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Free and open-source privacy tools that accept Monero (XMR) donations: Tor, I2P, SimpleX, Session, YouTube front ends, file hosts and more.

• MeshCore Open · A cross-platform mobile application for communicating with MeshCore LoRa mesh network devices via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).

• Mia AI · I run open-weight and frontier models side by side — same prompt, one shot each — and publish every raw output. See what they build, and where they break.

• mmgen-wallet - Gitlab · Monero transacting and wallet management via the interactive mmgen-xmrwallet command.

• ✅ Monero · Official website for Monero. Guides, resources, the official GUI and CLI wallet downloads and more.

• MoneroDM · MoneroDM is a protocol for peer-to-peer direct messaging between two Monero (XMR) addresses over Tor onion services, with a Go daemon and a Feather Wallet plugin.

• Morok · Free, open-source federated E2EE messenger with no phone number or email — the account is a key you own. Includes Morok Mail (@morok.email aliases). Accepts XMR donations.

• Notesnook · Open-source, end-to-end encrypted note-taking app for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and web, with unlimited free notes and paid plans adding storage and features. (Note: You can buy subscription via the proxystore.)

• OpenAlias · Simplifying aliasing in a shifting tech world—helping users move to private, secure systems, even if they’re just now memorizing email addresses.

• OpenIM · Free public XMPP chat server from the Netherlands with OMEMO end-to-end encryption and Tor support, plus managed XMPP hosting for businesses on their own domain.

• Opennic · Volunteer-run, non-profit alternative DNS root offering free public DNS resolvers and access to domains not administered by ICANN, including its own community TLDs.

• ✅ Organic Maps · A privacy-focused offline maps & GPS app for hiking, cycling, biking, and driving. Absolutely free. No ads. No tracking.

• P2P ISP · Resource site on community-run peer-to-peer ISPs and mesh networks, covering MeshCore, Meshtastic, AREDN, LibreMesh, NYC Mesh, Freifunk, Bridgefy and Briar.

• Pimux · Pimux.de is a free XMPP chat server on the decentralized, federated Jabber network. No IP logging; files and messages auto-delete after 30 days. Signup by invite.

• Piped · Piped is an open-source (AGPLv3) alternative YouTube frontend for watching videos and listening to content without YouTube's tracking, with public instances.

• Port Authority · Port Authority is a Firefox add-on that blocks websites from using JavaScript to port scan your computer or internal network and blocks LexisNexis tracking scripts.

• Preservetube · PreserveTube archives YouTube videos and channels, saving the video, title, description and metadata so a snapshot stays available if the original is taken down.

• Privacy Sexy · privacy.sexy is a free, open-source tool that applies privacy and security settings on Windows, macOS and Linux; the developer accepts Monero (XMR) donations.

• r4fo · Free, donation-funded private frontends such as Redlib and LibreMDB, self-hosted by r4fo, that proxy requests and strip ads and trackers. The server keeps no logs.

• RabbitDNS · A privacy-focused DNS service that doesn't collect any user data. We believe that your online activity should be private, so we don't log or track any of your DNS queries.

• ReFra · Open-source Android gallery app built with Jetpack Compose for browsing and organizing photos and videos. Available on F-Droid, Google Play and GitHub. (Note: donation link in app)

• Reticulum · A cryptography-based networking stack for building local and wide-area networks with readily available hardware.

• Rimgo · An alternative frontend for Imgur. Originally based on rimgu. It's a way to access Imgur without the ads, tracking, and other garbage.

• Ripley.run · A complete stack for machine-to-machine finance. Desktop wallet, edge-deployed payment gateway, protocol middleware, and AI agent bridge — all powered by Monero.

• ✅ Sauce Nao · SauceNAO is a reverse image search engine for finding the source of anime art, illustrations, manga and other images across pixiv, Danbooru, DeviantArt and more.

• Session · An end-to-end encrypted messenger that protects your private data. A decentralized app designed, built, and operated by a global community of privacy experts. (Note: Donate via Silent Donor.)

