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Awesome-Selfhosted

Selfhosting is the process of locally hosting and managing applications instead of renting from SaaS providers. This is a list of software which can be hosted locally.

Table of Contents

Analytics

  • Open Web Analytics - Google Analytics and Piwik alternative - GPL PHP
  • Piwik - Leading open-source analytics platform that gives you more than just powerful analytics. - GPLv3 PHP

Automation

  • Huginn - Allows you to build agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Built in Ruby - MIT Ruby

Blogging Platforms

  • WeblogMatrix - Blogging platforms comparator.
  • Anchor CMS - Anchor is a free, lightweight, faster-than-a-bullet, simple blogging system, made for art–directed posts. (Source code) GPLv3 PHP
  • Blogotext - a free blog-engine written in PHP and using SQLite. This offers you both an unmatched simplicity during installation and great performances. (Source code) MIT PHP
  • blosxom - a lightweight yet feature-packed weblog application designed from the ground up with simplicity, usability, and interoperability in mind. MIT Perl
  • Chyrp - An extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine (Source code) MIT PHP
  • Dotclear - Take control over your blog! (Source code) GPLv2 PHP
  • Ghost - Just a blogging platform (Source code) MIT Nodejs
  • htmly - Databaseless Blogging Platform (Flat-File Blog) (Source code, Demo) GPLv2 PHP
  • Pelican - Static sight generator written in Python, requires no database or server-side logic (Source code) GPLv3 Python
  • PluXml - XML-based blog/CMS platform (Source code) GPL PHP
  • Wordpress - Create a beautiful website or blog. (Source code) GPLv2

Bug and Task Trackers

  • 92five - Self hosted project management application (Source code) CC BY-NC 4.0 PHP
  • Apache Bloodhound - Manage software products, Keep track of features, tasks and bugs Apache Python
  • bulldog - HTML5 task manager, built on todo.txt MIT HTML5
  • Bumpy Booby - A simple, responsive and highly customizable PHP bug tracking system. (Source code) MIT PHP
  • Flyspray - uncomplicated, web-based bug tracking system (Source code) GPLv2
  • Gaskit - a git-backed issue tracker. It uses a branch in your local git database to store the tickets. GPL
  • HabitRPG - A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game. (Source code)
  • Kanboard - A simple and open source visual task board AGPLv3
  • JIRA ⊘ Proprietary - A professional and extensible issue tracker Java
  • MantisBT - Self hosted bug tracker, fits best for software development - (Demo) - (Source code) - GPLv2
  • myTinyTodo - Simple way to manage your todo list in AJAX style. Uses PHP, jQuery, SQLite/MySQL. GTD compliant. GPL
  • Phproject - A high performance full-featured project management system (Source code, Demo) GPLv3
  • Redmine - Redmine is a flexible project management web application
  • Taiga.io - Your Agile, Free and Open Source Project Management Tool (Source code)
  • TaskBoard - A Kanban-inspired app for keeping track of things that need to get done. (Source code) MIT
  • Taskfreak - a simple but efficient web based task manager written in PHP. (Demo)
  • tasks.php - A simple task/todo list manager MIT
  • Tinyissue - Simple Issue Tracking for Teams MIT
  • Tracks - a web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology. - GPL V2.0

Calendar and Address Books

  • AgenDAV - Multilanguage CalDAV web client with a rich AJAX interface and shared calendars support
  • Baïkal - Lightweight CalDAV+CardDAV server
  • calypso - a python-based CalDAV/CardDAV server
  • Radicale - A Simple Calendar and Contact Server

Communication Systems

  • Cypht - A feed reader for your email accounts - GPL
  • HipChat ⊘ Proprietary - A team chat solution with 1:1 chat audio and video, third party integration and more PHP + Python
  • Metronome – XMPP server forked from Prosody. MIT
  • Node-Chat - A not-so-basic open-source chat with admin features. - MIT
  • Prosody – Modern XMPP server written in Lua. MIT
  • Kandan – Kandan is an Open Source Alternative to HipChat. - AGPL
  • Kontalk – Kontalk is an Open Source Messenger, similiar to WhatsApp (app for android only currently), including end-to-end encryption, server is based on Tigase XMPP Server - (Source code) - GPLv3
  • OpenFire - instant messaging (XMPP) and groupchat server written in Java - Apache 2.0
  • Rocket.Chat – Teamchat solution similar to Gitter.im or Slack - MIT
  • Roundcube - A web interface to act as an IMAP frontend (Screenshots) (Source code) GPLv3 PHP
  • Kaiwa A modern XMPP Web client (Source code)
  • Shout -The self-hosted web IRC client (Demo, Source code) MIT Nodejs

Content Management Systems (CMS)

CMS are a practical way to setup a website with many features. CMS often come with third party plugins, themes and functionality that is easy to add and customize to your needs.

