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Google Firebase

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Firebase

June 28, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Software

Google Firebase is a platform developed by Google for creating mobile and web applications. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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Planet Earth

6 Best Free and Open Source Virtual Globes

May 4, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Graphics, Roundup, Scientific

There are a number of free and open source applications for Linux which are credible alternatives to Google Earth.

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Apple Messages

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Messages

March 28, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Google Messages is a text messaging software application developed for its Android and Wear OS mobile operating systems.

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Analytics Software

9 Best Free and Open Source Google Analytics Alternatives

March 27, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data.

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Files

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Files

February 22, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Files is a file management app developed by Google for file browsing, media consumption, storage clean-up and offline file transfer. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Remote Display

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Chrome Remote Desktop

June 15, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Google Chrome Remote Desktop is a remote desktop software tool that allows a user to remotely control another computer’s desktop.

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Google Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google’s Products and Services

May 11, 2024 Steve Emms Software

This series recommends free and open source alternatives to a wide range of Google’s products and services.

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Coding

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Bazel

May 8, 2024 Steve Emms Programming

Bazel is a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system for building both client and server software. We recommend alternatives.

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News

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google FeedBurner

May 5, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Feeds are a way for websites to distribute content beyond just visitors using browsers. FeedBurner is a web feed management service.

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Task Manager

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Tasks

April 17, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

Google Tasks is a task management application included with Google Workspace. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Google Chrome Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Chrome

March 22, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Google Chrome is the most popular web browser. We recommend open source alternatives that help you break away from Google.

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Spreadsheets

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Sheets

January 7, 2024 Steve Emms Office, Software

Google Sheets is a spreadsheet program included as part of the free, proprietary Google Docs Editors suite. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Google Translate Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Translate

December 23, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service that translates text and websites from one language into another.

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Google Docs Editors Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Docs Editors

September 16, 2023 Steve Emms Office, Software

Google Docs Editors is a freeware web-based productivity office suite within Google Drive service. What are the best open source alternatives?

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Google Calendar Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Calendar

August 17, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, Software

Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google. We recommend open source alternatives.

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Book

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Contacts

December 28, 2022 Steve Emms Productivity, Software

Google Contacts is a contact management service. It’s available on the sidebar of Gmail, a web app, and for Android. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Wiki Engines

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Sites

December 2, 2022 Steve Emms Software

Google Sites is a structured wiki and web page creation tool. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Internet search engines

Why did Debian Linux replace Google with DuckDuckGo?

September 9, 2022 Lee Walker Internet

Debian decided to feature DuckDuckGo, a more privacy-focused search engine, as their default one

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Finance

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Finance

August 15, 2022 Steve Emms Financial, Software

Google Finance is a website focusing on business news and financial information. It provides real-time market quotes, international exchanges, financial news, and analytics.

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Interactive Whiteboard

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Jamboard

August 12, 2022 Steve Emms Office, Software

Google Jamboard is a digital interactive whiteboard to work with Google Workspace. We recommend the best open source alternatives.

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