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# About
This is a list of all software projects listed on privacytools.io's source code.

## PrivacyTools.io
https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/

## Browser Recommendation
 TorBrowser: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git

 Firefox: https://hg.mozilla.org/

## Excellent Firefox Privacy Add-ons

 Privacy Badger: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger

 uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

 Cookie AutoDelete: https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/

 HTTPS Everywhere: https://github.com/EFForg/https-everywhere

 Decentraleyes: https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes

 Terms of Service; Didn’t Read : https://github.com/tosdr/

 Snowflake : https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/snowflake.git

 uMatrix: https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/

 NoScript: https://github.com/hackademix/noscript/

## Privacy-Conscious Email Providers

 Posteo: https://github.com/posteo (backend & frontend)
 Note: Credit card payments may require non-free JS

 ProtonMail:
Frontend: https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClient
Backend: closed-source

  Disroot: https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot
 Related: https://board.disroot.org/project/disroot-disroot/issue/1138
 Website: https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot/website + some other repositories https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot/

 Tutanota:
Frontend: https://github.com/tutao/tutanota
Backend: closed-source

 Mailfence: Non-free/Proprietary Software

 Mailbox.org: Non-free/Proprietary Software

 runbox:
Runbox 7: https://github.com/runbox/Runbox7
Backend: closed-source

 NEO MAILBOX: largely closed-source

 Start Mail: largely closed-source

 Kolab Now: ?


 Mail-in-a-Box: https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox

   Interesting Email Providers Under Development
   Confidant Mail: List of components at https://www.confidantmail.org/docs/server_admin.html

   Privacy Email Tools:

 GPG4USB: https://github.com/gpg4usb/gpg4usb

 Mailvelope: https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope

 Enigmail: https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/source-code

 TorBirdy: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbirdy.git/

 Email Privacy Tester: https://gitlab.com/mikecardwell/ept3

## Email Clients
 Thunderbird: https://github.com/thundernest/thunderbird-website

 Claws Mail: https://git.claws-mail.org/

   Worth Mentioning:

 K-9 Mail: https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/

 GNU Privacy Guard: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg

 Mailpile: https://github.com/mailpile/Mailpile

## Email Alternatives
 I2p Bote: https://github.com/i2p/i2p.i2p-bote

 Bitmessage: https://github.com/Bitmessage

 Retroshare: https://github.com/RetroShare

## Privacy Respecting Search Engines
 SearX: https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/

   Worth Mentioning:

 MetaGer: https://gitlab.metager3.de/open-source/MetaGer

## Encrypted Instant Messenger
 Signal https://github.com/signalapp

 Wire: https://github.com/wireapp

   Worth Mentioning:

 Briar: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/tree/master

 RetroShare: https://github.com/RetroShare/RetroShare

 Conversations: https://github.com/siacs/Conversations

 Gajim: https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim

 Monal: https://github.com/anurodhp/Monal

 Kontalk: https://github.com/kontalk

 Keybase: https://github.com/keybase/client

 Status.im: https://github.com/status-im

 Tox: https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore

 Ring/Jami: https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux

## Team chat

 Rocket.chat: https://github.com/rocketchat/
 
 Keybase: https://github.com/Keybase

## Video & Voice Messenger
 Linphone: https://github.com/BelledonneCommunications/

 Mumble: https://github.com/mumble-voip/

   Worth Mentioning

 Jitsi Meet: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet

 ## File Sharing
  OnionShare: https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare

  Magic Wormhole: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole

 ## Encrypted Cloud Storage Services
  Nextcloud: https://github.com/nextcloud

  Least Authority S4: https://leastauthority.com/how-it-works/

   Worth Mentioning

 Cryptomator: https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator

## Self-Hosted Cloud Server Software
 Pydio: https://github.com/pydio

 Tahoe-LAFS: https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs

 Nextcloud: https://github.com/nextcloud

## Secure Hosting Provider
[WIP]

## Secure File Sync Software
 SparkleShare: https://www.github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/

 Syncthing: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing

   Worth Mentioning
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    git-annex: http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git;a=summary

## Password Manager Software

Bitwarden: https://github.com/bitwarden

KeePassXC: https://github.com/keepassxreboot

LessPass: https://github.com/lesspass/lesspass

Worth Mentioning

- Master Password: https://gitlab.com/lhunath/MasterPassword

- Psono: https://github.com/psono

- Password Safe: https://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/files/

## Calendar and Contacts Sync

Nextcloud: https://github.com/nextcloud

EteSync: https://github.com/etesync

Worth Mentioning:

- fruux: https://fruux.com/opensource/

## File Encryption Software

VeraCrypt: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Source%20Code.html

GNU Privacy Guard: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg

PeaZip: https://github.com/giorgiotani/PeaZip/


Worth Mentioning:
- Cryptomator: https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator

- DiskCryptor: https://github.com/smartinm/diskcryptor

- Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS): https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/

