Free open source privacy and security focused mobile OS, compatible with nearly every Android app through a sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer.
Fediverse address:
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
Tagged: De-Googling
Tuta (formerly Tutanota)
Independent privacy-friendly email and calendar provider which is ad-free and paid for entirely by their users’ subscriptions. There are free open source apps for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows. There’s also support for E2EE and 2FA wherever possible.
Fediverse address:
@Tutanota@mastodon.social
Nitrokey
Sells privacy-friendly FOSS security keys, de-Googled smartphones, Linux laptops etc.
Fediverse address:
@nitrokey@nitrokey.com
Fastmail
Independent privacy-friendly email provider, based in Australia.
Fediverse address:
@fastmail@mastodon.social
Volla
German company which sells smartphones with pre-installed de-googlised Android or Ubuntu Touch.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@volla@mastodon.social
OnlyOffice
Free open source online office suite. There’s an official paid service available, or you can host it yourself for free.
Fediverse address:
@ONLYOFFICE@fosstodon.org
NextCloud
Free open source self-hostable personal cloud software for sharing files, collaborative editing, instant messaging, personal music streaming etc.
Fediverse address:
@nextcloud@mastodon.xyz
MicroG Project
Develops free open source alternatives to Google’s proprietary services in Android.
Fediverse address:
@microg@fosstodon.org
F-Droid
Free open source alternative to Google Play. Looks a bit like an app store, but it’s entirely FOSS apps.
Fediverse address:
@fdroidorg@floss.social
Mailo
Email service run by a small independent company in France.
Fediverse address:
@hellomailo@mastodon.social
Carnet
Free open source alternative to Google Keep. It lets you take notes and sync them with a NextCloud account. The apps are available for Android (through F-Droid and Google Play) and NextCloud.
Fediverse address:
@Carnet@framapiaf.org
The Linux Experiment
Videos devoted to the Linux OS, software for Linux, Linux-based phones, FOSS, de-Googlising and related topics. The videos include news items, reviews, features and tutorials aimed at a wide range of skill levels.
Fediverse address (main):
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com
CryptPad
Privacy-friendly free open source online office suite. It can be self-hosted, or you can use the official instance. It’s collaborative and anonymous, with “zero knowledge” encryption so no one can access your data except you and those you choose to share with.
Fediverse address:
@cryptpad@fosstodon.org
Matomo
Free open source web analytics software, a privacy-friendly libre alternative to Google Analytics. It allows you to keep track of visits to your website without handing over visitors data to Google. There are third party paid hosting services, or you can self-host it for free.
Fediverse address:
@Matomo@mastodon.social
CalyxOS
Privacy-friendly smartphone operating system based on Android.
Fediverse address:
@calyxos@fosstodon.org
Invidious
Free open source privacy-friendly front end for YouTube.
Fediverse address:
@invidious@social.tchncs.de
Joplin
Free open source note taking and to-do app which you can sync online with lots of popular cloud services including Nextcloud. Available for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@joplinapp@mastodon.social
PeerTube
A Fediverse video sharing and livestreaming, platform, sort of like YouTube but federated onto lots of independent servers. Because it’s part of the Fediverse, you can follow PeerTube accounts from Mastodon etc. PeerTube accounts can also be followed through RSS.
Fediverse address:
@peertube@framapiaf.org
Iodé
European company selling de-Googlised Android smartphones. The phones themselves are made by established manufacturers such as Fairphone and Samsung, and can be refurbished models if you want to reduce the impact on the environment (or if you just want a cheaper phone).
Fediverse address:
@iode@mastodon.online
OpenAndroidInstaller
Graphical installer software that makes it extremely easy to install alternative operating systems on Android phones. Supports many devices and many kinds of Android ROMs.
Fediverse address:
@openandroidinstaller@fosstodon.org
E Foundation / Murena
The E Foundation develops and maintains a free open source privacy-friendly de-Googled version of Android, which you can either install yourself on your existing phone or buy pre-installed on a new phone. They sell pre-installed phones through the Murena brand, all of which are manufactured by established companies like Fairphone, Samsung etc.
Fediverse address (E Foundation):
@e_mydata@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (Murena):
@murena@mastodon.social
Mailbox.org
Independent privacy-friendly email provider, based in Germany.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@mailbox_org@social.mailbox.org
Collabora Office
Online fork of the LibreOffice productivity suite aimed at businesses, including long term tech support, admin tools, smartphone apps and cloud collaboration.
Fediverse address:
@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social
Its development company, Collabora, is one of the biggest upstream contributors to LibreOffice’s source code, and has a close relationship with the FOSS community.
Fediverse address:
@collabora@floss.social