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[https://padrestoreprivacy.okfn.orgcom/pgoogle-alternatives/google_alternatives "Alternatives to Google Products – the Complete List"] (20172018)- Most exhaustive and accurate

[https://wwwswitching.kuketz-blog.de/dassocial "Switching Social"] (2018) -krankeEthical, easy-wwwto-stopuse and privacy-using-google-web-services/ (2017)conscious alternatives

[https://raventoolsdegooglisons-internet.comorg/blogen/list "De-google-alternativesify Internet - List of services"] A list of free/ (2015)libre alternative services to centralized platforms, hosted by French non-profit Framasoft

[https://impossiblehqprism-break.comorg/complete-en/ "Prism Break" an exhaustive guide-leaving-google/ (2014)]

[https://wwwpad.theguardianfoebud.comorg/technology/2013/may/02/how-stop-using-google-search-alternatives "Alternatives to Google services " collected by Digitalcourage and friends] (20132019+)

[https://www.kuketz-blog.de/das-kranke-www-stop-using-google-web-services/ "Stop using Google Web-Services"] (2017) [https://raventools.com/blog/google-alternatives/ "The Best Google Alternatives For Email, Search, Docs and Everything Else"] (2015) [https://impossiblehq.com/complete-guide-leaving-google/ "How To De-Google-ify Your Life: The Complete Guide To Leaving Google"] (2014) [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/02/how-stop-using-google-search-services "How to stop using Google - for search, email, video, maps and more"] (2013) [https://lifehacker.com/5876794/going-google-free-the-best-alternatives-to-google-services-on-the-web "Going Google-Free: The Best Alternatives to Google Services on the Web"] (2012)

===[https://searx.info searx]=== Meta-search engine, free/libre software. Just one instance of many: https://search.fuckoffgoogle.net (also https://searx.dk https://search.disroot.org etc.) Full list of instances: https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances ===[https://www.duckduckgofindx.com findx]=== An open source web and enterprise search engine and spider/crawler. This is a fork of Gigablast with news features and a powerful interface.(centralized, US companyand very strange, irrelevant results...) ===[https://www.gigablast.com Gigablast]=== An open source web and enterprise search engine and spider/crawler. ===[https://www.duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo]===

Centralized, US company. ===[https://www.metager.de (open MetaGer]=== Open source, privacy-focused search run by a non-profit NGO). ===[https://www.mojeek.com Mojeek]=== Privacy-focused search with own spider/crawler, based in the UK.

===[https://posteo.deposteo.de]===

Also see: ===[https://posteomailbox.de/en/site/features=== org mailbox.org]===

Also see: ===[https://mailboxprotonmail.org/sichere-email/===com protonmail.com]===

Also see: ===[https://protonmailriseup.comnet/en/ ===email riseup.net]===Full disk encryption, personally encrypted email storage and many more fantastic features. Check out https://riseup.net/en/email for more. Donate as you see fit for usage and apply for an account. High quality provider.===[https://www.thexyz.com thexyz.com]===Accounts come with secure, encrypted cloud storage as well as contacts, calendars, and team collaboration tools. All emails are stored encrypted at rest using AES 256-bit encryption, with double geo-location redundancy.===[https://mailfence.com mailfence.com]===Encrypted email-suite provider with loads of Integrated Features such as Calendar, Encrypted Chat, Groups, Addressbook, and Documents(Drive). Based in Belgium, Brussels with one of the strictest laws regarding privacy standards.===[https://www.servermx.com servermx.com]===Independent email hosting provider located in Italy with Calendar, address book, Dropbox integration. Servermx is focused on privacy and security. It fully adheres to GDPR rules.

<b>Wichever OS you choose to install, don't install GAPPS!</b>------------------------------------=== Usable today [https://lineageos.org/ LineageOS]===The most popular community distribution of Google's Android operating system. Using Lineage, it is possible to have a fully-functional android phone without all of the integration with google services that android ordinarily entails. Many LineageOS users choose to install things that will interact with Google services, but it is not necessary to do so.

===[https://lineageosreplicant.org/ LineageOSus Replicant] is the most popular community distribution of Google's ===Android operating systemwithout any proprietary crap. Using Replicant is similar to Lineage, in that it is possible to have a fully-functional android phone without all distribution of Android, but has a much stronger dedication to the integration with google services principles of free (libre) software. In practice, this means that it doesn't work on nearly as many device models and that android ordinarily entailssome drivers are missing (GPU, Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.). Many LineageOS users choose It is an interesting project to install things help demonstrate how much Android relies on proprietary software to function, to debunk Google's myth that will interact with Google services"Android is Free/libre software". '''Please note, you can order Replicant ready phones, but it is not necessary shipped to do soanywhere, from the brilliant [https://resist.berlin/ Resist.Berlin].'''

