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

1,102 projects10394.0k total stars

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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.

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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.

Dify.ailanggenius/dify

Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack.

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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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Immichimmich-app/immich

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

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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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Wekanwekan/wekan

An open-source, self-hostable kanban board application built with Meteor for collaborative task management.

21.1k3.0kJavaScript

goaccessallinurl/goaccess

A real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in terminal or browser for instant server monitoring.

teleportgravitational/teleport

An identity-aware access proxy that provides secure connectivity, authentication, and audit for SSH, Kubernetes, databases, and web apps.

GitHub repositorywagtail/wagtail

A Django-based content management system focused on flexibility, user experience, and developer control.

20.6k4.7kPython

MediaMTXbluenviron/mediamtx

Ready-to-use Media-over-QUIC / SRT / WebRTC / RTSP / RTMP / LL-HLS / MPEG-TS / RTP live media server and media proxy that allows to read, publish, proxy, record and playback real-time video and audio streams.

Bitwardenbitwarden/server

Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).

Security & Identity

LinkWardenlinkwarden/linkwarden

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager to collect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters, all in one place.

Knowledge & Learning

20.2k877TypeScript

docker-mailserverdocker-mailserver/docker-mailserver

Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container.

UVDeskuvdesk/community-skeleton

UVdesk Open Source Community Helpdesk is a comprehensive ticketing support system designed for everyone, offering robust features to streamline customer support and collaboration.

SimpleX Chatsimplex-chat/simplex-chat

A private messaging platform with no user identifiers, using disposable relay nodes for metadata protection.

19.6k1.3kHaskell

ActivityWatchActivityWatch/activitywatch

A free, open-source, and privacy-focused automated time tracker that records your computer and browser activity locally.

19.4k1.1kPython

ConvertXC4illin/ConvertX

A self-hosted online file converter supporting over 1000 different formats across documents, images, video, and more.

19.2k1.1kTypeScript

BookStackBookStackApp/BookStack

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Lilalichess-org/lila

♞ lichess.org: the forever free, adless and open source chess server ♞

docusealdocusealco/docuseal

Open source platform for creating, filling, and signing digital documents with an easy-to-use, mobile-optimized web tool.

Etherpadether/etherpad-lite

Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.

18.6k3.1kTypeScript

Calibre Webjaneczku/calibre-web

A web app for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks from a Calibre database.

18.4k1.9kFluent

overleafoverleaf/overleaf

An open-source, web-based, real-time collaborative LaTeX editor for writing and editing scientific documents.

18.3k2.1kJavaScript

ZincSearchzincsearch/zincsearch

ZincSearch . A lightweight alternative to elasticsearch that requires minimal resources, written in Go.

Knowledge & Learning

Apprisecaronc/apprise

A Python library and CLI tool for sending notifications to over 75+ services (Telegram, Discord, Slack, email, SMS, etc.) with a unified API.

Leonleon-ai/leon

🧠 Leon is your open-source personal assistant.

Automation & AI

17.6k1.5kTypeScript

SonarrSonarr/Sonarr

Smart PVR for newsgroup and bittorrent users.

Music streaming solution that works.

Libre TranslateLibreTranslate/LibreTranslate

Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. Self-hosted, offline capable and easy to setup.

17.2k1.8kPython

codercoder/coder

A platform for organizations to provision secure, self-hosted cloud development environments using Terraform.

Docssuitenumerique/docs

Docs is an open-source text editor: web-native, made for real-time collaboration, cleanly structured documents and sub-documents with full ownership of your data. Built to scale with Django and React.

postalpostalserver/postal

A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming and outgoing email, designed for websites and web servers.

A highly scalable and reliable MQTT broker platform for AI, IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles, supporting multiple protocols and real-time data integration.

Automation & AI

16.9k2.6kErlang

openprojectopf/openproject

Open source web-based project management software for planning, tracking, and collaborating on projects.

Flarumflarum/flarum

Simple forum software for building great communities.

FreshRSSFreshRSS/FreshRSS

A free, self-hostable RSS feed aggregator that is lightweight, customizable, and supports multi-user access with instant push notifications.

Knowledge & Learning

Gotifygotify/server

A simple server for sending and receiving messages in real-time per WebSocket. (Includes a sleek web-ui)

transfer.shdutchcoders/transfer.sh

A self-hosted file sharing server with a simple command-line interface, supporting multiple storage backends.

beetsbeetbox/beets

music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger

15.8k2.2kPython

spreespree/spree

An API-first open-source eCommerce platform for fast-growing businesses, supporting B2B, marketplaces, and multi-tenant scenarios.

Answerapache/answer

A Q&A platform software for teams at any scales. Whether it's a community forum, help center, or knowledge management platform, you can always count on Apache Answer.

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