Self-Hosting & Personal Cloud

A network-wide blocker doing the same job as Pi-hole; what differs is that it ships its own DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS server and lets you write per-client rules. One binary, no extra dependencies.

An open-source backend-as-a-service offering auth, database, storage and functions. Unlike Firebase it is open source and self-hostable — no vendor lock-in.

A self-hosted server for managing and streaming your audiobook and podcast collection, with progress synced across devices. Unlike Plex or Jellyfin it is built for audiobooks specifically, so chapter marks, playback speed and series tracking behave properly.

A list of tools and guides for the DigitalOcean cloud platform. Unlike the official docs, it gathers community-written tools, client libraries and guides.

A list of add-ons, buildpacks and resources for the Heroku PaaS. Unlike the official Elements marketplace it is a community pick; the list is old, and since Heroku dropped its free tier in 2022 and stopped new feature work in 2026, some entries may be out of date.

A list of add-ons, components and dashboards for Home Assistant, the open-source home automation platform. Unlike the official integrations it gathers community-made custom components and automations.

The canonical, categorised list of free-software services you can host on your own server. Unlike the raw GitHub list its browsable site filters every entry by licence, language and whether it is still active — the standard place to find an alternative without depending on a cloud service.

A free, self-hosted PaaS for one-click apps and Docker deploys on your own server. Unlike Heroku the server is yours; compared with Cloudron it is free, but maintenance and updates are on you.

Self-hosts web apps with managed updates, backups and single sign-on. Unlike CapRover it takes on that maintenance; in exchange it is licensed, with the free tier limited to two apps.

An open-source self-hosted PaaS you run on your own server — a self-hosted alternative to Heroku/Netlify.

Self-hosted location history with a map view, able to import a Google Location History export. The difference from Google’s own service is that the data stays with you — and does not vanish when the product is discontinued.

A platform that runs JavaScript/TypeScript serverless on a global edge network. Compared with Cloudflare Workers it uses the Deno runtime with npm compatibility, so code that runs locally ships unchanged.

A developer-friendly cloud server (droplet) provider with simple pricing. Compared with AWS the service range is narrow, but pricing is predictable and its documentation — the tutorial archive — is excellent.

Open-source document filling and e-signature platform deployable via Docker; provides a self-hosted alternative to per-envelope SaaS tools like DocuSign.

The smallest open-source Heroku-like PaaS, running on a single host via git push.

Shared and cloud web hosting. Compared with budget providers such as Hostinger it is longer-established, with a long track record in WordPress hosting.

A messaging client on the Matrix protocol, with end-to-end encryption and federation between servers. That federation is the break from Slack or Discord: two people on different servers share a room without a single company in the middle.

An RSS reader where you decide what you read at the source level, unlike algorithmic feeds — and nothing you have not read disappears.

Runs app containers at edge locations close to users, with global deploy, Postgres and volumes. Compared with Render or Railway, it runs your app in many places around the world at once rather than one region.

End-to-end recipes for building a highly-available “private cloud” on Docker Swarm. Unlike Awesome-Selfhosted’s list approach it gives step-by-step deployment: not which software to pick, but how to stand up the one you picked in production.

A platform-as-a-service that deploys code on a git push — the pioneer of the model. Compared with newer rivals such as Render and Railway it is pricier, and it dropped its free tier in 2022, and in February 2026 Salesforce moved the platform to a “sustaining” mode with no new features.

Affordable shared and cloud web hosting with its own control panel (hPanel). Unlike a VPS there is no server maintenance to do; the trade-off is limited resources and configuration.

A self-hosted answer to Google Photos: background upload from the phone, face recognition, map and timeline. What separates it from other self-hosted galleries is that the mobile app actually backs up in the background, which most of them never manage.

Completely free web hosting with PHP and MySQL support. Unlike paid shared hosting it costs nothing; the trade-off is a daily request limit and no SSH or email accounts.

A decentralised file system that addresses content by its hash, not its location. Unlike classic hosting the same file can come from many nodes, resistant to censorship.

A fully open-source, free counterpart to Plex; no feature behind a paywall. Unlike Plex it is not tied to a central account — everything stays on your server.

A simple, portable notebook keeping notes as plain files on disk. Unlike cloud note apps your notes survive if a service shuts down; the program itself has not been updated in a long time.

Open-source media-centre software gathering local and network media in one interface. Unlike the server model it runs directly on the device and extends through add-ons.

Deploys apps and containers globally, git-driven and serverless with scale-to-zero. Compared with Heroku it offers scale-to-zero and GPU instances, so you do not pay for idle services.

