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AGPL-3.0Give your photo library a home of its own. Back up, organize, and browse photos and videos on your server.
Good for: A personal photo library with mobile backup.
Keep a separate backup of your original media.
MPL-2.0Design interfaces together, build prototypes, and hand off layouts using open web standards.
Good for: Product teams working across design and development.
Test font and component workflows before migrating.
Apache-2.0Start with Postgres. Add authentication, storage, realtime updates, and APIs around a database you control.
Good for: Developers who want a SQL-based application backend.
Self-hosting means managing several services.
AGPL-3.0Understand where visitors come from and what they read with focused, privacy-friendly web analytics.
Good for: Site owners who want a simpler traffic overview.
Community Edition and hosted plans have different features.
AGPL-3.0Bring notes, documents, and structured work into an open workspace with control over your data.
Good for: People organizing knowledge and project information.
Check sync and collaboration requirements for your setup.
MITKeep an eye on your websites and services with a self-hosted monitor, notifications, and status pages.
Good for: Small teams running websites and home servers.
Host the monitor separately from the systems it watches.
MITSketch a system, map an idea, or explain a flow on a whiteboard that feels drawn by hand.
Good for: Quick diagrams and collaborative technical sketches.
The editor package and hosted collaboration are separate pieces.
GPL-3.0Turn a folder of scans into a searchable document archive with OCR, tags, and correspondents.
Good for: Organizing bills, letters, and household paperwork.
Back up documents, the database, and encryption secrets.
MITRun supported language models on your own machine and connect them to applications through an API.
Good for: Local model experiments and developer prototypes.
Model licenses and hardware requirements vary independently.
See licenseKeep Markdown notes, to-do lists, and attachments in notebooks with a choice of sync services.
Good for: A personal notebook you can export and move.
Set up end-to-end encryption explicitly if you need it.
MITMeasure website visits and events with an approachable dashboard that you can host yourself.
Good for: Teams tracking essential website and product events.
Define a small, consistent event vocabulary first.
AGPL-3.0Share and sync files on infrastructure you choose, with an ecosystem of collaboration apps.
Good for: Organizations that want control of shared files.
Apps, storage, updates, and backups need ongoing administration.
AGPL-3.0Turn support conversations into assigned tickets with a shared history and clear ownership.
Good for: Teams that need a structured helpdesk.
Plan search, email delivery, and maintenance before deployment.
See licenseBring customer conversations into a shared inbox with website chat and team assignment.
Good for: Support teams combining chat with asynchronous replies.
The community core and enterprise features have separate terms.
GPL-2.0A focused ticketing system for turning email and web requests into an organized support queue.
Good for: Email-first support on a PHP-based stack.
Confirm supported PHP versions and mailbox configuration.
MITHost Git repositories, review changes, and track issues in a lightweight development workspace.
Good for: Small engineering teams and private Git hosting.
CI runners need their own security and resource planning.
MITExplore APIs, organize requests, and work with your team in a fast web-based API client.
Good for: Developers testing HTTP and realtime APIs.
Keep API credentials out of shared request collections.
MITPublish articles and build a membership-based publication on software you can host yourself.
Good for: Independent publications and editorial newsletters.
Email sending and payment processing are separate services.
AGPL-3.0Follow websites in one place with a self-hosted RSS reader that keeps your subscriptions together.
Good for: Readers who want an independent reading list.
Full-text availability depends on each publisher’s feed.
Apache-2.0Read your feeds in a deliberately small, keyboard-friendly interface without a busy social layer.
Good for: People who prefer a focused RSS workflow.
Requires PostgreSQL for a self-hosted installation.
AGPL-3.0Connect to another computer with an open remote desktop client and optional self-hosted servers.
Good for: Remote access with control over relay infrastructure.
Distinguish the open components from paid server features.
Apache-2.0Connect devices and build home automations with an emphasis on local control.
Good for: People bringing multiple smart-home systems together.
Local operation depends on the integrations and devices you choose.
MITBuild 2D and 3D games with a scene-based editor, scripting tools, and an open engine.
Good for: Independent developers and small game studios.
Check export support for your target platforms.
See licenseWrite statically typed code and compile to multiple targets from one language and toolchain.
Good for: Teams building cross-platform libraries or games.
Target-specific libraries still need platform-specific testing.
