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89 self-hosted products built by independent developers and small teams.

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AnythingLLM

All-in-one AI app for chatting with your documents

AnythingLLM is a desktop and self-hosted app for RAG over documents, AI agents and multi-user chat with local or cloud models.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Appwrite

Open-source backend for web, mobile and Flutter apps

Appwrite provides auth, databases, storage, functions, messaging and hosting through one API, available as a cloud service or self-hosted.

Free plan · Web, API, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Audiobookshelf

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

Audiobookshelf streams your audiobook and podcast library to web and mobile apps with progress sync.

Free · Self-hosted, Android, iOS, Web · Website ↗

Authelia

Open-source single sign-on and 2FA portal for your apps

Authelia adds single sign-on, two-factor authentication and access control in front of self-hosted web apps via your reverse proxy, and can act as an OpenID Connect provider.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

authentik

Self-hosted identity provider and SSO

authentik is an open-source identity provider supporting OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, LDAP and proxy authentication, popular in homelabs.

Free plan · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Baserow

Open-source no-code database and app builder

Baserow is a no-code database with a spreadsheet-like interface, automations and an app builder, offered as cloud or self-hosted.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Beszel

Lightweight self-hosted server monitoring with Docker stats

Beszel is an open-source server monitoring hub that tracks CPU, memory, disk, network and Docker container usage, with history and alerts.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

BorgBackup

Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption

BorgBackup is an open-source deduplicating backup program with authenticated encryption, often used for servers.

Free · Linux, Mac · Website ↗

Bugsink

Self-hosted error tracking that works with Sentry SDKs

Bugsink is a lightweight error tracker you can self-host or use hosted, compatible with existing Sentry client SDKs.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Caddy

Web server with automatic HTTPS

Caddy is an open-source web server and reverse proxy written in Go that obtains and renews TLS certificates automatically.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

CapRover

Free, open-source PaaS you run on your own server

CapRover turns a server into a Docker-based app platform with one-click apps, automatic HTTPS and a web dashboard.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Checkmk

IT infrastructure monitoring for servers, networks and cloud

Checkmk monitors servers, networks, containers and cloud services with auto-discovery and thousands of check plugins.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Cloudron

Install and run web apps on your own server

Cloudron packages self-hosted apps with automatic updates, backups, user management and email.

Free plan · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Coolify

Open-source, self-hostable alternative to Heroku and Vercel

Coolify lets you deploy apps, databases and one-click services to your own servers with git push deploys, SSL and backups. It is open source with an optional cloud plan.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

CrowdSec

Open-source, crowd-sourced intrusion prevention

CrowdSec analyzes logs to detect attacks and blocks malicious IPs, sharing threat signals across its user community.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux, Windows · Website ↗

Directus

Instant APIs and admin app for any SQL database

Directus wraps a SQL database with REST and GraphQL APIs and a no-code data studio, used as a headless CMS or backend.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Dockge

Self-hosted manager for Docker Compose stacks

Dockge, from the Uptime Kuma author, is a reactive web UI for creating and managing docker compose.yaml stacks.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Docmost

Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software

Docmost is an open-source, self-hostable wiki for team documentation and knowledge bases, with real-time collaborative editing.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Dokku

Open-source mini-Heroku powered by Docker

Dokku is a self-hosted platform that lets you git push apps to your own server, using buildpacks or Dockerfiles, with plugins for databases and SSL.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Dokploy

Open-source self-hosted PaaS for apps and databases

Dokploy deploys applications and databases to your own servers using Docker, with Traefik routing, monitoring and backups. A hosted control plane is also available.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Dozzle

Real-time log viewer for Docker containers

Dozzle is a small open-source web app for viewing and searching Docker container logs in real time. It runs as a container and stores nothing.

Free · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Exceptionless

Open-source real-time error and event reporting

Exceptionless collects errors, logs and feature usage events from .NET, JavaScript and other apps, and can be self-hosted or used hosted.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted, API · Website ↗

FerretDB

Open-source MongoDB alternative on top of Postgres

FerretDB is an open-source proxy that speaks the MongoDB wire protocol and stores data in PostgreSQL.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

File Browser

Web file manager for a directory on your server

File Browser provides a web interface to upload, download, preview and edit files in a chosen directory.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Flipt

Git-native feature flag management

Flipt is an open-source feature flag server that can store flags in Git and integrates with OpenFeature.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Forgejo

Self-hosted, community-run git forge

Forgejo is a lightweight open-source software forge with git hosting, code review, issues, packages and CI, governed by its community.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Frigate

Local NVR with real-time AI object detection

Frigate is an open-source network video recorder for IP cameras with local object detection and Home Assistant integration.

