Best Self-hosted Media & Smart Home tools in 2026
272 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
272 services found
Piped
Privacy-friendly alternative YouTube frontend with a public API
Piped is a privacy-friendly, lightweight alternative YouTube frontend with feeds, playlists, SponsorBlock support, and a public JSON API for apps and integrations.
OctoPrint
Web interface for controlling and monitoring 3D printers
Self-hosted web UI to control, monitor, and manage consumer 3D printers, with webcam viewing, G-code visualization, and an extensive plugin system.
TeslaMate
Self-hosted data logger and analytics for Tesla vehicles.
Open-source Tesla telemetry logger that records driving, charging and location data to PostgreSQL and provides Grafana dashboards plus MQTT integration.
Mopidy
Extensible music server with MPD and web control
Mopidy is an extensible Python music server that plays local files and radio streams, and can add streaming service backends via extensions with MPD and web clients.
Tube Archivist
Self-hosted YouTube archiving and media server
Tube Archivist is a self-hosted YouTube media server to download, index, search, and watch your archived videos with subscriptions and watch status tracking.
LibrePhotos
Self-hosted photo management with AI-powered search and organization
LibrePhotos is a self-hosted photo and video management service with timeline views, metadata search, and machine-learning features like face recognition and semantic image search.
Snapcast
Synchronous multiroom audio server and client system
Snapcast is a client-server system for perfectly synchronized multiroom audio playback, turning existing audio players into a Sonos-like whole-home streaming setup.
Traccar
Open-source GPS tracking server with real-time device management
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.
evcc
Open-source EV charge controller and home energy manager
Open-source EV charge controller that optimizes vehicle charging with PV, batteries and dynamic tariffs; supports many chargers, vehicles and smart-home integrations.
Pixelfed
Decentralized photo-sharing social network for the Fediverse
Pixelfed is a free, open-source, ActivityPub-based photo sharing social network that federates with the Fediverse for decentralized social media.
Komga
Media server for comics, manga, magazines, and eBooks
Self-hosted media server to organize and read comics and manga, with a web reader, REST API, OPDS catalogs, and eReader sync (Kobo, KOReader).
Photoview
Self-hosted photo gallery that syncs albums from your filesystem
Photoview is a self-hosted photo gallery that scans your filesystem into albums, generates fast thumbnails, supports RAW/EXIF, and enables multi-user sharing links.
UpSnap
Wake-on-LAN web app for waking and managing network devices
UpSnap is a simple Wake-on-LAN web app with a device dashboard, scheduling via cron, port checks, and optional network discovery for managing machines on a LAN.
Calibre-Web Automated
Automated Calibre-Web-based web app for managing eBook libraries
An enhanced Calibre-Web fork that automates eBook ingest, conversion, metadata/cover enforcement, backups, and device sync for a streamlined digital library workflow.
ZoneMinder
Open-source Linux-based CCTV/NVR software.
ZoneMinder is a free, open-source video surveillance system for Linux that captures, analyzes, records, and monitors cameras via a web interface.
Scrypted
High-performance video integration and NVR platform
Open-source video integration and NVR platform that ingests camera streams and rebroadcasts them to HomeKit, Google Home, Alexa, Home Assistant and web clients via plugins.
Lidarr
Music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent
Self-hosted music collection manager that monitors artists, grabs releases from Usenet/torrents, and automatically imports, renames, and upgrades your library.
Librum
Cross-platform Qt e-book reader and personal library manager
Open-source, cross-platform Qt e-reader and library manager with cloud sync, highlighting, an in-app bookstore, AI-assisted lookups, and support for common formats.
Pinchflat
Self-hosted YouTube download and media management web app
Self-hosted YouTube media manager that automates downloads from channels and playlists using rules, storing files on disk for Plex/Jellyfin/Kodi or archiving.
datarhei Restreamer
Self-hosted live streaming and restreaming server with web UI
Self-hosted live streaming server to ingest RTMP/SRT/RTSP, transcode with FFmpeg, and restream to platforms like YouTube Live and Twitch with an easy web UI.
MediaCMS
Open source video and media CMS with streaming and a REST API
Modern open source video and media CMS for hosting, organizing, and streaming video, audio, images, and PDFs with RBAC and a REST API.
musikcube
Terminal-based music player and streaming audio server
Cross-platform terminal music player with library indexing and a built-in streaming server for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi.
Steam Headless
Headless Steam client container with GPU support and web access
Headless Steam Docker image for remote game streaming with noVNC web desktop, Proton support, and NVIDIA/AMD/Intel GPU acceleration, compatible with Steam Link and Moonlight.
Black Candy
Self-hosted music streaming server for personal libraries
Open-source Ruby on Rails music streaming server that indexes a local music directory, provides web and mobile players, playlists, multi-user accounts, and Docker deployment.
Tdarr
Distributed media transcoding automation and library analytics
Self-hosted distributed transcoding and remux automation for media libraries using FFmpeg or HandBrake, with health checks, scheduling, and plugin-based processing rules.
Lychee
Self-hosted photo management and sharing web app
Lychee is a self-hosted photo management system to upload, organize, view, and share photos and albums with a modern web interface.
Bazarr
Subtitle management and downloader for Sonarr and Radarr
Bazarr is a Sonarr/Radarr companion that automatically searches, downloads, and upgrades subtitles for your movies and TV shows based on per-title language preferences.
myDrive
Self-hosted cloud file storage and sharing server
Open source Google Drive-like cloud storage with uploads, sharing, media gallery, and optional AES-256 encryption, backed by MongoDB and pluggable storage.
Dim
Self-hosted media manager for organizing and playing libraries
Dim is a self-hosted media manager that indexes, organizes, and beautifies your media libraries with a modern web UI for browsing and playback.
Ombi
Self-hosted media request and user management for Plex/Emby/Jellyfin.
Ombi lets Plex, Emby and Jellyfin users request movies, TV shows and music, integrates with Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr and automates request delivery and notifications.