GPL-3.0Edit on a multi-track timeline with proxy clips, effects, transitions, and keyframes in a mature KDE video editor.
Good for: Long edits like YouTube videos, interviews, and short films.
Development happens on KDE’s GitLab; GitHub is a mirror.
GPL-3.0Cut, trim, and filter video on a cross-platform timeline that opens most formats without importing first.
Good for: Quick edits and format-heavy projects on Windows, macOS, or Linux.
The panel-based layout takes a little time to set up the way you like.
GPL-3.0Drag clips onto a simple timeline, add titles and transitions, and export without a steep learning curve.
Good for: Beginners, classrooms, and family videos.
Test performance with your longest project before committing to it.
GPLModel, animate, and render in 3D, then cut the result together in the built-in Video Sequencer.
Good for: Motion graphics, 3D work, and edits that mix in animation.
The Video Sequencer is capable, but Blender is a 3D suite first.
AGPL-3.0Store and share passwords across browsers and devices, using the hosted service or your own server.
Good for: Families and teams that want a familiar password manager with open code.
Some business features use the separate Bitwarden License.
AGPL-3.0Run a lightweight server that works with the official Bitwarden apps and browser extensions.
Good for: Home servers and small groups self-hosting their vault.
It is unofficial and not affiliated with Bitwarden, so plan your own backups and updates.
GPL-2.0/3.0Keep passwords in an encrypted local database file that you control, with browser integration on desktop.
Good for: People who want an offline vault and no account.
Syncing the database between devices is up to you.
AGPL-3.0Share credentials across a team with per-user OpenPGP encryption and a self-hosted server.
Good for: Development and IT teams sharing access to infrastructure.
Some features, such as SSO, are in the paid Pro edition.
MITOrganize work on Trello-style boards with lists, cards, swimlanes, checklists, and labels.
Good for: Teams that want a familiar board on their own server.
Board import from Trello exists; test it on a copy first.
MITRun a deliberately simple Kanban board with limits on work in progress and a small PHP footprint.
Good for: Personal boards and small teams on modest hosting.
The project calls itself feature-complete; expect fixes rather than new features.
AGPL-3.0Plan work in issues, cycles, and modules with a fast, modern interface for software teams.
Good for: Product and engineering teams moving off Jira or Linear.
The self-hosted Community Edition has fewer features than paid plans.
MPL-2.0Run Scrum or Kanban projects with backlogs, sprints, epics, and user stories.
Good for: Agile teams that want a clear, visual workflow.
A full install has separate backend, frontend, and event services.
GPL-3.0Manage projects with work packages, Gantt charts, agile boards, time tracking, and wikis.
Good for: Organizations that need classic and agile planning in one place.
Some features are in the paid Enterprise edition.
GPL-2.0Track issues across projects with custom fields, roles, a wiki, and time logging on a long-running Rails app.
Good for: Teams that value stability and a large plugin ecosystem.
Its interface is dated; check plugins against your Redmine version.
AGPL-3.0Write in an outliner with daily journals, backlinks, and a graph of connected notes.
Good for: Daily journaling and connected, bullet-style notes.
Check the current storage format and sync options before migrating a large graph.
AGPL-3.0Build a hierarchical knowledge base with rich notes, scripting, and an optional sync server.
Good for: Large personal knowledge bases with deep structure.
Notes live in a database rather than plain Markdown files.
AGPL-3.0Write in blocks you can reference and embed across documents, with a local-first workspace.
Good for: Block-based notes and structured research.
Official cloud sync is a paid add-on; third-party storage is also supported.
GPL-3.0Write in plain Markdown files with citations, Zettelkasten links, and export through Pandoc.
Good for: Academic writing and long-form research notes.
It is a writing workbench, not a sync or collaboration service.
MITChat with many AI models from one self-hosted interface with agents, search, and multi-user sign-in.
Good for: Teams that want one chat interface over several model providers.
You still pay each model provider for API usage.
Apache-2.0Download open models and chat with them offline in a desktop app, or connect to remote APIs.
Good for: Private, local AI chat on a laptop or desktop.
Local model quality and speed depend on your hardware.
AGPL-3.0Sync and share file libraries with fast delta sync, versioning, and optional client-side encryption.
Good for: Teams that care most about fast, reliable file sync.
Some features are in the Professional edition.
Apache-2.0Run a file-sharing platform written in Go that stores files without a separate database.
