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Top 23 Rust Privacy Projects
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screenpipe
YC (S26) | Open Computer History | Continuously record your company computer work, map your workflows, help you find work worth automating, and power your agents' context
Project mention: Show HN: Breadcrumb – A flight recorder and context manager for your AI (Mac) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-10-04 -
AppSignal
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universal-android-debloater
Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.
Project mention: ZeroBloat: Open-source desktop app for removing Android bloatware | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-17There used to be an app called Universal Android Debloater[1] that did the same thing, but that was unfortunately abandoned three years ago.
Glad to see someone else take up the mantle, although, I find it a bit ironic that someone who cares about bloat is using Javascript to build a desktop app...
[1] https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater
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universal-android-debloater-next-generation
Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted Android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.
Project mention: On non-rooted Android 17, ADB uninstall of system apps fails | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-05 -
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Project mention: Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-05
Most nitter instances don't do anything to avoid legal trouble from X. They simply hope that X will not go after them. There are some instances which do put in effort to stay anonymous, and they usually do that with a Cloudflare tunnel to hide their server IP and by not posting any personal details online.
For Reddit you can use Redlib (https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib), I host an instance at https://redlib.miningtcup.me/ and people also like https://safereddit.com/.
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OxiCloud
☁️ Ultra-fast, secure & lightweight self-hosted cloud storage — your files, photos, calendars & contacts, all in one place. Built in Rust.
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Project mention: FreePinion – Comments on the page you are viewing, stored on Freenet | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-21
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SaaSHub
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Project mention: Innovative Captcha Solutions for Reality of Modern Attacks | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-26
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core
A privacy-preserving Raspberry Pi home security camera that uses advanced end-to-end encryption. (by secluso)
Project mention: Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-29 -
bloom
The simplest way to de-Google your life and business: Inbox, Calendar, Files, Contacts & much more (by skerkour)
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Linux-Guide
Linux Guide. Learn about Linux Hardware vendors, Linux in the Cloud, Desktop Environments, Window Mangers, Linux Distributions, Linux Security, Graphics (AMD/NVIDIA/Intel ARC), and Software Apps.
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encrypted-dns-server
An easy to install, high-performance, zero maintenance proxy to run an encrypted DNS server.
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websurfx
:rocket: An open source alternative to searx which provides a modern-looking :sparkles:, lightning-fast :zap:, privacy respecting :disguised_face:, secure :lock: meta search engine
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virtual-display-rs
A Windows virtual display driver to add multiple virtual monitors to your PC! For Win10+. Works with VR, obs, streaming software, etc
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purrcrypt
A fur-ociously secure encryption tool that encodes your secrets as adorable cat and dog sounds, using real elliptic curve cryptography with a playful disguise.
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prismos-ai
Local-first desktop AI: chat with your files, turn one line into a living 3D scene, investigate logs and harden configs. Runs on your laptop, works offline.
Project mention: Show HN: PrismOS turns one-line prompts into offline 3D scenes with a local LLM | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-10-04 -
meridian
Stop letting your work go unnoticed. Meridian keeps an automatic work journal of what you worked on and what you finished, summarised daily, and automatically drafts your project tickets for you. (by Meridiona)
Project mention: Show HN: A better way to recognize developer contributions | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-27 -
SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Privacy projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | screenpipe | 21,811 |
| 2 | universal-android-debloater | 19,678 |
| 3 | universal-android-debloater-next-generation | 9,305 |
| 4 | libreddit | 5,202 |
| 5 | redlib | 3,800 |
| 6 | OxiCloud | 3,602 |
| 7 | freenet-core | 3,099 |
| 8 | namada | 2,516 |
| 9 | mCaptcha | 2,493 |
| 10 | core | 1,678 |
| 11 | bloom | 1,530 |
| 12 | Linux-Guide | 1,357 |
| 13 | encrypted-dns-server | 1,324 |
| 14 | websurfx | 1,207 |
| 15 | virtual-display-rs | 897 |
| 16 | purrcrypt | 627 |
| 17 | SecretNetwork | 582 |
| 18 | blindai | 512 |
| 19 | xybrid | 466 |
| 20 | opendp | 437 |
| 21 | Alfis | 434 |
| 22 | prismos-ai | 431 |
| 23 | meridian | 395 |
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