===[https://replicantsailfishos.us Replicantorg/ Sailfish OS] — Android without any proprietary crap===Partially open source, developed by Finnish company Jolla and the Sailfish OS community. Replicant is similar to Lineage in that it is Licensed devices come with a distribution of (proprietary) Android, but has compatibility layer as a much stronger dedication stop-gap solution to the principles relatively small amount of free (libre) softwarenative apps. In practice, this means that Though it doesn't work on nearly as contains many device models and that some drivers are missing (GPU, Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.). It is an interesting project to help demonstrate how much Android relies on proprietary software to functionparts, the community has ported the OS to debunk Google's myth that "Android is Free/libre software". '''Please note, you can order Replicant ready phones, shipped to anywhere, from the brilliant [https://autotelic.berlin/ Autotelic]a variety of existing devices beyond those sold by Jolla.'''

===GApps alternative / [https://sailfishosgithub.orgcom/ Sailfish OSmicrog/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki MicroG] — Partially ===microG GmsCore is a free and open source, developed by Finnish company Jolla and implementation of the Sailfish OS communityGoogle Play Services Framework. Licensed devices come with a (It allows applications calling proprietary) Android compatibility layer Google APIs to run on AOSP-based ROMs like Replicant and LineageOS. Acting as a stopreplacement for the closed-gap solution to the relatively small amount of native apps. Though source Google Apps (GAPPS), it contains many proprietary parts, the community has ported the OS is a powerful tool to a variety of existing devices beyond those sold by Jollareclaim your privacy while enjoying Android core features.

'''OpenStreetmap'''! - ===[https://www.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap]===It's just so much better than google mapsGoogle Maps! You can edit the map yourself and add roads, houses or stores. Whatever you find relevant. Have a look at:

The OpenStreetMap is entirely non-profit and contributive. With it people can (re)appropriate the map itself: https://wwwand the territory, and invent new uses for it (like disaster recovery in Haïti that abundantly used OSM). Inhabitants of small, isolated places can together get to much better cartography than what is of Google's financial interests.openstreetmapData from OSM can be reused in each and every possible way, with no licensing conditions subjected to further changes.org

For comparison to Google mapsMaps: http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/

Download OpenStreetmapOpenStreetMap-Data: http://download.geofabrik.de/ Integrate OpenStreetMap in your website (Wordpress): https://wordpress.org/plugins/osm/ ===[https://www.digital-democracy.org/mapeo/ Mapeo]===

Integrate OpenStreetmap Open source map software. Primarily designed for offline editing for indigenous territory mapping and environmental monitoring in your website (wordpress): https://wordpressremote environments focusing on p2p data.org/plugins/osm/

OpenStreetMap is entirely non-profit and contributive==Sync & Share Files with the Cloud== ===[https://owncloud.org ownCloud]===Replaces GoogleDrive. With You can host it people can (re)appropriate the map and yourself or trust one of the territory, and invent new uses for it (like disaster recovery in Haïti that abundantly used OSM)[https://owncloud. Inhabitants of small, isolated places can together get to much better cartography than what is of Google's financial interestsorg/hosting-partners community providers]. Data from OSM You can be reused in each use it on Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, and every possible way, with no licensing conditions subjected to further changesiOS.

-'''===[https://etherpad.org Etherpad''' ]===For collaborative text editing. ===[https://cryptpad.fr/ Cryptpad]===Zero knowledge collaborative editing.

===[https://mailbox.org/ihr-'''office/ Mailbox Office''' ]===If you have your email account at mailbox , you also have a browser based office suite included: https://mailbox.org/ihr-office/

-'''LibreOffice Online''' Use libreoffice on the website directly:===[https://www.rollapp.com/libreofficeLibreOffice Online]===Use LibreOffice on the website directly.

-'''===[https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Using_Remote_Files_1/pl LibreOffice (offline)''' ]===The installed program libreoffice LibreOffice can open and save documents directly from servers (ssh, ftp), WebDAV ans and so onAlso see: https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Using_Remote_Files_1/pl

-'''===[https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/ Collabora Online''' ]===Run an online office suite on your own serverAlso see: . Can be used within an [https://wwwwiki.collaboraofficefuckoffgoogle.com/codede/index.php?title=GoogleAlternatives#ownCloud ownCloud].

Using googleGoogle's sheets and docs for your organizing is literally storing all your data with them complete with edit history of all collaborators.

