A curated list of privacy & security-focused apps, software, and providers 🔐
Intro
Large data-hungry corporations dominate the digital world but with little, or no respect for your privacy. Migrating to open-source applications with a strong emphasis on privacy and security will help stop corporations, governments, and hackers from logging, storing or selling your personal data.
⚠️ Note: Remember that no software is perfect, and it is important to follow good security practices
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📋 Contents
- Essentials
- Password Managers (6)
- 2-Factor Authentication (9)
- File Encryption (3)
- Browsers (6)
- Search Engines (5)
- Communication
- Encrypted Messaging (4)
- P2P Messaging (5)
- Encrypted Email (5)
- Email Clients (6)
- Mail Forwarding (6)
- Email Security Tools (3)
- VOIP Clients (2)
- Virtual Phone Numbers (5)
- Team Collaboration (5)
- Security Tools
- Browser Extensions (27)
- Mobile Apps (25)
- Online Tools (18)
- Networking
- Virtual Private Networks (5)
- Self-Hosted Network Security (8)
- Mix Networks (3)
- Proxies (2)
- DNS Providers (3)
- DNS Clients (6)
- Firewalls (14)
- Ad Blockers (9)
- Host Block Lists (6)
- Router Firmware (2)
- Network Analysis (4)
- Intrusion Detection (5)
- Cloud Hosting (3)
- Domain Registrars (2)
- DNS Hosting (1)
- Mail Servers (3)
- Productivity
- Digital Notes (8)
- Calendar (0)
- Backup and Sync (3)
- Cloud Productivity Suites (5)
- Encrypted Cloud Storage (7)
- File Drop (3)
- Browser Sync (5)
- Secure Conference Calls (2)
- Utilities
- Virtual Machines (3)
- PGP Managers (9)
- Metadata Removal (3)
- Data Erasers (9)
- Operating Systems
- Mobile Operating Systems (4)
- Desktop Operating Systems (6)
- Linux Defenses (6)
- Windows Defences (22)
- Mac OS Defences (3)
- Anti-Malware (2)
- Development
- Code Hosting (5)
- IDEs (0)
- Terminal Emulators (0)
- Smart Home & IoT
- Voice Assistants (2)
- Smart Home (1)
- Finance
- Cryptocurrencies (2)
- Crypto Wallets (9)
- Crypto Exchanges (4)
- Virtual Credit Cards (3)
- Other Payment Methods (3)
- Secure Budgeting (3)
- Social
- Social Networks (4)
- Video Platforms (3)
- Blogging Platforms (5)
- News Readers (3)
- Proxy Sites (4)
- Media
- Gaming (0)
- Media Servers (0)
- Music Players (0)
- Video Players (0)
- Photo Viewers (0)
- E-Book Readers (0)
- Podcast Players (0)
- Torrent Downloaders (0)
- File Converters (0)
- Creativity
- Image Editors (8)
- Video Editors (7)
- Audio Editors & Recorders (1)
- Casting & Streaming (1)
- Screenshot Tools (0)
- 3D Graphics (2)
- Animation (1)
Essentials
Password Managers
- Bitwarden - Fully-featured, open source password manager with cloud-sync. Bitwarden is
easy-to-use with a clean UI and client apps for desktop, web and mobile. See
also Vaultwarden, a self-hosted,
Rust implementation of the Bitwarden server and compatible with upstream
Bitwarden clients.
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- KeePass - Hardened, secure and offline password manager. Does not have cloud-sync baked in, deemed to be gold standard for secure password managers. KeePass clients: Strongbox (Mac & iOS), KeePassDX (Android), KeeWeb (Web-based/ self-hosted), KeePassXC (Windows, Mac & Linux), see more KeePass clients and extensions at awesome-keepass by @lgg. …
- LessPass - LessPass is a little different, since it generates your passwords using a hash
of the website name, your username and a single main-passphrase that you reuse.
It omits the need for you to ever need to store or sync your passwords. They
have apps for all the common platforms and a CLI, but you can also self-host it.
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- Padloc - A modern, open source password manager for individuals and teams. Beautiful,
intuitive and dead simple to use. Apps available for all platforms and you can
self-host it as well.
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- ProtonPass - From the creators of ProtonMail, ProtonPass is a new addition to their suite of
services. They have a full collection of user-friendly native mobile and desktop
apps. ProtonPass is one of the few "trustworthy" providers that also offers a
free plan.
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- Pass - The Standard Unix Password Manager…
✳️ Notable Mentions
- Password Safe - An offline, open source password manager designed by Bruce Schneier, with native applications for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android and iOS, and support for YubiKey. The UI is a little dated, and there is no official browser extension, making is slightly less convenient to use compared with other options
- PassBolt - A good option for teams. It is free, open source, self-hosted, extensible and OpenPGP based. It is specifically good for development and DevOps usage, with integrations for the terminal, browser and chat, and can be easily extended for custom usage, and deployed quickly with Docker
- 1Password - (proprietary) A fully-featured cross-platform password manager with sync. Free for self-hosted data (or $3/ month hosted). Be aware that 1Password is not fully open source, but they do regularly publish results of their independent security audits, and they have a solid reputation for transparently disclosing and fixing vulnerabilities
ℹ️ Further Info
Other Open Source PM: Buttercup, Clipperz, Pass, Padloc, TeamPass, PSONO, UPM, Gorilla, Seahorse (for GNOME), GNOME Keyring, KDE Wallet Manager.
If you are using a deprecated PM, you should migrate to something actively maintained. This includes: Firefox Lockwise, Encryptr, Mitro, Rattic, JPasswords, Passopolis, KYPS, Factotum.