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date: '2022-07-26'
title: 'Software recommendations for a privacy conscious digital life'
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# Useful software I like
Moving away from BigTech is not an easy task. However, in these days, there are plenty polished
alternatives out there. Over the years I tried out many different services and software. I will
present what worked best for me here.
A very encompassing resource I am recommending is [PrivacyGuides](https://www.privacyguides.org/).
However, their recommendations are at times rather purist. Everyone should use whatever works best for them.
Privacy is not a black-and-white game.
## Utilities
| Name | Description | Cost | Selfhostable |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------ |
| [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/) | Password manager | free | yes |
| [SimpleLogin](https://simplelogin.io/) | Email aliases | free for students | yes |
| [Mailbox.org](https://mailbox.org/en/) | Email hosting | 1 € / m | no |
| [Element](https://element.io/) | Instant messenging | free | yes |
| [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/) | Global map | free | no |
| [Baïkal](https://sabre.io/baikal/) | Lightweight calendar synchronisation | free | yes |
| [Filebrowser](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser) | Lightweight file organisation in the browser | free | yes |
| [xBrowserSync](https://www.xbrowsersync.org/) | Bookmark sync | free | yes |
## PC Software
| Name | Description | Cost | Selfhostable |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------- | ---- | ------------ |
| [Ungoogled Chromium](https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium) | Browser | free | NaN |
| [KDE Software Suite](https://kde.org/) | Desktop environment | free | NaN |
| [i3wm](https://i3wm.org/) | Desktop environment | free | NaN |
| [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/) | No telemetry VSCode | free | NaN |
| [Xournal++](https://xournalpp.github.io/) | PDF annotation and creation | free | NaN |
## Android Apps
| Name | Description | Cost | Selfhostable |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ---- | ------------ |
| [Infinity](https://f-droid.org/packages/ml.docilealligator.infinityforreddit/) | Reddit client | free | NaN |
| [Aegis](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.beemdevelopment.aegis) | 2FA Manager | free | NaN |
| [FindMyDevice](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.nulide.findmydevice/) | Remote phone control | free | yes |
| [AdAway](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/) | Adblocking with hosts file | free | NaN |
| [OsmAnd+](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/) | Global map | free | no |
| [StreetComplete](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/) | Improve OpenStreetMap | free | NaN |