Software and services

Privacy tools

Email providers

• Mailfence

Cloud storage

• Sync.com
• pCloud
• Tresorit - End-to-End Encrypted Cloud Storage for Businesses.
• SpiderOak - End-to-End Encrypted, No Knowledge Privacy.

Instant messaging

• Wickr

Search engines

• Startpage
• DuckDuckGo
  • DuckDuckGo !Bang
  • DuckDuckGo Instant Answers
• Qwant
• Ecosia
• You.com

See also:

• searX wiki on GitHub
• Wikipedia list of privacy search engines

Browser extensions

• Ghostery Privacy Ad Blocker

More resources

• write.as - Minimalist, privacy-focused, writing and publishing platform.
• OpenStreetMap - OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
• Fediverse
• Track This - A new kind of Incognito.
• Panopticlick - Is your browser safe against tracking?
• Google Takeout - Export a copy of content in your Google Account.
• Google My Activity - Deactivate all Google Activity logs.

Misc

Software

• Programming tools
  • mongodb/mongo - The MongoDB Database. source-available software
  • inconshreveable/ngrok - Introspected tunnels to localhost. open-source upto v1.x
  • MATLAB
  • kite - Code completion plugin for Python that works with PyCharm, VS Code, Vim, Spyder, & more.
  • Linear - The issue tracking tool you'll enjoy using.
  • CSSBattle
  • Codementor
  • Anvil - Build web apps with Python.
• Hacking
  • Hack The Box
  • TryHackMe
• IP address lookup
  • IPinfo.io
  • ipapi
• Operating systems
  • For PC
    • Oracle Solaris
    • Apple macOS
    • Microsoft Windows
  • For mobile
    • iOS
• Browser extensions
  • LastPass Password Manager
  • Grammarly for Firefox
  • Enhancer for YouTube™
  • Wikiwand: Wikipedia Modernized
  • Tampermonkey - userscript manager. open-source upto v2.9
• Web browsers
  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge
• Search engines
  • Metacrawler
  • Google
  • Bing
• Cloud storage
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox
  • Box
• Feed readers
  • Feedly - News aggregator application.
  • Inoreader - Web-based content and RSS feed reader.
• Document readers
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF
  • Foxit Reader PDF
  • FBReader open-source until 2015
• YouTube alternatives
  • BitChute - Allows video uploaders to avoid content rules enforced on other platforms, such as YouTube.
  • Vimeo - Ad-free video platform.
• Note-taking
  • Things - Award-winning personal task manager that helps you achieve your goals. iOS macOS
  • Notion
  • Evernote
  • todoist
  • Taskade
  • Trello
  • Airtable
  • WorkFlowy
  • Quip - Secure productivity for the enterprise.
  • Asana
  • Dropbox Paper
  • Zenkit
  • Bear - Bear is a beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose. iOS macOS
  • Notable - The Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck. open-source upto v1.5.1
  • Typora - A new way to read and write Markdown.
  • Zettelkasten
    • Roam - A note-taking tool for networked thoughts.
    • RemNote - Spaced-repetition powered note-taking tool.
    • Obsidian - Powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
    • The Archive - Nimble, Calm, Plain.txt. macOS
  • Bookmarking
    • Pocket - When you find something you want to view later, put it in Pocket. owned by Mozilla
    • Instapaper
    • Pinboard - Social Bookmarking for Introverts.
    • Diigo - Your Learning, Simplified.
    • Raindrop.io - Your Smart Bookmarks.
• Instant messaging
  • Slack
  • Skype
  • Discord
  • Zoom
  • Hangouts
• Remote desktop clients
  • TeamViewer - Remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.
• Design tools
  • Adobe - Creativity for all.
  • Affinity - Graphics software redefined.
• Office suites
  • Zoho - Privacy-friendly Alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs.
  • Microsoft Office
  • Google Docs
• Movie reviews
  • IMDb - Internet Movie Database.
  • Metacritic
  • Rotten Tomatoes
  • MyAnimeList
  • AniList
  • AniDB
  • Letterboxd - Social film discovery.
• Music
  • Spotify - Spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs.
  • Shazam - Shazam will identify any music playing around you.
• Book reviews
  • Goodreads
• iOS/Mac
  • Apollo Reddit Client - A beautiful Reddit app built for power and speed.
  • Pythonista - A Full Python IDE for iOS.
  • Alfred - Award-winning app for macOS which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more.
• Meditation
  • Waking Up - Explore the practice of meditation and examines the theory behind it with Sam Harris.
• CAPTCHA services
  • reCAPTCHA - Easy on Humans, Hard on Bots.
  • hCaptcha - Private. Secure. Faster. And they pay you to use it.
• Web analytics
  • Simple Analytics
  • Google Analytics
• Text heavy search engines
  • Marginalia Search
  • Million Short
  • Wiby
• Misc
  • Imgur
  • snapcraft - The app store for Linux.
  • VMware
  • Caret - Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux.
  • GeoGebra - Free online math tools for graphing, geometry, 3D, and more!
  • Star Walk - The sky at your fingertips.
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux - compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows.
  • Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 - The free app that makes your Internet safer.
  • DaVinci Resolve - DaVinci Resolve includes everything professional editors need to cut blockbuster films, television shows, and commercials.
  • HitFilm Express - VFX software for the filmmaking revolution.
  • Google Earth
  • Google Maps
  • Algolia - Fast, reliable and modern search and discovery.
  • Grammarly - Compose bold, clear, mistake-free writing with Grammarly’s AI-powered writing assistant.
  • bitly - Link shortener.
  • IFTTT - Make your apps and devices work together in new ways.
  • Hootsuite - Manage all your social media in one place.
  • Buffer - Build your audience and grow your brand on social media.
  • Duolingo - Learn a language for free. Forever.
  • Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More.
  • SSL Labs
  • DeviantArt - Online community featuring artwork, videography, and photography.
  • Shopify - E-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems.
  • Gumroad - Online platform that enables creators to sell products directly to consumers.
  • Podia - Sell online courses, downloads, webinars, and memberships without worrying about the tech.
  • Teachable - Create and sell beautiful online courses.
  • SAP - Enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations.
  • Photopea - Online Photo Editor
  • Windy: Wind map & weather forecast
  • Screenplays
  • Smooth shadow generator
  • The Interactive Fiction Database
  • Internet Movie Cars Databases
  • Bechdel Test Movie List
  • Movie mistakes - goofs, bloopers, pictures, quotes and trivia from thousands of movies.
  • Game engines
    • Unreal Engine source-available software
    • Unity
  • Games
    • Universe Sandbox - Physics-based space simulation software that allows anyone to create & destroy on an unimaginable scale.
    • SpaceEngine
    • Kerbal Space Program
    • GTA
    • Neurocracy
    • GeoGuessr
  • Sites
    • Grep.app - Search code in GitHub repos using regular expressions.
    • Prototypr.io
    • UptimeRobot - Free Website Monitoring.

Hardware

• Amazon Kindle
• reMarkable - Digital device that gives you a pen-to-paper note-taking experience.