Opt for Freedom Tech
Everything Open Source
Software & Hardware designed for your freedom. Free Open Source Software (FOSS)
* Stay away from Big Tech software like Mac Os and Windows as they offer convenience in return for you Privacy and Wallet. They get you locked into ecosystems that keep you busy with subscriptions, infinite payments and never ending requests to sign up for accounts and disclose more and more of your private personal life. There is another way, Here we show you how to break free on both your Mobile and Desktop devices.
See your way out below
Apps for Christians & Free People
Operating Systems
Operating Systems for computers and mobile devices.
Hardware
Software programs & applications cannot run without hardware (devices/computers).
Basics & Productivity
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:19
Communication
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men
Colossians 3:23
Education
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20
Media
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II Timothy 3:6-7
Creativity
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
I Chronicles 15:16
News
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things
Philippians 4:8
Navigation
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms 107:23-24
Entertainment
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
Operating Systems
MOBILE DEVICES
GrapheneOS & /e/OS
The 2 Best Android Operating systems
De-Google Your Life
GrapheneOs respects your privacy and has the most hardened security.
Supports google Pixel Devices ONLY
If you are ready Install it Immediately here using their web installer.
/e/OS also is very private and secure sporting many great features to make you even more private. It looks beautiful also Supports 217 Devices
If you are ready Install it Immediately here using their web installer.
– All supported devices allow Bootloader unlocking to install a custom OS
– Graphene supports Google Pixels only they are standard in shape, size and design and have good hardware security
Installation takes about 15-20 minutes as both operating systems have their own easy to follow “Web installers” that make life easier for the user.
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DESKTOP DEVICES (Average Daily Use)
PopOs (System76), Ubuntu & Linux Mint*
Advanced Users (Look below)
The best ready out of the box Linux distributions (Distro) suitable for daily use and easy for most people with minimal learning.
They work with most computer models and come ready with most drivers needed to conduct your work without worry.
They also work on Macs but the webcam and Mic may not work
They can be easily installed via USB drive and the instructions / process are quite straight forward. The process doesn’t take long either (About half an hour).
*Linux Mint may require a little more work, Intermediate users*
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DESKTOP DEVICES (Advanced)
ADVANCED USER?
TECH SAVVY?
Need More Control?
Arch, Endeavour, Nix & Qubes*
For the tech savvy among us requiring extra security and control
*Qubes OS is meant to be the most secure OS out there. Used by Edward Snowden.
Advanced users only
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Hardware
Phones, Laptops, Desktops
Your Computer, Your Phone, Your Privacy, Your Security
System76
Ultra powerful computers. Same developers as PopOs. They come with either PopOs or Ubuntu installed.
Pine64
Open Source computers & Phones that are meant to respect your privacy and being
Purism
The Librem computers & phones
“Beautiful secure, privacy respecting devices”
Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.
Isaiah 1:16
Basics & Productivity
Get things done
Get your work done privately at your own terms
F Droid (Android)
App Store
App Repository to download Open Source Android applications.
Most if not all android apps mentioned here can be found on F-Droid
Obtainium (Android) – The More Private Option
Download Android Apps & Updates directly From the Source. Usually from Github or Gitlab
Open Source
Skip the middle man (F-Droid), get updates quicker and apps compiled by the developers directly and not the F-Droid team. You can use F-Droid to browse for apps and find their source pages from there. (Rate limits removed by github sign up)
Install it from here
*You can also install it from F-Droid
Aurora App Store (Android)
Open Source
(Also found on F-Droid)
Mainstream Apps from the Google Android Playstore can be found here.
Use Anonymous Sign in.
Web Browsers: Firefox & Brave (All Platforms)
The two web browser you’ll ever need to choose between
Mullvad VPN – Circumvent Unreasonable Censorship (All Platforms)
Truly Anonymous, Zero Knowledge and Private
No Usernames, emails, phone numbers
The only truly privacy respecting Zero knowledge and anonymous VPN out there.
You can even pay by cash if you wish to remain 100% anonymous.
Libre Office (All Platforms)
Office Suite, very powerful and releases you from the Microsoft Office ecosystem.
You don’t need to pay Microsoft annual rent to type a document
* Android: Enable Experimental mode to Edit docs – From settings
Jitsi Meet (All Platforms)
Meetings but with manners
A respectable alternative to Zoom, Microsoft Teams & Google Meet
Set up instant meetings with anyone anywhere without an account.
Zoom is a Trojan Horse. Read their privacy policy
Text Editors: Vim & Emacs (Most Platforms)
Simple yet very powerful text editors, can be used for simple text editing or for writing code if you are a programmer.
Specie (Android)
Good Currency Converter
Candle (Android)
Real-time stock market watcher
KeepassXc / DX (Desktop / Android)
Cross platform Password manager
Many Distributions for all operating systems. See the one that fits you in the downloads section.
