# nikivdev/privacy-respecting

Curated List of Privacy Respecting Services and Software

Repository: https://github.com/nikivdev/privacy-respecting
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/privacy-respecting
License Family: other
Topics: privacy, curated-list, self-hosted, security, security-tools
Last push: 2026-07-02T11:20:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3293, "days_push": 62, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2053, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:09.732717+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of privacy-respecting services and software, organized by category (search engines, social networks, messengers, VPNs, email, operating systems, and more). For each mainstream data-collecting service it explains the privacy concerns and suggests alternatives.

## Use cases
- find privacy-respecting alternatives to Google services
- which messenger doesn't collect my data
- private search engines that don't track me
- self-hosted alternatives to cloud storage
- privacy-focused operating systems and browsers
- de-google my life
- curated list of VPN and email providers that respect privacy

## When to choose
- you want a human-curated starting point for switching to privacy-friendly tools
- you want explanations of why mainstream services are problematic alongside alternatives
- you need recommendations across many categories from search to hosting

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained security audits or vulnerability data rather than links
- you want an exhaustive, automatically updated database of privacy tools
- you need installation instructions or setup guides rather than a reference list

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: privacy, security, self-hosted
- domain: privacy, security, self-hosted, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: curated-list, privacy-tools, alternatives, surveillance-capitalism

## Member repositories
- nikivdev/privacy-respecting (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.732717+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:57:19.665971+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nikivdev/privacy-respecting (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.732717+00:00, sha 130d350e3d49)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.