  • 99ko CMS - 99ko allows you to create a website in minutes without knowledge of Web development. It does not use a database server but relies on simple text files (JSON format) to store your data. (Source code)
  • Baun - A modern, lightweight, extensible CMS for PHP - (Source code) MIT
  • Bolt - Sophisticated, lightweight & simple CMS (Source code)
  • CMS Made Simple - open source content management system, faster and easier management of website contents, scalable for small businesses to large corporations. GPL
  • Concrete 5 CMS - an open source content management system MIT
  • Drupal - Advanced open source content management platform GPL
  • GetSimple CMS - The Simplest Content Management System. Ever. GPLv3
  • Joomla! - Advanced Content Management System (CMS) GPL
  • Movable Type - a powerful solution for the creation and management of web content.
  • october - Free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. (Source code) MIT
  • Pagekit - A new modern CMS to create and share (Source code) - MIT
  • Pico - A stupidly simple, blazing fast, flat file CMS. (Source code) MIT
  • SPIP - Publication system for the Internet.
  • Wordpress - The worlds most-used blogging and CMS engine. (Source code mirror) GPLv2
  • Gazelle - Gazelle is a web framework geared towards private BitTorrent trackers. Although naturally focusing on music, it can be modified for most needs. PHP

Download Tools

Feed Readers

File Sharing and Synchronization

  • Coquelicot - Coquelicot is a “one-click” file sharing web application with a focus on protecting users’ privacy. - AGPLv3
  • Mediacrush - a website you can upload images, audio, and video to, and receive a link to share it with your friends (Source code)
  • lutim - Let's Upload That Image !
  • img.bi - img.bi is a secure image hosting. Images are encrypted using AES-256 with random key in browser before upload.
  • Dropcenter - Upload files by simple drag-n-drop.
  • Pydio - Turn any web server into a powerful file management system and an alternative to mainstream cloud storage providers.
  • eXtplorer - A PHP- and JavaScript- based File Manager
  • Jyraphe - Jyraphe is a web application of file repository, easy to install and easy to use.
  • OnionShare - securely and anonymously share a file of any size.
  • Jirafeau - Jirafeau is a web site permitting to upload a file in a simple way and give an unique link to it. (Demo](http://jirafeau.net/))
  • Pomf - Simple file uploading and sharing, source for the now shut down site Pomf.se MIT PHP/Nodejs
  • instant.io - Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent (Demo) MIT Nodejs
  • Bittorrent Sync ⊘ Proprietary - BitTorrent Sync by BitTorrent, Inc is a proprietary peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.
  • Syncthing - Syncthing is an open source peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool (Source code) - MPL 2.0
  • Git Annex - File synchronization between computers, servers, external drives...
  • Seafile - File Syncing and Collaboration for Teams
  • SparkleShare - Self hosted, instant, secure file sync
  • Syncany - Secure file sync software for arbitrary storage backends - An open-source cloud storage and filesharing application. Securely synchronize your files to any kind of storage!
  • Tahoe-LAFS - Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open decentralized cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire file store continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security.
  • ownCloud - All-in-one solution for saving and sharing files, photos, music,... - AGPLv3
  • seafile - File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations. - GPLv2

Games

  • 20euros - Clone of 2048 game with euros. - Unlicensed
  • Agar.IO Clone - Agar.io clone written with Socket.IO and HTML5 canvas - MIT
  • Cubiks-2048 - Clone of 2048 game in 3D. - CCANC 4.0

Gateways

  • GateOne - Gate One is an HTML5 web-based terminal emulator and SSH client. - AGPLv3
  • Guacamole ⊘ Proprietary - Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC and RDP.