Aegis Authenticator (Android)
app for Android to manage your 2FA (Factor authentication) 2-step verification tokens for your online accounts
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Joplin Notes (All Platforms)
Powerful note taking app. Free with cloud option as paid
Turtl Notes (All Platforms)
The secure, collaborative notebook
Anytype (All Platforms)
A Powertool for advanced Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
Private hub for all your data: docs, tasks, files, bookmarks, contacts and more. It’s built on a new architecture that protects your privacy and data sovereignty, even when working across devices. Use it to create elegant dashboards, documents, and knowledge graphs
LocalSend (All Platforms)
Open Source
Share files to nearby devices, using local wifi. Not internet required
FileZilla FTP (Desktop Multi)
Open Source
The FileZilla Client not only supports FTP, but also FTP over TLS (FTPS) and SFTP
FlorisBoard & HeliBoard (Android)
Open Source
2 of the best android keyboards out there. Both with swipe typing capabilities
Get them from F-Droid or Obtainium via Github
ZipXtract (Android)
ZipXtract can extract and create archive
Communication
Communicate, Share files, Network. Privately & Securely
Emailing
MailFence (Secure Email)
Free+
Secure private email, calendar etc.
Perfect replacement for Google suite.
Only you read your emails not the entire team on their lunch break.
You’re not the product, you’re the customer.
*Avoid the following email providers: GMAIL (Google), HOTMAIL / Outlook (Microsoft), YAHOO – You can be sure that all your emails will be scanned, harvested and very not private*
Thunderbird – Email Client (Desktop Multi)
Great Email client, private and open source and you won’t be held down to proprietary files and databases. Your information is yours
Evolution – Email Client (Linux)
Stable Great Email client, private and open source
Thunderbird Mobile & FairEmail – Email Client (Android)
Two Beautiful Powerful Private Email Clients.
Messengers
SimpleX
Signal
Element
Threema
Telegram
SimpleX (Open Source – All Platforms)
Best for privacy, security and anonymity
No Phone Numbers, emails or User IDs. Quantum resistant Encryption, extremely private and secure. No identifiers. Probably the best option is living in a Hostile environment or where the church is persecuted
Signal Messenger (Open Source – All Platforms)
Runner Up for privacy, security and anonymity
Accounts linked to phone numbers, has usernames. Better security and privacy than telegram. Smaller user base
Element (Matrix) – (Open Source – All Platforms)
Runner Up for privacy, security and anonymity
Powerful, versatile, bridgeable and secure. Reveals you IP address which can make you vulnerable if used in an oppressive environment or where the Church is persecuted. Risks can be mitigated by self hosting your servers. This solution is not for the average user.
Threema Messenger (Open Source – All Platforms)
PAID (1 Time payment) Good for everyday life comms. Swiss jurisdiction
No phone numbers required
Telegram Messenger (Closed Source* – All Platforms)
Best for Channels, Large Files, News, Everyday life comms
Uses phone numbers, compromised by recent detention of its owner. Encryption keys with the company and Server side code is closed source
Sample it by visiting our channel:
https://t.me/knowing_Jesus
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
James 1:19-20
Education
The Foundations
God, Language, Nature, Family
Know the True Living God
AndBible (Android)
Powerful Bible Study app with many documents available.
Ezra Bible – Bible Study (Desktop Multi & Android)
GreEzra Bible App works with SWORD Bible translation modules and thus enables Bible study in many languages.
Xiphos
Bible Time
Xiphos – Bible Study (Desktop Multi)
Great Bible Study app with many documents available.
BibleTime contains over 200 free Bible texts, commentaries, dictionaries and books, provided by the Crosswire Bible Society via the SWORD programming library.
Eloquent – Bible Study (Mac)
research and study of God and His Word. based on the Sword project
Languages
TranslateYou
Libre Translate
TranslateYou (Android)
Privacy focused translator
– more than 150 supported languages
– 9 different translation engines
– Multilingual interface
– Translation from images
– Translation history
Direct translate from their website – Boomark it
translate text into up to 16 languages: Arabic – Chinese – English – French – German – Hindi – Indonesian – Irish – Italian – Japanese – Korean – Polish – Portuguese – Russian – Spanish – Turkish – Vietnamese
Medical, Nature & Science
Weasis Dicom Medical (Desktop Multi)
View MRI images
Multipurpose standalone and web-based DICOM viewer. It is a very popular clinical viewer used in healthcare by hospitals, health networks, multicenter research trials, and patients.
Stellarium (Desktop Multi)
Planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
KStars (Desktop Multi)
Astronomy Software. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites.
WhoBird (Android)
Recognize birds by their sounds, anywhere in the world!
Family Genealogy
Family Gen
Ancestris
FamilyGem (Android)
Android family tree software
Build your family tree and save it in the very versatile gedcom file on any platform.
Unlimited Family Tree Freeware
Build your family tree and save it in the bet transferable gedcom file.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction
Proverbs 1:7
Creativity & Design
No need for money to make Money
Sweet Home 3d – Interior Design (Desktop Multi)
Draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D
Tenacity – Edit Audio (Desktop Multi)
multi-track audio editor and recorder
Forked from Audacity. Fully open source and not owned by a for profit company.
