One of the big buzas of the Android ecosystem is its flexibility and freedom. And although in practice, Google is the engine of the ecosystem and the applications that come by default on your mobile allow you to obtain a lot, There are free, open and quality alternatives that also take care of your privacy.
Then we compiled part of the Best open source applications to replace Google. These are not all those who are, but they are all that is. However, if you know an alternative open source application to those of Google worthy of mention, you can leave it in the comments.
Google (search engine)
- DuckDuckGo, a search engine (and also the browser) fairly respectful of privacy.
- Brave is another cautious browser with confidentiality which also has its own index.
- Qwant is the European alternative to Google search engine, is housed in France and is zero follow -up.
Google Chrome
- Chromite is a bifurcation of chrome based on bromitite with an integrated support for advertising, in addition to taking care of privacy, being minimalist and becoming extremely fluid. One of my essential elements on my mobile for many reasons.
- Ironfox, a reinforced variation of the legendary Mozilla Firefox.
- Vanadium is the grapheneos browser, a particularly prudent chromium version in terms of safety and intimacy.
- Confidentiality navigator: His name is not cheating, it is a browser for those who take care of their private life.
- Tor Browser, avoids monitoring, monitoring and also jumps censorship with this browser.
Google Cards
- Osmand takes cards from the Open Street Map (OSM) initiative, a very complete project that is kept up to date thanks to its community on questions such as roads, locals, stations and more. A wonder that we have tried and that works on Android Auto.
- Qwant Maps is another alternative that uses OpenStreetMap for its browser, only in this case, it is integrated into Qwant Europe.
- Organic Maps is an application that does not follow your data, it works offline and has no announcements. We have tried it and strongly recommend it if you like simplicity.
Google Gmail
- Proton Mail is probably the most famous alternative for its commitment to privacy and based on Switzerland. It has different payment plans, but the free version allows you to enjoy an encrypted mail service.
- Tuta is a safe email that includes a calendar service with functions such as sending encryption emails with password.
Google Drive
- NextCloud is an open productivity platform which, among other things, offers notes. This is the large open source alternative to Google Drive, which, lately, has cost it occasional friction with the Mountain View Company.
- Peergos is a real wonder, a safe and private online space where to store, share and see files such as documents, photos, music or videos. It comes with the calendar, the flow, the cat and the mail.
- Proton Mail also includes a safe with end to the end to save your data.
Google Play Store
- F-Droid is, with the permission of GitHub, one of the best places to find more open source applications. With design of user interface materials.
- Aurora Store is an open source and free application store that houses a long list of advantages. It has a very attentive interface with a very prudent interface in which you will only find free download applications. It stands out from its powerful search engine, where you can filter things like its valuation, whether it has announcements, whether or not they depend on Google, among others.
Google files
- Amaze File Manager is a file manager with Material Design Pleasure, simple but quite powerful.
- Material files also use the design of materials for its aesthetics, with an agile, light and clean structure.
Google photos
- Birds are a Attractive gallery application and metadata explorer, developed for Android with Flutter.
- The FOSIFY gallery is a simple gallery fork that stands out for its clean and interruption interface. Customizable and with integrated publisher.
Google Keep
- Easy Notes stands out from your good design and is used to take fast notes. In terms of design, follow the material guidelines that you and have a function of backups. We tried it and we were surprised by everything it offers.
- Nottally. If yours is minimalism and you manage with local storage, it is a magnificent candidate.
- Joplin is an application that focuses both on taking notes and on lists and has two of his big Buzas in synchronization and encryption.
- Standard Notes is a free, multiplatform and encryption application to use it on your mobile, but also in iOS, Windows, Linux or the Web.
Google Authenticator
- AEGIS is an ideal free application to manage double authentications. It supports importation from other platforms such as Google, Export and has vault encryption.
- Auth is another magnificent multiplatform alternative and with end -to -end encryption.
Google assistant
- The home assistant is the large open source alternative to commercial commercial ecosystems. It stands out from its broad compatibility and its community and prioritizes control in premises and privacy.
In Xataka Android | This list is a mine for confidentiality: more than 100 free applications and services that do not collect personal data
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