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Privacy & Encryption

Privacy & Encryption tools -- a subcategory of Security & Authentication

48 tools 10 SaaS alternatives

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48 Tools

KeePassXC

26K

KeePassXC is a self-hosted password managers replacement for 1Password, Dashlane, and more.

Infisical Community Edition

25K

End-to-end encrypted platform for managing secrets, certificates, and SSH keys across development workflows.

Ente

25K

End-to-end encrypted photo storage audited by three independent firms — Google Photos privacy without Google's data practices.

Plausible Analytics

24K

Plausible Analytics is a self-hosted web analytics tool that provides simple, web analytics tool.

Matomo

21K

The Google Analytics replacement that actually owns its data story — 1.4 million websites trust it because there is no other way for data to leave.

Medium difficulty

Super Productivity

18K

A todo app that takes time tracking seriously — MIT-licensed, zero telemetry, and built for developers who want to know where their hours actually went.

Leon

17K

Leon is an open-source personal assistant who can live on your server. He is built on the top of Node.js, Python and artificial intelligence concepts

Notesnook

14K

Notesnook handles end-to-end encrypted note-taking app as a self-hosted solution.

Organic Maps

13K

Organic Maps is a self-hosted privacy & encryption tool with support for privacy, android, ios.

Helium

12K

A minimal, ad-blocking, telemetry-free Chromium fork with zero commercial entanglement. Honest review of a beta-stage browser for people who've had enough of Chrome, Edge, and Brave.

Zero

10K

For privacy & encryption, Zero is a self-hosted solution that provides email application.

Piped

9.8K

Piped is a self-hosted privacy & encryption tool that provides efficient, privacy-focused alternative to YouTube.

Firezone

8.5K

Released under Apache-2.0, Firezone provides replace your VPN on self-hosted infrastructure.

Fathom Analytics

8K

Released under MIT, Fathom Analytics provides simple, privacy-first analytics platform on self-hosted infrastructure.

Tuta

7.4K

Tuta is a self-hosted privacy & encryption tool with support for privacy, security, email.

AnyType

7.3K

Self-hosted privacy & encryption tool that provides versatile, tool for organizing thoughts, notes, and data.

SimpleLogin

6.5K

SimpleLogin handles email alias solution to protect your email address. Comes with browser extensions and mobile apps as a self-hosted solution.

Standard Notes

6.4K

Standard Notes handles cross-platform note-taking app as a self-hosted solution.

OpenPanel

5.5K

OpenPanel is a self-hosted web analytics tool with support for analytics, privacy, alternative.

AnonAddy

4.5K

AnonAddy is a PHP-based application that provides email forwarding service for creating aliases.

BleachBit

4.5K

BleachBit lets you run frees disk space & protects privacy by deleting cache entirely on your own server.

Piwigo

3.8K

Piwigo is a self-hosted photo galleries replacement for Apple Photos, Google Photos, and more.

LinkStack

3.5K

LinkStack is a PHP-based application that provides link all your social media platforms accessible on one page.

Open Web Analytics

2.7K

Open Web Analytics is a self-hosted web analytics tool with support for Web Analytics, privacy, web analytics.

mCaptcha

2.4K

MCaptcha lets you run privacy-focused proof-of-work CAPTCHA system entirely on your own server.

Peergos

2.4K

Released under AGPL-3.0, Peergos provides secure and private space online where you can store on self-hosted infrastructure.

AliasVault

2.3K

AliasVault is a self-hosted email servers tool that provides end-to-end encrypted password manager with a built-in email alias generator and server.

Enclosed

2K

Enclosed is a self-hosted file sharing & upload replacement for DocSend.

Aptabase

1.7K

Aptabase gives you self-hostable analytics platform for mobile and desktop apps on your own infrastructure.

Beaver Notes

1.2K

Beaver Notes is a self-hosted privacy & encryption replacement for Apple Notes, Notion, and more.

Hemmelig

1.1K

For file sharing & upload, Hemmelig offers a self-hosted way to share encrypted secrets cross organizations, or as private persons.

Databuddy

945

For web analytics, Databuddy offers a self-hosted way to get powerful web analytics.

Swetrix

933

Swetrix is a self-hosted privacy & encryption tool that provides web analytics platform offering powerful insights while prioritizing user privacy and data.

Sync-in

903

Sync-in is a self-hosted cloud storage & sync replacement for Box, DocSend, and more.

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OTS

746

Self-hosted file sharing & upload tool that provides one-Time-Secret sharing platform with a symmetric 256bit AES encryption in the browser.

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Sup3rS3cretMes5age

561

Self-hosted privacy & encryption tool that provides very simple (to deploy and to use) secret message service using Hashicorp Vault as a secrets storage.

Anonymous Overflow

362

Self-hosted privacy & encryption tool that provides privacy frontend for StackOverflow.

Vemetric

341

Vemetric is a self-hosted web analytics replacement for Amplitude, Fathom Analytics, and more.

Procaptcha

299

Procaptcha lets you run blockchain-based CAPTCHA solution offering improved security entirely on your own server.

OrigamiVault

263

OrigamiVault is a self-hosted password managers tool that provides encrypt secrets and share them with QR codes.

Ackify

197

Released under AGPL-3.0, Ackify provides proof of read platform for internal documents on self-hosted infrastructure.

Private Captcha

157

Private Captcha is a Go-based application that provides privacy-first CAPTCHA service.

Priviblur

151

Priviblur handles privacy-focused alternative frontend to Tumblr as a self-hosted solution.

Betterlytics

147

Betterlytics is a TypeScript-based application that provides GDPR-compliant web analytics.

Prisme Analytics

123

Prisme Analytics lets you run prisme offers customizable entirely on your own server.

Brace.to

100

Brace.to handles privacy-focused bookmark manager as a self-hosted solution.

Justnote

66

Self-hosted privacy & encryption tool that provides secure note-taking app.

Palform

39

Palform handles build end-to-end encrypted forms as a self-hosted solution.

Why Self-Host Your Privacy Tools?

Privacy is not a feature you can bolt onto a service controlled by someone else. When your analytics, notes, email aliases, and captchas run on third-party infrastructure, each service becomes a potential data leak — subject to that company’s privacy policy changes, government requests, and data breaches. Self-hosting privacy tools means the data never leaves your network in the first place.

Plausible Analytics and Matomo replace Google Analytics with privacy-respecting website analytics that do not track individual users or require cookie consent banners. Fathom Analytics provides similarly private analytics with a focus on simplicity. For personal data, Notesnook and Standard Notes offer end-to-end encrypted note-taking where the server cannot read your content. Ente provides encrypted photo storage. SimpleLogin and AnonAddy generate email aliases that shield your real email address from services and data brokers, forwarding messages without revealing your identity.

The privacy toolkit extends across multiple domains. Firezone provides a self-hosted VPN alternative to commercial providers that log your browsing. mCaptcha and ProCaptcha replace Google reCAPTCHA — which tracks users across the web — with privacy-preserving captcha solutions. Enclosed and Hemmelig enable sharing secrets via expiring links instead of unencrypted email. BleachBit handles secure file deletion. Piped proxies YouTube content without exposing your viewing habits to Google. Anonymous Overflow proxies Stack Overflow without tracking. OpenPanel, Aptabase, Swetrix, and Betterlytics provide additional privacy-first analytics options for different use cases — from mobile app analytics to full web dashboards.