Internet Tools

Browsers

Gecko-Based Browsers (Firefox)

• ⭐ Firefox - Most popular gecko browser.
• ⭐ Firefox Nightly - Official Nightly build of Firefox browser.
• ⭐ Librewolf - Hardened Firefox.
• Tor Browser - Firefox-based browser with access to Tor Network.
• Pale Moon - GNOME browser based on old version of Firefox.
• IceCat - GNU version of Firefox.
• Waterfox

Chromium-Based Browsers

• ⭐ Ungoogled Chromium - Hardened version of Chromium browser without any Google.
• Brave
• Thorium

Other

• Ladybird - Independent browser project In it's very early stage, not intended for daily-driving yet

Browser Extensions

Browser Agnostic

• ⭐ uBlock Origin - Most effective adblock for your browser. Do not use multiple adblocks at the same time!
• ⭐ DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials - Privacy essentials for your browser by DuckDuckGo
• ⭐ Dark Reader - Auto dark mode for websites.
• Translate Web Pages - Translate websites.

Firefox

• ⭐ Canvas Blocker - Resist Fingerprinting
• Firefox Multi-Account Containers - Separate Firefox sessions.
• FoxyTab - Many tab-related actions.

Download Managers

Note

Download managers are a piece of software which help you in downloading files from internet. Pros of using download managers include: faster download speeds and more control over your downloads.

General Download Managers

• ⭐ Motrix - Modern download manager with torrent functionality. The matrix extension for firefox is not working according to the reviews page.
• 🖥️ aria2 - CLI download manager.
• GoSpeed - Minimalistic download manager.
• pyLoad - Extremely lightweight download manager made with Python.
• Xtreme Download Manager
• ⚠️ JDownloader2

Torrent

Note

Torrent clients are software which utilize BitTorrent network. While often associated with piracy, they aren’t limited to it.

• ⭐ Transmission - Fast and easy torrent BitTorrent client.
• ⭐ Deluge - Lightweight BitTorrent client.
• ⭐ qBitTorrent - BitTorrent client based on Qt.

Social Media

Youtube

Players

• ⭐ FreeTube - Privacy-focused YouTube client
• PlasmaTube - App based on mpv and yt-dlp
• Moonplayer - Player and downloader for YouTube

Downloaders

• ⭐ 🖥️ yt-dlp - Command-Line tool for downloading videos and audio
• 🖥️ youtube-dl - Predecessor to yt-dlp
• Parabolic - GUI for yt-dlp

Communication

• Signal - Privacy-first messaging app
• Pidgin - All-in-one messaging client
• BeeBEEP - Peer to peer, LAN messenger
• Mattermost - FOSS Slack alternative
• Revolt - FOSS alternative to Discord

Discord Mods/Clients

Caution

While Discord mods often disable telemetry, they do not make Discord FOSS. On top of that, they are technically against Discord’s Terms of Service, however no one has reported a ban from using a client mod.

• ⭐ Vencord - Cutest Discord client mod
• Vesktop - Custom Discord client with Vencord preinstalled
• Dissent - Discord client with GTK
• Legcord - Lightweight Discord client
• Discordo - Terminal client for Discord

IRC

• HexChat - Fork of XChat, but free!
• Irssi - IRC client in TUI
• WeeChat - Fast and extensible IRC client

Matrix

• Element - Most popoular Matrix client
• nheko - Mainstream-looking Matrix client
• FluffyChat - Matrix client with simple and clean UI
• Moment - Matrix powerclient
• Gitter - Developer-focused Matrix client