The code for open-source software is made freely available to other developers, so they can help improve programs by identifying bugs and suggesting new features. This collaboration often involves ‘forking’, which allows you to modify somebody else’s project, share the changes you’ve made and let the original developer decide whether to incorporate your modifications. But some ‘forks’ result in software being turned into a completely new project because users are unhappy with the direction the developer has taken. Privacy concerns are among the most common reasons for forking, which has resulted in some interesting open-source alternatives. Here we reveal the best private forks of popular tools.
Switch to a Google-free Chromium browser
If you want to stay private when browsing the web, Chrome is far from ideal. Even if you don’t use the browser’s Sync feature,
