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pluja 7dfa55926b Move speech under artificial intelligence 2026-03-21 09:45:43 +02:00
pluja 67119194b5 Update AI-related sections in README.md 2026-03-21 09:38:32 +02:00
pluja 5be76abc77 add OpenWhispr 2026-03-17 10:49:12 +02:00
pluja 52f0a1fa23 remove qwant maps (#586) 2026-03-17 10:45:42 +02:00
pluja d59311e2ac Merge pull request #594 from dominiquevilain/dominiquevilain-patch-1
Add Bunny Fonts to Google Fonts replacements
2026-03-17 10:44:06 +02:00
pluja dea19c4f23 Merge pull request #605 from one-kash/main
Add Calendar section with privacy-respecting alternatives
2026-02-16 07:05:07 +02:00
pluja 87c342a9a2 Merge pull request #609 from sgasser/main
Add PasteGuard to ChatGPT alternatives
2026-02-16 07:04:38 +02:00
pluja dcfb29f45c Merge pull request #626 from rossyroads/chore/update-nuclear-website
Update Nuclear player website
2026-02-16 07:01:26 +02:00
pluja 619d89cb9a Merge pull request #617 from 4fd485/patch-1
Fix spelling error in README.md
2026-02-16 07:00:52 +02:00
Your name 9461239fd0 chore: update nuclear player website 2026-02-11 12:48:16 +01:00
Absurd c53b54b80f Fix spelling error in README.md
Corrected the spelling of 'uninstall' in the README.
2026-01-31 10:38:09 +01:00
Stefan Gasser 1fef956410 Add PasteGuard to ChatGPT alternatives 2026-01-19 18:26:56 +01:00
one-kash 6e9fa2497b Add Calendar section with privacy-respecting alternatives 2026-01-12 03:43:34 +00:00
Dominique Vilain cb00c97396 Add Bunny Fonts to Google Fonts replacements
Added Bunny Fonts as a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Fonts.
2025-12-24 11:31:16 +01:00
pluja 60d9044a0b Merge pull request #575 from dertuxmalwieder/patch-1
Update bookmarking recommendations in README
2025-11-05 19:29:19 +02:00
pluja 9ecdee59e8 Remove Karakeep from avoid and add it to the list 2025-11-05 19:29:02 +02:00
Cthulhux 3495d384c8 Update bookmarking recommendations in README
Added Karakeep to the 'Avoid' section and 42links to the 'Instead use' section. Karakeep replaces Pocket which is now defunct.
2025-11-05 15:34:50 +01:00
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@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@
- [Android Launcher](#android-launcher)
- [Artificial Intelligence](#artificial-intelligence)
- [ChatGPT](#chatgpt)
- [Copilot](#copilot)
- [ElevenLabs Text To Speech](#elevenlabs-text-to-speech)
- [Midjourney (image generation)](#midjourney)
- [AI Coding](#ai-coding)
- [Text To Speech](#text-to-speech)
- [Speech To Text](#speech-to-text)
- [Image Generation](#image-generation)
- [Bookmarking](#bookmarking)
- [Book and web annotations](#book-and-web-annotationshighlights-management)
- [Captchas](#captchas)
- [Calendar](#calendar)
- [Commenting Engines (disqus)](#commenting-engines)
- [Cloaking](#cloaking)
- [Cloud Storage](#cloud-storage)
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@
- [Design Tools](#design-tools)
- [Developer Tools](#developer-tools)
- [IDEs](#ides)
- [Dictation / ASR]()
- [Domain Registrar](#domain-registrar)
- [Download Manager](#download-manager)
- [Encryption](#encryption)
@@ -107,9 +110,7 @@
- [Wikipedia](#wikipedia)
- [YouTube](#youtube)
- [Screen Recording](#screen-recording)
- [Speech to Text](#speech-to-text)
- [Teamworking Tools](#teamworking-tools)
- [Text To Speech](#text-to-speech)
- [Translation](#translation)
- [Uncategorized](#uncategorized)
- [Utilities](#utilities)
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@
### Android Debloat Tools
**Avoid**
- ADB AppControl - A simple adb wrapper with a [terrible privacy policy](https://adbappcontrol.com/en/terms/) to collect things like device information and what applications you install/unsinstall.
- ADB AppControl - A simple adb wrapper with a [terrible privacy policy](https://adbappcontrol.com/en/terms/) to collect things like device information and what applications you install/uninstall.
**Instead use**
- [Universal Android Debloater Next Generation](https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/) - Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.
@@ -256,23 +257,41 @@ When using cloud-based AI services, the data you input is often collected and st
#### ChatGPT
- [Jan](https://github.com/janhq/jan) - Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.
- [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp) - Inference of Facebook's LLaMA model in pure C/C++ so it can run locally on a CPU.
- [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp) - Inference of Facebook's LLaMA model in pure C/C++ so it can run locally on a CPU.
