Infrastructure & Operations
88 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
88 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
88 services found

Open-source Firebase alternative built on Postgres
Self-hostable backend platform combining Postgres, Auth, Storage, realtime APIs, edge functions, and an admin dashboard to build and scale apps quickly.


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.

Self-hosted uptime monitoring and alerting dashboard
Self-hosted uptime monitoring for websites, APIs, and services with status pages, rich notifications, and multi-protocol checks.

Continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization
Open-source, secure, peer-to-peer file sync that keeps folders identical across devices without a central cloud server.

Real-time infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting
High-resolution real-time monitoring for servers, containers, and apps with interactive dashboards, alerting, and extensive integrations for troubleshooting and observability.


Modern web server with automatic HTTPS
Fast, extensible web server and reverse proxy with automatic TLS certificates, simple configuration, HTTP/3 support, and production-ready observability features.

Cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer
Traefik is a dynamic reverse proxy and load balancer for Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices with automatic service discovery, routing, and TLS/ACME support.

High-performance S3-compatible object storage
Self-hosted, S3-compatible object storage server for cloud-native workloads with replication, versioning, encryption, and Kubernetes-friendly deployment.


Network-wide ad blocking via DNS sinkhole
DNS sinkhole that blocks ads, trackers, and malicious domains network-wide with a web dashboard, per-client controls, and optional DHCP/DNS features.

Self-hosted PaaS for deploying apps, databases, and services
Coolify is a self-hosted PaaS to deploy and manage Docker apps, databases, and services from Git, with automatic builds, HTTPS, and environment management.


Build agents that monitor, scrape, and act on events
Self-hosted automation platform to create agents that watch web/services, ingest data (RSS, APIs, scraping), and trigger actions like notifications or webhooks.


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-hostable personal cloud with a web desktop
A self-hostable personal cloud that provides a web-based desktop, file storage, apps, and multi-user access in the browser.


Open-source notification infrastructure for developers
A self-hostable notification infrastructure to build, manage, and send multi-channel product notifications with templates, provider integrations, and a unified API.


Simple, fast, privacy-focused web analytics
Self-hosted web analytics with a clean dashboard, event tracking, and privacy-first data collection as an alternative to Google Analytics.

Self-hosted collaboration platform for files, chat, and groupware
Open-source, self-hosted content collaboration: file sync & share, groupware, chat, and optional office collaboration with strong admin and compliance controls.

Web-based file manager with upload, sharing, and user roles
Web file manager for browsing, uploading, downloading, sharing, and managing files with per-user permissions, optional authentication, and a JSON/CLI-driven configuration.


Network-wide ads and tracker blocking via DNS
Self-hosted DNS server with ad/tracker blocking, custom filtering, parental controls, encrypted DNS, and per-client statistics for home networks.

Web UI for Nginx reverse proxy with Let's Encrypt SSL
Web-based reverse proxy manager for Nginx with hosts, streams, access lists, and automatic Let's Encrypt certificates via an easy admin UI.

Monitor websites for changes and get notifications.
Self-hosted website change detection and monitoring with visual diffs, filters, and notifications via email and popular chat/webhook services.

Send notifications to your phone or desktop via HTTP and pub/sub
Self-hostable publish/subscribe notification service with HTTP API, web UI, and mobile apps for push alerts from scripts, CI, monitoring, and automations.


Self-hosted cloud storage with multi-backend support
Cloudreve is a self-hosted cloud storage and file sharing platform with a web UI, multi-user management, and support for local, S3, and other storage backends.


Self-hosted web archiving for bookmarks and links
ArchiveBox helps you save and preserve web pages from bookmarks, RSS, and lists with multiple archiving methods and a searchable web UI.

Event-driven workflow orchestration for data and automation
Kestra is an open-source workflow orchestration platform to build, schedule, and monitor event-driven pipelines with YAML, a web UI, and hundreds of integrations.


Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
Lightweight, privacy-focused web analytics with a single-page dashboard, event/goal tracking, and easy integrations as a Google Analytics alternative.

Privacy-respecting metasearch engine you can run yourself
SearXNG is a privacy-focused metasearch engine that aggregates results from many search providers, with strong customization, multiple output formats, and API support.

A customizable dashboard for your homelab and services
Dashy is a configurable self-hosted start page for organizing apps, links, widgets, and status checks with themes, auth, and integrations.

Self-hosted WAF for protecting web apps and APIs
SafeLine is an open-source web application firewall (WAF) that protects web apps and APIs from common attacks using HTTP traffic inspection, rules, and management UI.


Self-hosted secure tunneling and access gateway
Pangolin provides a self-hosted access gateway for securely exposing internal apps via tunnels, with identity-aware access controls and a web UI.
