Recently, big tech has seemed to become increasingly untrustworthy and unreliable, there's been a renewed focus on privacy-centric applications. With Google killing longstanding products, Reddit's API hikes, and Twitter arbitrarily banning accounts, it's getting harder to trust companies with your valuable data.

Well, you can't get anymore privacy-first than not connecting to the internet at all.

It's also important to remember that just having access to high-speed internet is sadly a privilege – not a right – for most people. As a result, I started compiling a list of offline-first alternatives to popular web software.

Contributions welcome!

• For Everyone
  • ChatGPT
  • EverNote
  • Figma
  • Notion
• For Developers
  • StackOverflow
  • Google Fonts

For Everyone

ChatGPT

Name	Platforms	Pricing	Open Source?
GPT4All	Linux, macOS, Windows	Free	Yes

EverNote

Name	Platforms	Pricing	Open Source?
Bear	iPadOS, iOS, macOS	Paid	No
Joplin	iPadOS, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows	Free	Yes

Figma

Name	Platforms	Pricing	Open Source?
Affinity Designer	iPadOS, macOS, Windows	Paid	No
PenPot Desktop*	Linux, macOS, Windows	Free	Yes
Sketch	macOS	Paid	No

Notion

Name	Platforms	Pricing	Open Source?
AFFiNE	Linux, macOS, Windows	Freemium	Yes
Logseq	Android, Linux, macOS, Windows	Free	Yes
Obsidian	Android, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, macOS, Windows	Freemium	No
Siyuan	Android, Linux, macOS, Windows	Freemium	Yes
Trillium	Linux, macOS, Windows	Free	Yes

For Developers

StackOverflow

Name	Plaforms	Pricing	Open Source?
Dash	macOS	Paid	No
Zeal	Windows, Linux	Free	Yes

Google Fonts

Name	Plaforms	Pricing	Open Source?
Fontsource	Web	Free	Yes