- [LocalAI](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI) - Self-hosted, community-driven simple local OpenAI-compatible API written in go. Can be used as a drop-in replacement for OpenAI, running on CPU with consumer-grade hardware.
- [ollama](https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama) - Get up and running with Llama 2 and other large language models locally.
- [PasteGuard](https://github.com/sgasser/pasteguard) - Privacy proxy for LLM APIs that masks PII and secrets before they reach cloud providers. Self-hosted, OpenAI-compatible, and restores original data in responses.
- [Shimmy](https://github.com/Michael-A-Kuykendall/shimmy) - Privacy-focused AI inference server with OpenAI API compatibility, zero cloud dependencies, and local model processing.
- [Tinfoil](https://tinfoil.sh/) - Verifiably private AI Chat and OpenAI-compatible inference in the cloud. Uses NVIDIA confidential computing and open source code pinned to a transparency log for end-to-end verifiability.
#### Copilot
#### AI Coding
- [Continue](https://github.com/continuedev/continue) - Open-source autopilot for VS Code and JetBrains—the easiest way to code with any LLM
- [Cline](https://cline.bot/) - Open source AI coding for VSCode. See every decision and use your own models.
- [RooCode](https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code) - Cline fork with some improvements.
- [OpenCode](https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/) - The open source coding agent. Connect local models or any providers of your choice.
#### ElevenLabs Text To Speech
#### Text to Speech
Go to the [Text To Speech](#text-to-speech) section.
- [Kokoro FastAPI](https://github.com/remsky/Kokoro-FastAPI) - Dockerized FastAPI wrapper for [Kokoro-82M](https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M) text-to-speech model w/CPU, ONNX and NVIDIA GPU support, handling, and auto-stitching.
- [MeloTTS](https://github.com/myshell-ai/MeloTTS) - a high-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library by MIT and MyShell.ai.
- [Piper](https://github.com/rhasspy/piper) - A fast, local neural text to speech system that sounds great and is optimized for the Raspberry Pi 4.
- [Espeak](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng) - eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents. Voices will sound rather robotic.
#### Midjourney
#### Speech to Text
- **Models**
- [Moonshine](https://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine) - Fast and accurate automatic speech recognition (ASR) for edge devices.
- [OpenAI Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper) - Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model that can be run locally offline. It can transcribe audio from and to multiple languages.
- [whisper.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp) - High-performance inference of OpenAI's Whisper automatic speech recognition (ASR) model.
- [ParakeetTDT](https://parakeettdt.com/) - Efficient audio transcription. Convert speech to text with unprecedented speed and accuracy using NVIDIA advanced AI speech recognition model.
- **Apps and services**
- [OpenWhispr](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr) - Voice-to-text dictation and productivity app with AI agents, meeting transcription, notes, and local/cloud speech recognition. Privacy-first and available cross-platform. Open source alternative to wisprflow.
- [Sasayaki](https://github.com/pluja/sasayaki) - Tiny android dictation app that turns speech into clear writing.
- [Speaches](https://github.com/speaches-ai/speaches) - OpenAI API-compatible server supporting streaming transcription, translation, and speech generation.
#### Image Generation
- [ComfyUI](https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI) - ComfyUI lets you execute advanced image generation pipelines using an advanced interface. Available on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- [Stable Diffusion Web UI](https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui) - A browser interface for Stable Diffusion and other models.
@@ -282,16 +301,17 @@ Go to the [Text To Speech](#text-to-speech) section.
## Bookmarking
**Avoid**
- Pocket (Formerly Read It Later) - [Bad privacy policy](https://tosdr.org/en/service/384). [Apps have trackers](https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ideashower.readitlater.pro/latest/) and requires many permissions.
- Evernote Web Clipper - [Bad privacy policy](https://tosdr.org/en/service/207). [Apps have many trackers](https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.evernote/latest/) and require too many permissions.
**Instead use**
- [42links](https://42links.tuxproject.de) - Open-source, self-hosted, minimalist bookmark storage service.
- [Floccus](https://floccus.org/) - Sync your bookmarks privately across browsers and devices.
- [Grimoire](https://github.com/goniszewski/grimoire) - Modern, open source, self-hosted bookmark manager.
- [Karakeep](https://karakeep.app/) - (previously Hoarder) Open source "Bookmark Everything" app that uses AI for automatically tagging the content you throw at it.
- [LinkAce](https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce)
- [LinkDing](https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding)
- [Shiori](https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori)
- [Wallabag](https://wallabag.org/) - Open-source, optionally self-hosted, read it later server. Provides paid hosted service with privacy in mind.
- [Floccus](https://floccus.org/) - Sync your bookmarks privately across browsers and devices.
### Book and web annotations/highlights management
@@ -316,6 +336,22 @@ Google captchas use cookies to track users and rank their IPs.
