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1. Open Source Flutter Apps

Productivity

• Voltip - An AGPL-3.0 push-to-talk dictation app for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android that types speech at the cursor, recognised on-device or by a cloud service. (Source (⭐55))

Tools

• AppDuo - Native macOS app cloner with separate data directories and custom names and icons for work and personal accounts. (Source (⭐109))

Developer Tools

• AEGIS - Monitor local AI-agent processes, configured file activity and TCP endpoints on Windows. (Source (⭐159))

Communication

• Aster Mail - End-to-end encrypted email client with post-quantum protection, PGP, aliases and custom domains. (Source (⭐87))

2. Awesome Connectivity Info

Global Indexes

• cable.co.uk Worldwide Broadband Price Comparison - Index of broadband costs around the world based on fixed line and wireless access. (2023) (2022) (2019) (2018)

Global Indexes / Discontinued

• A4AI Affordability Drivers Index - Index of internet affordability by the Alliance for Affordable Internet Access (last published 2021). (2021) (2020)

• A4AI Mobile Broadband Data Costs - Price of broadband data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita (last published 2020). (2020) (Q4 2018) (2017)

Connectivity Maps / Discontinued

• Global CDN Infrastructure Map - Open data map of Content Distribution Networks around the world hosted by NSRC (May 2024).

• TeleGeography Africa Telecoms Map - Map of African telecoms including undersea cables, international bandwidth, and cloud data centres. (2025) (2024)

• TeleGeography Submarine Cable Map - Interactive submarine fibre optic cables.

• TeleGeography Annual Submarine Cable Update - Annual print editions of the submarine cable map. (2026) (2025) (2024) (2023) (2022) · archive

• TeleGeography Cloud Infrastructure Map - Map of cloud infrastructure providers around the world.

• Hurricane Electric 3D Map - Interactive 3D map of undersea cables and Hurricane Electric Points of Presence (POPs) and routes.

• nperf Mobile Coverage Maps - Mobile coverage based on data collected from the nperf app.

Periodic Global Reports / Discontinued

• We Are Social / Meltwater Digital - Annual report on internet and social media adoption. (2026) (2025) (2024) (2023) (2022) · archive

• GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report - Gender gaps in mobile ownership and mobile internet use in low- and middle-income countries. (2026) (2025) (2024) (2023) (2022) · archive

• Broadband Commission: The State of Broadband - Annual flagship report on broadband access, affordability, and use. (2025) (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) · archive

• GSMA State of Mobile Internet Connectivity - Trends in global mobile internet connectivity and barriers to adoption. (2026) (2025) (2024) (2023) (2022) · archive

• ITU Global Connectivity Report - Detailed assessment of the current state of connectivity. (2025) (2022)

• ITU Measuring Digital Development - Facts and Figures annual estimates of global connectivity. (2026) (2025) (LLDCs 2025) (2024) (2024 Small Island States) · archive

• ITU Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends - Analysis and comparison of price data for mobile-voice services, mobile data and fixed broadband. Replaces the Measuring the Information Society Report. (2024) (2019)

• UN E-Government Survey - Global E-Government and E-Participation Development Index; underlying country data in the UN E-Government Knowledge Database. (2024) (2022) (2020) (2018) (2016)

• Mozilla Internet Health Report - Annual look at the health of the internet (last published 2020). (2020) (2019) (2018)

• ITU Measuring the Information Society - Earlier ITU series on ICT development, later replaced by Measuring Digital Development (discontinued). (2018) (2017)

• Deloitte - Global Mobile Consumer Trends - Survey of mobile consumer behaviour across markets (discontinued).

Regional Reports and Data / Discontinued

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Middle East & North Africa - Regional Mobile Economy report for MENA. (2025) (2024) (2023) (2022)

• GSMA Mobile Economy - West Africa - Regional Mobile Economy report for West Africa. (2019) (2018)

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Sub-Saharan Africa - Regional Mobile Economy report for Sub-Saharan Africa. (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) (2020) · archive

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Africa - Continent-wide Mobile Economy report for Africa. (2026) (2025) (2016)

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Latin America - Regional Mobile Economy report for Latin America. (2026) (2024) (2022) (2021)

• GSMA Mobile Economy - Asia Pacific - Regional Mobile Economy report for Asia Pacific. (2026) (2025) (2024) (2021) (2020)

• Development and Access to Information (DA2i) Regional Reports - Dashboards profiling Connectivity, Freedom, and Gender Equity by the TASCHA group at the University of Washington, funded by IFLA.

• African Telecommunications Infrastructure Development - Series on African telecom infrastructure at manypossibilities.net (2014–2023).

• RIA Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Indices Portal - Pricing information on Voice/SMS basket, 1GB data basket, and Value For Money bundles (Q3 2022).

• Opera - State of the Mobile Web Africa - Opera reports on mobile web use in Africa (last published 2019). (2019) (2016)

• Ericsson Mobility Report - Sub-Saharan Africa - Regional closer look from the Ericsson Mobility Report. (2024) (2015)

• Opensignal - The State of Mobile Network Experience in Africa - Download speeds and network quality in 27 African countries (November 2024).

• Lions go digital: The Internet's transformative potential in Africa - Report by McKinsey on the potential impact of the Internet in Africa (last published 2013).

Data and Measurement / Discontinued

• Opensignal - State of Mobile Networks Reports - Country reports based on Opensignal data gathering.

3. Awesome Datascience

Miscellaneous Tools / Visualization Tools

• PredictorLab (⭐67) - Self-hosted tabular ML: leakage guard, conformal intervals, profit-optimized thresholds, counterfactuals, drift monitoring. Docker, REST API, MCP server. MIT.

4. Awesome Azure Openai Llm

2. Azure OpenAI & Copilot

• Microsoft Ecosystem
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Power Platform & Copilot Studio
  • Copilot Products

• Platform
  • AI Platform & Services
  • Models, Training & Inference
  • IQ, Data & Memory
  • Agents & Context Engineering

• Operations & Design
  • Developer Tools, MCP & .NET
  • Safety, Security & LLMOps
  • Architecture & Reference Designs
  • Solution Accelerators & Samples
  • Use Cases & Customer Stories

• Learning & Research
  • Learning Resources & Workshops
  • Microsoft Research

5. Awesome Privacy

Video and Audio Conferencing / Desktop

• WhatsApp: shares metadata such as who you call and when with Meta. _ToS;DR

• Zoom: claimed end-to-end encryption that its meetings didn't have. _{ToS;DR · Source}

• BigBlueButton - Self-hosted web conferencing built for online classes, with whiteboard, breakout rooms and recordings. ⚠️ website trackers _{self-host · LGPL-3.0}

• Briefing - Group video chat in the browser over direct WebRTC connections, with no account. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• Chitchatter - Serverless, ephemeral peer-to-peer chat with audio, video, screen and file sharing. _GPL-2.0

• Jami - Peer-to-peer audio and video calls and chat with no central servers or account needed. _{GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Jitsi Meet - Video conferencing you can self-host; the official instance requires you to log in. _{self-host · Apache-2.0 · F-Droid (Play Store version has trackers)}

• MiroTalk P2P - Browser-based peer-to-peer video calls up to 4K, with nothing to install. _AGPL-3.0

• Mumble - Low-latency voice chat with encrypted connections, on servers you can run yourself. _self-host

Instant Messaging

• Facebook Messenger: Meta's messenger, with 5 trackers in its Android app. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

Instagram / Alternative Medium frontends

• Instagram: Meta builds an ad profile from what you view, like and follow. _ToS;DR

