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"/In times of aggressive corporatization, increasing enclosure of communication spaces, and blanket surveillance, emancipatory communication practices appear to be particularly well suited to offer concrete alternatives to activists and citizens alike/" -- Stefania Milan
The base install of the system just contains an email server and Mutt client, but not much else. In addition from within the Administrator control panel under Add/remove apps the following are installable. This list only applies on the home server version, with the mesh network version having a different and smaller set of apps.
Akaunting
A web based accounts system for small businesses or freelancers.
BDS Mail
How to use it It's like ordinary email, but with i2p as the transport mechanism.
Bludit
How to use it This is a simple databaseless blogging system which uses markdown files. It should run well on any hardware.
CryptPad
How to use it Collaborate on editing documents, presentations and source code, or vote on things. All with a good level of security.
DLNA
How to use it Enables you to use the system as a music server which any DLNA compatible devices can connect to within your home network.
Dokuwiki
How to use it A databaseless wiki system.
Edith
How to use it Extremely simple and distraction-free notes system.
Emacs
How to use it If you use the Mutt client to read your email then this will set it up to use emacs for composing new mail.
Email Server
Etherpad
How to use it Since many apps require email registration an email server is installed by default. You can find advice on using the email system here. Collaborate on creating documents in real time. Maybe you're planning a holiday with other family members or creating documentation for a Free Software project along with other volunteers. Etherpad is hard to beat for simplicity and speed. Only users of the system will be able to access it.
Federated wiki
How to use it A new approach to creating wiki content.
Friendica
How to use it Federated social network system.
GNU Social
How to use it Federated social network based on the OStatus protocol. You can "/remote follow/" other users within the GNU Social federation.
Gogs
How to use it Lightweight git project hosting system. You can mirror projects from Github, or if Github turns evil then just host your own projects while retaining the familiar fork-and-pull workflow. If you can use Github then you can also use Gogs.
HTMLy
How to use it Databaseless blogging system. Quite simple and with a markdown-like format.
Hubzilla
How to use it Web publishing platform with social network like features and good privacy controls so that it's possible to specify who can see which content. Includes photo albums, calendar, wiki and file storage.
Icecast media stream
How to use it Make your own internet radio station.
IRC Server (ngirc)
How to use it Run your own IRC chat channel which can be secured with a password and accessible via an onion address. A bouncer is included so that you can receive messages sent while you were offline. Works with Hexchat and other popular clients.
Jitsi Meet
How to use it Experimental WebRTC video conferencing system, similar to Google Hangouts. This may not be fully functional, but is hoped to be in the near future.
KanBoard
A simple kanban system for managing projects or TODO lists.
Key Server
How to use it An OpenPGP key server for storing and retrieving GPG public keys.
Koel
How to use it Access your music collection from any internet connected device.
Lychee
How to use it Make your photo albums available on the web.
Mailpile
How to use it Modern email client which supports GPG encryption.
Matrix
How to use it Multi-user chat with some security and moderation controls.
Mediagoblin
How to use it Publicly host video and audio files so that you don't need to use YouTube/Vimeo/etc.
Mumble
How to use it The popular VoIP and text chat system. Say goodbye to old-fashioned telephony conferences with silly dial codes. Also works well on mobile.
NextCloud
How to use it Store files on your server and sync them with laptops or mobile devices. Includes many plugins including videoconferencing and collaborative document editing.
PeerTube
How to use it Peer-to-peer video hosting. Similar to Mediagoblin, but the P2P aspect better enables the streaming load to be shared across servers.
PI-Hole
How to use it The black hole for web adverts. Block adverts at the domain name level within your local network. It can significantly reduce bandwidth, speed up page load times and protect your systems from being tracked by spyware.
Pleroma
How to use it Fediverse instance which is compatible with GNU Social and Mastodon, and suited for systems without much RAM or CPU resource.
PostActiv
How to use it An alternative federated social networking system compatible with GNU Social, Pleroma and Mastodon. It includes some optimisations and fixes currently not available within the main GNU Social project.
PrivateBin
How to use it A pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of the content being pasted.
Profanity
How to use it A shell based XMPP client which you can run on the Freedombone server via ssh.
Riot Web
How to use it A browser based user interface for the Matrix federated communications system, including WebRTC audio and video chat.
Rocketchat
How to use it A non-federated chat server (x86 systems only).
SearX
How to use it A metasearch engine for customised and private web searches.
Smol RSS
How to use it A very minimal RSS reader.
Syncthing
How to use it Possibly the best way to synchronise files across all of your devices. Once it has been set up it "just works" with no user intervention needed.
tt-rss
How to use it Private RSS reader. Pulls in RSS/Atom feeds via Tor and is only accessible via an onion address. Have "/the right to read/" without the Surveillance State knowing what you're reading. Also available with a user interface suitable for viewing on mobile devices via a browser such as OrFox.
Tahoe-LAFS
How to use it Robust and encrypted storage of files on one or more server.
Tox
How to use it Client and bootstrap node for the Tox chat/VoIP system.
Turtl
How to use it A system for privately creating and sharing notes and images, similar to Evernote but without the spying.
Vim
How to use it If you use the Mutt client to read your email then this will set it up to use vim for composing new mail.
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Set up a VPN on your server so that you can bypass local internet censorship.
XMPP
How to use it Chat server which can be used together with client such as Gajim or Conversations to provide end-to-end content security and also onion routed metadata security. Includes advanced features such as client state notification to save battery power on your mobile devices, support for seamless roaming between networks and message carbons so that you can receive the same messages while being simultaneously logged in to your account on more than one device.