An office suite of writer, spreadsheet, presentation and database, defaulting to the open ODF standard. The difference from Microsoft Office is licensing and data ownership; the price is occasional layout drift on complex .docx files.

A self-hosted link-in-bio platform with an admin panel, written in PHP. Unlike LittleLink (a static page you edit by hand) it adds user accounts and a web editor.

A developer-friendly VPS cloud with predictably priced Linux VMs, now owned by Akamai. Similar in simplicity to DigitalOcean, it differs by integrating with Akamai’s network and edge infrastructure.

An outliner with bi-directional links that keeps every note as a plain Markdown file on disk. Against Notion the data is in your folder; against Obsidian the primary unit is the block rather than the page, which suits daily journalling better.

The official home of the wiki software that runs Wikipedia, with installation, configuration, extension and API documentation. It stands out as the most widely used and mature wiki engine for people who want to run their own knowledge base.

Independent static web hosting service offering 1 GB free space and an in-browser editor in the spirit of GeoCities; includes a social discovery directory unlike corporate cloud hosts.

Hosting for modern static and JAMstack sites with git-push deploys, edge, forms and functions. Compared with Vercel it is framework-agnostic, with a wider set of built-ins such as forms and auth.

A self-hosted file sync and collaboration suite: calendar, contacts, document editing, chat. Where Syncthing only syncs, this adds a web interface and share links — it is aiming at Google Workspace rather than at Dropbox.

Cloud free tier offering up to 4 ARM Ampere cores, 24 GB RAM, and 200 GB storage on an Always Free basis; stands apart from 12-month expiring trials with its permanent ARM compute quota.

An offline map and navigation app on OpenStreetMap data, with no trackers and no ads. It is the fork Maps.me spawned when that went commercial — the continuation of the version people actually liked.

A network-wide ad blocker that runs as your DNS server and sinkholes ad and tracker domains. Unlike a browser extension it also covers smart TVs, phone apps and IoT devices — everything you cannot install an extension on.

Managed hosting that runs open-source apps without you administering a server. Unlike installing on your own VPS it handles maintenance, and it shares part of its revenue with the apps’ developers.

A server that organises your own media library and streams it to any device. Unlike folder sharing it auto-fetches posters, summaries and subtitles and builds a Netflix-like interface.

Self-contained offline knowledge server bundling Wikipedia, Khan Academy, maps, and local AI tools into a single deployment; built to operate entirely without internet access unlike cloud platforms.

A cloud service that hosts Python apps and gives browser consoles, with a free tier. Unlike general PaaS it is built for Python only and works in the browser with no setup.

Infrastructure that deploys apps and databases from git with minimal configuration. Unlike Heroku it prices by usage, and you wire a project’s services together on a visual canvas.

A unified cloud for web services, static sites and databases. It offers Heroku’s simplicity; unlike Heroku it is cheaper and keeps configuration as code (render.yaml).

A self-hostable team messaging platform with channels, threads, voice and bridges. Against Slack, the data stays on your infrastructure and message history is not locked behind a paid tier.

A large guide to hosting your own services (home and cloud), packed with software and tool links. Unlike awesome-selfhosted it covers setup and infrastructure topics, not only an app list.

A newsletter and content site rounding up weekly news, new software and updates from the self-hosting world. Unlike static lists it is a feed: a live, dated source for tracking what launched and what was updated.

A self-hostable chat platform reimplementing Discord's backend and frontend. Unlike Matrix or Rocket.Chat, it stays compatible with Discord's own API.

Free hosting that publishes static sites with a single command. Compared with Netlify there is no git integration, build pipeline or dashboard — you upload a folder from the command line, and that is it.

Continuous file synchronisation between devices with no central server: the devices talk directly. Unlike Dropbox no copy ever reaches a cloud, and there is no storage quota — you have as much room as you have disk.

A tool that monitors and reports plays and users on your Plex server. Unlike Plex’s own stats it offers detailed history, notifications and charts.

A desktop mail client under the Mozilla umbrella, with IMAP, calendar, contacts and OpenPGP signing in one place. Against webmail, the archive lives on your disk and stays yours when you change provider.

A project that turns your own server into an operating system with one-click app installs. Unlike setting up Docker by hand it abstracts the admin: you manage users, domains and backups from one panel, and catalog apps install in a single step.

Catalogue of apps installable in one click on YunoHost, graded by packaging quality and upkeep. Unlike awesome-selfhosted, every listed app already has a ready YunoHost package.