Privacy Open Source Tools

Alternative toSamsung SmartThings

Open source home automation with local control priority

• 91,617 GitHub stars
• Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0

Alternative toResilio Connect

Decentralized continuous file sync with no central server

• 89,563 GitHub stars
• MPL-2.0Licence MPL-2.0

Alternative toBitwarden

Lightweight self-hosted password manager server, Bitwarden compatible

• 69,337 GitHub stars
• AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0
• #Security

Alternative toGoogle Keep

Self-hosted note timeline with per-memo privacy, zero telemetry

• 63,934 GitHub stars
• MITLicence MIT

Alternative toPlex

Free open source media server for movies, TV, and music

• 58,304 GitHub stars
• GPL-2.0Licence GPL-2.0

Alternative toEvernote

Open source note-taking app with Markdown and sync support

• 56,815 GitHub stars

Alternative toX (formerly Twitter) Premium

Decentralized social network where users own their timeline and data.

• 50,423 GitHub stars
• AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0

Alternative toOpenAI API

Self-hosted AI runtime: any model, any modality, any hardware.

• 49,798 GitHub stars
• MITLicence MIT
• #LLM

Alternative toNotion

Block-based notes with backlinks and end-to-end encrypted sync

• 46,858 GitHub stars
• AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0

Alternative toSigmaOS

Focus-first Firefox fork with workspaces and split-view browsing

• 45,037 GitHub stars
• MPL-2.0Licence MPL-2.0