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Best software by GitHub Stars for Self-Hosting
AutoGPT
AutoGPT is the vision of accessible AI for everyone, to use and to build on. Our mission is to provide the tools, so that you can focus on what matters.
Detailsn8n
Free node based Workflow Automation Tool. Easily automate tasks across different services.
DetailsOllama
Get up and running with Llama 3.1, Mistral, Gemma 2, and other large language models.
DetailsDify.ai
Open WebUI
User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)
Detailsopencode
ComfyUI
The most powerful and modular diffusion model GUI, api and backend with a graph/nodes interface.
DetailsImmich
NextChatAI
Light and Fast AI Assistant. Support: Web | iOS | MacOS | Android | Linux | Windows
DetailsHome Assistant

Uptime Kuma
Syncthing
Syncthing is an open source peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.
DetailsBest Software by License for Self-Hosting
Software Tags and categories
AI - Agents
OpenHands
OpenHands agents can do anything a human developer can: modify code, run commands, browse the web, call APIs, and yes—even copy code snippets from StackOverflow.
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goose
Your local AI agent, automating engineering tasks seamlessly.
DetailsAI - Coding Assistants
opencode
Zed
Zed is a next-generation code editor designed for high-performance collaboration with humans and AI.
DetailsAI - Image and Video Generation
ComfyUI
The most powerful and modular diffusion model GUI, api and backend with a graph/nodes interface.
DetailsAI - Chats & Interfaces
Open WebUI
User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)
DetailsNextChatAI
Light and Fast AI Assistant. Support: Web | iOS | MacOS | Android | Linux | Windows
DetailsAI - RAG - Retrieval Augmented Generation
private-gpt
Interact with your documents using the power of GPT, 100% privately, no data leaks
DetailsAnything LLM
The all-in-one Desktop & Docker AI application with full RAG and AI Agent capabilities.
DetailsAI - Tools and plumbing to improve work with AIs

Backlog.md
Backlog.md - A tool for managing project collaboration between humans and AI Agents in a git ecosystem
DetailsAI & LLMs
AutoGPT
AutoGPT is the vision of accessible AI for everyone, to use and to build on. Our mission is to provide the tools, so that you can focus on what matters.
DetailsOllama
Get up and running with Llama 3.1, Mistral, Gemma 2, and other large language models.
DetailsAnalytics
Superset
Metabase
Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)
Paperless-ngx
Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless).
DetailsArchiveBox
Create HTML & screenshot archives of sites from your bookmarks, browsing history, RSS feeds, or other sources (alternative to Wayback Machine).
DetailsIAM - Authentication & User Management
authentik
An open-source Identity Provider that emphasizes flexibility and versatility, with support for a wide set of protocols.
DetailsStack Auth
Automation
AutoGPT
AutoGPT is the vision of accessible AI for everyone, to use and to build on. Our mission is to provide the tools, so that you can focus on what matters.
Detailsn8n
Free node based Workflow Automation Tool. Easily automate tasks across different services.
DetailsBlogging Platforms
Ghost
WriteFreely
Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community.
DetailsBooking and Scheduling
Cal.com
QloApps
Customizable and intuitive web-based hotel reservation system and a booking engine.
DetailsBookmarks and Link Sharing
Calendar & Contacts
Radicale
Simple calendar and contact server with extremely low administrative overhead.
DetailsBaïkal
Captcha

Cap
Cap is a lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative using SHA-256 proof-of-work
DetailsCommenting Solutions - Disqus alternatives
Commentario
Comentario is an open-source web comment engine, which adds discussion functionality to plain, boring web pages.
DetailsCommunication - Custom Communication Systems
Rocket.Chat
Communications platform that puts data protection first (alternative to Gitter.im and Slack).
DetailsNovu
Communication - Email - Complete Solutions
docker-mailserver
Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container. Only configuration files, no SQL database.
DetailsPostal
Complete and fully featured mail server for use by websites & web servers.
DetailsCommunication - Email - Mail Delivery Agents
Dovecot
IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind.
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DavMail
POP/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/Carddav/LDAP exchange gateway allowing users to use any mail/calendar client with an Exchange server, even from the internet or behind a firewall through Outlook Web Access.
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