• Pixelfed - Federated photo sharing with posts, stories and a chronological feed, without ads. _{ActivityPub · AGPL-3.0}

Location tracking / Apps and services

• Google Find Hub (formerly Find My Device): reports your devices' locations to Google. _ToS;DR

Maps and Navigation / Apps and services

• Bing Maps: under Microsoft's very poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• Yandex Maps: 11 trackers in its Android app, from a company bound by Russian surveillance law. _Exodus

• Sygic: 8 trackers in its Android app. _Exodus

• OpenStreetMap (OSM) - Collaborative world map built by volunteers, and the open data behind most apps in this section. _GPL-2.0
  • OsmAnd - Offline maps and navigation built on OpenStreetMap, with a large set of features. ⚠️ telemetry opt-out _{Android · iOS · F-Droid}

• Pure Maps - Maps and navigation for Linux phones, Sailfish OS and desktop, fully offline with OSM Scout Server. _{Linux · GPL-3.0}

Search Engines / Useful Tools

• Yahoo!: logs your searches under a very poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• Yandex: Russian law gives the security services access to user data. _ToS;DR

• Brave Search - Search engine with its own independent index, from the makers of Brave.

• DuckDuckGo - Search engine that doesn't build a profile on you, with results drawn largely from Bing.

• Marginalia - Independent search engine with its own crawler and index that favors text-heavy, non-commercial pages. _self-host

• Mojeek - UK search engine with its own crawler and index and a no-tracking policy.

• Qwant - French search engine, hosted in the EU, that doesn't track your searches.

• SearXNG - Metasearch engine that queries other search services for you; use a public instance or host your own. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• YaCy - Peer-to-peer search engine where every user runs a node and shares the index.

Third-Party owned

• Proton Mail - Email from Switzerland, end-to-end encrypted between Proton users and with PGP, and stored encrypted otherwise, where a court order can still force it to log your IP (2021 case). _GPL-3.0

Self-Hosted

• Docker Mailserver - Complete mail server (SMTP, IMAP, antispam, antivirus) in a single Docker container, configured with files. _{self-host · MIT}

• Mail-in-a-box - Turns a fresh Ubuntu server into a complete mail server with one setup script. _{self-host · CC0-1.0}

• Mailcow: dockerized - Docker-based mail server suite with a web admin panel, webmail and groupware. _{self-host · GPL-3.0}

• Mox - Self-contained mail server in a single binary, built to need little maintenance. _{self-host · MIT}

Clients / Android / iOS

• FairEmail - Full-featured email app that blocks tracking images and keeps everything on your device. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Thunderbird for Android - Mozilla's email app for Android, built on K-9 Mail, which still ships from the same code. _{Android · Apache-2.0 · F-Droid}

Clients / Desktop

• NeoMutt - Terminal email client with built-in PGP/GPG support, a maintained fork of Mutt. _{Linux · macOS · CLI · GPL-2.0}

Email Alias Services (Anonymous Forwarding) / Desktop

• addy.io - Email alias and forwarding service you can host yourself, formerly AnonAddy. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• SimpleLogin - Email alias service you can host yourself, owned by Proton. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

Teamworking Tools / Desktop

• Discord: messages aren't end-to-end encrypted, under a very poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• Slack: messages aren't end-to-end encrypted, and workspace admins can export them. _ToS;DR

• Rocket.Chat - Self-hosted team chat with end-to-end encrypted rooms and federation. ⚠️ website trackers _self-host

• Twake Chat - Workplace chat built on Matrix, part of Linagora's Twake Workplace suite. _AGPL-3.0

• Wire - End-to-end encrypted messaging, calls and file sharing for teams, with public and audited code for both the apps and the server. ⚠️ website trackers _{AGPL-3.0 · F-Droid (Play Store version has trackers)}

Alternative clients/modifications of Discord / Desktop

• Aliucord (⭐4.9k) - Mod for the Android Discord app that disables Discord's tracking (⭐4.9k). _{Android · OSL-3.0}

• BetterDiscord - Discord client mod; add the DoNotTrack plugin to block trackers. _Apache-2.0

• Legcord - Lightweight Discord client that blocks Discord's known trackers by default, formerly ArmCord. _OSL-3.0

• OpenAsar - Drop-in replacement for part of the Discord desktop app, with a No Tracking (⭐3k) option that turns off crash and error reporting. _AGPL-3.0

• Replugged - Discord client mod that continues the discontinued Powercord. _MIT

• Vencord - Discord client mod with plugins, including one that blocks Discord's tracking. _GPL-3.0

• Vesktop - Desktop Discord client with Vencord built in, which blocks Discord's telemetry. _GPL-3.0

• WebCord (⭐2.5k) - Discord client that loads the web app in Electron instead of using the Discord API, with extra privacy settings. _MIT

Blogging platforms (Medium) / Desktop

• Medium: the site carries trackers, under a poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• Plume - Federated blogging engine where readers can follow and comment from any ActivityPub account. 💀 inactive _ActivityPub

• WriteFreely - Minimal, distraction-free blogging platform that can federate posts over ActivityPub. _{ActivityPub · AGPL-3.0}

YouTube / Alternative Medium frontends

• YouTube: Google builds a detailed profile from everything you watch. _ToS;DR

• PeerTube - Federated video hosting where anyone can run an instance and follow channels across others. _{ActivityPub · AGPL-3.0}

YouTube / YouTube alternative frontends (web-based)

• Invidious - YouTube frontend with no ads or Google scripts and subscriptions without an account; see the public instances. _AGPL-3.0

• youtube-local (⭐779) - YouTube client that runs on your computer and opens in the browser, with local subscriptions and optional routing through Tor. _{Desktop · AGPL-3.0}

YouTube / YouTube alternative clients (apps)

• FreeTube - Desktop YouTube app that keeps subscriptions, playlists and history on your computer, without Google's cookies or scripts. _{Desktop · AGPL-3.0}

• LibreTube - Android YouTube app that fetches videos through Piped instead of Google's servers. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• NewPipe - Lightweight Android YouTube app with background play and downloads, no Google services or account needed. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• SkyTube (⭐2.8k) - Android YouTube app with local subscriptions, downloads and a channel and video blocker. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Yattee (⭐3.8k) - Native YouTube player for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac that works through Invidious or Piped. _{iOS · macOS · AGPL-3.0}

Twitter / YouTube alternative clients (apps)

• Twitter (X): profiles you from who you follow and what you like and repost. _ToS;DR

Twitter / Decentralized

• Mastodon - Federated microblogging, the largest network in the fediverse. _{ActivityPub · AGPL-3.0 · F-Droid}
  • Mastodon Apps - Official directory of Mastodon apps for Android, iOS, web and desktop.

• Pleroma - Lightweight federated social network server. _ActivityPub
  • Soapbox - Web frontend for Pleroma focused on custom branding and ease of use.

