bytemagic

Open alternatives to Microsoft & Google

You don't have to run your business on the terms of two American advertising companies. There's a full, mature open-source stack that covers email, files, documents, chat, calls and projects — and we run it for you.

What you actually need — and what replaces it

A pragmatic map of the open-source tools we deploy in production. Not toys, not side projects — software that runs entire companies.

Mailcow & Mailbox.org

Replaces: Outlook · Gmail

Real, standards-based email on your own domain. IMAP, SMTP, spam filtering, calendars and contacts — without your inbox feeding an ad engine.

Nextcloud

Replaces: OneDrive · Google Drive

Files, sharing, sync and a full collaboration suite. Desktop and mobile clients, end-to-end encryption, and admin controls that actually behave like admin controls.

Collabora & OnlyOffice

Replaces: Microsoft 365 · Google Docs

Real-time editing of documents, spreadsheets and presentations — fully compatible with Office formats, hosted inside your Nextcloud.

Mattermost & Rocket.Chat

Replaces: Teams · Slack · Google Chat

Team chat with channels, threads, integrations and search — without exporting every conversation to a US hyperscaler.

Jitsi & Nextcloud Talk

Replaces: Teams · Google Meet · Zoom

Browser-based video calls and meetings with screen sharing, recording and dial-in — no installs, no per-seat licenses.

OpenProject

Replaces: Microsoft Project · Asana

Project management, roadmaps, Gantt charts and time tracking. The grown-up alternative to spreadsheets and Microsoft Project.

Open calendars & contacts

Replaces: Outlook Calendar · Google Calendar

CalDAV and CardDAV that work with every modern client — including Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird. Shared team calendars without lock-in.

Search you can trust

Replaces: Google Search · Bing

Self-hosted Searx or a paid relationship with a European search provider — instead of training someone else's ad model.

Not sure where to start?

Send us a rough sketch of what you use today and what hurts most. We'll propose a concrete first step — usually mail or files — and a path for the rest.