I’m working on degoogling and moving away from major tech companies. I’m really curious what others here are using instead — especially for everyday tools and services.
What do you use for things like:
1.Email
2.Cloud storage / file sync
3.Maps & navigation
4.Search engine
5.Web browser
6.Calendar
7.Contacts management
8.Notes / to-do lists
9.Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.)
10.Messaging / chat
11.Video calling
12.Social media / microblogging RSS reader / news
13.Music streaming / podcast app
14.Video streaming / YouTube alternative
15.Password manager
16.VPN / DNS / Firewall
17.Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs)
18.App store / APKs
19.Photo backup / gallery
20.Weather
21.Smart assistant (if any)
22.Anything else you’ve replaced?
Would love to hear about your setup — both what works well and any trade-offs you’ve had to make. Always looking for better FOSS or privacy-friendly alternatives
Email: Migadu.com
Cloud storage / file sync: Trying out some things, not settled yet
Maps & navigation: OsmAnd
Search engine: Kagi
Web browser: Firefox
Calendar: Baikal
Contacts management: Baikal
Notes / to-do lists: LogSeq
Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.): LibreOffice
Messaging / chat: Matrix, Revolt, IRC
Video calling: /
Social media / microblogging / RSS reader / news: Lemmy (jerboa), Mastodon (Tusky), freshRSS
Music streaming / podcast app: Navidrome +Tempo app for android
Video streaming / YouTube alternative: Jellyfin
Password manager: Bitwarden
VPN / DNS / Firewall: Mullvad, wireguard
Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs): GrapheneOS, Olauncher
App store / APKs: Droidify, Aurora Store
Photo backup / gallery: Ente
Weather: OSS Weather (Android)
Smart assistant (if any): /
Anything else you’ve replaced?: /
EDIT: Formatting
For cloud storage i really like koofr and filen
Filen is one of those under consideration, along with Seafile. I hadn’t heard about koofr, I’ll check that out as well, thanks!