](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/) 27 | Reddit client | Reddit | [Infinity for Reddit](#where-get-apps-that-arent-on-f-droid)\*, [Slide](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ccrama.redditslide/), [RedReader](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.quantumbadger.redreader/)\*\*\* 28 | SMS | Google Messages | [QKSMS](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.moez.QKSMS/) 29 | Synchronization | \- | [Syncthing](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nutomic.syncthingandroid/), [KDE Connect](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/) 30 | Twitter | Twitter | [Twidere](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mariotaku.twidere/) 31 | Video player | MX Player | [VLC](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.videolan.vlc/) 32 | YouTube client | YouTube | [NewPipe](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/), [SkyTube](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/free.rm.skytube.oss/) 33 | Electronic diary app | VULCAN Dzienniczek+ | [Wulkanowy](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.wulkanowy/) 34 | Facebook\*\* client | Facebook | [Frost](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.pitchedapps.frost/) 35 | 36 | ### Root only apps 37 | 38 | App | Description 39 | :--- | :--- 40 | [Adaway](https://adaway.org/) | Hosts based ad-blocker. 41 | [Magisk](https://magiskroot.com/)\* | Tool for rooting your phone. 42 | [TWRP](https://twrp.me/)\* | Recovery project. 43 | 44 | ### Other recommended privacy apps 45 | 46 | App | Description 47 | :--- | :--- 48 | [OpenKeychain](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.keychain/) | PGP encryption app for Android. 49 | [Scrambled Exif](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.jarsilio.android.scrambledeggsif/) | Remove metadata from photos. 50 | [UntrackMe](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizeme/) | Links converter (eg. change youtu.be to invidio.us on the fly). 51 | [Orbot](guardianproject.info/apps/orbot) | Tor proxy for Android. 52 | 53 | \* - Not avaliable in default F-Droid repository. See below. \ 54 | \*\* - Delete Facebook account if you don't need it. \ 55 | \*\*\* - Not recommended. See below. 56 | 57 | ### Where get apps that aren't on F-Droid? 58 | 59 | **AOSP Keyboard** - [APKMirror](https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/lineageos/android-keyboard-aosp-2/) 60 | 61 | **Brave** - Use Aurora Store (Google Play frontend) or add [rfc2822's repo](https://gitlab.com/rfc2822/fdroid-firefox) to F-Droid.. 62 | 63 | **Bromite** - Add [Bromite repo](https://www.bromite.org/fdroid) to F-Droid. 64 | 65 | **Firefox** - Install Fennec, use Aurora Store (Google Play frontend) or add [rfc2822's repo](https://gitlab.com/rfc2822/fdroid-firefox) to F-Droid. 66 | 67 | **Infinity for Reddit** - Add [IzzyOnDroid repo](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo) to F-Droid. 68 | 69 | **Magisk** - https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk 70 | 71 | **TWRP** - https://twrp.me/ 72 | 73 | **Tor Browser** - Add [Guardian Project repo](https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/) to F-Droid. 74 | 75 | ### Why not recommended? 76 | 77 | **Gadgetbridge** - If you are a Mi Band 4 user you still must have official 78 | account and app to control device. 79 | 80 | **RedReader** - Weird interface. 81 | 82 | **T-UI** - Not really efficient on touchscreen. 83 | 84 | ## Desktop apps 85 | 86 | Type | App | FOSS alternatives 87 | :--- | :--- | :--- 88 | 3D modeling and animation | 3ds Max, Cinema 4D | [Blender](https://www.blender.org/) 89 | BitTorrent client | µTorrent | [qBittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/), [Transmission](https://transmissionbt.com/) 90 | Bitmap graphics | Adobe Photoshop | [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/), [Krita](https://krita.org) 91 | Browser | Chrome, MS Edge, Vivaldi | [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/exp/firefox/new/), [Tor Browser](https://torproject.org), [Brave](https://brave.com/), [Ungoogled Chromium](https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium), [Qutebrowser](https://qutebrowser.org/) 92 | CAD | AutoCAD | [QCAD](https://qcad.org/en/) 93 | Code editor | Visual Studio | [VSCode](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode) (built from source or [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/)), [Vim](https://www.vim.org/) or [NeoVim](https://neovim.io/), [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 94 | Discord client\* | Discord | [gtkcord3](https://github.com/diamondburned/gtkcord3) 95 | Disk usage statistics | \- | [QDirStat](https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat), [WinDirStat](https://windirstat.net/)\*\* 96 | Office suite | Microsoft Office | [Libre Office](https://www.libreoffice.org/), [Open Office](https://www.openoffice.org/)\* 97 | Photo retouching | Adobe Lightroom | [darktable](https://www.darktable.org/), [RawTherapee](https://rawtherapee.com/) 98 | Screencast/streaming app | Camtasia, Action, Bandicam | [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/), [SimpleScreenRecorder](https://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/) 99 | Vector graphics | Adobe Illustrator | [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org) 100 | Video editor | Adobe Premiere | [Kdenlive](https://kdenlive.org/), [OpenShot](https://www.openshot.org/) 101 | Epic Games client | Epic Games Launcher | [legendary](https://github.com/derrod/legendary) 102 | 103 | \* - Not recommended \ 104 | \*\* - Windows only application 105 | 106 | ### Why not recommended? 