[Back to top 🔝](#contents)
## Calendar
**Avoid**
- **Google Calendar** - Tracks your events, integrates with Google's advertising ecosystem, and your data is stored on Google's servers without end-to-end encryption.
**Instead use**
- [🤖](#icons) [Etar](https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar) - Open-source calendar app for Android that works with any CalDAV server.
- [🤖](#icons) [Fossify Calendar](https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Calendar) - Simple offline calendar app for Android with widget support.
- [🤖](#icons) [KashCal](https://github.com/KashCal/KashCal) - Offline-first Android calendar with iCloud/CalDAV sync, full-text search, recurring events, and home screen widget. Apache 2.0 licensed.
- [Nextcloud Calendar](https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/calendar) - Calendar app for Nextcloud with CalDAV support. Self-hostable.
- [Proton Calendar](https://proton.me/calendar) - End-to-end encrypted calendar from Proton. Part of the Proton privacy ecosystem.
[Back to top 🔝](#contents)
## Commenting Engines
**Avoid**
@@ -548,6 +584,7 @@ If you need an app for **menstrual cycle tracking** please don't use any apps li
**Instead use**
### Google Fonts Replacements
- [coolLabs Fonts](https://fonts.coollabs.io/) - A privacy-friendly drop-in replacement for Google Fonts.
- [Bunny Fonts](https://fonts.bunny.net/) - Bunny Fonts is an open-source, privacy-first web font platform designed to put privacy back into the internet.
### Foundries
- [Velvetyne](https://www.velvetyne.fr/)
@@ -771,7 +808,6 @@ With email aliases, you can finally create a different identity for each website
**Instead use**
- [Open Street Map (OSM)](https://www.openstreetmap.org/) - OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.
- [OSMAnd](https://osmand.net/) - Android/iOS Navigation app using OSM. It is a feature-rich app with all you expect.
- [Qwant Maps](https://map.qwant.com/) - An OpenStreetMap-based private Google Maps alternative.
- [Organic Maps](https://organicmaps.app/) - Great offline maps for hikers and cyclists.
- [CoMaps](https://www.comaps.app/) - A community-led free & open source maps app based on OSM
@@ -798,7 +834,7 @@ With email aliases, you can finally create a different identity for each website
- [Subsonic](https://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp) - Your complete, personal music streamer.
- [Ampache](https://ampache.org/) - A web based audio/video streaming application and file manager.
- [Koel](https://koel.dev/) - a personal music streaming server that works.
- [Nuclear](https://nuclear.js.org/) - Modern music player focused on streaming from free sources.
- [Nuclear](https://nuclearplayer.com/) - Modern music player focused on streaming from free sources.
- [Navidrome](https://navidrome.org/) - Lightweight, fast and self-contained personal music streamer.
- [🤖](#icons) [mucke](https://github.com/moritz-weber/mucke) - A music player for local files with unique custom playback options.
@@ -1416,26 +1452,6 @@ Odysee website contains some trackers and is a heavy site. You can use these alt
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## Speech to Text
- [OpenAI Whisper](https://github.com/openai/whisper) - Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model that can be run locally offline. It can transcribe audio from and to multiple languages.
- [whisper.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp) - High-performance inference of OpenAI's Whisper automatic speech recognition (ASR) model.
- [Whishper](https://whishper-docs.pages.dev/) - A whisper frontend with subtitle editing and translation capabilities.
[Back to top 🔝](#contents)
## Text to Speech
**Avoid** using tools that run on a 3rd party cloud. Generally you are sending your text and voice data to a 3rd party to process them, which could lead to leaking biometric data such as your voice, or sharing private and / or unnecessary text with the 3rd party.
**Instead use**
- [Kokoro FastAPI](https://github.com/remsky/Kokoro-FastAPI) - Dockerized FastAPI wrapper for [Kokoro-82M](https://huggingface.co/hexgrad/Kokoro-82M) text-to-speech model w/CPU, ONNX and NVIDIA GPU support, handling, and auto-stitching.
- [MeloTTS](https://github.com/myshell-ai/MeloTTS) - a high-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library by MIT and MyShell.ai.
- [Piper](https://github.com/rhasspy/piper) - A fast, local neural text to speech system that sounds great and is optimized for the Raspberry Pi 4.
- [Espeak](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng) - eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents. Voices will sound rather robotic.
[Back to top 🔝](#contents)
## Translation
**Avoid**
- Google Translate [![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_217.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/217)
@@ -1539,6 +1555,7 @@ Such programs come filled with trackers and telemetry. You can get a full list o
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## VPNs
**Avoid**
- [Free VPNs](https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/free-vpn-bad-for-privacy/) from Google Play or any appstore. These services are not free as they will suck your connections' data, keep logs and profile you to [sell your data to advertisers](https://thenextweb.com/news/be-cautious-free-vpns-are-selling-your-data-to-3rd-parties). If a government wants to track someone, such apps will be the first ones to fall.