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Nextcloud · Proton AG · Akaunting · Bitwarden · BTCPay Server · Buy Me a Coffee · Chuffed · CiviCRM · ClickUp · DigitalOcean · Doikayt Mobilization Labs · Element · Eventbrite · GoCardless · GoFundMe · Google Workspace · IVPN Limited · Jitsi (8x8, Inc.) · Jitsi Meet · Kofi · Mattermost · Miraheze · Montastic · Mullvad VPN AB · OnlyOffice · Open Collective · Patreon · Proton Mail · Proton Meet · Rocket.Chat · Salesforce · Signal Foundation · The Tor Project (US 501(c)(3) nonprofit) · WireGuard (Jason A. Donenfeld) / community tooling · Words of Justice · Zeffy · Zoom Video Communications · Other · None

end-to-end encrypted messaging from a nonprofit (1) · end-to-end encrypted video conferencing (Swiss, open-source client) (1) · Linux VPS provider for self-hosted infrastructure (1) · open-source VPN from a Swiss non-profit, with a free tier (1)

https (4)

digitalocean.com (1) · proton.me/meet (1) · protonvpn.com (1) · signal.org (1)

free (1) · recurring/mo (1) · varies (2)

$6/month (entry-level Droplet: 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD NVMe) (1) · Free tier hosts up to 50 participants for 1 hour per call; guests join by link with no account. Paid Meet Professional raises this to 100 participants and 24-hour calls with recording; higher Workspace tiers reach 250. Often bundled with the rest of the Proton suite. (1) · Free, no ads, no paid tiers. Run by the Signal Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded by grants and donations; by charter it cannot be acquired. (1) · Genuinely free tier (unlimited data, no ads, one device, 5 countries). Paid plans add more countries, up to 10 devices, and streaming/P2P; often bundled with Proton Mail/Drive/Pass. (1)

closed (1) · open (3)

cloud (4)

None (1) · Cloud VPS provider offering Linux virtual machines (Droplets) suitable for self-hosting applications. Straightforward pricing, solid documentation, and a large library of community tutorials make it a common choice for technically capable teams standing up their own infrastructure. (1) · End-to-end encrypted 1:1 and group messaging, plus voice/video calls, built on the audited Signal Protocol (Double Ratchet + X3DH). ~40M monthly users. Registration requires a phone number; usernames (added 2024) let you start chats without sharing it. (1) · WireGuard/OpenVPN provider from Geneva, operated by Proton AG and majority-owned by the non-profit Proton Foundation. Founded by scientists who met at CERN; same organisation as Proton Mail. Every client app (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS) is open source. (1)

None (3) · Choose the region closest to your primary users to minimize latency. Enable automatic backups ($1.20/month at the entry tier) from the start — restoring from a snapshot is far easier than rebuilding from scratch. (1)

None (1) · Kape's ExpressVPN / CyberGhost / PIA / ZenMate, Hola VPN, and Hotspot Shield / Betternet are rejected on ownership grounds -- see [[:Category:VPN]]. (1) · WhatsApp (uses the Signal protocol but is Meta-owned and harvests metadata) and Telegram (chats are not end-to-end encrypted by default, weaker crypto). (1) · Zoom and Google Meet are closed-source and not end-to-end encrypted by default, with the provider able to access call data. For a fully self-hosted option, Jitsi Meet on your own server keeps infrastructure in your hands (see [[:Category:Self Hosting]]). (1)

Secure Messaging (1) · Self Hosting (1) · Video Conferencing (1) · VPN (1)