Audacity – Edit Audio (Desktop Multi)
multi-track audio editor and recorder. Recently bought by Muse inc. Collects metadata for error reporting. Future of its freedom is unknown.
Avidemux – Edit Video (Desktop Multi)
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks
Handbrake – Video Transcoder (Desktop Multi)
A tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
Digikam – (Desktop Multi)
Photoshop alternative
Professional Photo Management with the Power of Open Source
Shotcut – Edit Video (Desktop Multi)
Wide Format Support
Device and Transport Options
Sleek, Intuitive Interface
Cinelerra GG Infinity – Edit Video (Linux)
video editing software for Linux. It handles rendering, compositing, motion tracking, video editing and much more
Blender – 2D / 3D Creations (Desktop Multi)
Adobe Premiere Pro Alternative
a new era for open source 2D/3D content creation
Watch the Show-reel HERE
Krita – Digital Painting
Raster Imagery (Desktop Multi)
Krita is a professional painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.
Inkscape – Flexible Drawing Tool
Vector Imagery (Desktop Multi)
Whether you are an illustrator, designer, web designer or just someone who needs to create some vector imagery, Inkscape is for you!
- Flexible drawing tools
- Broad file format compatibility
- Powerful text tool
- Bezier and spiro curves
GIMP – Image Manipulator (Desktop Multi)
Photoshop alternative
GIMP is a cross-platform image editor
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 35:35
Media
Watch & Listen
Online Radio, Video & Media Players
Transistor – Internet Radio (Android)
Powerful, light and private Internet radio.
VLC Media Player (All Platforms)
The best media player for all your devices.
Strawberry Music Player (Desktop Multi)
Open Source
Strawberry is the best Music Player for Linux, Mac and maybe Windows.
It is a fork of Clementine, with newer versions and more updates.
If interested, take a look at Clementine here
New Pipe – Youtube Client (Android)
Watch & Download YouTube with advanced features.
No ads, tracking or accounts.
Freetube – Youtube Client (Desktop Multi)
Watch & Download YouTube with advanced features.
No ads, tracking or accounts.
GrayJay – Multi Platform Client (All Platforms)
Follow Creators not platforms
Watch content on your own terms, ensuring you retain full ownership and control over what you watch. Your content, your way.
YTDLnis – Media Downloader (Android)
Whether it’s a video, an audio, or a playlist, you can get it in seconds. Choose your preferred quality, format, and options. No ads, no limits, no hassle.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians 5:19-20
News
Patterns of the World
Breezy Weather (Android)
Open Source
Weather News – Get weather news with this beautiful app. Weather Sources: Open-Meteo
– AccuWeather¹
– MET Norway¹
– OpenWeatherMap¹²
– Pirate Weather¹³
– HERE¹³
– Météo France¹
– Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (DMI)¹
F droid or playstore download
Flym News Reader (Android)
News Reader & RSS feeds. Open source, powerful, private.
F-Droid and Playstore
Knowing Jesus Browser App (Android, iOS and Web)
From your browser (Firefox, Chrome etc..), click on “Add to Home Screen” or “Install”.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men
Colossians 3:23
Navigation
Travel
GPS Nav, Track Recording without the spies
OsmAnd~ – GPS & Nav (Android)
– Desert safari
– Jungle trekking
– Sailing the oceans
– Turn by turn navigation
– Track, record, navigate
Fully featured and very powerful tool.
Magic Earth Navigation (Android & iOS)
A Magic g maps alternative
Mobile Navigation save the spying
– Turn-by-turn navigation
– OpenStreet Map
– Crowd-Sourced Traffic
– 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit.
NOT OPEN SOURCE BUT Free to all end users. They sell a paid version to their business partners.
Organic Maps (Android, iOS & KDE Linux)
For travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. Thank you again Open Street Maps
Open Street Maps (Web)
Great website alternative to G Earth
OpenStreet Map is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed
Deuteronomy 31:8
Entertainment
HAVE A BREAK
PLAY SOME
Because we must not forget to relax a little
0 A.D (Desktop Multi)
Open Source
Historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game
Unciv (Desktop Multi & Android)
Civilization clone. True to the original. Sid Meier’s legacy preserved. Original Bible quotes for tech.
Open Sudoku (Android)
Play Sudoku
Super Tux Kart (Desktop Multi & Android)
Hyper Rogue (Desktop Multi & Android)
Top down adventure game.
Interesting world and geometry
Space Trader (Android)
Text Based game
Space Trader is a port of the Palm OS game of the same name
Pixel Wheels (Android)
Pixel Wheels is a top-down retro racing game: race for the first place on various tracks. Pick up bonuses to boost your position or slow down competitors!
Apple Flinger (Android)
Round based single/multiplayer game. Similar to Angry Birds
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun
Ecclesiastes 8:15