Redecentralize-alternatives
Collect pointers to decentralized alternatives to Github, Slack etc.
Motivation
A large number of online systems that are foundational to modern internet companies are becoming less desirable for large and small businesses around the world because of cost as they scale up, or legal requirements by authoritarian regimes.
For the purpose of this list self-hosted alternatives will be glossed over, with the focus on Serverless/P2P systems that promote privacy and avoids centralization and authoritarian control.
App Categories
Team Chat
Code hosting
Document hosting
Exception tracking
VPN
Social networking
Team Chat
Centralized
- Slack, Ryver, Yammer, Exo, HipChat (RIP).
Self-hosted
- Rocket.chat, Mattermost, Discord.
Decent
- Keybase (?)
- Patchwork (Secure Scuttlebutt)
- Tox
Code hosting
Centralized
- Github, Gitlab
Self-hosted
- Gitlab
Decent
- Keybase
- git-ssb
Document hosting
Centralized
- Google Drive, Dropbox
Self-hosted
- Too many to mention...
Decent
- IPFS
- Keybase