Twitter / Alternative Frontends

• Nitter (⭐14k) - Twitter frontend without JavaScript or ads that proxies every request; see the instances list (⭐14k). 💀 inactive _AGPL-3.0

• Squawker (⭐1.5k) - Android Twitter client with no account, tracking or ads, keeping subscriptions on the device; the maintained fork of Fritter. _{Android · MIT · F-Droid}

Reddit / Alternative Frontends

• Reddit: the official site and apps are full of trackers and ads. _ToS;DR

Reddit / Reddit alternatives

• Lemmy - Federated link aggregator and discussion forum, organized into communities like subreddits. _{ActivityPub · AGPL-3.0}

• Mbin - Federated link aggregator with microblogging, the community-run continuation of kbin. _{ActivityPub · AGPL-3.0}

Streaming Platforms (Twitch) / Privacy respecting Reddit clients

• Twitch: owned by Amazon and funded by ads, so viewers are tracked for advertising. _ToS;DR

• Owncast - Self-hosted live streaming server with built-in chat, so you own the stream and your viewers' data. _{self-host · MIT}

Streaming Platforms (Twitch) / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Twire (⭐1.3k) - Android Twitch client with built-in ad blocking, VODs with chat replay, and optional login. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Imgur / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Imgur: 23 trackers in its Android app, and a site heavy with ads. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• rimgo - Read-only Imgur frontend that works without JavaScript; see the instances.

IMDb / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• IMDb: owned by Amazon, with 8 trackers in its Android app. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• libremdb (⭐441) - IMDb frontend without ads or tracking that proxies images and video through the instance. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

Fandom / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Fandom: wikis loaded with ads and autoplaying video, and 8 trackers in the app. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

Commenting Engines / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Disqus: loads trackers on every site that embeds it, and logs commenters' IP, device and location. _ToS;DR

• Isso - Lightweight self-hosted comment server, meant as a drop-in replacement for Disqus. _{self-host · MIT}

Translation / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• DeepL: the free version stores your texts and may use them to train its models. _ToS;DR

Text translation / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• LibreTranslate - Self-hosted machine translation API and web app with no ties to proprietary services. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

Alternative Google Translate frontends / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Mozhi - Frontend that proxies Google Translate, DeepL, Yandex and other engines behind one interface. _self-host

• SimplyTranslate - Frontend that proxies your requests to Google Translate and other engines. _self-host

RSS Readers / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Capy Reader (⭐1.4k) - Small RSS reader, local or synced with Miniflux and FreshRSS. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid (Play Store version has trackers)}

• Feeder (⭐3.1k) - RSS reader that fetches feeds directly on your device, with no account. _{Android · GPL-3.0}

• Fluent Reader (⭐9.8k) - Desktop RSS reader that keeps your feeds locally, with optional sync to self-hosted services. _{Linux · Windows · macOS · BSD-3-Clause}

• FreshRSS - Self-hosted feed aggregator with a web interface, multi-user support and an API for mobile apps. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• Miniflux - Minimalist self-hosted feed reader with no tracking, written in Go. _{self-host · Apache-2.0}

• NetNewsWire - RSS reader for Mac, iPhone and iPad that works locally or syncs with self-hosted services. _{macOS · iOS · MIT}

• Newsboat - RSS reader for the terminal, configured with plain text files. _{Linux · macOS · CLI · MIT}

• NewsFlash - RSS reader for Linux that works locally or with self-hosted services such as Miniflux and FreshRSS. _{Linux · GPL-3.0}

• Read You (⭐7.6k) - Material You RSS reader, local or synced with self-hosted services. _{Android · GPL-3.0}

VPNs / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Free VPNs: someone pays for the servers, usually you, through logs and data sold to advertisers. _Source

• SPN - Paid add-on to the Portmaster firewall that routes each app's connections over separate multi-hop paths. _{Linux · Windows · GPL-3.0}

Web Browser / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Opera: 6 trackers in its Android app, and owned by a Chinese consortium since 2016. _{Exodus · Source}

Android / iOS / Privacy respecting Twitch clients

• Cromite (⭐8.5k) - Chromium fork, successor to Bromite, with built-in ad blocking and anti-fingerprinting measures. _{Android · Linux · Windows · GPL-3.0}

• Firefox - Mozilla's browser, with its own engine on Android and Enhanced Tracking Protection on by default. ⚠️ website trackers ⚠️ telemetry opt-out
  • IronFox - Hardened Firefox for Android with proprietary blobs removed, a fork of the discontinued Mull. _Android

• Privacy Browser - Browser that keeps JavaScript, cookies and other tracking features off until you allow them per site. _Android

• Vanadium - Hardened Chromium from the GrapheneOS project, and the default browser on GrapheneOS. _Android

Browser Addons / Anti-tracking

• LibRedirect - Redirects YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps and other sites to privacy-friendly front ends, successor to Privacy Redirect. _{Browser · GPL-3.0}
  • Predirect (⭐279) - Similar extension built on Manifest V3 with minimal permissions, for Chromium browsers that no longer run older extensions. _{Browser · GPL-3.0}

Browser Addons / Useful Tools

• SingleFile (⭐23k) - Saves a complete web page as a single HTML file you can open offline. _{Browser · AGPL-3.0}

Domains & Hosting / Useful Tools

• OrangeWebsite - Icelandic web host focused on free speech, with anonymous signup and cryptocurrency or cash payment. ⚠️ website trackers

Link Shorteners / Useful Tools

• Bitly: built to track every click for marketing analytics. _ToS;DR

• Kutt - Shortener with custom domains and password-protected links that you can host yourself. _{self-host · MIT}

• YOURLS - Self-hosted shortener written in PHP, with its own click stats and a plugin system. _{self-host · MIT}

Captchas / Useful Tools

• hCaptcha: collects device and browsing data to score visitors, under a poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• ALTCHA - Self-hosted proof-of-work captcha with no cookies or tracking. _{self-host · MIT}

• mCaptcha - Proof-of-work captcha that rate-limits bots by making each request cost some computation. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• Private Captcha - EU-made proof-of-work captcha, as a hosted service or on your own server. ⚠️ source-available _self-host

2FA / Useful Tools

• Authy: needs your phone number, and a 2024 leak exposed 33 million of them. _Source

• Microsoft Authenticator: 5 trackers in its Android app, and no way to export your tokens to another app. _Exodus

• 2FAS Auth - Authenticator whose browser extension asks your phone for a code and fills it in, no account needed. _GPL-3.0

• Aegis - Encrypted token vault that imports from most other authenticators and exports in plain or encrypted form. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• ente Auth - Authenticator with end-to-end encrypted sync between your devices, from the makers of ente Photos. ⚠️ website trackers _AGPL-3.0

• FreeOTPPlus (⭐750) - Fork of FreeOTP with backups, search and dark mode. _{Android · Apache-2.0 · F-Droid}

• Stratum (⭐4.6k) - Authenticator with Wear OS support and encrypted backups. _{Android · GPL-3.0}

Password Managers / Useful Tools

• LastPass: a 2022 breach leaked customers' encrypted vaults and, unencrypted, the sites they saved. _Source

• KeePassXC - Offline password manager that keeps your vault in an encrypted file you control, with no account or sync service. _{Linux · macOS · Windows}
  • KeePassDX - KeePass-compatible password manager for Android. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}
  • Strongbox - KeePass-compatible password manager for iPhone, iPad and Mac. _{iOS · macOS · AGPL-3.0}

Encryption / Useful Tools

• BitLocker: with device encryption, Windows uploads your recovery key to your Microsoft account. _Source

• age - Simple, modern file encryption with small keys and nothing to configure. _{CLI · BSD-3-Clause}

• Cryptomator - Encrypts files on your device before they reach any cloud storage provider. _{GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Shufflecake - Hidden encrypted volumes for Linux with plausible deniability, so nobody can prove the hidden data exists. _Linux

• Stegcloak - Hides password-protected secrets inside ordinary text using invisible characters. ⚠️ website trackers 💀 inactive

• Tomb - Creates and manages encrypted folders on Linux, built on standard LUKS. _{Linux · CLI · GPL-3.0}

• VeraCrypt - Encrypts whole disks, partitions or file containers, with support for hidden volumes. _{Linux · macOS · Windows}

Pastebin and Secret Sharing / Useful Tools

• Deleto - Shares passwords and other secrets with client-side encryption and automatic self-destruction.

Android / Useful Tools

• NetGuard - Blocks internet access per app, no root needed. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Orbot - Routes app traffic through Tor, for all apps or only the ones you choose. Made by the Guardian Project. _Android

• Plexus - Community database of which apps work on de-Googled Android. _{Android · F-Droid}

• RethinkDNS + Firewall (⭐5.8k) - Firewall and encrypted DNS client in one, no root needed. _{Android · Apache-2.0 · F-Droid (Play Store version has trackers)}

• εxodus - Shows which trackers and permissions an Android app contains, before you install it. _AGPL-3.0
  • ClassyShark3xodus - Checks the apps on your phone for known trackers, using the εxodus database. _{Android · F-Droid}

Cloud Storage / Useful Tools

• Dropbox: no end-to-end encryption, and 4 trackers in its Android app. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• Sync-in - Self-hosted file storage, sharing and sync with WebDAV, desktop clients and online document editing. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

File Management and Sharing / Useful Tools

• WeTransfer: files aren't end-to-end encrypted, and the site carries trackers. _ToS;DR

• Blaze - Peer-to-peer file sharing in the browser, between two or more devices at once. ⚠️ website trackers 💀 inactive _MIT

• Croc (⭐41k) - Sends files between two computers with end-to-end encryption, using a short code phrase. _{CLI · MIT}

• Gokapi (⭐2.9k) - Lightweight self-hosted alternative to Firefox Send, where only you can upload and links expire. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• Localsend - Shares files with nearby devices over your local network, with no internet connection or account needed. _{Apache-2.0 · F-Droid}

• Lufi - File sharing server that encrypts uploads in your browser, so the server never sees the contents. _self-host

• Magic Wormhole (⭐23k) - Sends files from one computer to another with end-to-end encryption, using a short one-time code. _{CLI · MIT}

• OnionShare (⭐7.2k) - Shares files, hosts websites and runs chat rooms over Tor onion services, anonymously and without a third-party server.

• PairDrop (⭐12k) - Snapdrop fork that shares files in the browser on your local network, and with paired devices beyond it. _{fork · GPL-3.0}

• Paperless-ngx (⭐47k) - Self-hosted document manager that scans, indexes and archives your paperwork on your own server. _{self-host · GPL-3.0}

• QRcp (⭐11k) - Transfers files over Wi-Fi from your computer to your phone by scanning a QR code in the terminal. _{CLI · MIT}

• scrt.link - End-to-end encrypted file transfer of up to 100 GB, stored in Switzerland for up to 30 days. _MIT

• Send - Fork of Firefox Send that encrypts files in the browser and expires links after a set time or number of downloads. _{self-host · fork}

• Snapdrop - Local file sharing in the browser, inspired by Apple's AirDrop. _{self-host · GPL-3.0}

• Winden - Magic Wormhole in the browser, for end-to-end encrypted transfers without installing anything. _MIT

Download Manager / Useful Tools

• Motrix - Full-featured download manager for HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent and magnet links. _Desktop

• Persepolis Download Manager - Graphical front end for aria2 with download scheduling and video grabbing. _{Desktop · GPL-3.0}

• Xtreme Download Manager - Download accelerator that resumes broken downloads and saves streaming video from many sites. ⚠️ website trackers _{Desktop · GPL-3.0}

Bookmarking / Useful Tools

• Evernote Web Clipper: saves pages to Evernote without end-to-end encryption, under a poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• Karakeep - Self-hosted app for saving links, notes and images, with full-text search and optional AI tagging, formerly Hoarder. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

Notes and Tasks / Useful Tools

• Notion: no end-to-end encryption, so Notion can read everything in your workspace. _ToS;DR

• Lockbook - End-to-end encrypted notebook for notes, documents and drawings, as an Evernote alternative. _Unlicense

• OpenHabitTracker - Habit, task and note tracker that keeps your data on the device, or syncs to a server you run yourself. ⚠️ website trackers

• Super Productivity - To-do list and time tracker that keeps data local with no account, with optional sync over WebDAV or Dropbox. _MIT

• Tasks.org - To-do and task manager that works offline, with CalDAV sync. ⚠️ website trackers _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid (Play Store version has trackers)}

Office / Useful Tools

• Collabora Office - LibreOffice-based office suite for desktop and mobile, from the team behind Collabora Online.

• CryptPad - Collaborative documents, spreadsheets and more, end-to-end encrypted so the server can't read them. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

PDF Tools / Useful Tools

• iLovePDF: uploads your documents to its servers, and the Android app has 7 trackers. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• Smallpdf: uploads your documents to its servers, and the Android app has 3 trackers. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• BentoPDF - Browser-based PDF toolkit to merge, split, compress, sign and redact, with files processed on your device. _{Web · self-host · AGPL-3.0}

Calendar / Useful Tools

• Etar (⭐2.6k) - Calendar app that works with any CalDAV server through a sync adapter. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Fossify Calendar (⭐2.3k) - Offline calendar with widgets and no ads, which can also sync with your device's CalDAV accounts. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• KashCal (⭐468) - Offline-first calendar with built-in iCloud and CalDAV sync, full-text search and widgets. _{Android · F-Droid}

• Nextcloud Calendar - Calendar app for your Nextcloud server, with CalDAV sync to your other devices. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• Proton Calendar - End-to-end encrypted calendar from the makers of Proton Mail.

Media Streaming Platforms / Useful Tools

• Netflix: logs what and how you watch, under a poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• Amazon Prime Video: 3 trackers in its Android app, under a poorly rated privacy policy. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• Disney Plus: a very poorly rated privacy policy. _ToS;DR

• SoundCloud: 13 trackers in its Android app, under a very poorly rated privacy policy. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

Podcasts / Deezer alternative clients

• Spotify: a very poorly rated privacy policy that covers your mood and friends, and 4 trackers. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• Funkwhale - Federated platform for hosting, sharing and listening to podcasts and music. _{self-host · ActivityPub}

• iVoox: 13 trackers in its Android app, and more on its website. _Exodus

• Deezer: 11 trackers in its Android app. _Exodus

• AntennaPod - Podcast player that subscribes to any RSS feed, with no account needed. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Audio / Useful Tools

• Ampache - Web-based server for streaming your own music and video collection. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• Koel - Personal music streaming server with a web player. _{self-host · MIT}

• mucke (⭐268) - Player for local music files with custom playback rules. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Navidrome - Lightweight music server for your own collection, compatible with Subsonic apps. ⚠️ website trackers _{self-host · GPL-3.0}

• Nuclear - Desktop music player that streams from free sources, with no account. _{Linux · macOS · Windows · AGPL-3.0}

Audio / Spotify alternative clients

• ncspot (⭐6.8k) - Terminal Spotify client written in Rust, inspired by ncmpc. Needs Spotify Premium. _{CLI · BSD-2-Clause}

• psst (⭐9.5k) - Fast Spotify client with a native GUI written in Rust. Needs Spotify Premium. _{Linux · macOS · Windows · MIT}

• Spotube - Plugin-based music player that can load your Spotify playlists and stream the audio from other sources, no Premium needed. _AGPL-3.0

