Best Self-hosted Media & Smart Home tools in 2026
272 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
272 services found
AzuraCast
Open-source web radio management suite for automated streaming
Self-hosted web radio platform for station management, AutoDJ, live DJs, multi-station hosting, analytics and Docker-based deployment.
Dispatcharr
IPTV and EPG management with proxy streaming and VOD support
Self-hosted IPTV stream and EPG manager with M3U/XMLTV support, proxy streaming, real-time stats, and VOD (movies/series) organization for media servers.
Piwigo
Open-source web photo gallery and image management software
Self-hosted photo gallery for organizations and individuals; supports large libraries, albums, plugins, themes, permissions and a developer API.
Memories
Nextcloud photo management app with timeline, AI tagging, and HLS transcoding
Open-source Nextcloud app for managing photos and videos with timeline, AI-based tagging, albums, map view, metadata editing, and on-demand HLS transcoding.
Memories for Nextcloud
Advanced photo and video management app for Nextcloud
Fast, modern photo and video management for Nextcloud with timeline, albums, sharing, metadata editing, map view, and optional AI-based tagging integrations.
Ampache
Web-based audio and video streaming server and media library
Ampache is a web-based audio and video streaming app and file manager for accessing and streaming your organized music and video collection from almost any device.
Domoticz
Home automation system for monitoring and controlling smart devices
Open-source home automation platform to monitor sensors and control switches, lights, meters, and smart home devices from a responsive web interface with alerts.
Shelfmark
Web interface to search and download books and audiobooks
Unified web UI to search, aggregate, and download books and audiobooks from multiple sources, with queue management, metadata providers, and client integrations.
TVHeadend
Linux-based TV streaming server and DVR
Open-source TV streaming server and DVR for Linux supporting DVB/ATSC/IPTV inputs and HTSP/HTTP streaming.
Readarr
Ebook and audiobook library manager with download automation
Self-hosted ebook and audiobook collection manager that automates searches, downloads, upgrades, and library organization via Usenet and BitTorrent clients.
Yamtrack
Self-hosted media tracker for movies, shows, anime, games, and books
Self-hosted media tracker to manage movies, TV shows, anime, manga, video games, and books with history, lists, calendar, imports, and multi-user support.
Viseron
Local-only NVR with AI computer vision for IP cameras
Self-hosted NVR and computer vision platform for RTSP/IP cameras with local object detection, motion detection, and face recognition.
Pinry
Tiling board to save, tag, and share media and links
Pinry is an open-source tiling image board to save, tag, and share images, videos, and web pages, with multi-user support and a full API.
Kometa
Metadata, collections, and overlays automation for Plex libraries
Kometa is a Python tool that automates Plex metadata, builds collections and playlists, and applies overlays using configuration files and third-party metadata sources.
MediaManager
Self-hosted TV and movie library management and automation
Modern self-hosted media management system to discover, organize, and automate TV shows and movies in a single interface, replacing parts of the Arr stack.
OvenMediaEngine
Sub-second latency live streaming server for WebRTC and LL-HLS
OvenMediaEngine (OME) is a sub-second latency live streaming server that ingests multiple protocols, transcodes to ABR, and delivers streams via WebRTC and Low-Latency HLS.
Gladys Assistant
Privacy-first smart home platform for local monitoring and automation
Privacy-first, open-source home assistant for dashboards, device integrations, scenes, alerts, and local-first automation with optional secure remote access.
Jitsi Videobridge
Open-source WebRTC Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU)
An open-source WebRTC SFU that routes media for scalable multiparty video conferencing; supports Colibri XMPP/REST control, DTLS/SRTP, and Prometheus metrics.
Willow
Open-source, privacy-focused voice assistant platform
Self-hosted voice assistant platform for ESP32 devices with on-device wake-word and command recognition, Home Assistant integration, and an optional inference server for STT/TTS/LLM.
Music Assistant
Open-source music library manager and streaming server
Self-hosted music library manager that unifies local and streaming sources and streams to many player ecosystems with Home Assistant integration.
ytdl-sub
Declarative yt-dlp wrapper to download and prepare media libraries
CLI tool that orchestrates yt-dlp and FFmpeg with YAML presets to download, convert, tag, and organize media for Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi, Emby and music players.
ErsatzTV
Open-source server that turns personal media into scheduled IPTV channels
ErsatzTV is an open-source media server that creates scheduled, EPG-driven IPTV-style channels from local libraries or Plex/Jellyfin/Emby, with hardware transcoding and M3U/XMLTV output.
TubeSync
PVR for syncing YouTube channels to your media server
TubeSync is a YouTube PVR that automatically indexes channels or playlists, downloads new videos, and updates Plex or Jellyfin with organized local media.
BookWyrm
Federated social reading and book reviewing platform
BookWyrm is a federated social network to track reading, write reviews, share quotes, and discover books with communities via ActivityPub federation.
Music Player Daemon
A flexible, server-side music daemon with network control.
MPD is a modular, network-controlled music server that streams and manages a local music collection via a protocol-enabled daemon.
Polaris
Self-hosted music streaming server for your personal library
Polaris is a self-hosted music streaming server for browsing and streaming your personal music collection from web browsers and mobile devices, with multi-user support.
Stump
Comics, manga, and digital book server with OPDS support
Self-hosted server for comics, manga, and digital books with a built-in web UI, OPDS catalog support, and a REST API for library browsing and reading.
WebThings Gateway
Self-hosted smart home hub built on W3C Web of Things standards.
Self-hosted smart home hub that unifies device control, automation, and floorplan visualization while preserving privacy.
NymphCast
Network audio and video casting server with client apps and SDK
Open source audio and video casting system that turns Linux-capable hardware into a network receiver for streaming local files, URLs, and media servers.
Tunarr
Create IPTV-style live TV channels from Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby
Self-hosted IPTV channel builder that turns your Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby libraries into scheduled live TV streams with an HDHomeRun-style tuner, M3U, and web guide.