Recommended Software for the Average Joe and Jane [1/3]

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  1. DeepNotes icon
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    DeepNotes is an open source, end-to-end encrypted visual note-taking app with deep page navigation and live collaboration. Create mind maps, diagrams, kanban boards, among others. Infinite nesting of infinite canvases.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Family tree
    Diagram
    Kanban
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    History
  2. Mimiri Notes provides a safe place to store your notes, passwords, and confidential data with strong encryption and real-time synchronization across all your devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    View all historical changes on a note
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    Share with friends and collaborate on notes
  3. Lockbook icon
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    End-to-end encrypted notes, sketches, and files synced across devices with no personal info collected, using open-source, native apps for privacy and security.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Office Suites

    Open source and cross platform

  5. Open-source suite for editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and PDF files with co-editing modes, plugin support, AI assistant, and integration across 40+ platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    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
    OnlyOffice 9.3 Document running in Windows 11
    OnlyOffice 9.3 Spreadsheet running in Windows 11
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  6. Cloud Storage

    Zero Knowledge and E2EE

  7. Emphasizes privacy with end-to-end encryption, Proton Drive safely stores, synchronizes, and shares files across devices via web and mobile applications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Tor
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  8. End-to-end encrypted cloud storage using quantum-resistant cryptography prevents any third-party, including service administrators, from accessing confidential files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Personal Information Managers (PIM): Email, Calendar, Contacts

    PIMs or personal information managers are essentially the combination of email, calendar, and contacts. Tasks and notes are sometimes included as well. These recommendations have encryption features.

  10. Secure Swiss-based email with end-to-end encryption and zero third-party access. Available across devices, offering a free version to promote privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Tor
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  11. Tuta Mail icon
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    End-to-end encrypted app for email, calendar, and contacts, requiring no personal data, with open source code and quantum-resistant security.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Android Tablet
    • Thunderbird
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  12. Family Vault with Legacy/Beneficiary

    A digital family vault (with an authorized backup contact) is going to make the administrative tasks when emergencies or unfortunate circumstances arise a bit less taxing.

  13. Ente Locker is a secure vault for life’s essentials - your most important documents and credentials - protected with end-to-end encryption.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • Online
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  14. AI

    Not the best, but they are the most private. And you probably don’t need “the best” for the majority of the things you want to do anyway. Use responsibility and seriously reflect on the ethics of what you are using the AI for. Don’t let Big Tech’s ethics become your ethics.

  15. Privacy-first AI assistant with zero-access encryption, no logging or profiling, open-source code, and user-controlled conversations, subject to GDPR regulations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
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  16. Euria icon
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    Privacy-first AI assistant with chat, writing, transcription, summarization, email, and document tools, hosted in Switzerland and compliant with strict data privacy laws.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  17. Ensu icon
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    Private offline on-device local LLM app by Ente, open source code, no accounts or tracking, and works cross-platform on mobile and desktop devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  18. Malicious Software Protection

  19. Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to safe PDFs

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  20. Analyse suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware and other breaches, automatically share them with the security community.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Android
    Scan results for alternativeto.net
    the macOS/Linux desktop uploader
    the VT4Browsers Firefox extension
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    Home
  21. ScamAdviser helps over 6.5 million consumers every month to discover if a website is legitimate or a possible scam. You can now install the ScamAdviser browser extension to real time check if a website is legit or may contain malware, is phishing for your personal information or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Google Chrome
    • iPhone
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  22. Websites + Services everyone should be using

  23. "Terms of Service; Didn't Read" (short: ToS;DR) is a project started in June 2012 to help fix the "biggest lie on the web": almost no one really reads the terms of service we agree to all the time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • F-Droid
    • Tor
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • iPad
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    Website
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  24. A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services. Find out how to delete over 800+ Accounts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Front Page
  25. Website repository that checks what sites your email address was used on were compromised.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Have I Been Pwned screenshot 1
  26. PrivacySpy rates, highlights, and monitors privacy policies. Understand how your data is being used.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    Homepage
  27. The Privacy Checkup was launched as part of Data Privacy Week 2024 and helps you to determine whether or not you’re sufficiently protecting your data online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  28. Windows Only

  29. UniGetUI icon
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    Intuitive interface for managing software via multiple Windows package managers. Supports install, update, bulk actions, backups, metadata review, and notifications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chocolatey
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Think I’m missing something? Maybe it’s on my list: “Software for the tech-savvy power user [2/3]” or “Software for the advanced administrator [3/3]”.

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