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.
alternativeto.net
They have an option to filter to “works offline”
E.g. https://alternativeto.net/software/microsoft-word/?feature=offline-access