Use Firefox, for example, to avoid worst Google-Spying on you. The Chrome Browser has several tracking functionalities that spy on user browsing behaviour:===[https://enwww.wikipediamozilla.org/wikien-US/Google_Chrome#User_tracking Google also connects data generated from the Google browser with other personal data it has gathered with other Google services.firefox/ Firefox]===

-'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/ Privacy Badger]''':

- '''HTTPS Everywhere''':[https://www.eff.org/https-everywhereHTTPS Everywhere]''':

- '''uBlock Origin''':[https://www.ublock.org/uBlock Origin]''':

-'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/ User Agent Switcher]''':

===[Wikipedia Current Events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_eventsWikipedia Current Events] displays ===Displays the day's headlines and gives both source links and Wikipedia articles for context. It is hand-curated rather than automatic, which means it's quite low volume.

===[Newstral https://newstral.com/Newstral] is very ===Very similar to Google News. It is a news search engine with a homepage that displays the most viewed content by topic and person mentioned. You can pin searches to the top of your dashboard without needing to sign up for an account. Available in German, Spanish, Dutch, and English.

===[Freshnews http://www.freshnews.org/Freshnews] is a ===A customizable dashboard of tech news headlines, organized by outlet. With an account, you can choose which sources are omitted from the dashboard, and blacklist keywords.

===[Legible News https://legiblenews.com/Legible News] scrapes ===Scrapes the Wikipedia current events portal for new links, and displays them on the site.

===[Nextcloud https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/newsNextcloud] has a ===Has news RSS app you can self-host to build your own Google News alternative.

===[Huginn https://github.com/huginn/huginnHuginn] is a ===A hackable version of Zapier/IFTTT that can be connected to APIs like DuckDuckGo and Twitter to listen for a keyword and send you alerts when that keyword is mentioned on the platform. [Here https://blog.andrewcantino.com/blog/2014/03/17/know-when-the-world-changes-with-huginn/] is a guide on setting up a self-hosted alert monitor with the tool.

===[Talkwalker Alerts https://www.talkwalker.com/alertsTalkwalker Alerts] is a ===A free alternative to Google Alerts which tracks mentions of a keyword across news sites, blogs, and social media, and sends you an email digest of the mentions. Good for passively tracking a company's activity, like Google! The [https://www.talkwalker.com/privacy-policy privacy policy] shows that your data could be shared with third parties if you connect external services to the platform, but this only applies to other Talkwalker products; Talkwalker Alerts is a standalone service. The ethics of the company aren't ideal, but it is at least not Google. You can feed the alerts into your RSS reader rather than email, too.

===[Tiny Tiny RSS https://tt-rss.org/Tiny Tiny RSS] is a === A self-hosted feed aggregator which is [https://tt-rss.org/oldforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2892 theoretically extensible] to listen for keywords within your added feeds. Possible to hack together your own version of Google Alerts by adding a lot of active feeds and writing your own plugin. Will take work, not ideal.

===[https://deepl.com/translator Deepl translator] ===Works MUCH better than Google Translate, and is accessible via torTor.

===[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software) Marble - It's a ]===A globe like Google Earth but with multiple maps you can choose from. For example historic maps, OpenStreetmapOpenStreetMap. You can even change the globe to moon or Venus or other planets. Great piece of software!Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software)

-Google Earth is a closed source software -Google Earth collects data about what people search and combines this information with the general personal-data-database

-'''Diaspora''' ===[https://dir.friendica.social/servers Friendica]===A decentralized social network. Open Source. Works perfectly. Compatible with FriendicaDiaspora. Find servers you can sign on:https://podupti.me/

===[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Social Gnu-'''Friendica''' Social]===A decentralized social network. Open Source. Works perfectly. Compatible with Diaspora. Find servers you can sign on:https://dir.friendica.social/servers

-'''Gnu-Social''' ===[https://joinmastodon.org Mastodon]===A decentralized social networkwith an active user base spread out over many instances. Open Source. Works perfectly.Also see: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Social

-'''Mastodon''' A decentralized social network with an active user base spread out over many instances. Open Source. Works perfectly.Also see: === [https://joinmastodonproject.hubzilla.org/page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project Hubzilla] ===Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected websites featuring a decentralized identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology.<br>It federates with Mastodon, Diaspora, Gnu Social and friendica.

Alternatives to Google+ ===[https://matomo.org Matomo (and Facebookformerly Piwik)]===License:* GNU GPLv3

https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/blob/3.x-dev/LICENSE<br> Requirements:* PHP* MySQL/MariaDB https://matomo.org/docs/requirements/ ===Arguments[https://github.com/countly/countly-server Countly]===License:  *AGPL v3 with modified Section 7.  https://github.com/Countly/countly-server/blob/master/LICENSE<br> Requirements:* a "linux" server https://resources.count.ly/v1.0/docs/system-requirements ===[http://www.awstats.org/ awstats]===License:* GNU GPL v3+  https://github.com/eldy/awstats Requirements:* Your server must log web access in a log file you can read.* To run awstats, from command line, your operating system must be able to run perl scripts ( .pl files ).* Perl module "Encode" must be available. https://github.com/eldy/awstats