Unclouded

Find privacy-respecting alternatives to every app you use.

What Is It • Features • Why Unclouded • How It Works • Development • Support

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What Is Unclouded?

Unclouded is a privacy-focused app discovery and comparison platform. Look up any proprietary app — WhatsApp, Google Maps, Chrome — and find open source, privacy-respecting alternatives you can install right now.

The app database is the core product. Everything else — the comparison tools, the blog, the Obtainium integration — is a view into it.

Why Unclouded?

Alternative	Problem
AlternativeTo	Ad-heavy, not privacy-focused, includes proprietary suggestions
PRISM Break	Static list, no search, rarely updated
switching.software	Minimal info, no comparison tools
F-Droid	App store, not a comparison tool
Unclouded	Searchable database, side-by-side comparison, Obtainium integration, always current

Features

• Alternative finder — Look up any proprietary app and see every privacy-respecting replacement, with relationship types (direct alternative, fork, partial replacement).
• Side-by-side comparison — Compare 2-3 apps on features, platforms, sources, and tags. Shareable URLs.
• App discovery browser — Browse by category, filter by tags (encrypted, offline-capable, no-GMS, self-hostable), find apps you didn't know existed.
• Obtainium integration — One-click "Add to Obtainium" buttons. Bulk export configs for multiple apps at once.
• Semantic search — Find apps by describing what you need, not just by name.
• Always current — Database populated from F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, and crowdsourced Obtainium configs. Thousands of apps, deduplicated and tagged.
• Blog — Degoogling guides, app comparisons, and migration walkthroughs that link directly into the tools.

How It Works

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Data Sources                       │
│  F-Droid · IzzyOnDroid · Obtainium Configs · GitHub  │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┘
               │ fetch, parse, deduplicate
               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   Turso Database                      │
│  apps · sources · tags · alternatives · embeddings   │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┘
               │
       ┌───────┴───────┐
       ▼               ▼
┌─────────────┐  ┌───────────┐
│  Web App    │  │  API      │
│  SSR + SPA  │  │  /api/*   │
│  (you)      │  │  (mobile) │
└─────────────┘  └───────────┘

1. Seed pipeline pulls app data from F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, and Obtainium crowdsourced configs
2. Deduplication by package name — one app entry, multiple install sources
3. Tagging — categories, features, compatibility, platforms mapped from source metadata
4. Embeddings — vector search for semantic similarity ("apps like Signal but with disappearing messages")
5. Web app serves it all with SSR for SEO and SPA navigation for the interactive tools

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	TanStack Start
UI	React + TanStack Router + TanStack Query
Database	Turso (libSQL) + Drizzle ORM
Vector search	Turso native (DiskANN)
Hosting	Cloudflare Workers
Package manager	pnpm

Development

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/LooseWireDev/unclouded.git
cd unclouded

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Set up environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your Turso credentials

# Run database migrations
pnpm db:migrate

# Initialize vector tables
pnpm db:init-vectors

# Start dev server
pnpm dev

Project Structure

unclouded/
├── src/
│   └── routes/
│       ├── __root.tsx          # Root layout
│       ├── index.tsx           # Landing page
│       ├── apps.tsx            # App listing
│       ├── apps.$slug.tsx      # App detail (SSR)
│       ├── compare.tsx         # Comparison tool
│       ├── discover.tsx        # Discovery browser
│       ├── search.tsx          # Search interface
│       ├── blog/               # Blog routes
│       └── api/                # API server routes
├── db/
│   ├── schema.ts               # Drizzle schema
│   ├── client.ts               # Turso/Drizzle client
│   ├── queries.ts              # Shared query functions
│   └── seed/                   # Data ingestion pipeline
├── content/
│   └── blog/                   # MDX blog posts
├── vite.config.ts
├── drizzle.config.ts
├── wrangler.jsonc
└── package.json

Commands

Command	Description
pnpm dev	Start dev server
pnpm build	Build for production
pnpm preview	Preview production build locally
pnpm deploy	Build + deploy to Cloudflare Workers
pnpm db:generate	Generate Drizzle migrations
pnpm db:migrate	Run migrations against Turso
pnpm db:push	Push schema changes directly (dev only)
pnpm db:studio	Open Drizzle Studio
pnpm db:init-vectors	Create vector tables

Roadmap

• v1 (Web) — Alternative finder, app discovery, Obtainium config generation, blog
• v2 (Mobile) — Android/iOS app that scans installed apps and maps them to privacy alternatives
• v3 (Community) — User submissions, accounts, saved configs, voting

Support

Unclouded is built and maintained by Loose Wire LLC.

• Bug reports — GitHub Issues

License

AGPL-3.0 — You can use, modify, and distribute Unclouded. If you distribute a modified version, you must share your changes under the same license.