Self-hosted projects tagged “E2EE”

Excalidraw is an open-source collaborative whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn style diagrams, wireframes, and flowcharts with real-time sharing.

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Excalidraw++15

LocalSend is a free, open-source app for fast, encrypted file and text sharing between nearby devices over a local network, available on desktop and mobile.

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Apple AirDrop+6

Joplin is an offline-first, privacy-focused note and to-do app with end-to-end encryption, Markdown support, web clipping, and sync across desktop and mobile.

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Evernote+19

Open-source, block-oriented personal knowledge manager with Markdown WYSIWYG, block-level two-way links, encrypted sync, Docker deployment and AI integrations.

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SiYuan+18

Self-hostable WebRTC video conferencing with chat, screen sharing, moderation tools, and SDKs for embedding meetings into web and mobile apps.

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Zoom+12

Local-first personal finance app for envelope budgeting, transaction tracking, reporting, and optional end-to-end encrypted multi-device sync.

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YNAB (You Need A Budget)+16

Actual Budget is a local-first personal finance app with envelope budgeting, reporting, multi-device sync, and optional end-to-end encryption.

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YNAB (You Need A Budget)+17

Open-source, end-to-end encrypted platform for private photo backup, sharing, and authenticator (2FA) sync across devices, with optional self-hosting.

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Google Photos+14

Bitwarden is an open-source password manager that stores, shares, and autofills credentials with zero-knowledge encryption; supports cloud or self-hosted deployments.

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1Password+9

BorgBackup is a deduplicating backup program with authenticated encryption and compression for Unix-like systems.

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BorgBase+14

Element is a Matrix client for secure team messaging and collaboration, offering end-to-end encrypted chats and calls with interoperability across the Matrix network.

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Element Matrix (Hosted)+19

Cross-platform backup and restore tool with snapshot-based incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression, and deduplication via CLI and GUI.

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Duplicacy (Commercial)+15

Open-source, decentralized messaging network built on a Haskell core with Kotlin Multiplatform and native iOS clients; end-to-end encrypted messaging without user IDs.

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Signal+11

Community-developed Obsidian plugin to sync vaults via CouchDB or S3-compatible storage, with optional experimental WebRTC peer-to-peer syncing and end-to-end encryption.

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Obsidian

CryptPad is an end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite with real-time editors, file storage, and sharing, designed to keep document contents private from servers and adm...

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Google Workspace+12

Open-source tool to share files, host websites, and chat privately over the Tor network; available as desktop GUI, CLI, and mobile apps.

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Send Anywhere+8

Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted notes app with secure file storage, offline access, and cross-platform sync, with optional self-hosting of the sync server.

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Evernote+19

Passbolt is an open-source, security-first password and secret manager for teams, with end-to-end encryption, granular sharing permissions, and auditing.

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Passbolt Cloud+11

Open-source anonymous email forwarding that creates and manages aliases, supports custom domains, encrypted forwarding, and self-hosting via Postfix and MariaDB.

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Addy.io (AnonAddy)+3

Synapse is a Matrix homeserver implementation for running federated, secure real-time chat and collaboration on your own infrastructure.

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Element Matrix (Hosted)+19

Converse.js is an open-source, client-side web XMPP/Jabber chat app that can run standalone or be embedded into sites, with group chat and OMEMO encryption.

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IRCCloud+19

Open-source web and API service to create encrypted, single-view links for sharing secrets with configurable expiry and optional passphrase protection.

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Onetime Secret+6

Open-source tool for sharing secrets and files via client-side OpenPGP encryption and one-time expiring links.

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Onetime Secret+3

Peergos is a peer-to-peer encrypted file storage and private social platform with fine-grained access control, capability links, and a web UI for secure sharing.

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Proton Drive+12

Privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted password and email alias manager with passkeys, TOTP, apps and extensions, plus a built-in email server for self-hosting.

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SimpleLogin+12

Open-source browser-based peer-to-peer chat with E2E encryption, ephemeral messages, video/audio, screen sharing, direct file transfer, and iframe embedding.

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Zoom+15

Self-hostable, end-to-end encrypted note and file sharing with zero-knowledge storage, optional passwords, expiration (TTL), and delete-after-reading links.

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Privnote+13

RetroShare is a decentralized friend-to-friend platform for encrypted chat, mail, forums, channels and secure file sharing, with optional Tor/I2P support.

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Telegram+19

EteSync (Etebase Server) provides a self-hostable, zero-knowledge, end-to-end encrypted sync backend for calendars, contacts, tasks and notes across devices.

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Google Calendar+7

Briefing is a secure, anonymous WebRTC-based video group chat with text chat, screen sharing, and simple invite links, designed to run in modern browsers.

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Zoom+12