What’s the problem?
The web giants are so powerful that they exercise technical, economic, cultural and political domination over our societies.
These dominations pose many problems for our freedoms:
- Surveillance capitalism
- Democratic drift
- Closure to a single vision of society
- Centralization of data and attention
What are the solutions?
Free software communities offer ethical alternatives to to the platforms centralized by the web giants: It is possible to find trusted services that respect our privacy!
Deconstructing and changing our digital habits also means making efforts on a daily basis. Here are some links to help you in your emancipation:
- Find a trusted web host with the CHATONS
- Using a free service offered by Framasoft or by the CHATONS
- Find a free software with Framalibre (french only)
- Using decentralised social networks in the Fediverse
Results
Framagenda
Create personal or professional, confidential or public, agendas, on your own or in collaboration, and synchronise them across devices.
Alternative to
Google Agenda
Framacalc
Collaborate online, in real time, on spreadsheets (an alternative to Excel365, Google Spreadsheet).
Alternative to
Google Spreadsheet
Framacarte
Customize and add to maps, on your own or in collaboration, and share them with ease (alternative to Google Maps).
Framadate
Collaboratively decide the best date and time for a meeting, or create a simple poll with ease (alternative to Doodle).
Alternative to
Doodle
Framaforms
Create an online survey, be it simple or complex, on a platform that’s respectful of your data (alternative to Google Forms).
Alternative to
Google Forms
Framagames
Find a selection of games under free license, to play online or to install on your computer to install on your computer (alternative to Kongregate).
Framagit
Publish your code - preferably free software - and collaborate with others on a free software forge (alternative to Github).
Framagroupes
Create an email group, that’s an unique email address which will distribute emails to all of the addresses in the group (alternative to Google Groups).
Alternative to
Google Groups
Framalistes
Create an email group, that’s an unique email address which will distribute emails to all of the addresses in the group (alternative to Google Groups).
Alternative to
- Google Groups
Framindmap
Design, publish and share mind maps easily, on your own or with others in turn (alternative to Bubbl.us).
Alternative to
Bubbl.us
Framapad
Draft a text online, as a team, in real time, with the help of a time slider, chat, comments… (alternative to Google Docs).
Framapetitions
In order to provide you with a petitions service that respects your personal data, we are testing the use of Pytition software.
Alternative to
Avaaz- Change
Sepia Search
SepiaSearch makes your PeerTube search easy: search for videos, channels and playlists on more than 1000 websites listed
Framatalk
Obtain or join a videoconference chatroom (with text based web chat and screen sharing) in 3 clicks, from your web browser (alternative to Zoom).
Framateam
Communicate with your team without going through Facebook groups (nor Slack). Picture sharing, public and private channels, indexing…
Alternative to
Slack
The request does not give any result but there may be a service that will meet your expectations at the CHATONS.
Having fun
Organize together
Collaborate
Development
But wasn’t there more before…?
Between 2014 and 2019, we have made almost 40 online services available
to users with the De-google-ify Internet campaign.
In 2019, we have decided to close or restrict some of these services.
Find their alternatives at alt.framasoft.org
Who is behind De-google-ify Internet?
De-google-ify Internet is proposed by a French not-for-profit association: Framasoft
Created in 2004, the association is now dedicated to popular education on the challenges of the digital age and the cultural commons. Our small structure (35 including 10) is known the De-google-ify Internet project (26 ethical and alternative online tools) and for the development of projects like PeerTube. Recognized as being of general interest Framasoft is funded at 94% by your donations, which are tax deductible for French taxpayers.
Support Framasoft
Because freedom doesn’t mean it’s free…
Framasoft is a not-for-profit which can only keep running thanks to your donations. Do you like what we do? Do you think we’re going in the right direction? If so, and you’re able to make a donation, we’d very much appreciate it!
Questions
- Recurring donations can be stopped anytime, just ask us.
- If you want to modify your recurring donation, please contact us, we will stop the current one and you will be able to make a new one.
- Tax receipts (in France only) are sent by postal mail in March/April 2026 (before tax declaration) for 2025 donations
- Financial and activity reports can be found on the not-for-profit page
- If you have more questions, you may find answers there…
Why support Framasoft?
Thanks to your money…
Share in person
Your donations allow us to participate in nearly one hundred events each year. We bring physical tools (Metacards, guides [Résolu], books, Flyers) to better approach the digital world.
Promoting popular education
Framasoft is committed to popularizing digital emancipation towards the by contributing to concrete tools made by and for a greater number of people, by contributing to concrete tools made by and for people involved in popular education. [1], [2], [3]
Contribute to other communities
We want to put our tools at the service of people who work for a contribution company. Framasoft navigates in an archipelago of communities with similar values, and contributes to common actions in exchange and mutual aid.
Maintain the technical tools
Framasoft is about sixty open source sites and services, deployed on more than 100 servers. Our members ensure the maintenance, the support, the animation and the update. Your donations ensure that it is free of charge for everyone.
Drawing a new digital horizon
The Émancip’Asso, PeerTube, Framaspace… Thanks to your donations, we design and produce user-friendly digital tools, that emancipate themselves from the laws of the economy of attention to better respect what connects us.
Framasoft in 2024
Key metrics
- 21 years of existence
- 35 members and 10 employees
- 44 projects (26 ethical online services)
- 700 contributors
- 8,025 patrons
- 5,800,000 visits per month
- 1,115 free resources in our directory
- 3,025 blog posts
- 75 events each year to talk and reach different audiences
Find our where your money goes
Your donations ensure our independence (94% of our income in 2024).
Because creating and maintaining ethical digital tools requires time and human talent, the bulk of our time and talent is spent on the budget is used to compensate (as fairly and equitably as possible) our employees and service providers.
Each year, our accounts are audited and validated by a statutory auditor. independent accounts (we publish reports on this page).
- Employees: 73%
- Servers and domains: 7%
- Operating expanses: 5%
- Events and meetings: 4%
- Communication: 1.5%
- Project providers: 6%
- Banking fees and taxes: 3.5%
(data updated the 4/9/2025)
Campaign began on 07/10/2014
Last modification on the 18/07/2022