FreedomBox/Features

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!FreedomBox is a self-hosting server aimed at protecting your privacy and data ownership.

Features

Implemented

Here is a list of user-facing features that have been implemented in !FreedomBox. You can also check FreedomBox introduction and supported hardware related pages.

Use Cases for User Applications

!FreedomBox makes it easy to:

* Chat with friends via your own chat servers
  * The Matrix server allows secure, decentralized communication via text, voice and video. Files or pictures can also be shared. Coturn helps, if your !FreedomBox is behind a router (NAT).
  * An alternative standard is XMPP with similar features. You can host your own Ejabberd server and use the Web interface JSXC on your own !FreedomBox as client.
  * Mumble is your choice for pure real-time voice conferences.
  * Remain connected to some external chat rooms while you're absent; for IRC with Quassel, or with I2P.
  * Via e-mail:
    * With the server you'll (under construction) be able to bid your friends
      * real mailboxes and virtual addresses.
      * control over anti-spam and anti-virus protection.
      * safe communications among them (as no traffic leaves your server).
    * With the browser-based multilingual email client Roundcube they won't either need to install a client or use a service of questionable trust to check their email.
* Share files:
   * Transfer large files via !BitTorrent distributed file sharing with Deluge, Transmission, or with I2P.
   * Share files peer-to-peer with MLDonkey
   * Share content publicly or restricted to the users of listed allowed groups with Sharing
   * Privately share text snippets and files with Bepasty.
   * Locally with Samba.
   * Share locally multimedia content (photos, videos, music, ...) with MiniDLNA.
   * Organize your collections:
     * e-books with Calibre libraries.
     * photos with Zoph galleries.
* Keep your data synchronized to your !FreedomBox:
  * Files: with Syncthing.
  * Calendar and contacts: with Radicale.
* Surf securely the internet
  * Filter incoming (e.g. ads) and outgoing web traffic with the proxy Privoxy.
  * Escape search engine filter bubbles using a metasearch engine like Searx.
  * Circumvent censorship using a socks5 proxy like Shadowsocks.
* Host your own website or blog:
  * Host a personal or community wiki with MediaWiki.
  * Publish a website or blog with WordPress or Ikiwiki.
  * Host regular websites:
    * Each user has her own website.
    * There can be a system-wide website with User Websites.
* Host your own web office apps:
  * Read RSS news with Tiny Tiny RSS.
  * Collaboratively edit a text document with Infinoted.
  * Share your source code with GitWeb
* Host a multiplayer block sandbox with Minetest.
* Connect securely to your !FreedomBox services from the internet in order to publish services in untrusted networks or to to access through untrusted networks as if you were locally there.
  * OpenVPN provides a virtual private network (VPN) service.
  * WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. 
* Learn how to use each application:
  * Offline Manual
  * Online resources
  * Community support
    * Forums
    * Mailing List
    * IRC channel
* Other features and solutions

Use Cases for the System Owner

!FreedomBox makes it easy to:

* Invite friends to use your box:
  * Grant !FreedomBox accounts and access privileges to users (See Users and Groups).
  * Use a single login for !FreedomBox Interface, XMPP, Ikiwiki and SSH.
  * Share infrastructure resources:
    * Provide DNS service for your local network with bind.
    * Connect storage devices (See Storage).
    * Provide a secure linux  (including python3, etc) console accesible through SSH.
* Connect your !FreedomBox to the world:
  * Access your !FreedomBox from the public Internet via Pagekite, Tor, or DNS.
  * Obtain a certificate for your domain from Let's Encrypt.
  * Manage network connections over Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or PPPoE (See Networks).
* Control your !FreedomBox:
  * Customize it:
    * Configure system name and interface language (See Configure).
    * Configure time zone and network time service (See Date and Time).
  * Know what's happening in your box:
    * Run diagnostic tests (See Diagnostics).
    * View which services are allowed through the firewall (See Firewall).
    * Watch storage consumption in each device (See Storage).
    * from a web interface with Cockpit.
  * Solve and prevent troubles:
    * Upgrade software packages automatically (See Software Upgrades).
    * View disk information or expand a partition (See Disks).
    * Create and restore filesystem snapshots (See Snapshots).
    * Backup your data with Borg (See Backups).
    * Configure local access to !FreedomBox (See Service Discovery).
* Learn how to administer your box:
  * Offline Manual
  * Online resources
  * Community support
    * Forums
    * Mailing List
    * IRC channel

Planned

These features are planned for upcoming releases.

* Run your own federated social networking server (diaspora*)
* Host your photos and videos (MediaGoblin)
* Run your micro-blogging social network (GNU Social, Mastodon, Pleroma)
* Email server
* Scheduled backups
* Manage and share your bookmarks (Shaarli)

Applications available in each Release

||Application||Description||Debian 10 (Buster)||Debian 11 (Bullseye)||Debian 12 (Bookworm)|| || Dynamic DNS || Access to !FreedomBox || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Pagekite || Access to !FreedomBox || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Tor || Anonymity Network || (./) || (./) || (./) || || I2P || Anonymity Network || {X} ^1^ || (./) || (./) || || Transmission || !BitTorrent Web Client || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Deluge || !BitTorrent Web Client || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Minetest || Block Sandbox || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Radicale || Calendar and Addressbook || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Quassel || Chat Client (IRC) || (./) || (./) || (./) || || JSXC || Chat Client (XMPP) || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Ejabberd || Chat Server (XMPP) || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Matrix Synapse || Chat Server (Matrix) || (./) ^2^ || (./) || (./) || || Roundcube || Email Client || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Bepasty || File Publishing || {X} ^1^ || (./) || (./) || || Sharing || File Publishing || (./) || (./) || (./) || || MLDonkey || File Sharing || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Tahoe-LAFS || File Storage (Distributed) || (./) || {X} || {X} || || Syncthing || File Synchronization || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Infinoted || Gobby Server || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Tiny Tiny RSS || News Feed Reader || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Calibre || Organise e-Books || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Zoph || Photo gallery || {X} || (./) || (./) || || Shadowsocks || SOCKS5 proxy || (./) || (./) || (./) || || OpenVPN || Virtual Private Network || (./) || (./) || (./) || || WireGuard || Virtual Private Network || {X} || (./) || (./) || || Mumble || Voice Chat Server || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Privoxy || Web Proxy || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Searx || Web Search || (./) || (./) || (./) || || WordPress || Website and Blog || {X} || (./) ^1^ || (./) || || MediaWiki || Wiki || (./) || (./) || (./) || || Ikiwiki || Wiki and Blog || (./) || (./) || (./) ||

. ^1^ App was added to a !FreedomBox release in backports.
. ^2^ App can only be installed from backports.

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