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Homelab Novice
Wants it running tonight, with one command.
Frigate36.5k
Frigate NVR is a local network video recorder for IP cameras with realtime AI object detection and Home Assistant integration.
- Live demo
- Documented
- No cloud account needed
Default rank #12
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Homelab Expert
Runs a stack already and wants it to plug in.
Centrifugo10.8k
Centrifugo is an open-source scalable real-time messaging server for delivering messages to connected application users over modern transports.
- Several SSO sign-in methods
- REST or GraphQL API
- Postgres support
Default rank #47
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Homelab Hacker
Wants control: APIs, scripts and many ways to run it.
SeaweedFS35.4k
SeaweedFS is a highly scalable distributed file system that also serves S3 object storage, a POSIX file system, and a lakehouse with S3 Tables from the same data.
- Scriptable API
- CLI or plugin support
- Many ways to install
Default rank #9
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Uptime Kuma

92.3k

Uptime Kuma is an easy-to-use self-hosted monitoring tool for checking service and server uptime.

Status PagesFully FOSSNetwork Utilities+3

Single ContainerFully FOSS

vLLM

93.5k

A fast, easy-to-use library for LLM inference and serving.

Inference ServingLocal LLMsAI Tooling

2 Containers

HyperSwitch

45.3k

Composable open-source payments infrastructure for routing, retries, vaulting, reconciliation, and payment-method support.

Budgeting And FinancePermissive LicenseE-Commerce Solutions+1

30 Containers

Novu

40.1k

Novu is an open-source communication infrastructure platform for sending and managing multi-channel notifications and agent conversations through a single API.

Custom CommunicationsFOSS with IssuesPermissive License+2

6 ContainersFOSS with Issues

LocalAI

49.5k

LocalAI is an open-source AI engine that runs LLMs and other multimodal models locally on a wide range of hardware, with OpenAI-compatible APIs and on-demand backends.

Generative Artificial Intelligence GenaiPermissive LicenseArtificial Intelligence+4

Single Container

SigNoz

32.3k

SigNoz is an open-source observability platform for monitoring logs, metrics, and traces in one place.

Self Hosting SolutionsAnalytics Tools

6 Containers

Saleor

23.4k

GraphQL-native, API-only commerce platform for scalable composable commerce.

E-Commerce SolutionsPermissive LicenseInventory Management+1

5 Containers

Appwrite

57.6k

Appwrite is an open-source development platform that provides backend infrastructure, authentication, databases, storage, functions, messaging, and web hosting in one place.

Low Code DevelopmentPermissive LicenseSelf Hosting Solutions+4

36 Containers

SeaweedFS

35.4k

SeaweedFS is a highly scalable distributed file system that also serves S3 object storage, a POSIX file system, and a lakehouse with S3 Tables from the same data.

File & Object StoragePermissive LicenseSelf Hosting Solutions

3 Containers

private-gpt

57.6k

PrivateGPT is an open-source API layer that turns local models into production AI applications.

Artificial IntelligenceAI RAG SystemsPermissive License+2

Umami

39.3k

Umami is a simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.

Analytics ToolsFully FOSSSelf Hosting Solutions+1

Fully FOSS

Frigate

36.5k

Frigate NVR is a local network video recorder for IP cameras with realtime AI object detection and Home Assistant integration.

Video SurveillancePermissive LicenseAutomation Tools+2