freedomappsprivacy/freedom-apps-privacy

This repository is a large curated list rather than software you install. It collects free and open source alternatives to popular apps that track their users, combining and expanding on well-known lists like awesome-privacy and awesome-selfhosted into one reference. Each entry is marked with how open its source code is, ranging from fully open to partially open to closed but still privacy-relevant, along with a star rating for how privacy-respecting the tool is and which platforms it supports, such as Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, web, self-hosted, or browser extension. The list leans toward Linux and cross-platform tools, though it does include a few Windows-only utilities where relevant. The list is organized into broad categories covering web browsers and search engines, encrypted and peer-to-peer messaging, email providers and clients, cloud storage and backup, password managers and encryption tools, VPNs and DNS filtering, privacy-focused operating systems, Android app stores and custom ROMs, productivity tools like notes and office suites, media servers and editing tools, self-hosting platforms, and more. A featured picks table near the top gives one or two top recommendations per common use case, such as LibreWolf for desktop browsing, Signal for messaging, Bitwarden for passwords, and Jellyfin for media serving. The project is meant as a reference for anyone trying to move away from mainstream, tracking-heavy software toward tools that respect their privacy or that they can host themselves. The README is very long, and only part of it could be shown here. The full README is longer than what was shown.