Audio / YouTube Music alternative clients

• SimpMusic - YouTube Music client with no ads and SponsorBlock built in, successor to the discontinued ViMusic and RiMusic. ⚠️ website trackers _{Android · Desktop · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Home Assistants / Other OS

• Alexa: an always-listening microphone that sends your requests to Amazon. _ToS;DR

• Siri: Apple contractors regularly listened to Siri recordings, including private moments. _Source

• OpenVoiceOS - Voice assistant you run on your own hardware, a community successor to Mycroft. _Apache-2.0

Music Recognition / Deezer alternative clients

• Shazam: owned by Apple, and its Android app carries Google's analytics trackers. _Exodus

• SoundHound: 11 trackers in its Android app. _Exodus

• Musixmatch: 8 trackers in its Android app. _Exodus

Android Gallery / Plugins for Minecraft

• Amazon Photos: Amazon gathers data from your library, as its own list of examples shows. _Source

• Google Photos: scans your photos, and once got a father reported to police over pictures taken for a doctor. _Source

• Fossify Gallery - Photo and video gallery with no ads, a fork of Simple Gallery. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Self-hosted / Deezer alternative clients

• Immich - Self-hosted photo and video backup straight from your phone, the closest match to Google Photos. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• PhotoPrism - Self-hosted photo library with automatic tagging and face recognition that runs on your own server. _self-host

• PiGallery2 - Self-hosted, directory-first photo gallery website. _{self-host · MIT}

Third-party / Deezer alternative clients

• Cryptee - Encrypted storage for your photos, documents and notes, based in Estonia.

Desktop / Deezer alternative clients

• digiKam - Photo manager for large collections, with tagging, face recognition and editing, all on your own files. _{Linux · macOS · Windows}

Video Editing / Deezer alternative clients

• Adobe Premiere Pro: tied to a Creative Cloud account, and Adobe has a long record of anti-user practices. _Source

• Kdenlive - Non-linear video editor from KDE. _{Linux · macOS · Windows · GPL-3.0}

• OpenCut - CapCut alternative, still in beta. _MIT

Photo Editing and Management / Deezer alternative clients

• VSCO: 14 trackers in its Android app, under a very poorly rated privacy policy. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

InDesign / Deezer alternative clients

• Scribus (⭐652) - Desktop publishing app for print-ready layouts, typesetting and interactive PDFs. _{Linux · macOS · Windows}

Photoshop / Illustrator / Deezer alternative clients

• Excalidraw - Virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style sketches and diagrams, with end-to-end encrypted collaboration. _{Web · MIT}

• LibreSprite - Sprite editor and pixel-art animation tool, forked from Aseprite before its license change. _{Linux · macOS · Windows · GPL-2.0}

Maya / 3ds Max / Cinema 4D / Deezer alternative clients

• Blender - 3D creation suite for modelling, sculpting, animation, rendering and video editing, developed in the open by the Blender Foundation. _{Linux · macOS · Windows}

Creator Tools / Deezer alternative clients

• VDO.Ninja - Brings remote cameras and guests into OBS or other studio software over peer-to-peer WebRTC. _{Web · AGPL-3.0}
  • Social Stream Ninja - Gathers live chat from many streaming platforms into one feed and overlay. _GPL-3.0

Minecraft / Plugins for Minecraft

• No Chat Reports (⭐1k) - Mod that strips the signatures from your chat messages, so they can't be tied to your Microsoft account or reported. _WTFPL

• No Telemetry (⭐265) - Mod that turns off the telemetry added in Minecraft 1.18 (snapshot 21w38a). _MPL-2.0

• Prism Launcher - Launcher for managing multiple instances and mods without the official launcher. _{Linux · macOS · Windows · GPL-3.0}

Unity / Unreal Engine / Plugins for Minecraft

• Godot Engine - 2D and 3D game engine with no account, royalties or telemetry. _MIT

Ebooks / Plugins for Minecraft

• Amazon Kindle: tracks your reading, and Amazon has remotely deleted books from customers' devices. _Source

• Kavita - Self-hosted digital library for ebooks and comics with a built-in web reader. ⚠️ website trackers _{self-host · GPL-3.0}

• Komga - Self-hosted server for comics, magazines and ebooks with a web reader and OPDS support. _{self-host · MIT}

Android App Store / Plugins for Minecraft

• Accrescent - App store that pins each app's signing key on first install and signs its repository metadata, still in alpha. _{Android · Apache-2.0}

• F-Droid - Catalogue of open source Android apps, built from source and labelled when they contain trackers or ads. _Android
  • Droid-ify - F-Droid client with a clean interface that can browse any F-Droid repository. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Obtainium - Installs and updates apps straight from their release pages, such as GitHub or GitLab, and tells you about new versions. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Alternative Google Play Store clients / Plugins for Minecraft

• Aurora Store - Google Play client that can download apps anonymously, without a Google account. ⚠️ website trackers _Android

Android Debloat Tools / Plugins for Minecraft

• ADB AppControl: its privacy policy lets it collect device details and which apps you install or remove. _Source

• Universal Android Debloater Next Generation (⭐9.7k) - Desktop app that removes preinstalled bloatware from Android phones over ADB, no root needed. _{Desktop · GPL-3.0}

Android Dialer / Plugins for Minecraft

• Fossify Phone - Phone app with a phonebook, number blocking and multi-SIM support, part of the Fossify fork of Simple Mobile Tools. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Android File Manager / Plugins for Minecraft

• Amaze File Manager (⭐6.5k) - Material Design file manager with root access and a built-in FTP server. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Fossify File Manager - File manager with no ads or tracking that works without internet access. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Ghost Commander - Dual-panel file manager. _{Android · F-Droid}

• Material Files (⭐9.4k) - Material Design file manager with root, archive, FTP, SFTP, SMB and WebDAV support. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Android Keyboard / Plugins for Minecraft

• SwiftKey: Microsoft's keyboard, with 4 trackers in its Android app. _Exodus

• AnySoftKeyboard - Keyboard with more than 50 languages through add-on packs, plus themes. _{Android · Apache-2.0}

• FlorisBoard - Customizable keyboard with themes and add-ons, still in beta. _{Android · Apache-2.0 · F-Droid}

• FUTO Keyboard - Keyboard that works fully offline, including voice input, swipe typing and autocorrect. ⚠️ source-available _Android

• HeliBoard (⭐6.5k) - Maintained fork of OpenBoard with glide typing, custom dictionaries and themes, and no internet permission. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Indic Keyboard - Keyboard for typing in Indic languages alongside English. _{Android · F-Droid}

• Simple Keyboard (⭐1.6k) - Minimal keyboard under 1 MB whose only permission is vibrate. _{Android · Apache-2.0 · F-Droid}

Android Launcher / Plugins for Minecraft

• Bliss Launcher - Default launcher of /e/OS, with app folders and notification badges on icons. _Android

• KISS - Search-first launcher that finds apps, contacts and settings as you type. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Kvaesitso - Search-focused launcher that finds apps, contacts, files and more from one search bar. _{Android · GPL-3.0}

• Lawnchair - Launcher in the style of the Pixel Launcher, with more customization. _Android

• Olauncher (⭐3.9k) - Minimal text-only launcher with no ads, meant to cut your screen time. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

• Pie Launcher (⭐574) - Launcher that opens apps from a pie menu instead of a grid of icons. _{Android · MIT · F-Droid}

Android SMS / Plugins for Minecraft

• Fossify Messages - SMS and MMS app with no ads that works without internet access, a fork of Simple SMS Messenger. _{Android · GPL-3.0}

Android / Android-Based

• /e/OS - Degoogled Android from Murena that bundles microG and optional Murena cloud services.

