Best Self-hosted Infrastructure & Operations tools in 2026

QuickDrop is a Spring Boot app for anonymous, chunked file uploads with optional encryption, per-file passwords, token share links, previews and an admin console.

MITActively maintained

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WeTransfer+19

A protocol gateway that bridges users across different instant messaging networks using libpurple adapters, enabling cross-network chat and presence.

Slowing down

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Ably Realtime+5

Lightweight Prometheus exporter that exposes metrics from the *arr suite (Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, etc.) for monitoring and Grafana dashboards.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Grafana Cloud+12

A web app to discover, monitor and update Docker Compose stacks; frontend in Next.js and backend in FastAPI.

Actively maintained

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)+2

A collection of Ansible roles and CLI utilities to install, configure and maintain self-hosted network services (Nextcloud, Matrix, Jitsi, PostgreSQL, WireGuard) on Debian-based hosts.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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YunoHost+19

Monitor domain names via RDAP, track full lifecycle history, receive alerts, and automatically attempt domain registration when domains enter deletion or become available.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Domain-Monitor+4

A modular, developer-friendly virtual tabletop that runs on Node.js/Electron, offering scenes, dynamic lighting, compendia and a rich module/system ecosystem.

Self-hosted relay server exposing a Gotify-compatible HTTP API to send push notifications which are delivered to users via the Matrix protocol; supports multiple users, channels and Docker deployment.

ISCSlowing down

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Gotify Cloud+1

Scalable, modular XMPP/Jabber server written in Java supporting TCP, BOSH, WebSockets, federation, components, HTTP API and push notifications.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Skype+12

Self-hosted Docker Compose updater that discovers compose stacks, monitors GitHub releases, groups related services, and applies controlled updates with notifications and optional AI summaries.

MITActively maintained

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)

Lightweight self-hosted PaaS that deploys Docker Compose projects via a web dashboard, automating stack deployment and exposing services on friendly URLs.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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Coolify Cloud+6

Dockwatch provides a web UI to monitor Docker containers, schedule and apply image updates, send configurable notifications, run commands, and perform mass container maintenance.

MITActively maintained

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)+6

Web-based tool to schedule, run and manage backups of Git repositories with retention controls and SMB destination support.

Apache-2.0Slowing down

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Duplicati+16

Cupdate auto-detects container images in Kubernetes, Docker or Podman, finds newer versions and exposes results via a UI, API and RSS feed with vulnerability metadata.

MITActively maintained

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JFrog Xray+10

Lightweight PHP dashboard that converts Fail2Ban logs into searchable JSON reports and centralizes UFW-based blocklist control with HTTPS-based multi-server sync.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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Fail2Ban

Self-hosted Docker monitoring: real-time logs, per-container terminals, rules-based alerts and safe auto-remediation for developer teams.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Datadog Cloud Monitoring+14

TraLa auto-discovers Traefik HTTP routers and presents services in a responsive, iconified dashboard with grouping, search, manual entries, and YAML/config overrides.

MITActively maintained

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Start.me+9

Client-side web app to encrypt or split secrets into QR codes and OCR-friendly printouts for offline recovery using AES and Shamir Secret Sharing.

Slowing down

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Onetime Secret+1

Replex is a Rust-based reverse proxy for Plex Media Server that merges and restyles home hubs, filters watched items, enforces quality and can redirect streams.

Slowing down

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Plex+1

Java-based, modular digital repository for libraries and archives. Provides a RESTful HTTP API, Linked Data support, flexible storage backends and preservation features.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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DSPACE Direct+13

Modular Docker backup solution that uses container and volume labels to schedule backups, manage container state for consistency, and enforce retention policies.

MITSlowing down

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Veeam Backup & Replication+7

Responsive PHP web interface to manage and automate game servers, Teamspeak voice servers, webspace and databases with monitoring, REST API and reseller support.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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GameCP+13

Go-based lightweight dashboard with tabs, panels, uptime monitoring and notifications; configurable via GUI or YAML, runs as Docker container or single binary.

MITLikely dormant

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UptimeRobot+19

Container Hub is a lightweight web-based UI for browsing, searching, and managing Docker/OCI container registries with multi-registry and GHCR support.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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JFrog Artifactory

Open-source Python server implementing Ace of Spades 0.75 protocol, with admin tools, map features, scripting, and a JSON status web API.

Lufin is a modern self-hosted file-sharing app with client-side encryption, S3/MinIO storage support, rich previews, password protection, and Docker Compose deployment.

MITSlowing down

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WeTransfer+7

Open-source web application to monitor MQTT topics, publish messages, visualize real-time message flows, and persist messages with configurable SQLite storage. Docker-ready.

MITActively maintained

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MQTTX

Lightweight control panel to start, stop, restart and view logs for apps running in Docker, systemd, VMs or remote hosts via SSH. Configured with YAML and no database required.

MITSlowing down

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)+12

Lightweight HTTP proxy that extracts article text, images and links, removes ads and heavy scripts, proxies media and compresses images to save bandwidth and improve load times.

MITActively maintained

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Bunny Optimizer+1

Open-source API and web interface to test TCP port availability for hostnames and IPs. Docker-ready, minimal dependencies, and exposes Prometheus metrics for monitoring.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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MXToolbox Open Port Check+3