Software I use
The open source apps I use
Advanced automation app for Android that lets you trigger actions like alarms and app launches based on configurable events like phone calls or time of day. Tasker also lets you create apps using these automation features.
A free and open source alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy. Inspired by the Nitter project.
UntrackMe once set by default to open Twitter and YouTube links will transform them into Nitter and Invidious links and delegate the action to another app. It also supports Google Maps links to transform them into OpenStreetMap links or Geo URI.
Gitter is a chat and collaboration tool for developers and users. It's a place for developers to talk.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
A secure collaboration app with end-to-end encryption and interoperability across web, desktop, and mobile. Includes chat, voice, and video calls.
License model
- Free Personal • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Matrix.org
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
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An encrypted messaging app focused on privacy, supporting texts, calls, photos, videos, files, and group chats, with no ads or trackers.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Flathub
- Ubuntu
- Debian
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Budibase is an open-source low-code platform, helping developers and IT professionals build, automate, and ship internal tools 50x faster on their own infrastructure.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
FlutterHole is a free third party Android application for interacting with your Pi-Hole® server.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Android
A free and open source application that can block unwanted calls or warn about probable intentions of callers using a third-party crowdsourced phone number database (from some other proprietary app).
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
+2
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Self-hosted Speedtest for HTML5. Easy setup, examples, configurable, mobile friendly. Supports PHP, Node, Multiple servers, and more.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Android
- F-Droid
Open source note-taking app with Markdown support, to-do integration, and synchronization with cloud services like Dropbox and OneDrive.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Google Chrome
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- Termux
- Mozilla Firefox
+3
Local-first, privacy-focused notebook supporting Markdown and Org mode, offline use, encrypted backup, extensible with plugins, and more.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Flathub
+2
End-to-end encrypted app for email, calendar, and contacts, requiring no personal data, with open source code and quantum-resistant security.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Flathub
- F-Droid
+6
Open-source suite for editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and PDF files with co-editing modes, plugin support, and integration across over 40 platforms.
License model
- Free Personal • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Samsung Galaxy Store
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Flatpak
- Cloudron
+8
Prosody is a modern flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua. It aims to be easy to set up and configure, and light on resources. For developers it aims to be easy to extend and give a flexible system on which to rapidly develop added functionality, or...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Online
- BSD
License model
- Free Personal • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- Node.JS
+1
Modoboa is a mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified Web User Interface. It provides useful components such as an administration panel or a webmail.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
Tired of seeing ads and promotions in your timeline, being disrupted by tweets from bots and people you don't like, or just want a pure Twitter experience back like the good old days? Try Twidere for Twitter!
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
+4
PlantUML is an open-source tool that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams. The generator can be run anywhere within JVM and integrated with various application such as wiki, text editor, IDE, programming language, documentation generator, and others.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Chrome OS
Invoice Ninja is a free, open-source solution for invoicing and billing customers. With Invoice Ninja, you can easily build and send beautiful invoices from any device that has access to the web.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- Mac
- Linux
- Flathub
- Windows
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Grav is an easy to use, yet powerful, opensource CMS that requires no database. In a nutshell, installing Grav is a matter of unzipping the file. It is fast, has sophisticated caching, and a light footprint for optimal performance.
Free and open-source office suite with advanced word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, vector graphics, math formula editor, and database tools.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- F-Droid
- Flatpak
+8
Privacy-focused diagramming software supporting real-time collaboration, offline mode, and cloud storage without ads or registration.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
- Notion
- Self-Hosted
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft OneDrive
- PortableApps.com
- Google Drive
- Google Docs
- Microsoft Teams
- Google Slides
- Google Sheets
+9
Open-source personal finance manager for Android platform
- Multiple accounts with multiple currencies
- Scheduled and recurring transactions
- Transfers with downloadable currency rates
- Location based transactions
- Hierarchial categories with custom attri.
Privacy-focused search engine offering Zero-click Info, instant answers, and more, built from open-source software for a user-friendly experience.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- F-Droid
- Yandex Browser
- Tor
- Opera
- Mozilla Firefox
+16
Discover and install FOSS Android apps with ease. Privacy-focused, ad-free, and no registration required, F-Droid offers a lightweight alternative.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Open source vector graphics editor supporting SVG with features like custom brushes, pressure sensitivity, and layer management across multiple platforms.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
+1
Open-source browser with Gecko engine, supporting HTML add-ons and providing privacy features like Enhanced Tracking Protection and third-party cookie blocking.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Samsung Galaxy Store
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- Gecko
+7
Light version of Facebook. Light not only in weight but also in the use.
Why do I download SlimSocial for Facebook?
- It is lightweight: it weighs less than 100 Kb;
- It has simple, modern design: there is only what you need;
- It is Open source: the code of this app is online.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
You just add your main audiobook folder and every folder in there will be recognised as a single book. That keeps your library simple and tidy.
Pleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols. It is compatible with GNU Social, Mastodon, and many other ActivityPub and OStatus implementations.
Delta Chat looks and feels like other popular messenger apps, but does not involve centralized control, tracking or selling you, friends, colleagues or family out to large organizations. "Privacy by Design" has never been more fun.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- F-Droid
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Conversations is a privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG].
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
+4
TiddlyWiki is a single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because its a single file, its very portable - you can email it, put it on a web server or share...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- Xfce
- RemoteStorage
Pixelfed is an image sharing platform with focus on Privacy, Safety and Security, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms like Instagram.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- F-Droid
+3
Privacy-focused, open-source email app offering encryption, unlimited accounts, customizable features, unified inbox, and low data usage.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Slide for Reddit is a rock-solid material-designed unofficial browser for Reddit with an easy to use UI and tons of customization. Slide is ad-free, open source, and is packed with many unique features.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
Metabase is a simple and powerful analytics tool which lets anyone learn and make decisions from their company’s data. No technical knowledge required! We hope you love it.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Amazon Web Services
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Heroku
- Cloudron
- Docker
Go ahead, video chat with the whole team. In fact, invite everyone you know. Jitsi Meet is a fully encrypted, 100% open source video conferencing solution that you can use all day, every day, for free.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Apple Watch
- F-Droid
Blokada is the popular ad blocker and privacy app for Android and iOS. It's being supported and actively developed by the amazing open source community.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Disroot is a platform providing online services based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralization.
Media center supporting movies, series, YouTube, and smartTV casting via DLNA/Chromecast. Offers HD, subtitles, add-ons, with no registration needed. Notice of new episodes.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+8
Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
+6
Lightweight and open-source app for YouTube, PeerTube, SoundCloud, and more. No Google Account needed, supports 4K and background audio streaming with downloads.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Android
- SoundCloud
- YouTube Music
- Flathub
- Bandcamp
- YouTube
- F-Droid
- Flatpak
- PeerTube
+9
LBRY is the first digital marketplace to be controlled by the market's participants rather than a corporation or other 3rd-party.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- AppImageHub
Advanced image manipulation tool offering comprehensive tools for photo retouching, composition, and batch processing in a free package.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- AmigaOS
+5
