Topic
Open-source startups tagged #privacy
20 open-source startups in this directory carry the GitHub topic #privacy. 17 pushed code within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 1 has been quiet for 31–120 days, 2 have not pushed in over 120 days. Topics are set by each repository’s own maintainers, so this is what those projects chose to call themselves rather than a category we assigned.
17 of 20 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →
The list
All 20, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one.
| Project | What it does | Stars | Ship status | Last verified push |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| caddyserver/caddy | Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS | 76K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| searxng/searxng | SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. | 37.5K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome | Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server | 37K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| plausible/analytics | Open source, privacy-first web analytics. Lightweight, cookie-free Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud. | 29.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| ente-io/ente | 💚 End-to-end encrypted cloud for everything. | 29K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| johannesjo/super-productivity | Super Productivity is an advanced todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities. It also comes with integrations for Jira, GitLab, GitHub and Open Project. | 22.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| matomo-org/matomo | Empowering People Ethically 🚀 — Matomo is hiring! Join us → https://matomo.org/jobs Matomo is the leading open-source alternative to Google Analytics, giving you complete control and built-in privacy. Easily collect, visualise, and analyse data from websites & apps. Star us on GitHub ⭐️ – Pull Requests welcome! | 21.9K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| mediar-ai/screenpipe | YC (S26) | Open Computer History | Record your screen continuously locally and provide context to your agents (Claude, Codex, Openclaw, Hermes, Runner...) | 21.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| imputnet/helium | Private, fast, and honest web browser | 20.9K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| ImranR98/Obtainium | Get Android app updates straight from the source. | 19.9K | Still shipping | Sep 13, 2026 |
| simplex-chat/simplex-chat | SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱! | 19.5K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| leon-ai/leon | 🧠 Leon is your open-source personal assistant. | 17.5K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| cryptomator/cryptomator | Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data. | 16.2K | Still shipping | Sep 16, 2026 |
| gotify/server | A simple server for sending and receiving messages in real-time per WebSocket. (Includes a sleek web-ui) | 15.9K | Still shipping | Sep 20, 2026 |
| organicmaps/organicmaps | 🍃 Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for more than 6M travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. It uses crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and is developed with love by the community. No ads, no tracking, no data collection, no crapware. Please donate to support the development! | 15.5K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| streetwriters/notesnook | A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote. | 14.6K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| zedeus/nitter | Alternative Twitter front-end | 14.5K | Gone silent | Sep 7, 2026 |
| safing/portmaster | 🏔 Love Freedom - ❌ Block Mass Surveillance | 13.8K | Still shipping | Sep 10, 2026 |
| benbusby/whoogle-search | A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine | 11.6K | Gone silent | Aug 14, 2026 |
| screego/server | screen sharing for developers https://screego.net/ | 10.7K | Slowed | Aug 20, 2026 |
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The 8 largest other topics in the directory, then the other ways to slice it. Every count is as of the snapshot of 2026-09-22.
Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →