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These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance
- There are alternatives out there to apps that sell your data, and they're often just as good or better. For example, you can save articles for later using Wallabag instead of Pocket, and you can encrypt all of your messages and calls using Signal. Prefer a self-hosted Dropbox alternative? Check out Nextcloud. Looking for a simple, but secure way to store your passwords? Try Bitwarden. Want an encrypted photo app? Ente.io has you covered. Other recommendations include Home Assistant for smart homes, Owncast for livestreaming, and Stirling PDF for PDF editing.
- Wallabag is a read-later web-archiving service that lets you save articles for later. It's a strong competitor to Pocket and can be hosted for free on a NAS server you run yourself.
- Signal is a renown secure messaging app that knows nothing about you. By encrypting all of your messages and calls, Signal keeps you safe from prying eyes and ears.
- Nextcloud is a self-hosted alternative to Dropbox. It's built with security in mind and provides you end-to-end encrypted access to your files from your phone or any other device you have.
- Bitwarden is an open source password manager that helps you log in quickly to your favorite sites and auto-fills your credit card details when you want to pay for something. Bitwarden is more readily auditable and open about its software development process.
- Joplin and Notesnook are note-taking apps that keep all of your notes, thoughts, and scribbles in one encrypted place that you can access anytime. LibreOffice is an Office alternative that is private by design and free to use.
- Ente.io is a privacy-focused photo storage app designed to securely back up all of your photos and videos to the cloud. It lets you manage and share your photos privately and for free.
- Home Assistant connects all of your smart home devices and lets you control them all from one place. It can be self-hosted on a variety of devices, and is there for you when a supported Smart Home device goes defunct.
- Owncast is a free and fairly easy-to-use self-hosted streaming system for setting up and hosting livestreams. It's a good alternative to relying entirely on the tools of a giant corporation when it comes to live streaming.
- Stirling PDF is a Swiss Army knife for PDF documents. It lets you convert, edit, merge, split, sign, and more, all without having to hand over your personal or sensitive files to a cloud giant.
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