107 | 108 | **Discord unofficial clients** - This is not allowed in Discord TOS and might result in pernament account block. Use it at your own risk. 109 | 110 | **OpenOffice** - There is no more support. 111 | 112 | ## Services 113 | 114 | Type | Service | FOSS (or more private\*\*) alternatives 115 | :--- | :--- | :--- 116 | Channel-based chat | Discord | [Riot.im](https://about.riot.im/), [FluffyChat](https://christianpauly.gitlab.io/fluffychat-website/) ([Matrix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)) clients) 117 | Cloud drive and sync | Google Drive, OneDrive | [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/), [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) (only sync) 118 | Cooperative editing | Google Docs | [Etherpad](https://etherpad.org/), [Disroot Pad](https://pad.disroot.org/), [Disroot Cryptpad](https://cryptpad.disroot.org/) 119 | E-mail hosting | Gmail, Outlook | [Disroot](https://disroot.org)\*, [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/)\*, [Tutanota](https://www.tutanota.com/)\*, [Kolab Now](https://kolabnow.com/) (or selfhosted [Kolab](https://kolab.org/)) 120 | Font resources | Google Fonts | selfhosted fonts, [Font Library](https://fontlibrary.org/) 121 | Git hosting | GitHub | [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/) (or selfhosted [Gitlab CE](https://gitlab.com/opensource/gitlab-ce)), [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/), [Gitea](https://gitea.com/) 122 | Group-based chat | Messenger, WhatsApp | [Signal](https://www.signal.org/), [Riot.im](https://about.riot.im/) ([Matrix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)) client), [Telegram FOSS](https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS)\* 123 | Machine translation | Google Translate | [DeepL Translator](https://www.deepl.com/translator)\* 124 | Music streaming | Spotify, Tidal | ~~downloaded~~ bought music 125 | Password manager | Dashlane, LastPass, Google Password Manager | [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) (KeePassDX for Android), [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/) 126 | Pastebin | Pastebin.com | [Disroot Privatebin](https://bin.disroot.org/), [GitLab Snippets](https://gitlab.com/), [0x0](http://0x0.st/)\*\* 127 | Polls | Strawpoll, Doodle | [Framadate](https://framadate.org/), [Disroot Polls](https://poll.disroot.org/) 128 | Project management | HacknPlan, Wrike | [Leantime](https://leantime.io/), [Phabricator](https://www.phacility.com/phabricator/), [Kanboard](https://kanboard.org/) 129 | Search engines | Google, Bing | [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com)\*, [SearX](https://searx.space/), [YaCy](https://yacy.net/), [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/)*, [Whoogle](https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search) 130 | Spell checking | Grammarly | [LanguageTool](https://languagetool.org/) 131 | Surveys and forms | Google Forms | Nextcloud app [Forms](https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/forms) 132 | Video/Voice Chat | Discord, Skype | [Jitsi Meet](https://meet.jit.si/), [Mumble](https://www.mumble.info/), Nextcloud app [Talk](https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/spreed) 133 | Social media | Facebook | [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/about), [Disapora](https://joindiaspora.com/), [Friendca](https://friendi.ca/) 134 | Social media | Instagram | [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) 135 | Social media | Twitter | [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social), [Nitter](https://nitter.net/) (Twitter frontend) 136 | Social media | Reddit | [Lemmy](https://lemmy.ml/) 137 | Video sharing platform | YouTube | [LBRY](https://lbry.tv/), [invidio.us](https://invidio.us) (YouTube frontend) 138 | 139 | \* - Not (fully) FOSS, but still a better alternative. \ 140 | \*\* - Not recommended. See below. 141 | 142 | ### Why not recommended? 143 | 144 | **0x0** - Doesn't keep pastes forever, doesn't have an UI (it's just a service). 145 | 146 | ## Games 147 | Game | Description 148 | :--- | :--- 149 | [Lutris](https://lutris.net/) | Open gaming platform for Linux. 150 | [Mindustry](https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry) | A sandbox tower defense game. 151 | [Minetest](https://www.minetest.net/) | Voxel engine and game. Alternative to Minecraft. 152 | [MultiMC](https://multimc.org/) | Advanced, open Minecraft launcher (the game is still propertiary). 153 | [Open Arena](http://www.openarena.ws/smfnews.php) | Community-produced deathmatch FPS based on GPL idTech3 technology. 154 | [RetroArch](https://www.retroarch.com/) | *libretro* frontend. Combines all (or most of) your emulators and game engines in one place. 155 | [osu!lazer](https://github.com/ppy/osu) | Iconic rhythm *click the circles* game now is officially open source. 156 | [Veloren](https://veloren.net/) | Multiplayer voxel RPG inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. 157 | 158 | #### [Big list of open source games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games) 159 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------