Awesome Privacy-Respecting Software

What it does

Lets break free from the large data-hungry corporations who profit from collecting our personal data! This is a comprehensive list of alternative open source apps, software and services, that do not track you

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  An open-source, Android app for discovering privacy-respecting software2025 · github.com · ▲5

  A simple app for discovering tools that respects your privacy. - kaleedtc/Privacium

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  Awesome Privacy | Let's Escape Big Tech2024 · ▲1

  Discover privacy-respecint alternatives to popular software

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  re:consent2018 · cliqz.com · ▲76

  Giving you more privacy control on the web

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  Respectlytics – Open-source, privacy-first mobile analytics (MIT+AGPL)Feb 2026 · github.com · ▲26

  Hey HN — I built Respectlytics because I was frustrated that every mobile analytics SDK quietly collects device IDs, ad identifiers, and IP addresses, then makes you retroactively figure out compliance. There are some solutions out there claiming that they are compliant with certain privacy regulations but when I dig into it, I observe that they actually are not that compliant as they claim to be. I believe Respectlytics is one of the most (if not the most) privacy focused mobile analytics solutions out there but compliance is a huge topic and I leave the decision to the legal…

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  Privacy – tools for protecting your privacy2019 · github.com · ▲16

  💡Limiting personal data leaks on the internet. Contribute to KevinColemanInc/awesome-privacy development by creating an account on GitHub.

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  Open Apps2024 · openapps.pro · ▲13

  Open source app directory

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  Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices▲536

  Contribute to oosexgang/hackios-xnu-kernel development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 6d ago · github.com

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  /dev/null▲503

  a social network for devs

  Dev tools · 10d ago · dev-null.sh

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  OpenBot▲362

  Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

  Dev tools · 30d ago · openbot.run

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  Talanoa▲346

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

  Dev tools · 27d ago · talanoa.email

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  Doneas▲275

  A daily accountability call with other entrepreneurs.

  Dev tools · 20d ago · doneas.com

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  myPip▲274

  Vibe code, publish, and monetize games with AI

  Dev tools · 13d ago · mypip.dev

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  Blush▲1,462

  Illustrations for everyone

  Dev tools · 2020 · blush.design

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  SHA-256 Animation▲1,053

  Animation of the SHA-256 hash function in your terminal. - in3rsha/sha256-animation

  Dev tools · 2020 · github.com

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  This Word Does Not Exist▲956

  This Word Does Not Exist uses an artificial intelligence model named GPT-2 to invent new English words.

  AI · 2020 · thisworddoesnotexist.com

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  Plotting 3 years of hourly data in 150ms▲785

  Life & fun · 2020 · leeoniya.github.io

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  Untools▲783

  Hand-picked tools for better thinking

  Work · 2020 · untools.co

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  Copytesting▲781

  Improve your website copy based on data from your audience

  Growth · 2020 · wynter.com