Good for: Organizations wanting a modern, scalable file platform.
It is a different product from classic PHP ownCloud Server; plan migrations carefully.
MPL-2.0Sync folders directly between your own devices, with no central server holding your files.
Good for: Keeping folders in step across your own computers.
It syncs files; it is not a web drive with sharing links.
AGPL-3.0Browse, search, and organize a photo library with automatic tagging, places, and faces.
Good for: Indexing an existing folder of photos without moving it.
Some features need a paid membership.
MITSelf-host a photo library with face recognition, maps, event albums, and timeline views.
Good for: Tinkerers who want a fully open photo service.
Machine-learning features need a reasonably capable server.
MITUpload photos into albums and share galleries from a clean, fast web interface.
Good for: Photographers publishing portfolios and shared albums.
It is a gallery, not a phone backup app.
MITShare booking links that check your calendars, with the MIT-licensed community edition of Cal.com.
Good for: Individuals self-hosting their own booking page.
Team, workflow, and SSO features were removed; the project advises against production use.
GPL-3.0Let customers book appointments with your services and staff, with Google Calendar sync.
Good for: Small businesses taking bookings for services.
It is built around service bookings rather than personal meeting links.
MITSee metrics, logs and traces side by side in one OpenTelemetry-native observability platform.
Good for: Teams replacing Datadog with a single self-hosted product.
Code under the ee/ directory has a separate license; some features are cloud or enterprise only.
AGPL-3.0Build dashboards and alerts over Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and dozens of other data sources.
Good for: Teams assembling their own monitoring stack.
Grafana stores nothing itself; plan the backends for metrics, logs and traces separately.
AGPL-3.0Store logs, metrics and traces as compressed files on disk or object storage, and query them with SQL.
Good for: Large log volumes on a tight storage budget.
Some features, such as federated search, are in the separate enterprise edition.
MITSearch and chart logs, traces and session replays on top of a ClickHouse database.
Good for: Teams that already run ClickHouse.
It is part of the ClickStack bundle; the all-in-one image needs at least 4 GB of RAM.
Apache-2.0Collect metrics, logs, traces and profiles with eBPF, with no code changes, and get built-in diagnoses.
Good for: Kubernetes clusters with many uninstrumented services.
eBPF needs a recent Linux kernel; a commercial enterprise edition is sold separately.
Apache-2.0Scrape and store time-series metrics, evaluate alert rules and query everything with PromQL.
Good for: A metrics and alerting foundation for any stack.
Long-term, multi-cluster storage needs an extra backend such as Thanos or Mimir.
AGPL-3.0Chat in channels and threads, run incident playbooks and integrate tools on a server you control.
Good for: Engineering and security-sensitive teams moving off Slack.
Source is AGPL-3.0, compiled builds are MIT; compliance and some SSO features are in paid editions.
MITCombine team chat, video calls and a customer-service inbox in one self-hosted platform.
Good for: Organizations that talk to customers and colleagues in one tool.
Code in its ee/ directories is under a separate enterprise license.
Apache-2.0Organize every conversation by channel and topic, so catching up feels like reading email threads.
Good for: Distributed teams and open source communities.
The topic model takes a little getting used to; try it with a small group first.
AGPL-3.0Chat in end-to-end encrypted rooms on Matrix, a federated network anyone can run a server for.
Good for: Encrypted chat and communities that span organizations.
Running a Synapse homeserver for large rooms needs care and resources.
ZlibShare text pastes that are encrypted in the browser, so the server never sees what you paste.
Good for: Sharing secrets, logs and configs privately.
Always serve it over HTTPS; users still trust the server to deliver honest JavaScript.
AGPL-3.0Keep code snippets in Git repositories you can clone, push and edit in the browser.
Good for: Teams sharing scripts and configuration snippets.
Pastes are not end-to-end encrypted; restrict visibility for private snippets.
BSD-3-ClauseShare text, files and short links from a single tiny executable with optional encryption.
Good for: Home servers and small teams.
Set an upload size limit before opening it to others.
MITPaste text with syntax highlighting, Markdown rendering and expiry, from one small Rust binary.
Good for: The simplest possible self-hosted paste bin.
Encryption is per paste and password-based.
AGPL-3.0Run community servers with text and voice channels, roles and bots in a familiar layout.
Good for: Communities that want a Discord-like experience.
