Best Self-hosted Infrastructure & Operations tools in 2026

Deployrr automates homelab setup and app deployment using Docker and Docker Compose, with pre-configured stacks, Traefik reverse proxy options, and security integrations.

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)+19

NetGoat is a self-hostable reverse proxy and traffic management platform offering Cloudflare-like features such as TLS termination, rate limiting, WAF-style filtering, an...

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Cloudflare+11

Self-hosted DNS sinkhole written in Go that blocks ads, trackers and malicious domains; provides a modern web dashboard, Docker support, DoT/DoH options and realtime stat...

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AdGuard+5

Self-hosted Ruby on Rails web interface to browse and manage Docker Registry (HTTP API v2) repositories, tags, and manifests, with optional tag deletion.

Self-hostable CLI tool to back up and periodically sync Git repositories from major hosting providers to local storage.

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Duplicacy (Commercial)+7

Real-time dashboard to analyze Traefik logs with GeoIP, status code breakdowns, filters, and multi-agent metrics via a Go agent and web UI.

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Datadog Log Management+11

Self-hosted platform to store, share, collaborate on, and synchronize files with WebDAV, desktop clients, and granular permissions.

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Dropbox+18

Self-hosted web hosting control panel built around Docker containers, providing isolated per-user environments, resource limits, and integrated DNS, SSL, and management t...

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cPanel+19

Modern web UI for monitoring NUT-compatible UPS devices with real-time charts, historical reporting, and multi-channel alerts. Docker-ready with client/server modes.

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Amazon CloudWatch+9

Web-based “time machine” for Home Assistant: browse YAML snapshots, view diffs, and restore individual automations, scripts, dashboards, ESPHome and packages.

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Acronis Cyber Protect+13

Open source PHP app to manage domains, SSL certificates, registrars, hosting, DNS, IPs, and related internet assets, with reporting and optional WHM/cPanel data warehousi...

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Domain-Monitor+3

Self-hosted Docker Compose manager that keeps you in control of your Compose files, letting you browse and operate stacks while maintaining direct access to YAML.

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)+7

Monitors GitHub and website releases and notifies via WebHooks and messaging channels.

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Distill.io+7

Lightweight scheduler written in Go with a Vue.js web UI, YAML-based job configuration, cron expression support, per-job environment variables, and Docker deployment.

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EasyCron+1

UnrealIRCd is an open-source, modular IRC server implementing IRCv3, TLS, anti-spam/flood protections, GeoIP and admin APIs for running public or private IRC networks.

Self-hosted uptime and SSL monitoring with status pages, REST API, Prometheus/OpenTelemetry exporters, per-monitor notifications, and YAML config.

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UptimeRobot+16

Self-hosted uptime and SSL monitoring with status pages, REST API, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry exporters, per-monitor notifications, and YAML-based configuration.

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UptimeRobot+18

Self-hosted database backup manager with scheduling, S3-compatible storage, multi-database support, diff viewer and restore capabilities.

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Veeam Backup & Replication+9

A Rust-based reverse proxy that aggregates multiple Jellyfin servers into a single unified interface with unified libraries, direct playback, and user mapping.

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Plex+2

Publishes Docker container label-based service definitions into Redis so a central Traefik instance can discover and route services across multiple Docker hosts.

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Traefik Cloud+9

Lightweight web UI and REST control plane for exploring, inspecting, and managing Apache Iceberg catalogs and tables with Docker deployment and engine integrations.

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Amazon OpenSearch Service+4

Syncloud is a self-hosted personal cloud platform that installs and manages curated applications via snaps, offering device images and a Vue-based web UI for private on-p...

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Umbrel+15

Open-source event tracker for tech products: ingest key events, send push notifications, run webhook actions, and monitor critical workflows in real time.

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Healthchecks.io+10

Open-source event tracker that sends push notifications and real-time alerts, with webhook action buttons, PWA support, and a developer-friendly API and SDKs.

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Healthchecks.io+6

Microservice with a web UI to create, assign, and manage Traefik middlewares, routers, and custom services; supports Traefik v2/v3 and Pangolin API with SQLite persistenc...

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Traefik Cloud+2

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

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Ably Realtime+5

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

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)+2

NixOS distribution of modular 'blocks' that standardize and test server services, offering backups, ZFS datasets, LDAP/SSO, monitoring, reverse proxy, and certificate man...

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Cloudron+5

Web UI to manage Traefik routers, middleware, services and DNS entries, with an optional agent for container label syncing and DNS automation.

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Traefik Cloud+3

Lightweight Flask web UI to schedule, preview and run Docker prune operations across single or multiple hosts, with reporting and notifications.

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Docker+1