Best Self-hosted Infrastructure & Operations tools in 2026

Eclipse Mosquitto is a lightweight, open-source MQTT broker supporting MQTT 5.0 and 3.1.1, plus client libraries and CLI tools for pub/sub messaging.

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EMQX Cloud+11

Self-hosted web interface to manage Nginx configs, reload safely, issue Let’s Encrypt certificates, view logs, monitor server stats, and manage multiple nodes.

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NGINX Management Suite+4

umbrelOS is a home server operating system that lets you self-host popular apps via a built-in app store, with one-click installs on Raspberry Pi, x86, or Umbrel Home.

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Umbrel+15

BunkerWeb is an open-source WAF and NGINX-based reverse proxy to protect web apps and APIs with HTTPS automation, security policies, and extensible plugins.

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Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)+10

Open-source service that monitors cron jobs and scheduled tasks via HTTP/email pings, providing a dashboard, alerts, badges and many notification integrations.

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Healthchecks.io+2

Open-source, Go-based real-time messaging server for pub/sub and live updates; supports WebSocket, SSE, gRPC and brokers (Redis, NATS) with official SDKs.

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Centrifugo Cloud+4

Self-hosted status page and uptime monitoring tool with configurable health checks, dashboards, metrics, and alerting for HTTP, TCP, ICMP, and DNS endpoints.

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UptimeRobot+19

MyIP (IPCheck.ing) is an open-source web IP toolbox that detects local/public IPs, runs DNS leak and WebRTC checks, speed/latency/MTR tests, availability and whois lookup...

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WhatIsMyIPAddress.com+10

Self-hosted server management platform with web SSH terminal, SSH tunneling, remote file manager/editor, Docker controls, monitoring, and RBAC with OIDC and 2FA.

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Termius+4

Komodo is a self-hosted build and deployment platform to automate builds and deploy Docker containers and Compose stacks across many servers with a web UI and API.

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Coolify Cloud+19

Runtipi is a homeserver orchestrator with a web interface and app store for one-click installation and management of self-hosted services using Docker.

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Umbrel+16

Runtipi is a personal homeserver platform that lets you install and manage self-hosted apps with one-click installs, powered by Docker and a simple web UI.

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Cloudron+14

Self-hosted monitoring for websites and servers with uptime checks, response-time metrics, incidents, and status pages, plus optional agent-based hardware monitoring.

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UptimeRobot+16

Open-source platform for secure file sync, sharing, collaboration, calendars and external storage with WebDAV/CalDAV/CardDAV support.

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Dropbox+19

Open-source game server management panel for deploying and managing game servers in isolated Docker containers with a modern web UI and API.

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Pterodactyl Panel (Cloud)+1

Graylog is an open source platform for collecting, indexing, searching, and alerting on logs and machine data from many sources in one place.

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Graylog Cloud+11

OpenTTD is an open-source transport simulation game based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, featuring deep logistics gameplay, modding support, and multiplayer.

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Minecraft Realms+10

Cross-platform DNS server with authoritative/recursive modes, encrypted DNS (DoH/DoT/DoQ), DNSSEC, ad/malware blocking, DHCP, and an HTTP API with web admin UI.

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Cloudflare DNS+10

Self-hosted S.M.A.R.T monitoring dashboard that collects SMART data, visualizes historical trends, and alerts on drive health.

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Hard Disk Sentinel+11

Eclipse Che provides Kubernetes-based cloud development environments (CDEs) with containerized workspaces, a web IDE, and Devfile-based project configuration for teams.

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Codenvy Developer Workspaces+6

Sandstorm is a self-hostable web productivity suite that lets you install, run, and securely share many web apps with unified access control and sandboxing.

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Cloudron+4

Open-source GPS tracking platform supporting 200+ device protocols, real-time tracking, alerts, reports, REST API and web/mobile apps for fleet and asset monitoring.

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Wialon+8

Tinyauth is a lightweight auth middleware that adds a login screen, OAuth, or LDAP authentication in front of your apps via common reverse proxies.

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Cloudflare Access+17

Lura is a stateless, high-performance API gateway framework for building reverse proxies that aggregate, transform, and secure backend APIs via middleware and plugins.

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Amazon API Gateway+9

Self-hosted lightweight LAN IP/ARP scanner with web dashboard, new-host notifications, online/offline history, and metrics export to Prometheus or InfluxDB for Grafana.

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Fing+9

ejabberd is an Erlang/OTP-based messaging server providing XMPP chat and presence, MQTT broker capabilities for IoT, and SIP services for real-time communications.

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CloudMQTT+11

OpenMediaVault is a Debian-based network-attached storage (NAS) solution with a web UI, built-in file sharing services, and a modular plugin system for home and small off...

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QNAP QTS+2

Self-hosted transparent bastion host and PAM for SSH, HTTPS, MySQL and Postgres with RBAC, session recording, and SSO/2FA—no client-side software required.

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Teleport+7

Self-hostable observability platform for uptime monitoring, alerting, incident management, on-call, status pages, logs, and APM in one integrated suite.

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OneUptime+19

Self-hosted web app for Plex Media Server monitoring, viewing playback analytics, user history, and sending customizable notifications and newsletters.

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Tautulli