# privacyguides/privacyguides.org

Protect your data against global mass surveillance programs.

Repository: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/privacyguidesorg
Homepage: https://www.privacyguides.org
Language: Markdown
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: privacy, encryption, surveillance, website, mkdocs, mkdocs-material, markdown
Last push: 2026-08-21T18:35:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2098, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 14.0, "n_releases_24m": 33}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4223, forks 296 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:39.286445+00:00)

## What it is
Privacy Guides is a non-profit, community-driven website providing impartial advice on protecting personal data from mass surveillance, with vetted recommendations for privacy-respecting tools and services. The repository contains the Markdown source of the site, built with MkDocs Material and published at privacyguides.org.

## Use cases
- find privacy-respecting alternatives to mainstream apps
- learn how to protect my data from mass surveillance
- compare password managers for security and privacy
- choose a secure encrypted messaging app
- harden my browser and operating system for privacy
- find resources for privacy activism and digital rights advocacy
- stay updated on privacy and security news

## When to choose
- you need trustworthy, community-reviewed recommendations for privacy tools
- you want ad-free, non-profit educational content on digital privacy
- you are building a threat model and need guidance on threat-based tool selection
- you want to contribute to or translate open-source privacy documentation

## When to avoid
- you need software to install rather than advice and recommendations
- you want vendor-sponsored or commercial product comparisons
- you need compliance or legal advice rather than general privacy guidance

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, static-site-generator, markdown
- domain: privacy, security, self-hosted, tutorials, censorship-circumvention
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: privacy-guides, digital-rights, surveillance-resistance, mkdocs-material, non-profit, recommendations, encryption, threat-modeling, web-server

## Member repositories
- privacyguides/privacyguides.org (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.286445+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 2026-08-29T18:22:23.229626+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.286445+00:00, sha 617ac894e005)
  - homepage: https://www.privacyguides.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:38.348026+00:00, sha 0cc9c2bc5f30)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/donate (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:38.357324+00:00, sha 9d2d0f389fa6)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:38.359255+00:00, sha fa045b6a7ca8)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/27/whatsapp-offers-improved-security-features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:38.361030+00:00, sha 8ab3334ced08)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/press-releases/2026/03/03/privacy-guides-launches-a-new-activism-section (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:38.362720+00:00, sha 31720b914a7e)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/press-releases/2026/01/31/a-message-regarding-ice-in-minnesota-and-the-usa-from-privacy-guides-program-director-jonah-aragon (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:38.364635+00:00, sha 7022830eaf18)
  - site_page: https://www.privacyguides.org/press-releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:38.367161+00:00, sha 22c3ee046645)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.