🗺️ Maps & NavigationNL
Magic Earth
Amsterdam-based navigation app offering free turn-by-turn navigation, offline maps, real-time traffic and speed camera alerts — all powered by OpenStreetMap with zero ads and no user tracking. Used as the default navigation app on several privacy-focused mobile operating systems.
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🔍 Search EngineGB
Mojeek
UK-based privacy-focused search engine that has operated independently since 2004 without tracking users or storing personal data. Uses its own crawler-based index (9+ billion pages) built from the ground up in C, with no reliance on Google or Bing results.
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📊 AnalyticsDE
Pirsch Analytics
Privacy-friendly, cookie-free web analytics made and hosted in Germany. Pirsch is a server-side solution with an open-source core that is GDPR, CCPA, and Schrems II compliant — designed for developers who want clean, simple dashboards without sacrificing visitor privacy.
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📊 AnalyticsEE
Plausible Analytics
Estonian privacy-first web analytics with a strong open-source Community Edition and optional hosted SaaS. Plausible is cookie-free, self-hostable, and offers CSV/Stats API export, while buyers should still account for open-core licensing boundaries and enterprise assurance gaps.
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✉️ Email ServicesCH
Proton Mail
Swiss encrypted email service by Proton AG with end-to-end and zero-access encryption, open-source clients, and a public legal transparency report. Swiss court orders can still compel targeted metadata logging for specific accounts, and parts of the service stack remain outside fully reproducible open builds.
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☁️ Cloud StorageCH
SwissTransfer
Free file transfer service from Swiss cloud provider Infomaniak. Allows sending files up to 50GB for free with no account required. Data stored in Swiss data centers under Swiss data protection laws (nFADP). Part of the Infomaniak kSuite ecosystem.
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☁️ Cloud StorageCH
Tresorit
Swiss secure cloud storage focused on end-to-end encrypted file sync and sharing for personal and business use. Tresorit offers strong privacy/security positioning and enterprise compliance signals, while operating a proprietary core stack with data-residency and subcontractor tradeoffs that should be reviewed for strict sovereignty requirements.
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🗺️ Maps & NavigationFR
ViaMichelin
ViaMichelin is Michelin's free web and mobile maps service for drivers and travelers, offering route planning, GPS navigation, live traffic, toll and fuel cost estimates, and Michelin-selected hotels, restaurants, and points of interest. It targets people who want a European alternative to Google Maps or Apple Maps for trip planning and on-road navigation.
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💳 PaymentsBE
Wero
European digital wallet by EPI (European Payments Initiative), a consortium of 16 major banks, enabling instant account-to-account payments across Europe. Send money using just a phone number or email address, pay at online merchants directly from your bank account, and enjoy real-time SEPA Instant transfers in seconds — all free for consumers.
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📦 OtherDE
Yazio
Yazio is a German freemium nutrition and calorie-tracking app for iOS, Android, and web. It helps users log meals by search, barcode, or AI photo tracking, monitor calories and macros, follow optional intermittent fasting timers, use recipes and meal-planning features, sync activity from supported trackers, and review progress toward weight loss, muscle gain, or healthier eating goals.
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✉️ Email ServicesAT
black.com
Austrian encrypted email service with zero-access encryption (AES-GCM-256, RSA-OAEP-4096 key sharing) hosted on Swiss infrastructure. Offers AI-powered email composition, alias addresses, 25 GB storage growing by 2 GB annually, and organization features with custom domains. The service is fully proprietary with no published independent security audit and does not support PGP.
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📨 Mail ClientsCZ
eM Client
Full-featured desktop and mobile email client from Prague with integrated calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes. eM Client supports IMAP, POP3, Exchange, and EWS protocols plus PGP encryption, positioning itself as a cross-platform Outlook replacement. Free tier allows up to two email accounts; paid plans unlock unlimited accounts and commercial use.
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💬 MessagingCH
kChat
kChat is a Swiss team-messaging and collaboration product from Infomaniak’s kSuite, offering channels, direct messages, file sharing, and integrated communication features across web, desktop, and mobile apps. It targets organizations that want workplace chat hosted by a European provider, with partial open-source app components and infrastructure operated by Infomaniak.
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🎥 Meeting SoftwareCH
kMeet
kMeet is a free videoconferencing platform from Swiss provider Infomaniak for browser and app-based meetings. It offers video/audio calls, screen sharing, chat, waiting room controls, and desktop/mobile apps, while routing communications through Swiss infrastructure. It is positioned for individuals and organizations seeking a privacy-focused alternative to US meeting tools.
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📖 E-ReadersNO
reMarkable
reMarkable makes paper tablets for focused handwriting, sketching, reading, and digital note-taking.
🔒 VPNIT
AirVPN
Italian privacy VPN founded by hacktivists and digital-rights activists, offering advanced features like SSH/SSL tunneling and direct Tor integration. Runs its own bare-metal server infrastructure with full disk encryption and publishes real-time server load statistics.
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🔒 VPNGB
CyberGhost VPN
VPN service originally founded in Bucharest in 2011, acquired by Kape Technologies (London, UK) in 2017. Kape also owns ExpressVPN, PIA, and ZenMate. Operates under CyberGhost S.R.L. in Romania as the legal entity and data controller. Kape itself is privately held by Unikmind Holdings (Teddy Sagi, Cyprus) since 2023. Offers no-logs VPN with global server network.
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🏢 Cloud & HostingDE
Datalix
German hosting provider offering KVM servers (Xeon, Ryzen, Epyc), dedicated servers, gameservers (Minecraft, Factorio, Valheim, Rust), webhosting, Nextcloud hosting, colocation, and reseller options. Based in Estenfeld, Germany with servers in Equinix data centers (FR5, FR7, FR8) in Frankfurt. Operates on 100% renewable energy with Tier III certified infrastructure.
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✉️ Email ServicesNL
Disroot
Community-run platform from Amsterdam providing free, privacy-respecting email and collaboration tools built entirely on open-source software. Funded by donations rather than ads or data harvesting, Disroot embodies the principles of decentralization, federation, and digital freedom.
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🏢 Cloud & HostingCH
Infomaniak
Employee-owned Swiss hosting and cloud provider powering over 100,000 websites with servers running exclusively on renewable energy in Swiss data centers. Infomaniak offers web hosting, email, kSuite productivity tools, kDrive storage, and the Euria AI assistant — all GDPR- and nFADP-compliant with no data resale.
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🤳 SmartphonesFI
Jolla Phone
Finnish Linux smartphone project centered on Sailfish OS, with community involvement through the Sailfish X program and pre-order availability via Jolla Commerce. Targets users seeking a non-Android, non-iOS mobile stack.
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✉️ Email ServicesBE
Mailfence
Belgian encrypted email suite offering OpenPGP end-to-end encryption, digital signatures, calendar, contacts, documents, and group workspaces. Operated by ContactOffice Group since 2013, it is subject to strict Belgian privacy law and donates 15% of its premium revenue to digital-rights organizations like EFF and EDRi.
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🤖 Large Language ModelsCH
ModelHive
ModelHive is an enterprise AI gateway that provides a single OpenAI-compatible API for accessing and governing multiple LLM providers with semantic caching, security guardrails and routing controls.
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💳 PaymentsNL
MultiSafepay
Dutch payment service provider focused on online payment processing for European merchants with local methods and card acceptance.
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