Browsec
★★★★★
Works great, though like many, it is seen as a vpn if you want to sign up for an account on sites.
It stopped working on August 9, 2026. It was macOS-only; the promised Windows version never happened. It will not even do basic browsing now.
Nacre Browser
★★★★★
Seems to run snappy even with the Tor option on. It will install extensions. I like it so far.
Free tier for Kimi K3.1 Pro. "You can try the free web version at Kimi. The main catch is that “free access to the model” doesn’t establish that all its headline features—especially full-length context and substantial 3D work—are available without paying."
LibreOffice
★★★★★
My favored alternative to Word. I don't use it enough to leave a detailed comparison, but it used to update very frequently. The update frequencies have quieted a good deal.
2025: The new ability to filter search results and exclude sites makes DuckDuckGo sound appealing again. I cringe every time I search "philosophy" and get cosmetics as the top listing, so I tried the filters on Chrome browser. There's 3 dots that bring up an "X" on each result. Seemed easy enough.. clicked it. Refreshed. Didn't work. Why isn't it working? Old: "Bad news if you use DuckDuckGo - It was tracking you".. May 26 2022...
I like BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control , but maybe I will compare this sometime
Neither Chromium nor Mozilla based