Are there any websites or communities dedicated to finding offline alternatives to software that is unnecessarily-Internet based?

I can think of two use cases:

  • Software-as-a-service for something that could easily be a downloadable program to run locally
  • “Smart” devices that require you to connect to the Internet, and serve you ads

There are websites for finding FOSS alternatives to proprietary apps, EU alternatives to American services, etc. but I don’t see a website for local-app alternatives to online services.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Depends the OS and the type of software you’re looking for on Linux you will find most software will work offline: word processor, text editor, email (obviously one will need Internet to send/receive mails), image editing and so on fully work offline.