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Items in this page that have a 🌟 icon next to them represent my top/favourite pick(s) from that category.
Table of Contents
Internet
Web Browsers
- Firefox 🌟 - A fast, lightweight, privacy-focused browser that works across all your devices.
- Librewolf - Privacy focused Firefox fork.
- Brave - Privacy focused chromium browser.
- Tor Browser 🌟 - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
Browser Hardening
- Arkenfox user.js - Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening.
- BetterFox - user.js file to harden Firefox and optimize privacy, security, and speed.
Password Manager
- Bitwarden 🌟 - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.
- KeypassXC - Free, open source, light-weight, and easy-to-use password manager.
Browser Extensions
Search Engines
- SearXNG 🌟 - A Privacy-respecting metasearch engine.
- Duckduckgo - Due to recent controversies regarding Russian Censorship, I no longer use ddg however it is still a better choice than Google or Bing.
Email
- Protonmail 🌟 - Secure Email based in Switzerland.
- Tutanota - Encrypted email & calendar service - easy to use, secure by design.
Torrenting client
- qBittorrent 🌟 - An open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
- Transmission - Simple and lightweight open-source torrent client.
Useful Sites
- lingva-translate - a Free and Open Source Alternative front-end for Google Translate.
- VirusTotal.com - Analyze suspicious files and URLs to detect types of malware, automatically share them with the security community.
- kutt.it - An open source modern URL shortener.
- Repo Remover - A web app that helps you archive and delete old/unused repos, quickly and easily.
Operating Systems
PC
Windows
- Windows 10 LTSC 🌟 - Slightly less bloated version of Windows 10. It’s not supposed to be used for personal use but I mean….😉😉
- Chris Titus Tech WinUtil 🌟 - Chris’ Windows 10 Utility. Use it to debloat and tweak Windows. It’s almost always a good idea to run it during each update of Windows.
- Simplewall - Firewall for Windows.
Linux
- Arch linux - A lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to keep it simple.
- Debian 🌟 - A free and open source distribution that is the base for other major distros like Ubuntu, MX Linux, Linux Mint, etc. It is the second oldest actively maintained GNU/Linux distribution.
- Linux Mint 🌟 - Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications.
- Tails (Live operating system for using the Tor/Onion network) - Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.
- Qubes OS - A reasonably secure operating system.
Mobile
Piracy
I do not condone piracy. These links are only for educational purposes.
Anime
- piracy.moe 🌟 - Index for Anime and Manga sites/apps.
- Nyaa.si 🌟 - Anime torrent site. (If blocked by ISP use Tor, GoodbyeDPI or a VPN)
- Anix.to - The simplest way to watch anime online completely for free.
Music & Audiobooks
- Audiobookbay - Download unabridged audiobook for free or share your audio books.
- SpotX - Spotify ad blocker (PC).
- SpotiFlyer 🌟 - Multiplatform Music Downloader.
Games
r/PiratedGames Megathread 🌟 - A popular megathread from the r/PiratedGames subreddit. It contains a list of trusted sites to download games from.
For more piracy sites check out awesome-piracy!
Mobile
Custom Rom
- Graphene OS 🌟 - An open source privacy and security focused mobile OS.
- Calyx OS - An open source Android mobile operating system that puts privacy and security into the hands of everyday users.
- Lineage OS - A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform
Video/Music Streaming
- Blackhole 🌟 - Open Source Music client (JioSaavn,Spotify,Youtube Music).
- Newpipe 🌟 - Open Source YouTube client.
- AntennaPod - Free and open source Podcast Player.
- xManager - Modded Spotify Client.
App Stores
Two Factor Authenticator
- Aegis 🌟 - a free, secure and open source app to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.
- andOTP - andOTP is a free and open source two-factor authentication App.
Anime/Manga
- Mihon - Free and open source manga reader for Android
- Signal 🌟 - An open source secure messenger, alternative to whatsapp.
Password Manager
- Bitwarden 🌟 - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.
- KeePassDX - Secure and open source password manager compatible with KeePass files.
To install apps from The Gaurdian Project (Tor browser and Orbot) you need to add their Fdroid repo
Web Browsers
- Mull Browser 🌟 - A privacy oriented and deblobbed web browser based on Mozilla firefox.
- Tor Browser - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
- Bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and enhanced privacy.
VPN and Proxy
- Mullvad - Probably the only VPN provider I would recommend.
Email
- Protonmail 🌟 - Secure Email based in Switzerland.
- Tutanota - Encrypted email & calendar service - easy to use, secure by design.
- K9 mail 🌟 - Open source email client.
Other Apps
Add the IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
- TrackerControl - TrackerControl allows to monitor and control hidden data collection in apps.
- Openboard 🌟 - A 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.
- OsmAnd~ - A map and navigation application with access to the free, worldwide, and high-quality OpenStreetMap data.
- Simple Mobile Tools 🌟 - A group of simple, open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions, with customizable widgets.