Free plan · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Gatus

Developer-oriented health dashboard and status page

Gatus is an open-source tool that monitors HTTP, TCP, DNS and other endpoints using configurable conditions, with alerts and a status page. A managed version is also offered.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Gitea

Lightweight self-hosted Git service

Gitea is a painless self-hosted Git server with code review, issues, packages and Actions CI, with an enterprise cloud option.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

GlitchTip

Open-source error tracking compatible with Sentry SDKs

GlitchTip collects application errors and performance data using Sentry's open SDKs, and can be self-hosted or used as a hosted service.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Gotify

Self-hosted server for sending and receiving messages

Gotify is a simple open-source server for sending push notifications via a REST API and receiving them in real time through a web UI and Android app.

Free · Self-hosted, Android, Web · Website ↗

Grafana

Open-source dashboards and observability stack

Grafana visualizes metrics, logs and traces from many data sources; Grafana Labs also offers Loki, Tempo, Mimir and a hosted cloud.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Headscale

Open-source, self-hosted Tailscale control server

Headscale is an open-source implementation of the Tailscale coordination server, letting you run your own private WireGuard mesh network.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Homarr

Drag-and-drop dashboard for your server

Homarr is a self-hosted dashboard with integrations for media, download and Docker apps, configured in the UI.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Homepage

Customizable dashboard for your homelab services

Homepage is a static, fast dashboard with Docker integration and widgets for over a hundred self-hosted services.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Hyperswitch

Open-source payments switch for routing across processors

Hyperswitch, from Juspay, is an open-source payments orchestration layer that connects to many payment processors through one API.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted, API · Website ↗

Immich

Self-hosted photo and video backup

Immich is an open-source photo and video management app with mobile backup, face recognition and sharing.

Free plan · Self-hosted, iOS, Android, Web · Website ↗

IT Tools

Collection of handy online tools for developers

IT Tools bundles converters, encoders, generators and network utilities in one web app that you can also self-host.

Free · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Jaeger

Open-source distributed tracing platform

Jaeger is a CNCF project for collecting and visualizing distributed traces to debug latency in microservices.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Jellyfin

Free, open-source media server

Jellyfin streams your movies, TV, music and live TV to apps on any device, with no premium tier or tracking.

Free · Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS · Website ↗

Jenkins

Open-source automation server for CI/CD

Jenkins is a self-hosted automation server with a large plugin ecosystem for building, testing and deploying software.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Kener

Open-source, self-hosted status page with monitoring

Kener is an open-source status page system with built-in monitors and incident management that you deploy on your own server.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Keycloak

Open-source identity and access management

Keycloak is a self-hosted identity provider with single sign-on, OpenID Connect, SAML, LDAP integration and user federation.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Kill Bill

Open-source subscription billing and payments platform

Kill Bill is a self-hosted platform for subscription billing, invoicing and payment integrations.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Komodo

Build and deploy software across many servers

Komodo is an open-source tool for managing Docker containers, Compose stacks, builds and deployments across servers.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Kopia

Fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups

Kopia is open-source backup software with encryption, compression and deduplication, a CLI and a desktop UI.

Free · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

Lago

Open-source metering and usage-based billing

Lago is an open-source billing engine for usage-based, subscription and hybrid pricing that works with existing payment providers.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted, API · Website ↗

LocalAI

Self-hosted, OpenAI-compatible API for local models

LocalAI is an open-source drop-in replacement for the OpenAI API that runs LLMs, image, audio and embedding models on your hardware.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux, Mac · Website ↗

Mailpit

Email and SMTP testing tool for developers

Mailpit is a small open-source SMTP server that captures outgoing email during development and shows it in a web UI, with an API for automated tests.

Free · Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Meilisearch

Fast open-source search engine with typo tolerance

Meilisearch is a search engine API for instant, typo-tolerant search, with hybrid vector search, available self-hosted or in the cloud.

Free plan · Self-hosted, API, Web · Website ↗

n8n

Workflow automation with code and AI, self-hostable

n8n is a fair-code workflow automation tool with hundreds of integrations, custom code steps and AI agent nodes.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

NetBird

Open-source WireGuard mesh network with SSO

NetBird creates peer-to-peer WireGuard networks with access controls and can be fully self-hosted.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Nextcloud

Self-hosted file sync, sharing and collaboration

Nextcloud is an open-source platform for files, calendars, contacts, office documents and chat on your own server.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Nginx Proxy Manager

Web UI for managing Nginx reverse proxies and SSL

Nginx Proxy Manager is an open-source Docker app that lets you set up reverse proxy hosts with free Let's Encrypt certificates through a simple web interface.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

NocoDB

Open-source spreadsheet interface on top of your database

NocoDB turns SQL databases into a collaborative spreadsheet-style app with views, forms and APIs, and can be self-hosted.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

ntfy

Send push notifications to your phone with a simple HTTP request

ntfy is an open-source pub/sub notification service that sends push notifications to phones and desktops from scripts via HTTP PUT/POST. It can be self-hosted.

Free plan · Web, Android, iOS, Self-hosted, API · Website ↗

OneDev

Self-hosted Git server with CI/CD and kanban

OneDev is an all-in-one self-hosted Git server with built-in CI/CD, code search, issue boards and packages.

