Browse privacy-focused social networks and platforms alternatives curated from awesome-privacy, with editorial guidance for choosing tools that respect your data.
[!NOTE] Don't use Instagram (or at least the official client). Instagram is a very privacy-invasive app with biased results and feeds based on user profiles, it is also used as a manipulation tool and has a lot of censorship going against free speech. Lastly, it has an addictive and toxic UI design.
These are not every option in the source list. They are the clearest starting points for people who want better privacy, portability, and control.
Federated blogging application, thanks to ActivityPub.
An open source platform for building a writing space on the web.
Medium alternative forntend inspired by Invidious.
Visit projectDecentralized, federated and Open Source alternative to Instagram with posts, videos, stories, tags, etc.
An alternative frontend for LBRY/Odysee. Inspired by Invidious and Libreddit.
Visit projectQuetre is an alternative front-end to Quora. It enables you to see answers without ads, trackers, and other such bloat.
Visit projectA free, open and decentralized alternative to video platforms.
A simple frontend for PeerTube with SepiaSearch Source.
Visit projectThis category is broader than Basil AI, but the same principle applies: the less sensitive work you ship to third-party clouds, the lower your privacy exposure. For meetings, interviews, and voice notes, Basil keeps that processing on-device.
Explore Basil's private transcription approach →100% on-device processing. No cloud. No data mining. No privacy risks.
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