Formerly called Revolt; self-hosted instances are separate from the main service.
AGPL-3.0Run a server that reimplements the Discord API, so existing bots and some clients can connect.
Good for: Developers experimenting with Discord-compatible hosting.
Still in development, with no tagged releases; not every client connects.
BSD-3-ClauseTalk in low-latency, high-quality voice channels with positional audio and push-to-talk.
Good for: Gaming groups and anyone who mainly needs voice.
Text chat is basic; pair it with a chat app for persistent channels.
AGPL-3.0Record your screen and camera, then share an instant link or polish the video in a built-in editor.
Good for: Teams replacing Loom with storage they control.
Self-hosting the share platform is separate from installing the desktop app.
GPL-2.0Record and stream with scenes built from screens, webcams, images and audio sources.
Good for: Tutorials, demos and live streams.
It saves files or streams; it does not create share links.
GPL-3.0Capture screenshots, GIFs and screen recordings on Windows, annotate them and upload in one step.
Good for: Bug reports and quick clips on Windows.
Windows only.
GPL-3.0Record your tab, screen or camera from a Chrome extension, with drawing, blur and a built-in editor.
Good for: Browser-based recordings without a desktop app.
Share links come from the separate paid Screenity Pro service.
MITRecord an area of your Mac screen from the menu bar and export to MP4, WebM or GIF.
Good for: Quick clips on macOS.
macOS only; uploads come from plugins.
AGPL-3.0Send newsletters to large lists from a single binary backed by PostgreSQL.
Good for: Big newsletters on small servers.
You need a sending service and correct SPF, DKIM and DMARC records.
GPL-3.0Run email campaigns, landing pages, lead scoring and multi-step marketing automation.
Good for: Marketing teams that need real automation.
A PHP app with background workers; plan for regular maintenance.
AGPL-3.0Write and send newsletter campaigns, collect sign-ups with forms and manage contacts and segments.
Good for: Small newsletters that value simplicity.
The Keila logo and files in its extra directory are not covered by the license.
AGPL-3.0Send documents for signature, track progress and seal completed PDFs with a certificate.
Good for: Teams that want a modern DocuSign replacement.
External pull requests are no longer accepted; check e-signature rules in your country.
AGPL-3.0Turn PDFs into fillable, signable forms with a drag-and-drop builder and send them to many signers.
Good for: Reusable contracts and forms.
An additional license term requires keeping DocuSeal attribution; white-labeling is a Pro feature.
AGPL-3.0Request signatures in order, use templates and bulk sends, and keep an audit trail and completion certificate.
Good for: Feature-rich signing without an enterprise plan.
Check e-signature requirements for your country and document type.
AGPL-3.0Sign documents inside Nextcloud with signing order, reminders, validation and a full record of each request.
Good for: Organizations already running Nextcloud.
Requires a Nextcloud server.
MITBuild trigger-and-action workflows with 280+ integrations, branches, loops, approvals and AI steps.
Good for: Non-technical teams automating everyday work.
Enterprise features live in a separately licensed directory.
AGPL-3.0Turn scripts in 20+ languages into workflows, scheduled jobs, APIs and internal apps.
Good for: Developers who want automations as reviewed code.
Enterprise features use a proprietary license; the project does not take outside code contributions.
Apache-2.0Wire together devices, APIs and online services by connecting nodes into flows in the browser.
Good for: IoT, home automation and event-driven integrations.
Fewer ready-made SaaS integrations than Zapier; community nodes vary in quality.
MITBuild agents that watch websites, feeds and inboxes, then alert you or act on what they find.
Good for: Personal monitoring and alerting.
The interface is technical; expect to read the wiki.
AGPL-3.0Run link, email, website and in-app surveys targeted at specific users, with templates and integrations.
Good for: Product teams collecting feedback inside their app.
Code under apps/web/modules/ee needs an enterprise license key.
AGPL-3.0Build forms with unlimited submissions, conditional logic, file uploads, notifications and embeds.
Good for: Everyday forms for sign-ups and applications.
Features under api/app/Enterprise use a separate enterprise license.
AGPL-3.0Create conversational forms, quizzes and polls with logic, themes and response analytics.
Good for: Respondent-friendly, Typeform-style forms.
The hosted service is the easiest path; check the self-hosting docs for database requirements.
Try another name, an alternative, or a different category.
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