🌐 Hosting & Website
WordPress
Powers 43% of the internet. Open-source, self-hosted — nobody can pull the plug.
Loveable
AI-powered website builder (paid) — great for getting started fast. Build on it, then migrate to self-hosted WordPress so you actually own it long-term.
Ghost
Open-source publishing platform — great Substack alternative.
Qortal Q-Sites
Decentralized websites on the Qortal network. No server, no hosting bill, no seizure risk.
📧 Email & Communication
Mautic
Self-hosted email marketing & CRM. Full automation, your server, your list. ~$10–20/mo vs $500+/mo Mailchimp.
ProtonMail
Encrypted email based in Switzerland. Good Gmail alternative.
Proton Meet
Encrypted video conferencing. Privacy-first Zoom alternative — no account required to join.
Tuta
End-to-end encrypted email and calendar. Open-source, based in Germany. Strong Gmail alternative.
Q-Mail
The most decentralized and secure P2P email on the planet. Runs on the Qortal network — no central server, no surveillance.
Signal
End-to-end encrypted messaging. A better option for sensitive 1:1 communication.
Jitsi
Open-source, self-hostable video conferencing. Drop-in Zoom replacement with no account required.
Telegram
Far better than Meta/Google for community. Not fully decentralized but vastly safer.
🛒 E-commerce & Payments
WooCommerce
The key tool for sovereign e-commerce. Own your store completely — no Shopify fees, no account terminations, no one can shut you down.
BTCPay Server
Self-hosted, open-source crypto payment processor. Zero fees. No freeze risk.
Green.Money
Accept ACH payments easily — works alongside WooCommerce.
Qortal (QORT)
Peer-to-peer payments with no bank in the middle, no account freeze risk.
PMAs
Private Membership Associations — move commerce outside regulatory overreach. Customers become members. Stops AI scrapers, unlawful licensing, and overreaching health regulations.
💬 Community & Social
BuddyBoss
Self-hosted community platform on WordPress. You own the members, data, and experience.
Nostr
Decentralized social protocol. Your cryptographic key = your identity. Nobody can ban you.
BitChute
Decentralized video platform. Peer-to-peer architecture — resistant to censorship and deplatforming.
Odysee
Blockchain-based video platform. Creators own their content.
Qortal Private Groups
Most secure option — no central server, no subpoena risk.
📊 Analytics (Privacy-First)
PostHog
Open-source product analytics. Self-hostable. No Google surveillance. Free tier: 1M events/month.
Plausible
Lightweight, privacy-first website analytics. Great Google Analytics alternative. EU-hosted.
Matomo
Self-hosted analytics. Full data ownership. Open-source.
🤖 AI & Automation
OpenClaw
Personal AI familiar that runs locally. Your memory, your data, your loyalty. No cloud, no training on your conversations. (What I use — "Merlin" runs on this.)
Ollama
Run local AI models on your own machine. Free, private, no API key needed.
LM Studio
Desktop app for running local AI models. Great for non-technical users.
n8n
Open-source workflow automation. Self-hostable Zapier alternative.
🔐 Identity & Infrastructure
Qortal
The full sovereign infrastructure layer — decentralized hosting, identity, payments, communication, and community. Running since 2020. No kill switch.
Proton Drive
Encrypted cloud storage. End-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Drive.
Nextcloud
Self-hosted file storage, docs, calendar, and more. Open-source Google Drive alternative — runs on your own server.
Proton VPN
Privacy-first VPN. Based in Switzerland. Open source.
Bitwarden
Open-source password manager. Self-hostable.
📺 TerrainTV
TerrainTV
40,000+ videos of suppressed science, terrain theory, and natural health — built by one person and an AI team in 60 days.
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