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Black Candy

Self-hosted music streaming server for your personal library

4.1k

206

Last commit: 1mo ago

Black Candy is a self-hosted music server for organizing a personal library and streaming it from a web interface, with playlists, search, and metadata browsing.

Alternative to:

Spotify+4

Wakapi

Self-hosted coding activity tracker compatible with WakaTime

4.1k

257

Last commit: 12d ago

Privacy-friendly WakaTime-compatible server to collect, store, and visualize coding activity from editor plugins via dashboards, reports, and exports.

Alternative to:

WakaTime+3

Lychee

Self-hosted photo management and gallery with sharing

363

Last commit: 3d ago

A modern, web-based photo library and gallery for organizing albums, viewing metadata, and sharing photos securely from your own server.

Alternative to:

Google Photos+4

Ombi

Plex/Emby/Jellyfin request management and media discovery

412

Last commit: 1d ago

Ombi is a self-hosted web app that lets users request movies/TV, integrates with Plex/Emby/Jellyfin and Radarr/Sonarr, and automates approvals, notifications, and tracking.

Alternative to:

Plex Requests (hosted request portals/services)+1

Easy!Appointments

Self-hosted appointment scheduling for businesses and professionals

1.5k

Last commit: 3mo ago

Open-source appointment scheduling software with provider services, working plans, email notifications, and Google Calendar sync for online bookings.

Alternative to:

Calendly+9

FreeScout

Open source help desk built on shared mailboxes

613

Last commit: 5d ago

FreeScout is a lightweight help desk for managing shared email inboxes with ticketing, assignments, collision detection, and extensible modules.

Alternative to:

Help Scout+7

Fider

Collect and prioritize product feedback with voting

747

Last commit: 4d ago

Self-hosted customer feedback portal to collect ideas, let users vote, and manage feature requests with statuses and notifications.

Alternative to:

Canny+4

Shaarli

Personal, minimalist bookmark manager with sharing and RSS feeds

3.8k

301

Last commit: 1mo ago

Shaarli is a lightweight self-hosted bookmarking service for saving, tagging, searching, and sharing links, with permalinks, RSS/Atom feeds, and plugins.

Alternative to:

Pocket+5

Personal Management System

Personal organizer for notes, tasks, and time tracking

3.8k

305

Last commit: 2d ago

A self-hosted personal organizer to manage notes, tasks, projects, time tracking, and related personal data in one web application.

Alternative to:

Notion+7

Bitmagnet

Self-hosted BitTorrent DHT crawler and torrent metadata indexer

3.8k

201

Last commit: 6mo ago

Bitmagnet crawls the BitTorrent DHT to collect torrent metadata and provides a searchable index and API for discovery and automation workflows.

Alternative to:

Google Search+1

Ampache

Web-based audio streaming and music library manager

3.7k

607

Last commit: 1d ago

Self-hosted web app to catalog your music and stream it anywhere via web UI, Subsonic-compatible API clients, playlists, and user access controls.

Alternative to:

Spotify+7

Baserow

Open-source no-code database and Airtable alternative

3.7k

483

Last commit: 2d ago

Baserow is a collaborative no-code database (Airtable alternative) to create tables, views, forms, and an API for building internal tools and lightweight apps.

Alternative to:

Airtable+9

Piwigo

Self-hosted photo gallery and photo management for teams

3.7k

465

Last commit: 2d ago

Piwigo is a self-hosted photo gallery for organizing, tagging, searching, and sharing large photo collections with albums, permissions, and extensibility via plugins.

Alternative to:

Google Photos+6

ezBookkeeping

A lightweight personal finance and bookkeeping web app

3.7k

380

Last commit: 2d ago

Self-hosted personal finance app for tracking expenses/income, budgets, accounts, and reports with multi-currency support and import/export.

Alternative to:

You Need A Budget (YNAB)+7

yarr

A minimal, fast web-based RSS reader

3.7k

271

Last commit: 13d ago

Self-hosted RSS reader with a clean web UI, feed discovery, filtering, and offline-friendly reading via a single binary.

