Self-hosted & open source tools for work

Bibek Aryal
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  1. Automation & Integration

  2. n8n icon
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    n8n is a workflow automation platform for building AI-powered agents and workflows. n8n is built for technical teams who need production-grade infrastructure: connect any LLM provider, build multi-step agents with conditional logic and human-in-the-loop approvals, and audit...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Cloudron
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  3. Data, Documents & Knowledge

  4. Locally hosted tool with an interactive GUI for merging, splitting, reorganizing, compressing, converting, watermarking, and securing PDF files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker Hub
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  5. Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper. Paperless-ngx forked from paperless-ng.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Dashboard
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  6. Metabase icon
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    Metabase is a simple and powerful analytics tool which lets anyone learn and make decisions from their company’s data. No technical knowledge required! We hope you love it.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  7. Delivery & User Entry Points

  8. A dead simple static HOMepage for your servER to keep your services on hand, from a simple yaml configuration file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Dashy icon
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    Another good alternative is homer-dashboard

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
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  10. Shlink icon
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    A self-hosted and PHP-based URL shortener application with CLI and REST interfaces

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
  11. Security & Network

  12. Wazuh icon
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    Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Website
    Security events dashboard
    Malware detection dashboard
  13. Self-hosted, lightweight password server compatible with Bitwarden clients, written in Rust, supporting organizations, attachments, and two-factor authentication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
    Web Login
    Unlocked Vault (Web)
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    The Pi-hole® is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • CentOS
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
    The Web interface shows how many ads were blocked, a query log, and more.
    Domains can be whitelisted and blacklisted using either the web interface or the command line.
    The settings page lets you control and configure your Pi-hole.
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  15. Monitoring & Observability

  16. Beszel icon
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    Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring platform that includes Docker statistics, historical data, and alert functions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
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    Gather and analyze accurate statistics and performance metrics, visualize it, get notified about current and potential issues without delay, and take advantage of our time-tested professional development and support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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    Details of web browsing scenario and graphical presentation of collected data
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    Custom screens of simple graphs
  18. Advanced self-hosted tool for tracking uptime across multiple services with reactive UX, interval checks, various notifications, and multi-language support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    Open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Docker
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  20. File & Transfer Utilities

  21. FileZilla icon
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    Open-source FTP client supporting FTP, FTPS, and SFTP with features like large file transfers, site management, and cross-platform because of FileZilla Server.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Haiku
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  22. Infrastructure & Access

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    Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • TrueNAS
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    Portainer Community Edition is a lightweight service delivery platform for containerized applications that can be used to manage Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes environments. It is designed to be as simple to deploy as it is to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
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  25. Web-based Docker interface with real-time monitoring, container, image, network and volume management, resource visualization, and intuitive UI design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  26. With watchtower you can update the running version of your containerized app simply by pushing a new image to the Docker Hub or your own image registry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Private networks made easy. Connect all your devices using WireGuard, without the hassle. Tailscale makes it as easy as installing an app and signing in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Kubernetes
    • F-Droid
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • OpenWrt
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
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    Open source tool for secure remote access and screen sharing, supporting cross-platform use and self-hosting for complete data control.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
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    File transfer window
  29. The Cloud Native Application Proxy Simplify networking complexity while designing, deploying, and operating applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
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  30. This project comes as a pre-built docker image that enables you to easily forward to your websites running at home or otherwise, including free SSL, without having to know too much about Nginx or Letsencrypt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
  31. Media / Personal

  32. Plex icon
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    Need something to watch? We’re on it. Plex combines free movies & TV with the best free streaming services, so there’s always more to discover.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • Android Auto
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • Daydream
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android TV
    • Amazon Alexa
    • Kodi
    • Google TV
    • Playstation
    • Docker
    • Fire TV
    • Roku
    • Chromecast
    • Xbox
    • Docker Hub
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