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Software	Privacy-respecting desktop and mobile apps for browsing, encryption, passwords, notes, and more.	30

AI Chat

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="ai-chat/_index.md#koboldcpp" title="Kobold.cpp" image="ai-chat/kobold.png" subtitle="Kobold.cpp is an AI client that runs locally on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. It's an excellent choice if you are looking for heavy customization and tweaking, such as for role-playing purposes." >}} {{< card link="ai-chat/_index.md#ollama-cli" title="Ollama" image="ai-chat/ollama.png" subtitle="Ollama is a command-line AI assistant that is available on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Ollama is a great choice if you're looking for an AI client that's easy-to-use, widely compatible, and fast due to its use of inference and other techniques." >}} {{< card link="ai-chat/_index.md#llamafile" title="Llamafile" image="ai-chat/llamafile.webp" subtitle="Llamafile is a lightweight, single-file executable that allows users to run LLMs locally on their own computers without any setup involved. It is backed by Mozilla and available on Linux, macOS, and Windows." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Browser Extensions

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="browser-extensions/_index.md#ublock-origin" title="uBlock Origin" image="browser-extensions/ublock_origin.svg" subtitle="uBlock Origin is a popular content blocker that could help you block ads, trackers, and fingerprinting scripts." >}} {{< card link="browser-extensions/_index.md#ublock-origin-lite" title="uBlock Origin Lite" image="browser-extensions/ublock_origin_lite.svg" subtitle="uBlock Origin Lite is a Manifest V3 compatible content blocker. Compared to the original uBlock Origin, this extension does not require broad read/modify data permissions to function, which lowers the risk of Passive Attacks on your browser if a malicious rule is added to a filter list." >}} {{< card link="browser-extensions/_index.md#adguard" title="AdGuard for iOS" image="browser-extensions/adguard.svg" subtitle="AdGuard for iOS is a free and open-source content-blocking extension for Safari that uses the native Content Blocker API." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Cryptocurrency

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="cryptocurrency/_index.md#monero" title="Monero" image="cryptocurrency/monero.svg" subtitle="Monero uses a blockchain with privacy-enhancing technologies that obfuscate transactions to achieve Anonymity. Every Monero transaction hides the transaction amount, sending and receiving addresses, and source of funds without any hoops to jump through, making it an ideal choice for cryptocurrency novices." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Data and Metadata Redaction

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="data-redaction/_index.md#mat2" title="MAT2" image="data-redaction/mat2.svg" subtitle="MAT2 is free, cross-platform software which allows you to remove metadata from image, audio, torrent, and document file types. It provides both a command line tool and a graphical user interface via an extension for Dolphin, the default file manager of KDE." >}} {{< card link="data-redaction/_index.md#exiferaser-android" title="ExifEraser" image="data-redaction/exiferaser.svg" subtitle="ExifEraser is a modern, permissionless image metadata erasing application for Android." >}} {{< card link="data-redaction/_index.md#exiftool-cli" title="ExifTool" image="data-redaction/exiftool.png" subtitle="ExifTool is the original Perl library and command-line application for reading, writing, and editing meta information (Exif, IPTC, XMP, and more) in a wide variety of file formats (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PDF, RAW, and more)." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Desktop Browsers

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="desktop-browsers/_index.md#mullvad-browser" title="Mullvad Browser" image="desktop-browsers/mullvad_browser.svg" subtitle="Mullvad Browser is a version of Tor Browser with Tor network integrations removed. It aims to provide to VPN users Tor Browser's anti-fingerprinting browser technologies, which are key protections against Mass Surveillance." >}} {{< card link="desktop-browsers/_index.md#firefox" title="Firefox" image="desktop-browsers/firefox.svg" subtitle="Firefox provides strong privacy settings such as Enhanced Tracking Protection, which can help block various types of tracking." >}} {{< card link="desktop-browsers/_index.md#brave" title="Brave" image="desktop-browsers/brave.svg" subtitle="Brave Browser includes a built-in content blocker and privacy features, many of which are enabled by default. Brave is built upon the Chromium web browser project, so it should feel familiar and have minimal website compatibility issues." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Document Collaboration

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="document-collaboration/_index.md#cryptpad" title="CryptPad" image="document-collaboration/cryptpad.svg" subtitle="CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular, full-fledged office suites. All content on this web service is E2EE and can be shared with other users easily." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Email Clients