• iodéOS - Degoogled Android with a built-in firewall that blocks ads and trackers across apps.

Android / Based on Linux

• Mobian - Debian packaged for mobile devices such as the PinePhone and Librem 5.

• Plasma Mobile - KDE's Plasma desktop adapted for phones, offered by distributions such as Nura.

• Ubuntu Touch - Mobile version of Ubuntu, maintained by the UBports community.

Smart TV / Based on Linux

• LibreELEC - Minimal Linux system that boots straight into Kodi on Raspberry Pi, x86 and other devices.

PC / MacOS / GNU/Linux

• Mint (Cinnamon) - Beginner-friendly distribution based on Ubuntu, with a desktop that feels familiar to Windows users.

• Qubes OS - Runs each part of your digital life in its own isolated virtual machine, so one compromise doesn't spread.

Developer Tools / Other OS

• CrowdSec - Collaborative intrusion prevention for servers, like fail2ban with crowd-sourced blocklists. ⚠️ website trackers _MIT

• Hetty - HTTP toolkit for security research, as an alternative to Burp Suite Pro. _MIT

Version Control / Other OS

• GitHub: owned by Microsoft, and public code hosted there was used to train Copilot. _ToS;DR

• Gitea - Lightweight self-hosted Git forge, and the project Forgejo was forked from. ⚠️ website trackers _{self-host · MIT}

Remote Access and Control / Other OS

• Aspia - Remote desktop and file transfer with a router you can host yourself, so connections don't depend on a vendor. _{self-host · GPL-3.0}

• UltraVNC - VNC server and viewer for Windows, with file transfer and optional encryption plugins. ⚠️ website trackers _{Windows · GPL-3.0}

ChatGPT / Other OS

• Jan - Desktop chat app that runs open models offline, with optional connections to cloud providers.

• LibreChat - Self-hosted chat interface that puts many AI providers and local models behind one UI you control. _{self-host · MIT}

• LocalAI - Self-hosted OpenAI-compatible API that runs language, image and voice models on your own hardware. _{self-host · MIT}

• ollama - Runs open models locally with one command; its optional cloud models can be switched off entirely. _MIT

• PasteGuard - Proxy that masks personal data and secrets before your prompts reach a cloud AI provider, then restores them in the reply. _{self-host · Apache-2.0}

AI Coding / Other OS

• OpenCode - Coding agent that connects to local models or any of more than 75 model providers. _MIT

• Tabby - Self-hosted code completion server that runs on your own hardware, an alternative to GitHub Copilot. ⚠️ telemetry opt-out ⚠️ website trackers _self-host

Text to Speech / Other OS

• eSpeak NG (⭐7k) - Compact offline speech synthesizer for more than a hundred languages, robotic-sounding but very light. _{GPL-3.0 · F-Droid}

Speech to Text / Models

• FunASR (⭐21k) - Local speech recognition toolkit with voice detection, punctuation and speaker labels; it downloads models from ModelScope by default. _MIT

• Moonshine - Speech recognition models built for fast, low-latency transcription on the device itself.

• OpenAI Whisper (⭐112k) - Speech recognition model you can run offline to transcribe many languages and translate them into English. _MIT
  • faster-whisper (⭐26k) - Whisper reimplemented on CTranslate2, up to four times faster with less memory. _MIT
  • whisper.cpp (⭐55k) - C/C++ port of Whisper that runs efficiently on ordinary CPUs and GPUs. _MIT

• Parakeet TDT - NVIDIA speech recognition model that transcribes quickly and accurately on your own hardware.

Speech to Text / Apps and services

• FUTO Voice Input - Voice input for Android that works with other keyboards and runs entirely on the device. ⚠️ source-available _Android

• Minutes - Records and transcribes meetings and voice memos on your device, with search over the history for local AI tools.

• OpenWhispr - Desktop dictation app that can transcribe fully offline with local models, with cloud processing as an option. ⚠️ website trackers _{Linux · macOS · Windows · MIT}

• Sasayaki - Tiny dictation app that types what you say using any OpenAI-compatible speech server, including your own. _Android

• Speaches - Self-hosted OpenAI-compatible server for streaming transcription, translation and speech generation. _MIT

• Vocalinux - Voice dictation for Linux that types into any app, with speech recognition running on your computer. ⚠️ website trackers _{Linux · AGPL-3.0}

Image Generation / Apps and services

• ComfyUI - Node-based interface for building image and video generation pipelines that run on your own machine. ⚠️ website trackers _GPL-3.0

Automation / Apps and services

• IFTTT: your workflows run on its servers, holding tokens to all your connected accounts. _ToS;DR

• Zapier: your workflows run on its servers, holding tokens to all your connected accounts. _ToS;DR

Payments / Apps and services

• Visa / Mastercard: card networks sell purchase data, grouped into audiences for advertisers. _Source

• PayPal: requires identity verification and keeps a record of everyone you pay. _ToS;DR

• Cash - Paying in person with notes and coins leaves no record linked to you.

Full Featured Financial Management / Apps and services

• Sure - Self-hosted personal finance app, a community fork of the archived Maybe (⭐54k). ⚠️ website trackers _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

Budget Management / Apps and services

• My Expenses - Expense tracker with multiple accounts, budgets and optional sync through your own cloud storage. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid (Play Store version has trackers)}

• ProExpense (⭐104) - Expense notebook for recording your daily spending on the phone. _{Android · GPL-3.0 · F-Droid (Play Store version has trackers)}

Shared Expenses / Apps and services

• Tricount: 8 trackers in its Android app, from Facebook, Google and Huawei among others. _Exodus

• Splitwise: Google and Amazon trackers in its Android app, under a poorly rated privacy policy. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• Spliit - Splitwise alternative for sharing expenses with friends and family, no account needed. _MIT

• SplitPro - Splitwise alternative for sharing expenses with friends, which you can self-host. _MIT

Portfolio trackers / Apps and services

• Ghostfolio - Wealth management app for tracking stocks, ETFs and crypto, which you can self-host. _AGPL-3.0

• Portfolio Performance - Desktop app that calculates the overall performance of your investment portfolio, with data kept in local files. _{Desktop · EPL-1.0}

• Rotki - Portfolio tracking, accounting and tax reporting for crypto and other assets, with your data stored locally. _AGPL-3.0

Fitness trackers / Apps and services

• FitoTrack - Workout tracker that records your GPS activities and keeps them on the device. _{Android · F-Droid}

• FitTrackee - Self-hosted Strava alternative for recording and analyzing outdoor activities from GPS files. _self-host

• Gadgetbridge - Use your smartwatch or fitness band without the vendor's app or cloud. _Android

• OpenTracks - Sport tracker that records your activities on the device and has no internet permission. _Android

• RunnerUp (⭐961) - Run and bike tracker that keeps activities on the device, with optional sync to services like Strava. _{Android · GPL-3.0}

Workout planners / Apps and services

• wger - Self-hosted manager for your workouts, exercises and nutrition. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

Food / Apps and services

• Open Food Facts - Collaborative database of food products, with ingredients, additives and nutrition data. _AGPL-3.0
  • OFF Apps - Mobile apps that scan a product's barcode and show its ingredients, additives and nutrition data. _{Android · iOS · Apache-2.0}

Menstrual cycle trackers / Apps and services

• Bluemoon - Period tracker that keeps your data on the device. _{Android · F-Droid}

• Drip - Menstrual cycle and fertility tracker that keeps everything you enter on your device. _{Android · iOS · F-Droid}

• Euki - Period and sexual health tracker built to keep your data on your phone. ⚠️ website trackers _{Android · iOS · GPL-3.0}

• Periodical - Calendar for tracking your period and estimating fertile days. _{Android · F-Droid}

• Poppy - Period tracker in the browser that stores data locally and can sync end-to-end encrypted through Nostr relays, no account needed.

