[HacktionLab] Alternatives to big tech for personal use?

brentc brentc at riseup.net
Wed Dec 24 11:03:35 UTC 2025


Hello

I'd love to find something like Google suite that isn't Google. I use 
alternatives for more activist stuff but keep coming back to Google for 
general use. Any (constructive) thoughts or pointers?

I guess looking for something in between weak activist offerings and big 
tech. If something like a non-profit non-US Mozilla offered an awesome 
product, that would be lovely, but I don't see it.

Specifically, for me, I need the typical 'personal productivity' 
services- email, todo lists, calendars, drive/docs/sheets with decent 
editing and features, and sharing (with people who don't have an 
account). I'd rather not use multiple services, want uptime and backups 
handled, and if it's green hosted and a non-profit oriented, bonus. It 
should probably be UK/EU region. I don't want to host my own stuff. I'll 
pay for the right thing. Honestly, for personal use, I probably want 
some balance of encryption/security with features, noting I'll have to 
trust the provider anyway.

I've tried disroot. It's quite good to be fair, but still limited 
feature-wise, and more worryingly, couldn't get issues sorted with 
support (which is a common thing with smaller outfits in my experience, 
that I don't want to deal with). I don't like protonmail. There's 
mailbox.org but tradeoffs are they're a company albeit seem alright, and 
their website gives me the creeps.

Maybe I ask for the currently impossible.

Thanks,

Brent





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