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="email-clients/_index.md#thunderbird" title="Thunderbird" image="email-clients/thunderbird.svg" subtitle="Thunderbird is a free, open-source, cross-platform email, newsgroup, news feed, and chat (XMPP, IRC, Matrix) client developed by the Thunderbird community, and previously by the Mozilla Foundation." >}} {{< card link="email-clients/_index.md#apple-mail-macos" title="Apple Mail" image="email-clients/applemail.png" subtitle="Apple Mail is included in macOS and can be extended to have OpenPGP support with GPG Suite, which adds the ability to send PGP-encrypted email." >}} {{< card link="email-clients/_index.md#fairemail-android" title="FairEmail" image="email-clients/fairemail.svg" subtitle="FairEmail is a minimal, open-source email app which uses open standards (IMAP, SMTP, OpenPGP) and minimizes data and battery usage." >}} {{< card link="email-clients/_index.md#gnome-evolution-gnome" title="GNOME Evolution" image="email-clients/evolution.svg" subtitle="Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring, and address book functionality. Evolution has extensive documentation to help you get started." >}} {{< card link="email-clients/_index.md#kontact-kde" title="Kontact" image="email-clients/kontact.svg" subtitle="Kontact is a personal information manager (PIM) application from the KDE project. It provides a mail client, address book, RSS client, and an organizer." >}} {{< card link="email-clients/_index.md#mailvelope-browser" title="Mailvelope" image="email-clients/mailvelope.svg" subtitle="Mailvelope is a browser extension that enables the exchange of encrypted emails following the OpenPGP encryption standard." >}} {{< card link="email-clients/_index.md#neomutt-cli" title="NeoMutt" image="email-clients/mutt.svg" subtitle="NeoMutt is an open-source command line email reader for Linux and BSD. It's a fork of Mutt) with added features." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Encryption Software

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#cryptomator-cloud" title="Cryptomator" image="encryption/cryptomator.svg" subtitle="Cryptomator is an encryption solution designed for privately saving files to any cloud Service Provider, eliminating the need to trust that they won't access your files. It allows you to create vaults that are stored on a virtual drive, the contents of which are encrypted and synced with your cloud storage provider." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#veracrypt-disk" title="VeraCrypt" image="encryption/veracrypt.svg" subtitle="VeraCrypt is a source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption. It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file, encrypt a partition, or encrypt the entire storage device with pre-boot authentication." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#bitlocker" title="BitLocker" image="encryption/bitlocker.png" subtitle="BitLocker is the full volume encryption solution bundled with Microsoft Windows that uses the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for hardware-based security." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#filevault" title="FileVault" image="encryption/filevault.png" subtitle="FileVault is the on-the-fly volume encryption solution built into macOS. FileVault takes advantage of the hardware security capabilities present on an Apple Silicon SoC or T2 Security Chip." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#linux-unified-key-setup" title="LUKS" image="encryption/luks.png" subtitle="LUKS is the default FDE method for Linux. It can be used to encrypt full volumes, partitions, or create encrypted containers." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#kryptor" title="Kryptor" image="encryption/kryptor.png" subtitle="Kryptor is a free and open-source file encryption and signing tool that makes use of modern and secure cryptographic algorithms. It aims to be a better version of age and Minisign to provide a simple, easier alternative to GPG." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#tomb" title="Tomb" image="encryption/tomb.png" subtitle="Tomb is a command-line shell wrapper for LUKS. It supports steganography via third-party tools." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#gnu-privacy-guard" title="GnuPG" image="encryption/gnupg.svg" subtitle="GnuPG is a GPL-licensed alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. GnuPG is compliant with RFC 4880, which is the current IETF specification of OpenPGP." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#gpg4win" title="GPG4win" image="encryption/gpg4win.svg" subtitle="GPG4win is a package for Windows from Intevation and g10 Code. It includes various tools that can assist you in using GPG on Microsoft Windows." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#gpg-suite" title="GPG Suite" image="encryption/gpgsuite.png" subtitle="GPG Suite provides OpenPGP support for Apple Mail and other email clients on macOS." >}} {{< card link="encryption/_index.md#openkeychain" title="OpenKeychain" image="encryption/openkeychain.svg" subtitle="OpenKeychain is an implementation of GnuPG for Android. It's commonly required by mail clients such as Thunderbird, FairEmail, and other Android apps to provide encryption support." >}} {{< /cards >}}

