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
  • Android App Store
  • Android Debloat Tools
  • Android Dialer
  • Android File Manager
  • Android Gallery
  • Android Keyboard
  • Android Launcher
• Artificial Intelligence
  • ChatGPT
  • AI Coding
  • Text To Speech
  • Speech To Text
  • Image Generation
• Bookmarking
  • Book and web annotations
• Captchas
• Calendar
• Commenting Engines (disqus)
• Cloaking
• Cloud Storage
• Creator Tools
• Databases
• Dating Apps
• Design Tools
• Developer Tools
  • IDEs
• Domains & Hosting
• Download Manager
• Encryption
• File Management and Sharing
• Fitness and Health
  • Fitness trackers
  • Food
  • Menstrual cycle trackers
  • Medical health
• Fonts
• Forms
• Games
  • Mario Kart
  • Minecraft
  • Pokémon
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
• Home Assistants
• Instant Messaging
• Link in Bio Tools
• Link Shorteners
• Location tracking
• Mail Services
• Maps and Navigation
• Media Streaming Platforms
  • Video and Audio
  • Audio
  • Podcasts
• Music Recognition (Shazam-like)
• Notes and Tasks
• Office
• Online Phone Providers (SMS)
• Operating Systems
  • Android
  • PC / MacOS
  • Smart TV
• Password Managers
• Pastebin and Secret Sharing
• Payments
• Personal Finances
  • Full Featured Financial Management
  • Budget Management
  • Shared Expenses
  • Others
  • Portfolio Trackers
• Photo Editing and Management
• Photo Storage
• Privacy Tools
• Remote Access and Control
• Search Engines
• Social Networks and Platforms
  • Blogging platforms (Medium / Blogger)
  • Fandom
  • IMDb
  • Imgur
  • Instagram
  • Quora
  • LBRY and Odysee
  • Reddit
  • Streaming Platforms (Twitch)
  • TikTok
  • Twitter
  • Wikipedia
  • YouTube
• Screen Recording
• Teamworking Tools
• Translation
• Uncategorized
• Utilities
• Version Control
• Video and Audio Conferencing
• Video Editing
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• Web Browser
  • Browser Addons
  • Browser Sync

2FA

⛔ Avoid using apps that won't let you export your keys easily.

• Authy
• Google Authenticator

✅ Instead use

• 🤖 Aegis - A free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens. Supports variety of imports from other apps (Google Authenticator, Authy etc.), vault encryption and exporting keys (plaintext or encrypted).
• ente Auth - A free, cross platform, end-to-end encrypted and open source app for managing your 2-step verification tokens. From the makers of ente Photos, and uses the same battle tested infrastructure. Needs an ente.io account.
• Owky 💀 - Free and Open Source Two-Factor Authenticator for IOS users.
• 🤖 FreeOTPPlus - Enhanced fork of FreeOTP-Android providing a feature-rich 2FA authenticator.
• 🤖 Authenticator Pro - Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) client for Android + Wear OS.
• Proton Authenticator - Proton Authenticator is an open source and end-to-end encrypted 2FA app that’s simple and free to use.
• 2FAS Auth - Open source TOTP authenticator for iOS and Android with a companion browser extension and no account required. GPL-3.0 licensed.

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Analytics

⛔ Avoid any analytics service that comes from Google, Facebook, Microsoft or any private service. These kind of analytics hurt user privacy.