GPS tracking

  • Traccar - Java application to track GPS positions. Supports loads of tracking devices and protocols, has an Android and iOS App. Has a web interface to view your trips - (Demo, Source code) - Apache 2.0

Groupware

  • Kolab - Kolab community is a unified communication and collaboration system - Various FLOSS Licenses (Source)
  • Horde - The Horde Project is about creating high quality Open Source applications and libraries, based on PHP and the Horde Framework. - GPL + Various Free Software / Open Source Software Licenses
  • egroupware - Software suite including calendars, address books, notepad, project management tools, client relationship managemnt tools (CRM), knowledge management tools, a wiki and a CMS.
  • Tine 2.0org - Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, WebDAV, ActiveSync, VOIP, Mail-Client, CRM, Sales, Projects, Timetracker - (Demo) - AGPLv3
  • Bookie - Python based delicious.com replacement (Firefox addon, Demo, Documentation
  • Lobsters - Run your own link aggregation site - (Source code)
  • Pinry - The tiling image board system for people who want to save, tag, and share images, videos, and webpages. (Demo, Source code)
  • semanticscuttle - a social bookmarking tool experimenting with features like structured tags and collaborative tag descriptions.
  • Shaarli - Personal, minimalist, super-fast, no-database bookmarking and link sharing plaform. (Demo - demo/demo)
  • unmark - An open source to do app for links

Maps

Media Streaming

  • Emby - A home media server built using other popular open source technologies. - GPLv2
  • HTPC Manager - A fully responsive interface to manage all your favorite media on your HTPC. - MIT
  • Plex ⊘ Proprietary - Plex is a centralized home media playback system with a powerful central server.

Mind Maps

  • Mindmaps - An open source, offline capable, mind mapping application (Demo)

Money and Budgeting

  • IHateMoney ⊘ Proprietary - Manage your shared expenses, easily.
  • InvoicePlane - Manage quotes, invoices, payments and customers for your small business. - MIT

Monitoring and Administration

  • Adagios - Web based Nagios interface for configuration, as well as monitoring (as a replacement to the standard interface), and a REST interface (Demo, SourceCode, Documentation) - GPL-v3.0 Python
  • adminer - Database management in a single PHP file (Source code)
  • Icinga / Icinga 2 - Nagios fork that has since lapped nagios several times. Comes with the possibility of clustered monitoring - (SourceCode) - GPLv2
  • linux-dash - A drop-in, low-overhead monitoring web dashboard for a linux machine (Demo)
  • Nagios - Industry standard monitoring software, which has a lot of plugins and customisation posibilities. - GPL
  • phpSysInfo - a customizable PHP script that displays information about your system nicely (Demo)
  • psdash - A linux system information web dashboard using psutils and flask
  • pyDash - Small web-based monitoring dashboard for linux (Demo - admin/admin)
  • Reportr - Your life's personal dashboard. (Source code)

Music Streaming

  • Ampache - A web based audio/video streaming application GPLv2 PHP
  • cloudtunes - Web-based music player for the cloud MIT Python/Javascript
  • mpd - Daemon to remotely play music, stream music, handle and organize playlists. Many clients available. GPLv2 C++
  • Sonerezh - A self-hosted, web-based application for stream your music, everywhere. (Demo, Documentation, Source code) GPLv3 PHP
  • Subsonic - Open-source web-based media streamer and jukebox (Source code) GPLv3 Java

Note-taking

  • Jotter - Jotter is a lightweight, no database, powerful web notebook that lets you create and manage notes online safely, quickly & easily. (Demo - demo/demo)
  • Laverna - Laverna is a JavaScript note taking application with Markdown editor and encryption support. Consider it like open source alternative to Evernote (Source code, Demo)
  • minimalist-web-notepad- a minimalist http://notepad.cc clone Apache PHP
  • OpenNote - OpenNote was built to be an open web-based alternative to Microsoft OneNote (T) and EverNote
  • Paperwork - OpenSource note-taking & archiving alternative to Evernote, Microsoft OneNote & Google Keep (Source code)

Office Suites

  • EtherCalc - Web spreadsheet. - CPAL 1.0
  • Etherpad - Etherpad is a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time. - Apache
  • Only Office - An office suite that enables you to manage documents, projects, team and customer relations in one place. AGPLv3