Free plan · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Open WebUI

Self-hosted chat interface for local and cloud LLMs

Open WebUI is an extensible web UI for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs with RAG, multi-user accounts and tools.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

OpenBao

Open-source fork of HashiCorp Vault

OpenBao is a Linux Foundation project for managing secrets, encryption keys and certificates, forked from Vault.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

OpenObserve

Observability platform for logs, metrics and traces

OpenObserve is an open-source observability backend that stores logs, metrics and traces on object storage for lower cost.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

OpenSearch

Open-source search and analytics suite

OpenSearch is a Linux Foundation search, log analytics and vector search engine with dashboards, forked from Elasticsearch.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Paperless-ngx

Scan, index and archive your paper documents

Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted document management system that OCRs scanned documents and makes them searchable.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Passbolt

Open-source password manager for teams

Passbolt is a self-hostable password manager built for team sharing, based on OpenPGP.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web, Browser extension, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Payload

Open-source Next.js-native headless CMS

Payload is a TypeScript headless CMS and app framework that installs directly into a Next.js app.

Free · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

PhotoPrism

AI-powered self-hosted photo library

PhotoPrism is a self-hosted app for browsing, organizing and sharing photos with automatic tagging and maps.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Web · Website ↗

Prometheus

Open-source metrics collection and alerting

Prometheus is a CNCF monitoring system that scrapes time-series metrics, stores them locally and evaluates alerting rules.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Proxmox VE

Open-source virtualization platform for VMs and containers

Proxmox Virtual Environment manages KVM virtual machines and LXC containers with clustering and a web UI.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

restic

Fast, secure, efficient backup program

restic is an open-source command-line backup tool with encryption and deduplication to many storage backends.

Free · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

Seafile

Fast file sync and share with libraries

Seafile is a self-hostable file sync and sharing system with encrypted libraries and file versioning.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

SigNoz

Open-source observability with logs, metrics and traces

SigNoz is an OpenTelemetry-native observability platform that combines APM, logs, metrics and traces in one app.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Soketi

Open-source WebSocket server compatible with Pusher

Soketi is a self-hostable WebSocket server that implements the Pusher protocol so existing Pusher clients work with it.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Sonarr

Automatic TV series manager for Usenet and BitTorrent

Sonarr monitors RSS feeds for TV episodes, sends them to download clients and organizes your library.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Strapi

Open-source headless CMS for JavaScript

Strapi is a Node.js headless CMS with a customizable admin panel and REST or GraphQL APIs, self-hosted or on Strapi Cloud.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Tabby (TabbyML)

Self-hosted AI coding assistant

Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI code completion and chat server that runs on your own GPUs.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Traefik

Cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer

Traefik Proxy auto-discovers services from Docker and Kubernetes and routes traffic with automatic HTTPS.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Typesense

Open-source, typo-tolerant search engine

Typesense is an in-memory search engine with typo tolerance, faceting, geo and vector search, self-hosted or via Typesense Cloud.

Free plan · Self-hosted, API, Web · Website ↗

umbrelOS

Home server OS with an app store

umbrelOS turns a mini PC or Umbrel Home into a personal server with one-click self-hosted apps.

Free plan · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Upptime

Open-source uptime monitor and status page powered by GitHub

Upptime uses GitHub Actions to check your sites, GitHub Issues for incident reports and GitHub Pages for a status page. It is free and open source.

Free · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

useSend

Open-source email sending platform built on Amazon SES

useSend (formerly Unsend) is an open-source alternative to Resend and SendGrid that sends through your own SES account.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted, API · Website ↗

Valkey

Open-source key-value store forked from Redis

Valkey is a Linux Foundation project continuing the BSD-licensed Redis codebase as a high-performance in-memory key-value datastore.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux, Mac · Website ↗

Wagtail

Open-source Django content management system

Wagtail is a Python/Django CMS with a StreamField page editor, also usable headless via its API.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

Wazuh

Open-source security platform for XDR and SIEM

Wazuh provides endpoint security monitoring, threat detection, log analysis and compliance reporting.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux, Windows, Mac · Website ↗

Windmill

Open-source platform for scripts, workflows and internal UIs

Windmill turns scripts in Python, TypeScript, Go and more into workflows, scheduled jobs and internal apps.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Woodpecker CI

Simple community-run open-source CI/CD engine

Woodpecker is a lightweight, container-based CI/CD system that integrates with Gitea, Forgejo, GitHub and GitLab and is configured with YAML pipelines.

Free · Self-hosted · Website ↗

YunoHost

Debian-based OS for easy self-hosting

YunoHost is a free operating system that simplifies installing and managing self-hosted web apps on a server.

Free · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

Zabbix

Open-source monitoring for networks, servers and apps

Zabbix monitors servers, network devices, cloud services and applications with templates, alerting and dashboards.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux · Website ↗

zrok

Open-source sharing of local services and files

zrok, built on OpenZiti, shares local web services, TCP ports and files publicly or privately, and can be self-hosted.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-hosted · Website ↗

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