File Sharing and Sync

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="file-sharing/_index.md#send" title="Send" image="file-sharing/send.svg" subtitle="Send is a fork of Mozilla's discontinued Firefox Send service which allows you to send files to others with a link. Files are encrypted on your device so that they cannot be read by the server, and they can be optionally password-protected as well." >}} {{< card link="file-sharing/_index.md#onionshare" title="OnionShare" image="file-sharing/onionshare.svg" subtitle="OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size. It works by starting a web server accessible as a Tor onion service, with an unguessable URL that you can share with the recipients to download or send files." >}} {{< card link="file-sharing/_index.md#syncthing-p2p" title="Syncthing" image="file-sharing/syncthing.svg" subtitle="Syncthing is an open-source peer-to-peer continuous file synchronization utility. It is used to synchronize files between two or more devices over the local network or the internet." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Frontends

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="frontends/_index.md#redlib" title="Redlib" image="frontends/redlib.svg" subtitle="Redlib is an open-source frontend to the Reddit website that is also self-hostable. You can access Redlib through a number of public instances." >}} {{< card link="frontends/_index.md#proxitok" title="ProxiTok" image="frontends/proxitok.svg" subtitle="ProxiTok is an open-source frontend to the TikTok website that is also self-hostable." >}} {{< card link="frontends/_index.md#invidious" title="Invidious" image="frontends/invidious.svg" subtitle="Invidious is a free and open-source frontend for YouTube that is also self-hostable." >}} {{< card link="frontends/_index.md#piped" title="Piped" image="frontends/piped.svg" subtitle="Piped is a free and open-source frontend for YouTube that is also self-hostable." >}} {{< card link="frontends/_index.md#freetube" title="FreeTube" image="frontends/freetube.svg" subtitle="FreeTube is a free and open-source desktop application for YouTube. FreeTube extracts data from YouTube using its built-in API based on YouTube.js or the Invidious API." >}} {{< card link="frontends/_index.md#libretube-android" title="LibreTube" image="frontends/libretube.svg" subtitle="LibreTube is a free and open-source Android application for YouTube which uses the Piped API." >}} {{< card link="frontends/_index.md#newpipe-android" title="NewPipe" image="frontends/newpipe.svg" subtitle="NewPipe is a free and open-source Android application for YouTube, SoundCloud, media.ccc.de, Bandcamp, and PeerTube (1)." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Health and Wellness Apps

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="health-and-wellness/_index.md#drip" title="Drip" image="health-and-wellness/drip.png" subtitle="Drip is a gender-inclusive and open source menstrual cycle tracker available on all mobile platforms. It relies on the 'sympto-thermal method' to predict ovulation." >}} {{< card link="health-and-wellness/_index.md#euki" title="Euki" image="health-and-wellness/euki.svg" subtitle="Euki is a nonprofit-backed menstrual cycle tracker that also doubles as a medication tracker and sexual wellness knowledge base. It allows you to schedule the automatic deletion of your personal data in the app." >}} {{< card link="health-and-wellness/_index.md#apple-health" title="Apple Health" image="health-and-wellness/apple-health.webp" subtitle="Apple Health is one of the default apps installed on iOS devices. It includes many health and wellness features (see Health Records), including menstrual cycle tracking." >}} {{< card link="health-and-wellness/_index.md#apple-fitness" title="Apple Fitness" image="health-and-wellness/apple-fitness.webp" subtitle="Apple Fitness is the default fitness app for iOS. Apple Fitness always uses end-to-end encryption when syncing across multiple devices." >}} {{< card link="health-and-wellness/_index.md#gadgetbridge" title="Gadgetbridge" image="health-and-wellness/gadgetbridge.svg" subtitle="Gadgetbridge is an open-source Android application which allows you to pair and manage your Bluetooth device without relying on the vendor’s application. When paired with a compatible smartwatch, it can mimic the health and wellness functionality of these watches without third-party data collection." >}} {{< card link="health-and-wellness/_index.md#apple-health-records" title="Apple Health Records" image="health-and-wellness/apple-health.webp" subtitle="Apple Health Records is a built-in feature within Apple Health that allows you to view, store, and share your health records." >}} {{< card link="health-and-wellness/_index.md#commonhealth" title="CommonHealth" image="health-and-wellness/commonhealth.png" subtitle="CommonHealth is a privacy-respecting Android app that allows people to access their electronic health records and securely share it to providers. All health data is stored on your device and can be protected with a passcode or biometric authentication." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Language Tools