Password Managers

Pastebins

  • cryptonote - A simple open source web application that lets users encrypt and share messages that can only be read once (Source code)
  • hastebin - open source pastebin written in node.js (Source code)
  • snipt - Long-term memory for coders. Share and store code snippets (Source code)
  • Stikked - An advanced and beautiful pastebin written in PHP
  • Zerobin - A minimalist, opensource online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES. (Demo, Source code)
  • 0bin - Client side encrypted pastebin WTFPL Python

Photo and Video Galleries

  • CumulusClips - your own video sharing website with CumulusClips video sharing script. You can build a YouTube clone where users can upload, rate, comment on videos, and much more. (Demo)
  • Gallery - The simplest, most intuitive way to host your photos on your website (Source code)
  • Lychee - an open source grid and album based photo-management-system (Source code) - MIT
  • Mediagoblin - a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc
  • MinigalNano - MinigalNano is a very simple image gallery. It adheres to the KISS principle and is very easy to install. MinigalNano does not have a web admin interface: You just upload your images in the photo folder on your server (using FTP, SFTP...) (Demo)
  • phog - Static photo gallery generator with S3 uploader
  • Photofloat - A Web 2.0 Photo Gallery Done Right via Static JSON & Dynamic Javascript (Demo)
  • PhotoLight - The easiest photo gallery there is
  • Photoshow - (Source code)
  • Piwigo - Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers. - GPLv2
  • Pygmyfoto - A crude solution for publishing a photo roll on the web
  • Shot.io - Mobile optimised photo publishing platform (self-hosted Flickr alternative) (Source code)
  • sigal - yet another simple static gallery generator
  • Single File PHP Gallery - is a web gallery in one single PHP file.
  • UberGallery - UberGallery is an easy to use, simple to manage, web photo gallery. UberGallery does not require a database and supports JPEG, GIF and PNG file types. Simply upload your images and UberGallery will automatically generate thumbnails and output HTML. (Source code)
  • Zenphoto - open-source gallery and CMS project (Source code)

Polls and Events

  • LimeSurvey - Feature-rich Open Source web based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic. - (Demo)
  • OpenSondage - an online service for planning an appointment or make a decision quickly and easily: Make a poll, Define dates or subjects to choose, Send the poll link to your friends or colleagues, Discuss and make a decision - (Demo, Example)
  • Kyélà - Participation polls for group events - (Source code, Demo)
  • MaterialPoll - an opensource strawpoll.me clone for creating random polls. - (Source code, Demo)

Proxy

Read it Later Lists

Search Engines

  • Searx - A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine (Demo, Public instances)
  • Yacy - Peer based, decentralized search engine server GPL2 Java

Social Networks

  • Bootcamp - An enterprise social network - Source code
  • BuddyPress - A powerful plugin that takes your WordPress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, activity streams, user groups, and more.
  • Diaspora - Distributed social networking service. - AGPLv3
  • Discourse - Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS - GPLv2
  • Elgg - a powerful open source social networking engine - GPLv2
  • Friendica - Social Communication Server (Source code) AGPLv3
  • Gnu Social - social communication software for both public and private communications
  • Isso - a lightweight commenting server written in Python and JavaScript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus (Source code) Python MIT
  • Jappix - Jappix is an open social platform, that let's you easily get or keep in touch with everyone.
  • Movim - A brand new social network, full of awesome features in a modern and smart interface
  • Pump.io - stream server that does most of what people really want from a social network (Source code)
  • Red - complete decentralised publishing, sharing, and communications system (Source code)
  • twister - P2P microblogging platform

Software Development Platforms

  • Bamboo ⊘ Proprietary - A continuous integration server Java
  • Confluence ⊘ Proprietary - A team collaboration software Java
  • Crucible ⊘ Proprietary - A peer code review application Java
  • Fossil BSD - Distributed version control system featuring wiki and bug tracker - C
  • gitbucket - The easily installable GitHub clone powered by Scala - (Source code)
  • GitLab - Self Hosted Git Management Application - GitLab is open source software to collaborate on code. Manage git repositories with fine grained access controls that keep your code secure. Perform code reviews and enhance collaboration with merge requests. Each project can also have an issue tracker and a wiki (Public instance)
  • Gitlist - A web-based git repository browser - GitList allows you to browse repositories using your favorite browser, viewing files under different revisions, commit history and diffs. (Source code)
  • Gitprep - Portable Github clone (Source code, Demo)
  • Gogs - a painless self-hosted Git Service written in Go. (Demo)
  • Regexr - RegExr is a HTML/JS based tool for creating, testing, and learning about Regular Expressions. (Source code) MIT Nodejs
  • Repo.js - A plugin to embed Github repos on your site (Source code)
  • Stash ⊘ Proprietary - An enterprise-level Git solution similar to GitLab Java
  • Pairjam - Real-time web-based collaborative coding (Source code)
  • Codiad - a web-based IDE framework with a small footprint and minimal requirements. (Source code)
  • Jenkins - Continuous Integration Server (Source Code) MIT Java