Alternative to:

Feedly+4

AzuraCast

Self-hosted web radio management and streaming platform

3.7k

687

Last commit: 5d ago

All-in-one web radio suite for managing stations, scheduling shows, and streaming to listeners via a modern web UI and APIs.

Alternative to:

Twitch (for live streaming)+6

pyLoad

Web-based download manager with plugin-driven hoster support

3.7k

738

Last commit: 2d ago

Self-hosted download manager for one-click hosters, HTTP/FTP, and premium accounts with a web UI, captchas handling, scheduling, and a large plugin ecosystem.

Alternative to:

JDownloader+2

Apache Guacamole

Clientless remote desktop gateway for RDP, VNC, and SSH

3.7k

731

Last commit: 3d ago

Web-based remote access gateway that provides clientless RDP, VNC, and SSH sessions via a browser, with centralized authentication and connection management.

Alternative to:

TeamViewer+5

Chartbrew

Open-source dashboard builder for charts and data

3.5k

402

Last commit: 12d ago

Self-hosted dashboard and chart builder that connects to SQL/HTTP data sources, visualizes data with widgets, and supports sharing and embedding dashboards.

Alternative to:

Microsoft Power BI+4

SWAG

Nginx reverse proxy with automated SSL certificates

3.5k

280

Last commit: 7d ago

Dockerized Nginx reverse proxy with automatic Let’s Encrypt SSL, security hardening, and a large set of ready-to-use proxy configurations.

Alternative to:

NGINX Plus+2

LimeSurvey

Open-source survey platform for advanced questionnaires

3.5k

1.1k

Last commit: 3d ago

Self-hosted survey software for building questionnaires with branching logic, multilingual support, quotas, and exportable results for research and feedback.

Alternative to:

SurveyMonkey+5

Bigcapital

Open-source accounting and financial management for small businesses

3.5k

371

Last commit: 2d ago

Self-hosted accounting software for invoicing, expenses, bank reconciliation, financial reports, and multi-currency bookkeeping for small businesses and freelancers.

Alternative to:

QuickBooks Online+5

Hi.Events

Open-source event ticketing and registration platform

3.4k

543

Last commit: 2d ago

Self-hosted event management for ticket sales, registration, check-in, and attendee communications with organizer/admin tools and payment integrations.

Alternative to:

Eventbrite+6

LinkStack

Self-hosted link-in-bio platform with custom pages and analytics

3.4k

364

Last commit: 25d ago

Create customizable link-in-bio pages with themes, custom domains, analytics, and multi-user support—self-hosted and designed for creators, teams, and brands.

Alternative to:

Linktree+4

OliveTin

A safe, web-based interface for running server commands

3.4k

104

Last commit: 16d ago

OliveTin provides a web UI to run predefined, audited commands on your server with buttons, inputs, and role-based access—an alternative to ad-hoc SSH.

Alternative to:

Retool+4

CommaFeed

A simple, fast, open-source RSS reader

3.4k

398

Last commit: 2d ago

Self-hosted RSS/Atom feed reader with OPML import/export, full-text extraction, filtering, and a responsive web UI.

Alternative to:

Feedly+2

Synapse

Matrix homeserver for decentralized, federated messaging

3.3k

435

Last commit: 2d ago

A Matrix homeserver that powers federated real-time chat with accounts, rooms, APIs, and integrations for clients like Element.

Alternative to:

Slack+4

draw.io (diagrams.net)

Diagramming and flowchart editor for teams and documentation

3.3k

583

Last commit: 1d ago

diagrams.net (draw.io) is a web-based diagramming tool for flowcharts, UML, ER diagrams, and more, with integrations and offline/desktop options.

Alternative to:

Miro+7

Manifest

Instant admin app and API from your database

3.3k

150

Last commit: 1d ago

Open-source tool to generate an admin UI and REST API from your database schema, with authentication, role-based access, and extensible configuration.

Alternative to:

Retool+4

Wanderer

Self-hosted travel tracking and trip planning map.

3.2k

146

Last commit: 3mo ago

A self-hosted travel tracker for logging trips and places on an interactive map, with GPX import and statistics to visualize your travel history.

Alternative to:

Google Maps Timeline (Location History)+2

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