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="language-tools/_index.md#languagetool" title="LanguageTool" image="language-tools/languagetool.svg" subtitle="LanguageTool is a multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker that supports more than 20 languages. According to their privacy policy, they do not store any content sent to their service for review, but for higher assurance the software is self-hostable." >}} {{< card link="language-tools/_index.md#libretranslate" title="LibreTranslate" image="language-tools/libretranslate.png" subtitle="LibreTranslate is a free and open-source machine translation web interface and API server. It uses Argos Translate models on the backend for translations." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Maps and Navigation

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="maps/_index.md#organic-maps" title="Organic Maps" image="maps/organic-maps.svg" subtitle="Organic Maps is an open-source, community-developed map display and satnav-style navigation app for walkers, drivers, and cyclists. The app offers worldwide, offline maps based on OpenStreetMap data, and navigation with privacy — no location tracking, no data collection, and no ads." >}} {{< card link="maps/_index.md#osmand" title="OsmAnd" image="maps/osmand.svg" subtitle="OsmAnd is an open-source, offline map and navigation application based on OpenStreetMap that offers turn-by-turn navigation for walking, cycling, driving, as well as public transport. You can find a detailed overview of OsmAnd's supported features on the OpenStreet Map Wiki." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Mobile Browsers

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="mobile-browsers/_index.md#brave" title="Brave" image="mobile-browsers/brave.svg" subtitle="Brave Browser includes a built-in content blocker and privacy features, many of which are enabled by default. Brave is built upon the Chromium web browser project, so it should feel familiar and have minimal website compatibility issues." >}} {{< card link="mobile-browsers/_index.md#cromite-android" title="Cromite" image="mobile-browsers/cromite.svg" subtitle="Cromite is a Chromium-based browser with built-in ad blocking, fingerprinting protections, and other privacy and security enhancements. It is a fork of the discontinued Bromite browser." >}} {{< card link="mobile-browsers/_index.md#safari-ios" title="Safari (iOS)" image="mobile-browsers/safari.svg" subtitle="On iOS, any app that can browse the web is restricted to using an Apple-provided WebKit framework, so a browser like Brave does not use the Blink engine (the core component of Chromium) like its counterparts on other operating systems. Safari is the default browser in iOS." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Multifactor Authentication

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="multi-factor-authentication/_index.md#ente-auth" title="Ente Auth" image="multi-factor-authentication/ente-auth.svg" subtitle="Ente Auth is a free and open-source app which stores and generates TOTP tokens. It can be used with an online account to back up and sync your tokens across your devices (and access them via a web interface) in a secure, end-to-end encrypted fashion." >}} {{< card link="multi-factor-authentication/_index.md#aegis-authenticator-android" title="Aegis Authenticator" image="multi-factor-authentication/aegis.png" subtitle="Aegis Authenticator is a free and open-source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services. Aegis Authenticator operates completely offline/locally, but includes the option to export your tokens for backup unlike many alternatives." >}} {{< /cards >}}

News Aggregators

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="news-aggregators/_index.md#akregator" title="Akregator" image="news-aggregators/akregator.svg" subtitle="Akregator is a news feed reader that is a part of the KDE project. It comes with a fast search, advanced archiving functionality, and an internal browser for easy news reading." >}} {{< card link="news-aggregators/_index.md#newsflash" title="NewsFlash" image="news-aggregators/newsflash.png" subtitle="NewsFlash is an open-source, modern, and easy-to-use news feed reader for Linux. It can be used offline or with services like Inoreader or Nextcloud News." >}} {{< card link="news-aggregators/_index.md#feeder" title="Feeder" image="news-aggregators/feeder.png" subtitle="Feeder is a modern RSS client for Android that has many features and works well with folders of RSS feeds." >}} {{< card link="news-aggregators/_index.md#miniflux" title="Miniflux" image="news-aggregators/miniflux.svg" subtitle="Miniflux is a web-based news aggregator that you can self-host." >}} {{< card link="news-aggregators/_index.md#netnewswire" title="NetNewsWire" image="news-aggregators/netnewswire.png" subtitle="NetNewsWire is a free and open-source feed reader for macOS and iOS with a focus on a native design and feature set." >}} {{< card link="news-aggregators/_index.md#newsboat" title="Newsboat" image="news-aggregators/newsboat.svg" subtitle="Newsboat is an RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. It's an actively maintained fork of Newsbeuter." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Notebooks

