A curated directory of 60 self-hostable, open-source projects worth knowing about.

Every project is free, open-source, and actively maintained. Categories are tagged for quick filtering — jump to any section below.

• Productivity
• Communication & Email
• Storage & File Sharing
• Media
• Documents
• Analytics
• Content & Feeds
• Business & Commerce
• Security & Privacy
• Developer Tools
• Infrastructure & Dashboards
• Utilities

Notes, knowledge bases, kanban, and personal workspace tools.

• Affine — Local-first Notion and Miro alternative.
• Colanode — Local-first Slack and Notion alternative.
• Docmost — Open-source Notion and Confluence alternative.
• Excalidraw — Virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn-style diagrams.
• Kanba — Minimal open-source Trello alternative.
• Reactive Resume — Free and open-source resume builder.
• Slash — Open-source URL shortener and bookmarks manager.

Customer support, email infrastructure, newsletters, and notifications.

• Chatwoot — Open-source customer support and Intercom alternative.
• Gmail Cleaner — Bulk unsubscribe and clean Gmail locally.
• Listmonk — High-performance self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager.
• Notifuse — Self-hosted Mailchimp and Brevo alternative.
• Novu — Open-source multi-channel notifications infrastructure.
• Open Archiver — Self-hosted email archiving and search.
• Sessy — Open-source email observability for AWS SES.
• useSend — Open-source Resend and SendGrid alternative.

Self-hosted cloud storage and peer-to-peer file transfer.

• Cloudreve — Self-hosted cloud storage with multi-cloud support.
• FileRise — Self-hosted file manager with WebDAV.
• LocalSend — AirDrop-style file sharing across all platforms.
• ownCloud — Self-hosted file sync and content collaboration.
• OxiCloud — Ultra-fast self-hosted cloud built in Rust.
• Transfer.zip — Self-hosted WeTransfer alternative for file sharing.
• Zipline — Powerful self-hosted file and image uploader.

Video editing, photo galleries, image optimization, and screen recording.

• Cap (screen recording) — Open-source Loom alternative for screen recordings.
• Kimu — AI-powered browser-based video editor.
• Kriti Images — Open-source Cloudflare Images alternative.
• Mazanoke — In-browser image optimizer that works offline.
• Photofield — Blazing-fast self-hosted photo gallery viewer.

PDF management and document signing.

• Documenso — Open-source DocuSign alternative for documents.
• DocuSeal — Open-source DocuSign alternative for signing.
• PDFDing — Self-hosted PDF manager, viewer, and editor.

Privacy-friendly web analytics and telemetry.

• Ackee — Self-hosted, node-based privacy analytics.
• Rybbit — Privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative.
• Self-hosted Metrics — Privacy-first telemetry for self-hosted apps.
• Umami — Simple, privacy-focused web analytics.

CMS, RSS readers, and social publishing.

• Cockpit — Headless, API-first content management system.
• Miniflux — Minimalist, opinionated self-hosted RSS reader.
• Postiz — Open-source social media scheduling tool.
• RSSHub — Generate RSS feeds for almost anything.
• Statamic — Flat-first, Laravel-powered modern CMS.

E-commerce, invoicing, and billing.

• Invoice Ninja — Invoicing, billing, and payments platform.
• Invoicely — Simple modern invoice generator.
• Medusa — Open-source Shopify alternative for ecommerce.
• Paymenter — Open-source billing platform for hosting companies.

Authentication, password management, secrets, CAPTCHA, and ad blocking.

• AdGuard Home — Network-wide ad and tracker blocker.
• authentik — Open-source identity provider and SSO.
• Cap (CAPTCHA) — Self-hosted CAPTCHA for the modern web.
• Infisical — Open-source secrets management platform.
• Passbolt — Open-source password manager for teams.

Runtimes, search, internal tools, package registries, and AI coding.

• Crikket — Instant bug reporting and feedback tool.
• Deno — Secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime.
• RepoFlow — Universal package registry and proxy manager.
• T3 Chat Code — Minimal web GUI for AI coding agents.
• Typesense — Fast, typo-tolerant open-source search engine.
• Windmill — Open-source developer platform for internal tools.

Server platforms and homelab dashboards.

• Cosmos Cloud — Secure all-in-one self-hosted server platform.
• Dashwise — All-in-one homelab dashboard with auth.
• Glance — Customizable, fast self-hosted dashboard.
• Puter — Web-based, self-hostable internet OS.

File converters and small tools.

• ConvertX — Self-hosted online file converter for 1000+ formats.
• VERT — Local file converter powered by WebAssembly.

Suggestions welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the criteria and process.