Medical health / Apps and services

• MedTimer (⭐648) - Medication reminder that keeps all data on the device and has no internet permission. _{Android · MIT · F-Droid}

Dating Apps / Apps and services

• Tinder: 8 trackers in its Android app, under a very poorly rated privacy policy. _{ToS;DR · Exodus}

• Grindr: fined in Norway for sharing users' location and sexual orientation with advertisers. _Source

• Badoo: 30 trackers in its Android app, most of them for advertising. _Exodus

• Lovoo: 33 trackers in its Android app, most of them for advertising. _Exodus

Tracking / Apps and services

• Dawarich - Self-hosted alternative to Google Timeline for storing and browsing your location history. _{self-host · AGPL-3.0}

• Nextcloud PhoneTrack - Nextcloud app for your location history, fed by its Android app or other loggers (⭐183), which can cache positions offline and upload them in batches. _AGPL-3.0

Find My Device / Apps and services

• Find My Device - Locate and control your Android phone remotely over SMS, messengers or a self-hosted FMD Server. _Android

• GPSLogger - Lightweight GPS logger that saves your tracks to local files, with optional uploads to places you choose. _{Android · F-Droid}

Utilities / Apps and services

• Deskreen - Turns any device with a web browser into a second screen for your computer over the local network. ⚠️ website trackers _{Desktop · AGPL-3.0}

• JustDeleteMe - Directory of direct links for deleting your accounts from web services, rated by difficulty; sister project JustGetMyData (⭐169) covers getting your data out. _MIT

• OpenTabletDriver - User-mode driver for drawing tablets that replaces vendor drivers, some of which report every app you open. _{Desktop · LGPL-3.0}

Privacy vs Security vs Anonymity / Apps and services

• Privacy is control over your personal information: knowing what is collected about you, and deciding who can access it and how.

• Security is protection of your information from unauthorized access or theft, so attackers can't get at it.

• Anonymity means your actions can't be traced back to you. Someone may see what is done, but not who did it.

Legend / Apps and services

• 💀 inactive: development has stalled. It still works and has no maintained alternative, so check before relying on it.

• ⚠️ closed source: the code isn't public. Listed only because of a long, trusted record.

• ⚠️ source-available: the code is public, but the license isn't an open source one.

• ⚠️ website trackers: the project's website loads third-party trackers. That says nothing about the app itself.

• ⚠️ telemetry opt-out: the app sends usage data by default, but a setting turns it off.

• ⚠️ closed server and ⚠️ account required: the server code isn't public, or an account is needed to use it.

6. Awesome Ansible

Tools

• speedrunner (⭐3) - Cuts the start-up time of ansible, ansible-doc and other Ansible commands by serving them from a preloaded daemon, which helps scripts that call them many times.

7. Awesome Osint

Web Monitoring / GitHub

• Topic Watch (⭐15) - Self-hosted news monitor that uses an LLM to only notify on genuinely new information.

8. Awesome Cpp

Online Compiler

• Devtoolry - An online C/C++ compiler that runs Clang in the browser via WebAssembly.

9. Awesome Micropython

Communications / RFID

• micropython-uhf-module (⭐0) - A MicroPython driver for the Tenhanyun TY928 UHF RFID embedded module.

Communications / Serialization

• micropython-msgpackc (⭐2) - Fast MessagePack in C, a drop-in replacement for umsgpack.

Communications / Web

• MicroPyServer (⭐156) - A simple HTTP server for MicroPython projects.

Display / HDMI

• anx7625 (⭐9) - MicroPython porting of video primitives for Portenta H7 via USBC (to HDMI adapter).

Display / LCD Graphic

• MicroPython-Sharp-Memory-Display (⭐0) - MicroPython driver for SHARP memory LCD displays.

Display / Printer

• coffee-edition-kit (⭐0) - Pico W firmware that pulls print jobs from GitHub over HTTPS and streams them to a network printer over IPP, for a nightly newspaper.

Storage / Database

• ownSQL (⭐2) - A MySQL database driver for MicroPython, supporting MySQL Server 8.x and 9.x.

Frameworks / SRAM

• OreoOS (⭐9) - Operating system for an open-hardware ESP32-S3 conference badge, with an app SDK, on-device app store, OTA updates and native video playback.

• openbricks (⭐7) - Pybricks-style robotics firmware for ESP32: 1 kHz native drivebase control, serial bus servos, IMU gyro heading, line sensors, plus a MuJoCo simulator.

Tools / On Host

• thonny-ai (⭐0) - Thonny plugin and MCP server that lets AI assistants run code, monitor long-running programs and sync projects on MicroPython boards, visibly and with optional approval.

10. Awesome Mac

Terminal Apps / Databases

• SSHTermaq - PuTTY-compatible SSH, Telnet and serial terminal with tabs, split panes, an SFTP/SCP file manager and one-click PuTTY session import.

Audio and Video Tools / Audio Record and Process

• Tingo (⭐6) - Open-source meeting notes app that records any call, transcribes it and tells speakers apart on device, and writes minutes whose every point links back to the original audio, using the LLM you choose.

Utilities / Productivity

• Ferrocast - Fast keyboard launcher written in Rust, with clipboard history, snippets, window management and 275 local file conversions.

Utilities / Window Management

• LumaRing (⭐82) - Radial menu for switching apps, windows, and browser tabs.

11. ALL About RSS

Apps / Outline Processor Markup Language

• Newsbin : a native RSS reader for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch with optional on-device AI, free to try

• Feedler : a smart RSS reader with an in-house full-article parser and cross-source Trending Stories, free for five feeds then €9.99/year

Hosted Readers / Outline Processor Markup Language

• Sublime Feed : an RSS reader without unread counts, free for five feeds then $4/month or $40/year

Self Hosted Readers / Outline Processor Markup Language

• FeedThing (⭐5) : a Django reader with a two-pane catch-up model and river-of-news folders, self-hosted on gunicorn

• Tuvix : an open-source RSS aggregator, self-host it or use the free hosted app

• Simple Feed Reader (⭐8) : a self-hosted multi-user reader with full-text extraction, email digests and Bluesky/Mastodon timelines and lists as feeds, Docker Compose deploy

🧾Other Lists that Collect RSS Things / Outline Processor Markup Language

• The RSS Universe : a living directory of 133 RSS apps, tools and standards, links checked live

specifically from (a certain platform) / Steam

• Owned Steam Game RSS Feeds : generates an .opml of news feeds for the games you own, optionally including wishlisted, free and unplayed titles

specifically from (a certain platform) / TMDB

• Magnanium : generates an RSS feed for the upcoming releases of any actor or director, filterable by role, release type and lead time

Toolbox / Webpage Monitor Services with capability of monitoring RSS Feed 1264

• FeedCraft (⭐313): an RSS middleware in Go that translates, extracts full text, renders JS-heavy pages, and summarizes or filters items with an LLM

Feed item filtering / Webpage Monitor Services with capability of monitoring RSS Feed 1264

• Feed Rinse: filter items out by keyword, author or category; the link goes to the pre-2.0 site, which is still the only working one

12. Tools

Response

• AppShot - Free in-browser App Store & Google Play screenshot maker (device frames, captions, exact required store sizes). Nothing uploaded.