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="notebooks/_index.md#standard-notes" title="Standard Notes" image="notebooks/standard-notes.svg" subtitle="Standard Notes is a simple and private notes app that features cross-platform sync for seamless use. It features E2EE on every platform, and a powerful desktop experience with themes and custom editors." >}} {{< card link="notebooks/_index.md#notesnook" title="Notesnook" image="notebooks/notesnook.svg" subtitle="Notesnook is a free (as in speech), open-source, and easy-to-use E2EE note-taking app focused on user privacy." >}} {{< card link="notebooks/_index.md#joplin" title="Joplin" image="notebooks/joplin.svg" subtitle="Joplin is a free, open-source, and fully-featured E2EE note-taking and to-do application which can handle numerous Markdown notes organized into notebooks and tags." >}} {{< card link="notebooks/_index.md#cryptee" title="Cryptee" image="notebooks/cryptee.svg" subtitle="Cryptee is an open-source, web-based E2EE document editor and photo storage application." >}} {{< card link="notebooks/_index.md#org-mode" title="Org-mode" image="notebooks/org-mode.svg" subtitle="Org-mode is a major mode for GNU Emacs. Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining to-do lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Office Suites

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="office-suites/_index.md#libreoffice" title="LibreOffice" image="office-suites/libreoffice.svg" subtitle="LibreOffice is a free and open-source office suite with extensive functionality." >}} {{< card link="office-suites/_index.md#onlyoffice" title="OnlyOffice" image="office-suites/onlyoffice.svg" subtitle="OnlyOffice is a cloud-based free and open-source office suite with extensive functionality, including integration with Nextcloud." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Password Managers

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#keepassxc" title="KeePassXC" image="passwords/keepassxc.svg" subtitle="KeePassXC is a community fork of KeePassX, a native cross-platform port of KeePass Password Safe, with the goal of extending and improving it with new features and bug fixes to provide a feature-rich, cross-platform, and modern open-source password manager." >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#keepassdx-android" title="KeePassDX" image="passwords/keepassdx.svg" subtitle="KeePassDX is a lightweight password manager for Android; it allows for editing encrypted data in a single file in KeePass format and can fill in forms securely." >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#keepassium-ios-macos" title="KeePassium" image="passwords/keepassium.svg" subtitle="KeePassium is a commercial, open-source password manager made by KeePassium Labs that's compatible with other KeePass applications. It provides autofill support, passkey management, automatic two-way synchronization through most cloud storage providers, and more." >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#gopass-cli" title="Gopass" image="passwords/gopass.svg" subtitle="Gopass is a minimal password manager for the command line written in Go. It can be used within scripting applications and works on all major desktop and server operating systems." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Pastebins

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="pastebins/_index.md#privatebin" title="PrivateBin" image="pastebins/privatebin.svg" subtitle="PrivateBin is a minimalist, open-source, online pastebin where the server cannot decrypt and read any pasted data you submit. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256-bit AES." >}} {{< card link="pastebins/_index.md#paaster" title="Paaster" image="pastebins/paaster.svg" subtitle="Paaster is a secure and user-friendly pastebin application that prioritizes privacy and simplicity. With end-to-end encryption and paste history, Paaster ensures that your pasted code remains confidential and accessible." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Social Networks

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="social-networks/_index.md#mastodon" title="Mastodon" image="social-networks/mastodon.svg" subtitle="Mastodon is a social network based on open web protocols and free, open-source software. It uses the ActivityPub protocol, which is decentralized like email: Users can exist on different servers or even different platforms but still communicate with each other." >}} {{< card link="social-networks/_index.md#element" title="Element" image="social-networks/element.svg" subtitle="Element is the flagship client for the Matrix protocol, an open standard that enables decentralized communication by way of federated chat rooms. Users can exist on different homeservers but still communicate with each other." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Tor Browser

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="tor/_index.md#tor-browser" title="Tor Browser" image="tor/tor.svg" subtitle="Tor Browser is the top choice if you need anonymity, as it provides you with access to the Tor network and bridges, and it includes default settings and extensions that are automatically configured by the default security levels: *Standard*, *Safer* and *Safest*." >}} {{< card link="tor/_index.md#onion-browser-ios" title="Onion Browser" image="tor/onion_browser.svg" subtitle="Onion Browser is an open-source browser that lets you browse the web anonymously over the Tor network on iOS devices and is endorsed by the Tor Project." >}} {{< /cards >}}