• ✅ SimpleX · SimpleX Chat is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted messenger with no user identifiers, for Android, iOS, desktop and terminal. Supports groups, calls and self-hosting.

• Singularity · A Wayland desktop environment built on labwc, with its own shell, a shared application framework, and a small family of first-party apps.

• SmartTube App · Free, open-source YouTube client for Android TV and set-top boxes with up to 8K playback, casting from phones and support for devices without Google services.

• ✅ SponsorBlock · A browser extension that allows you to skip in-video youtube sponsor segments, based on crowd-sourced data.

• Stealth.si · Free public BitTorrent tracker (open.stealth.si) running opentracker over UDP with IPv4 and IPv6, no connection logs or torrent files, and Monero (XMR) donations.

• StormyCloud · A Texas-based 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to provide privacy tools that give everyone access to an unfiltered, unregulated Internet.

• Stoutner · Developer of open-source privacy apps: Privacy Browser for Android and PC and Privacy Cell. Publishes changelogs, roadmaps and forums; accepts Monero (XMR) donations.

• tasks.org · Open-source (GPLv3) to-do list and reminders app for Android with subtasks, tags and filters, syncing via Google Tasks, CalDAV, DAVx5, EteSync or DecSync CC.

• Temp.sh · Temporary file upload and sharing service: files up to 4GB expire after 3 days, with curl command-line uploads, a bash script and a ShareX config. Takes Monero donations.

• TGCrawl · Open-source Android app that indexes Telegram channels by scanning reposts and maps the connections between channels, with relation graphs and statistics.

• Tiekoetter · Hosts different frontend services such as SearXNG, Invidious, Wikiless and many more.

• Tixati · Tixati is a free BitTorrent client for Windows, Linux and Android with DHT, PEX and magnet link support, RSS, IP filtering and bandwidth charting. Accepts Monero donations.

• ✅ Tor Project, Inc · Nonprofit behind Tor Browser and the Tor network, which relays traffic through volunteer servers to block trackers, resist fingerprinting and get around censorship. Takes XMR.

• Unredacted · A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides free and open services that help people evade censorship and protect their right to privacy

• V2ray · A toolset for building your own privacy network. Its core, V2Ray, handles network protocols and works solo or with other tools.

• Viu Vm · Viua VM is a free software bytecode virtual machine designed for highly concurrent software, with its own toolchain and documentation. Licensed under GNU GPL v3.

• Webcamoid · Free, open-source webcam app for Windows, Linux and Android with multiple camera support, video effects, a virtual camera and live streaming to Twitch and YouTube.

• WinBoat · Open-source Linux app for running Windows applications as native windows, with automated Windows installs and home-folder sharing. Takes Monero (XMR) donations.

• Wurstclient · Free, open-source Minecraft client mod (hacked client) with 250+ features including cheats, commands and utility mods. Accepts Monero (XMR) donations.

• XCancel · Twitter/X frontend focused on privacy and performance. Free, open-source, no account, no JavaScript, no ads. (Note: Nitter instance)

• XMPP.is · Free XMPP/Jabber chat server run by the non-profit Unredacted, with registration on several domains plus a Tor hidden service, OTR guides and donation-funded hosting.

• XPL-EX · XPL-EX (XPrivacyLua EX) is an open-source Xposed privacy manager for Android 6+ that spoofs device identifiers and feeds apps fake data to block tracking and fingerprinting.

• Xray Core · Xray-core is an open-source network proxy platform by Project X (XTLS), origin of the XTLS and REALITY protocols, used to build proxy and VPN tools. Takes XMR donations.

• ✅ Yewtu.be · Public Invidious instance: a privacy-focused alternative YouTube front-end to watch and search videos without ads or a Google account. Accepts Monero (XMR) donations.

• YT-DLP online · Download videos from various websites using yt-dlp command-line tool in browsers.

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