Text Editors

URL Shorteners

  • YOURLS - YOURLS is a set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run Your Own URL Shortener. Features include password protection, URL customization, bookmarklets, statistics, API, plugins, jsonp (Source code, Documentation) - MIT
  • Polr - A modern, minimalist, modular, and lightweight URL shortener (Source code
  • Lstu - Let's SHorten That Url - Lightweight URL shortener

Wikis

  • Blazekiss - BlazeKiss is a KISS-based wiki (Keep It Simple, Stupid) - simplicity and functionality comes before all.
  • commonplace - A server for your markdown files. Give it a directory, and Commonplace gives you a url, pretty pages, and quick editing.
  • Codex - Codex is a simple file-based Markdown documentation platform built on top of Laravel. - MIT
  • daux.io - Daux.io is an documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly. It helps you create great looking documentation in a developer friendly way.
  • Docstore - A basic site for hosting static documents - docstore is a simple way to serve Markdown files without any server-side processing, and without requiring you (as the author) to recompile every time you change an article. It consists of a very simple JS script that makes an ajax request to your server, runs a Markdown processor on what it finds, and then displays the results. Clone the repository and add articles in the text/ directory to get started. (Source code)
  • Dokuwiki - An easy to use, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine with a simple syntax allowing reading the data outside the wiki. All data is stored in plain files, therefore no database is required. - GPL
  • Gitit - A wiki program that stores pages and uploaded files in a git repository, which can then be modified using the VCS command line tools or the wiki's web interface. Supported markups include pandoc's extended version of markdown, reStructuredText, LaTeX, and HTML. Pages can be exported in a number of different formats, including LaTeX, RTF, OpenOffice ODT, and MediaWiki markup. Other features include: plugins, syntax highlighting, caching, ATOM feeds...
  • Gruik - An open-source markdown note-taking web app (Source code)
  • markdown-tree - serve a hierarchy / tree directory of markdown files. Use intended for small sites built in markdown
  • MdWiki - a Markdown CMS/Wiki completely built in HTML5/Javascript and runs 100% on the client (Source code)
  • Mediawiki
  • Olelo/Gitwiki - Olelo is a wiki that stores pages in a Git repository, supports many markup styles and has an extensible, hackable architecture! Features: Edit, move or delete pages; Page attribute editor; Support for hierarchical wikis (directory structure); File upload; History, commit and diff view; Locales (Czech, English, French, German); Support for many markup languages (Creole, Markdown, Textile, ...); RSS/Atom changelog for whole wiki or pages; Section editing for Creole; Embedded LaTeX formulas; Syntax highlighting; Image resizing, SVG to PNG/JPEG conversion; Auto-generated table of contents; Previews; View pages as S5 presentation; Privacy features: Access control lists, Private wiki, Read-only wiki. (Demo)
  • Raneto - Raneto is an open source Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files to power your Knowledgebase - MIT
  • Realms - a git-backed wiki inspired by Gollum
  • Redaxscript - Ultra lightweight website engine
  • TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal web notebook
  • Wikimatrix - A wiki platforms comparator
  • WiKiss - un wiki simple à utiliser et déployer.
  • Wikitten - Wikitten is a small, fast, PHP wiki, and the perfect place to store your notes, code snippets, ideas, and so on.

List of Licenses


Contributing

  • You can help by sending Pull Requests to add more services. See Editing files, Creating Pull Requests, Using Pull Requests
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  • All projects should have their license and main programming language referenced.
  • Non-free software must be marked ⊘ Proprietary next to the title.
  • The syntax for links is [Name](http://homepage/) - Short description ([Demo](http://url.to/demo), [Source code](http://url.of/source/code)) `License` `Language`
  • The list of contributors can be updated with git shortlog -sne

License

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