Favicon

• Favikit - Private in-browser favicon & app-icon generator (real multi-size .ico, Apple touch, Android, web manifest). Nothing uploaded.

Tools collection

• ogkit - Free in-browser Open Graph / social card generator (1200×630, meta-tag snippet). Nothing uploaded.

• All Tools Verse - Free collection of browser-based utilities for formatting, encoding, conversion and API work. No sign-up.

13. Awesome Neovim

Programming Languages Support / Diagnostics

• alessandropietrobelli/dotnet-tree.nvim (⭐3) - A .NET solution explorer as a neo-tree source, showing solution folders, projects, project references and package versions, with support for many dotnet actions.

Programming Languages Support / Markdown and LaTeX

• ywsrock/nvim-md-preview (⭐2) - Markdown preview in your browser with two-way cursor sync, Mermaid and KaTeX support, and PDF/DOCX/HTML/EPUB export.

Utility / Cursorline

• alexcloudstar/cheatsheet.nvim (⭐1) - Telescope cheatsheet for your keybindings; look up a key by task or keyword and add your own keys.

Formatting / Folding

• javanoo6/intellij-formatter.nvim (⭐1) - IntelliJ-powered formatting through conform.nvim, with EditorConfig support, Java import cleanup, and a reusable daemon.

14. Awesome Testing

Software / AI & LLM Testing

• llmdrill (⭐0) - Open-source CLI that runs your app behind a local fake of the Anthropic and OpenAI APIs, injects outages (529/503 overloads, 429 with retry-after, hangs, cut streams) and grades its retries, backoff, timeouts and failover.

Software / UI & End-to-End Testing

• GenClass (⭐7) - Open-source browser library that reports race conditions in a web app while they happen (stale responses written over newer data, duplicate submits, failure storms) with a small on-device model. Its local MCP server re-runs a page with responses delivered in different orders to find races and replays one order to prove a fix.

• Replay QA - Autonomous QA agent for web apps built on Replay's time-travel runtime recording and analysis. It explores an app from its URL, writes and runs Playwright tests, and delivers a root-cause analysis for each failure, backed by evidence from the recorded execution. Free tier, no credit card.

15. Awesome Rust

Applications / Productivity

• gal064/muxflow (⭐75) - Remote-first tmux IDE for coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, pi), with sessions that stay in tmux on local or SSH hosts, agent notifications on desktop and Android, screenshot paste over SSH, and files, Git and ports panels

Applications / Text editors

• sventmueller/splat (⭐4) - An ultrafast native Markdown editor for macOS on AppKit, no Electron. Edits in the preview leave untouched lines byte-for-byte identical, so Git diffs stay clean. LaTeX and Mermaid offline, 35 languages.

16. Awesome Home Assistant

🔵 Bluetooth & BLE

• PadSpan HA (⭐291) - Shows which room every phone, watch and tag is in, live, on a 3D floor plan, using the ESPHome Bluetooth proxies you already have (289★).

Tools & Utilities

• HA Desktop Widget (⭐98) - Desktop app and widget for Windows, macOS and Linux to control entities, watch cameras, view sensors and pin tiles to the desktop.

17. Free for Dev

APIs, Data, and ML

• TimeLogic API - World time and timezone API with cryptographically signed JSON responses, so you can verify the time wasn't tampered with. Get the current time by timezone, IP address or coordinates, convert between zones, check DST changes, and do business-day date math. WorldTimeAPI-compatible endpoints for apps that used worldtimeapi.org. Free plan includes 10,000 requests/month on all endpoints.

Security and PKI

• CyberShield Studio - Security monitoring for e-commerce store operators and developers. Weekly scans for JavaScript changes or injection, tracking before consent, security header settings, and vulnerable client-side libraries and WordPress plugins. Free plan monitors 1 store (home page + checkout path) with 30 days of history. No credit card required.

Monitoring

• Gairė - Web Change monitoring for research, price changes, out-of/in stock monitoring. Free plan up to 10 pages checked every hour, alerts by sms, email, Webhook, Slack/Discord/Telegram integrations. No card needed.

• hypermonitors.com - Monitors your infrastructure from three different locations (ZH - NYC - SG) with every outage checked from a 2nd location before alerts go out. Free forever for 5 monitors and 5 minute checks.

Forms

• whatayarn - Online form builder. Unlimited forms and responses on Free, subject to fair use.

Generative AI

• evalship - find the flaws in your LLM evals. Reviews your evals suite for improvement opportunities, monitors your PRs for any eval regressions or unintended side effects and optimizes your prompts and models based on experiments in your product. Free for 1 private repo for 1 user, 100 PR analyses a month, 30 days of eval history. Free for public repos.

PaaS

• EthioDeploy - Hosting and agentic coding platform containing Built-in Analytics, Database, GitHub CI/CD, free sub-domain, CLI, AI coding agent. Free tier allows one project 256 MB RAM / 0.5 CPU, sleeps after 30 min idle, 512 MB database and 100,000 tokens on the default model one time.

Issue Tracking and Project Management

• Archboard - Architecture diagrams your team and AI agents edit live. Free plan: 1 seat, 3 diagrams, all built-in node packs and live editing with your AI agents (MCP).

• UserJot - Live chat, feedback boards, a roadmap, and a changelog, so everything your customers say reaches the people and agents building your product. Free plan: Unlimited Posts, Unlimited Users, 3 Admin Roles, 2 Feedback Boards, Roadmap, Changelog.

Analytics, Events and Statistics

• Pug - Open-source product analytics with autocapture, trends, funnels, retention, user flows and unified user profiles. Free plan includes 100,000 events per month and 1 year of data retention.

Payment and Billing Integration

• UsageRail - API keys, rate limits, quotas and usage-based billing for paid APIs, checked inside your own server with no gateway. Free up to $1,000/month billed and 1M requests/month.

18. Magictools

Graphics / Assets/Placeholders

• 💸 Gridwright Studio - Subscription library of pixel-art game asset packs (tilesets, characters, UI, icons, effects, isometric, music and SFX) for any engine, many with Godot scenes and Tiled tilesets. Free samples with a free account. Drawn in code with AI-assisted tools.

Graphics / Animation

• 💸 SlotVFX - Desktop editor for particles and game VFX with Spine support. Free to use; exports for Pixi, Phaser, Cocos Creator and WebGL2 need a paid plan.

Graphics / Modeling

• 💸 Unity Asset Exporter - Open .unitypackage files in the browser without Unity and export models as textured GLB.

19. Awesome Developer First

AI Coding

• Beacon.sh - Self‑improving memory for coding agents.

Browser Automation

• Browserless - Browser automation deployed to the cloud.

• Stagehand by Browserbase - Open-source SDK to make your browser agents resilient, readable, and production-ready.

• Tabstack - Web data and automation API that delivers reliable structured output. Built at Mozilla.

20. Awesome Gemini Cli

Development Tools & Utilities

• Skim (⭐16) - Browser extension that renders the Markdown plans and docs Gemini CLI writes, re-rendering live as the file changes. KaTeX, Mermaid, folder view.

MCP Servers

• AlphaOSINT LinkedIn Company - Remote MCP server for Gemini CLI that returns a company's LinkedIn page details (size, industry, locations, specialties) through https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/linkedin-company-api.

• Next: Nov 03, 2026