Cloud Services
Everyday
- email
- free: any is fine, IMAP ones are preferred
- paid: mailbox.org / Fastmail
The mailbox.org is operated in Germany whereas Fastmail is an Australian company operating in the US. This could influence your decision.
Proton Mail and Tuta are also good private emails, but neither support the IMAP protocol. They also don’t support PGP encryption.
- search engine: DuckDuckGo / Ecosia / Mojeek / SearXNG
Kagi looks great and has a lot of features, however, it requires a subscription
- notes: Cryptpad / Etherpad
Communication
Productivity
- to-do list: Vikunja
- calendar/contacts: fruux
- project management: Taiga
- citation manager: Zotero
- grammar checker: Language Tool
- translation: Lingva Translate / LibreTranslate
Data
- storage: pCloud
- alternative: IceDrive / BackBlaze / Proton Drive
- photos: ente
Media
- RSS feeds: RSSHub / RSS-Bridge
- music
Social
Programming
Security
- password manager: Bitwarden
Other password managers include Proton Pass (open source) and 1Password (closed source)
- 2FA: Ente Auth
- VPN
- free: Proton VPN
- paid: Mullvad VPN
- DNS: Cloudflare / NextDNS