Media & Smart Home
73 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
73 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
73 services found

Self-hosted photo and video backup with AI search
A self-hosted photos and videos platform for automatic mobile backup, fast browsing, and AI-powered search, with sharing and albums similar to Google Photos.

Local-first home automation and smart home hub
Open-source smart home platform that integrates thousands of devices, runs local automations, and provides dashboards, mobile apps, and voice control.


Personal media server for movies, TV, music, and photos
Self-hosted media server to organize, stream, and transcode your movies, TV, music, and photos across apps and devices.


Portable file server with upload, WebDAV, and media indexing
A lightweight, portable web-based file server with uploads, WebDAV, search, and optional media indexing—designed to run anywhere with minimal dependencies.

AI-powered photo management for the decentralized web
Self-hosted photo management and gallery app with AI search, automatic organization, and multi-user support for large photo and video libraries.

Self-hosted game streaming host for Moonlight clients
Sunshine is a self-hosted game/desktop streaming server that works with Moonlight clients, enabling low-latency remote play with hardware-accelerated encoding.


NVR with real-time AI object detection
Self-hosted NVR that uses real-time object detection (TensorRT/Coral/CPU) with camera restreaming, recording, snapshots, a web UI, and strong Home Assistant integration.


Flow-based programming for event-driven applications
Low-code, flow-based tool to wire devices, APIs, and services using a browser editor and Node.js runtime; widely used for IoT, automation, and integrations.


Privacy-focused front-end for YouTube
Invidious is an alternative YouTube web front-end that reduces tracking and improves performance, offering RSS feeds, subscriptions, and video playback without a Google account.


Personal music streaming server with a modern web player
Koel is a self-hosted music streaming server that scans your audio library and provides a sleek web player with playlists, search, and multi-user access.


Web UI for browsing, reading, and sharing a Calibre library
Web-based interface for a Calibre eBook library with reading, downloads, user management, and optional e-reader delivery via SMTP.


Federated video hosting powered by WebTorrent and ActivityPub
PeerTube is a self-hosted, federated video platform using ActivityPub and BitTorrent/WebTorrent to publish, stream, and share videos across interconnected instances.


Smart PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent TV automation
Automates TV series monitoring, searching, downloading, and post-processing from Usenet and BitTorrent with quality profiles, release management, and integrations.


Movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent
Automates movie downloads via Usenet and BitTorrent with quality profiles, RSS monitoring, and integrations with indexers, download clients, and media servers.


Web GUI for downloading videos with yt-dlp
MeTube is a web interface for yt-dlp that lets you queue and manage video/audio downloads from many sites, with presets, playlists, and Docker-based deployment.


Personal adult media library manager with tagging and scraping
Self-hosted adult media organizer with metadata scraping, tagging, search, and a web UI for managing scenes, performers, studios, and galleries.


Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
Stream and manage audiobooks and podcasts with metadata matching, progress sync, and mobile/web apps.


Self-hosted live streaming server with built-in chat
Owncast is a self-hosted live streaming server for broadcasting RTMP to a web player with built-in chat, moderation tools, embeddable stream pages, and theming.


Self-hosted server for reading comics, manga, and ebooks
A self-hosted reading server for organizing and reading manga, comics, and ebooks with a modern web UI, metadata, series management, and multi-user support.


Web interface for controlling and monitoring 3D printers
Self-hosted web server for 3D printer remote control, monitoring, timelapse recording, and an extensive plugin ecosystem.

Self-hosted ebook library with metadata, reading, and OPDS
BookLore is a self-hosted ebook library manager for organizing, browsing, and reading your books with metadata, covers, search, and OPDS support.


Media request management for Plex and Jellyfin
Self-hosted media request and discovery app that integrates with Plex/Jellyfin and Radarr/Sonarr to automate movie and TV requests, approvals, and notifications.


Self-hosted photo management with AI-powered search
A Google Photos alternative for organizing, searching, and sharing your photo library with face recognition, object search, timeline views, and multi-user support.

Tesla vehicle logging with Grafana dashboards
Self-hosted Tesla data logger that stores driving/charging data and provides Grafana dashboards, maps, statistics, and automation integrations.


A self-hosted ROM and game library manager
RomM is a self-hosted ROM and game library manager that scans your ROMs, enriches them with metadata and artwork, and provides a web UI to browse and play supported systems.


Your self-hosted YouTube media server and archiving pipeline
Download, index, and stream YouTube channels/playlists with full-text search, metadata, and a web UI powered by yt-dlp and Elasticsearch.

A federated, privacy-focused photo sharing platform
Self-hostable photo sharing network built on ActivityPub, offering Instagram-like publishing, federation with the Fediverse, and moderation/admin controls.


Self-hosted GPS tracking platform for fleet and assets
Open-source GPS tracking server with web/mobile apps, maps, alerts, geofencing, reports, and support for hundreds of GPS protocols for fleet and asset tracking.


Self-hosted photo gallery for browsing your photo library
A self-hosted photo gallery that indexes folders on disk, extracts metadata, and provides a fast web UI for browsing, searching, and sharing albums.

Smart solar charging for electric vehicles
Self-hosted EV charging controller that optimizes charging using PV surplus, dynamic electricity tariffs, and home energy integration (chargers, meters, batteries).
