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Self-Hosted Open Source Software

Discover open-source software you can host on your own servers. Take control of your data and infrastructure.

422 projects5236.0k total stars

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Ollamaollama/ollama

A platform to run, manage, and serve open-source large language models locally with a simple CLI and REST API.

Open WebUIopen-webui/open-webui

A self-hosted, extensible AI platform with a user-friendly web interface supporting Ollama, OpenAI API, and offline RAG.

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syncthingsyncthing/syncthing

A continuous file synchronization program that securely syncs files between multiple computers without central servers.

Stirling-PDFStirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

An open-source PDF platform for editing, converting, signing, and automating PDFs with a self-hostable API and desktop app.

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n8n (k)n8n-io/n8n

A fair-code workflow automation platform with 400+ integrations, native AI capabilities, and self-hosting options.

Automation & AI

191.5k58.4kTypeScript

Ollamaollama/ollama

A platform to run, manage, and serve open-source large language models locally with a simple CLI and REST API.

Open WebUIopen-webui/open-webui

A self-hosted, extensible AI platform with a user-friendly web interface supporting Ollama, OpenAI API, and offline RAG.

140.5k20.2kPython

syncthingsyncthing/syncthing

A continuous file synchronization program that securely syncs files between multiple computers without central servers.

Stirling-PDFStirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

An open-source PDF platform for editing, converting, signing, and automating PDFs with a self-hostable API and desktop app.

80.4k7.0kTypeScript

Hoppscotchhoppscotch/hoppscotch

An open-source API development ecosystem for testing HTTP, WebSocket, GraphQL, and other APIs with real-time collaboration.

79.5k5.9kTypeScript

Caddycaddyserver/caddy

Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS by default.

Strapistrapi/strapi

A leading open-source, self-hosted headless CMS built with JavaScript/TypeScript, offering a fully customizable admin panel and API.

72.3k9.8kTypeScript

AppFlowyAppFlowy-IO/appflowy

An open-source AI collaborative workspace that brings projects, wikis, and teams together with full data control.

reveal.jshakimel/reveal.js

An open-source HTML presentation framework for creating beautiful, interactive slides directly in the browser.

71.6k16.8kJavaScript

Traefik API Gateway (k)traefik/traefik

A modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that automatically configures itself for microservices.

NocoDBnocodb/nocodb

A free, self-hostable Airtable alternative for building databases online with a spreadsheet-like interface.

63.3k4.8kTypeScript

vaultwardendani-garcia/vaultwarden

Unofficial Bitwarden-compatible password manager server written in Rust, optimized for self-hosted deployment.

Vaultwardendani-garcia/vaultwarden

An unofficial, lightweight, self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible password manager server written in Rust.

Security & Identity

Golang Serverpocketbase/pocketbase

Open source backend with embedded SQLite database, realtime subscriptions, admin UI, and REST API in a single executable.

DigitalOceanpocketbase/pocketbase

Open source backend with embedded SQLite database, realtime subscriptions, admin UI, and REST API in a single executable.

MeiliSearchmeilisearch/MeiliSearch

A lightning-fast search engine API that brings AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

Knowledge & Learning

appwriteappwrite/appwrite

An open-source, all-in-one development platform providing backend infrastructure and web hosting for web, mobile, and AI applications.

56.2k5.4kTypeScript

Giteago-gitea/gitea

A painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service with Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry, and CI/CD.

joplinlaurent22/joplin

A privacy-focused, open-source note-taking app with end-to-end encrypted sync across all major platforms.

55.1k6.1kTypeScript

GhostTryGhost/Ghost

A headless Node.js CMS for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions, and newsletters.

53.8k11.7kJavaScript

Jellyfinjellyfin/jellyfin

A free software media system for managing and streaming your media from a dedicated server to multiple devices.

Planemakeplane/plane

Open-source project management platform for tracking issues, running cycles, and managing product roadmaps.

50.5k4.5kTypeScript

mastodonmastodon/mastodon

A free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub for self-hosted, federated microblogging communities.

Huginnhuginn/huginn

A system for building agents that monitor the web and automate tasks, giving you full control over your data.

Automation & AI

/fix-issuemetabase/metabase

An open-source business intelligence and embedded analytics platform that enables everyone to explore and visualize data without SQL.

47.6k6.5kClojure

Metabasemetabase/metabase

An open-source business intelligence and embedded analytics platform that enables everyone to explore and visualize data.

47.6k6.5kClojure

A painless, self-hosted Git service with a GitHub-like interface, built with Go for easy deployment across platforms.

discoursediscourse/discourse

A 100% open-source community discussion platform for those who want complete control over their forum.

LocalAImudler/LocalAI

An open-source AI engine that runs LLMs, vision, voice, and image/video models on any hardware with drop-in OpenAI API compatibility.

Airflowapache/airflow

A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows as code.

Automation & AI

45.7k17.2kPython

copyparty9001/copyparty

A portable file server with resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, TFTP, media indexing, thumbnails, and more, all in a single Python script.

45.2k1.8kPython

A cloud-native, high-performance API and AI Gateway for orchestrating microservices, LLM, and MCP traffic with extensible plugins.

Official examplespayloadcms/payload

An open-source, fullstack Next.js framework that provides a TypeScript backend and admin panel, usable as a headless CMS or for building applications.

42.9k3.8kTypeScript

Payloadpayloadcms/payload

An open-source, fullstack Next.js framework that provides a TypeScript backend and admin panel, usable as a headless CMS or for building applications.

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Hyperswitchjuspay/hyperswitch

An open-source payments switch written in Rust that provides modular, composable infrastructure for fast, reliable, and affordable payment processing.

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