- Hat.sh: https://github.com/sh-dv/hat.sh

## Self-contained Networks
 TorBrowser: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git

 I2p: https://github.com/i2p

 Freenet: https://github.com/freenet/

  Worth Mentioining:

   ZeroNet: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet

   RetroShare: https://github.com/RetroShare

   GNUnet: https://gnunet.org/

   IPFS: https://github.com/ipfs + https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard

## Decentralized Social Networks
 Mastodon: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon

 diaspora*: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/

 Friendica: https://github.com/friendica/

  Worth Mentioning:

   GNU Social: https://gnu.io/source/

## Social News Aggregators

Aether: https://github.com/nehbit/aether

Tildes: https://gitlab.com/tildes

Raddle: https://gitlab.com/postmill

### Worth Mentioning

- Akasha: https://github.com/AkashaProject

- Lemmy: https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy

- notabug.io: https://github.com/notabugio/notabug

## Domain Name System (DNS)

Njalla: Non-free/Proprietary Software

DNSCrypt-Proxy: https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/

### Worth Mentioning

- NoTrack: https://github.com/quidsup/notrack

- Pi-hole: https://github.com/pi-hole

## Encrypted ICANN DNS Providers

AdGuard DNS: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS/

BlahDNS: https://github.com/ookangzheng/blahdns/

CloudFlare DNS: https://github.com/cloudflare/dns

NixNet DNS: https://git.nixnet.xyz/NixNet/dns

PowerDNS: https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns

### Worth Mentioning and Additional Information

#### Mobile

- DNSCloak: https://github.com/s-s/dnscloak

- Nebulo: https://git.frostnerd.com/PublicAndroidApps/smokescreen/

#### Local DNS servers

- Stubby: https://github.com/getdnsapi/stubby

- Unbound: https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound

## Digital Notebook
 Joplin: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin

 Standard Notes: https://github.com/standardnotes/

 Turtl: https://github.com/turtl

  Worth Mentioning

   Paperwork: https://github.com/twostairs/paperwork

   Org-mode: https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode

## Paste Services
 PrivateBin: https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/

 ZeroBin: https://github.com/sebsauvage/ZeroBin

 Ghostbin: https://github.com/kilgarth/ghostbin
 
 CryptPad: https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad

  Worth Mentioning:

   Disroot: https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin via https://disroot.org/en/services/privatebin
  website: https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot/website + some other repositories https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot/


## Productivity Tools
 Etherpad: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite

 Write.as: https://code.as/writeas

 Protected Text:
Frontend:?
Backend: closed-source

  Worth Mentioning

   Cryptee: https://github.com/cryptee
Backend: Closed Source

   EtherCalc: https://github.com/audreyt/ethercalc

   Disroot:
  Email:
  Cloud: https://github.com/nextcloud/server
  Diaspora/Social-Network: https://github.com/diaspora/
  Forum: https://github.com/discourse/discourse
  Chat: http://hg.prosody.im/
  Pads: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite
  Pastebin: https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin via https://disroot.org/en/services/privatebin
  Upload:
 Lufi: https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lufi
  Search:
 Searx: https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
  Polls:
 Framadate: https://git.framasoft.org/framasoft/framadate
  Project Board:
 Taiga: https://github.com/taigaio/
 Website: https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot/website + some other repositories https://git.fosscommunity.in/disroot/


   Dudle: https://github.com/kellerben/dudle/

   LibreOffice: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/

MAT2: https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2

## PC Operating Systems
 QubesOS: https://github.com/QubesOS

 Debian: https://codesearch.debian.net/

 Trisquel: https://devel.trisquel.info/groups/trisquel

  Worth Mentioning:

   OpenBSD: https://github.com/openbsd

   Arch Linux: https://git.archlinux.org/

   Parabola: https://projects.parabola.nu/

   Whonix: https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix

## Live CD Operating Systems
   Tails: https://tails.boum.org/contribute/git/

   KNOPPIX: Unknown (More info https://knopper.net/knoppix-info/index-en.html)
  LXDE: https://github.com/lxde
  MPlayer: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk
  WvDial: https://github.com/wlach/wvdial
  Gimp: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp
  LibreOffice: https://git.libreoffice.org/core

   PuppyLinux: http://puppylinux.com/woof-ce.html

   Worth Mentioing
.    
    Tiny Core Linux:
    https://www.openhub.net/p/tinycorelinux/enlistments

## Live CD Operating Systems
   LineageOS: https://github.com/lineageos
.
    Worth Mentioning
.
     Replicant: https://git.replicant.us/replicant
.
     OmniROM: https://www.omnirom.org/source
.
     MicroG: https://github.com/microg

## Android Privacy Add-ons

NetGuard: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/

## Open Source Router Firmware
   OpenWRT: https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v18.06.1

   pfSense: http://github.com/pfsense

   libreCMC: https://gogs.librecmc.org/libreCMC/libreCMC
.
    Worth Mentioning:


   OpenBSD: https://github.com/openbsd

   DD-WRT: https://svn.dd-wrt.com//