Welcome to Smalltech. As the name suggests, the purpose of this site is to assist anyone who feels the need to move away from big technology companies to do just that. Whatever your reasons, political, practical, privacy etc., we aim to provide information and alternatives to the social media and cloud products that have become common in the digital age. From operating systems to cloud applications, storage, email, social media and beyond, there are plenty of free and open source products that can be implemented to protect you and your digital life and secure your data from being harvested and potentially shared in ways that you may have missed when you clicked to accept the terms and conditions.
If you’re wondering whether these subjects should be important to you, we recommend visiting, and if you agree with their aims supporting, digital rights organisations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Rights Group. If you’ve already decided to seek out a different way of doing things then feel free to browse the site.