# Tag: free > 44 providers across 7 categories carry the free tag. Markdown twin of https://xmr.club/tag/free. ## Providers ### /educational (15) - [A] **Breaking Monero** — https://xmr.club/educational/breaking-monero · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Series by Sarang Noether walking through historical XMR weaknesses + how each was fixed. - [A] **Cypher Stack Research** — https://xmr.club/educational/cypher-stack-research · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Open audits + research papers on Monero, Firo, Salvium and other privacy protocols. - [A] **EFF Surveillance Self-Defense** — https://xmr.club/educational/eff-ssd · Last verified 2026-05-11 - EFF's threat-model-driven OPSEC guides. Foundational reading for any privacy practitioner. - [A] **getmonero.org / Library** — https://xmr.club/educational/getmonero-docs · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Official Monero docs, user guides, and the Moneropedia glossary. - [A] **KYCnot.me** — https://xmr.club/educational/kycnot-me · Last verified 2026-06-02 - Comparative directory of swap services. Long-running independent reference for no-KYC exchanges. - [A] **Mastering Monero** — https://xmr.club/educational/mastering-monero · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Free 300-page book by SerHack — the canonical reference for understanding XMR end-to-end. - [A] **Monero Outreach** — https://xmr.club/educational/monero-outreach · Last verified 2026-06-02 - Workgroup behind the most-shared 'Why Monero?' / 'Sound Money' explainers. Translation-first. - [A] **Monero Research Lab** — https://xmr.club/educational/monero-research-lab · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Academic + community research papers on XMR cryptography. Heavyweight reading. - [A] **Monero StackExchange** — https://xmr.club/educational/monero-stackexchange · Last verified 2026-06-02 - Q&A site for Monero — protocol, wallets, mining, dev. Best place to ask before bothering #monero-dev. - [A] **MoneroKon** — https://xmr.club/educational/monerokon · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Annual conference. Archive of every talk from 2019 onward — protocol, OPSEC, policy. - [A] **MoneroLogs** — https://xmr.club/educational/monerologs · Last verified 2026-06-02 - Web-rendered logs of the Monero dev IRC + Matrix rooms. Read what core devs are actually discussing. - [A] **Privacy Guides** — https://xmr.club/educational/privacy-guides · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Community-driven privacy + OPSEC reference — covers email, DNS, browsers, mobile, threat models. - [A] **xmrprice.live** — https://xmr.club/educational/xmrprice-live · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Live XMR price + exchange "weather" — which engines are healthy right now. - [A] **Zero to Monero** — https://xmr.club/educational/zero-to-monero · Last verified 2026-06-01 - Technical deep-dive into XMR cryptography by koe + Sarang Noether + others. - [B] **Monero Academy** — https://xmr.club/educational/monero-academy · Last verified 2026-06-30 - Free Monero education from the Monerica project — beginner / intermediate / advanced course tracks, quizzes, threat-modeling and metadata-leak lessons. Sponsored by the same operators Monerica lists; no signup required to read. ### /tools (14) - [A] **Aegis Authenticator** — https://xmr.club/tools/aegis-authenticator · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Open-source TOTP/HOTP for Android — encrypted local vault, exportable backups. - [A] **Ente Auth** — https://xmr.club/tools/ente-auth · Last verified 2026-07-20 - Cross-platform TOTP app with E2E-encrypted sync. Free tier, no account required for local-only use. - [A] **KeePassXC** — https://xmr.club/tools/keepassxc · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Offline, file-based password vault. No cloud, no account. - [A] **Mullvad Browser** — https://xmr.club/tools/mullvad-browser · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Tor-Browser-derived browser without Tor. Use with Mullvad VPN. - [A] **OnionShare** — https://xmr.club/tools/onionshare · Last verified 2026-05-13 - P2P file-share over Tor onion services. No third-party hosting. - [A] **Qubes OS** — https://xmr.club/tools/qubes-os · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Security-via-compartmentalisation desktop OS. Every app runs in its own Xen VM. - [A] **stables.rip** — https://xmr.club/tools/stables-rip · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Stablecoin issuance + flow intelligence — track USDT/USDC supply across chains. - [A] **Tails OS** — https://xmr.club/tools/tails · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Live USB OS that routes all traffic through Tor by default. - [A] **Tor Browser** — https://xmr.club/tools/tor-browser · Last verified 2026-05-13 - The reference anonymity browser. Bundled with Tor + NoScript + safe defaults. - [A] **VeraCrypt** — https://xmr.club/tools/veracrypt · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Full-disk + container encryption with plausible deniability. - [A] **Whonix** — https://xmr.club/tools/whonix · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Two-VM compartmentalisation — workstation never sees the public internet. - [A] **xmr.bio** — https://xmr.club/tools/xmr-bio · Last verified 2026-07-09 - First-party Monero-native identity — free OpenAlias record, X-post proof-of-ownership, optional Nostr link. Optional custom subdomain via xmr402. - [B] **MoneroSpace** — https://xmr.club/tools/monerospace · Last verified 2026-05-31 - Open-source Monero mempool explorer — fee tiers, pool attribution, block heights from a community-built mempool.space port. - [B] **Session** — https://xmr.club/tools/session-messenger · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Decentralised messenger — no phone number, no email, onion-routed. ### /search (7) - [A] **Brave Search** — https://xmr.club/search/brave-search · Last verified 2026-06-02 - Independent crawler-backed search. Free tier; API requires email. - [A] **Marginalia Search** — https://xmr.club/search/marginalia · Last verified 2026-07-20 - Solo-built indie search engine for the non-commercial web. Surfaces forums, wikis, personal sites Google buried. - [A] **Mojeek** — https://xmr.club/search/mojeek · Last verified 2026-05-12 - UK-based independent crawler. No tracking, no profiling. - [A] **SearXNG** — https://xmr.club/search/searxng · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Privacy-respecting metasearch. Aggregates 70+ engines locally on your server. - [B] **DuckDuckGo** — https://xmr.club/search/ddg · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Free no-tracking search. Bing-backed index. The mainstream private-search default. - [B] **Startpage** — https://xmr.club/search/startpage · Last verified 2026-05-12 - Google results, no Google tracking. Dutch operator. - [B] **Stract** — https://xmr.club/search/stract · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Open-source search engine with its own crawler. Customisable ranking, optional Sidekick LLM integration. ### /media (3) - [A] **Revuo Monero** — https://xmr.club/media/revuo-monero · Last verified 2026-08-10 - Canonical weekly Monero ecosystem digest — protocol, CCS, dev updates. Family: Calc (XMR-fiat converter) + Moneroj (adoption tracker) + Rottenblog. Maintained by rottenwheel. - [B] **Monero Talk** — https://xmr.club/media/monero-talk · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Long-running Monero interview podcast by Douglas Tuman. - [B] **Monero Topia** — https://xmr.club/media/monero-topia · Last verified 2026-05-11 - Weekly Monero community + tech podcast by Doug Tuman, Tristan, and Sunita. ### /ai (2) - [A] **Ollama** — https://xmr.club/ai/ollama · Last verified 2026-05-26 - Run open-source LLMs locally — no network, no API key, no telemetry. - [A] **Open WebUI** — https://xmr.club/ai/openwebui · Last verified 2026-05-27 - Self-hosted ChatGPT-style frontend. Pairs with Ollama, llama.cpp, or any OpenAI-compatible API. ### /email (2) - [B] **Disroot** — https://xmr.club/email/disroot · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Privacy-respecting community service — email + nextcloud + matrix. - [B] **Riseup Mail** — https://xmr.club/email/riseup-mail · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Long-running activist email collective. Invitation-only. ### /vpns (1) - [B] **Riseup VPN** — https://xmr.club/vpns/riseup-vpn · Last verified 2026-05-13 - Activist-collective VPN. Free for members of supporting orgs. ## Related - https://xmr.club/tag/free — HTML version with filter chips + tag definitions - https://xmr.club/tags — full cross-category tag index - https://xmr.club/glossary — Schema.org DefinedTermSet for every tag - https://xmr.club/methodology — how each grade is decided ## License CC-BY-4.0. Attribute "xmr.club".