Best Self-hosted Media & Smart Home tools in 2026
272 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
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PigeonPod
Convert YouTube channels and playlists into private podcast feeds
Self-hosted YouTube-to-podcast converter that generates API-key-protected RSS feeds, auto-syncs new uploads, and downloads audio or video for any podcast client.
NzbDav
WebDAV server to stream Usenet NZB files with SABnzbd-compatible API
WebDAV server that mounts NZB files as a virtual filesystem for streaming; provides a SABnzbd-compatible API and integrates with Sonarr/Radarr for media-server workflows.

Agregarr
Plex collections manager that syncs and curates home hubs
Agregarr manages Plex Collections and hubs by syncing lists and stats from multiple sources, reordering and scheduling visibility, and optionally adding missing media via...

PinePods
Self-hosted podcast server with multi-device sync and native clients
PinePods is a self-hosted podcast management server with multi-user support, gPodder sync, smart playlists, and apps for web, mobile, desktop, and CLI.

Spooty
Self-hosted Spotify downloader using YouTube as the audio source
Spooty is a self-hosted Spotify downloader that fetches metadata from Spotify links and downloads matching audio from YouTube, with playlist/artist subscriptions.
Posterizarr
Automated poster generator for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby libraries
Posterizarr automates creation of textless posters and overlays for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby, pulling artwork from common metadata sources with a web UI and automation ho...

Riven
VFS-based automated media management and streaming platform
Open-source media management system that exposes a FUSE-based virtual filesystem, automates discovery/scraping/downloading, and integrates with Plex/Jellyfin/Emby.

SoulSync
Automated music discovery and collection manager for self-hosted libraries
SoulSync automates music discovery, playlist curation, downloads, and library organization, syncing results to media servers like Plex, Jellyfin, and Navidrome.

Movary
Self-hosted movie watch history tracking and rating app
Movary is a self-hosted web app to track, rate, and explore your movie watch history with statistics, integrations, and automatic scrobbling from media servers.
HandBrake Web
Web interface for distributed HandBrakeCLI video transcoding
Self-hosted web UI to manage HandBrakeCLI encoding queues across one or more headless worker machines, including directory watchers and GPU-accelerated transcoding.

Double Take
Unified UI and API for facial recognition image processing
Unified web UI and REST API to process, review, and train facial recognition images across multiple detection backends, with MQTT and NVR integrations.

Karaoke Eternal
Self-hosted karaoke party system with web-based queues and player
Open-source karaoke party system where guests queue songs from their phone while a browser-based player runs the room, supporting MP3+G and MP4.


Stretto
Web-based music player with playlist import and library sync
Open-source web music player that builds a library from YouTube/SoundCloud sources, with Spotify playlist import, themes, lyrics, and multi-device syncing.

Jelu
Self-hosted read and to-read list book tracker
Self-hosted book-tracking web app to manage read/to-read lists, import/export libraries, tag books, write reviews and run a personal Goodreads-like library.
Meme Search
Self-hosted AI-powered meme search and indexing web app
Self-hosted meme search engine that indexes images with local AI captions and vector embeddings for fast semantic and keyword search, tagging, and filtering.
Metadata Remote
Web-based audio metadata editor for headless servers
Edit audio file metadata through a clean browser UI on headless servers, with bulk editing, smart suggestions, and album art management—no full music library stack requir...
Home Assistant Time Machine
Web tool for browsing and restoring Home Assistant config backups
Web-based “time machine” for Home Assistant: browse YAML snapshots, view diffs, and restore individual automations, scripts, dashboards, ESPHome and packages.

Drop
Open-source DRM-free game distribution and storefront platform
Self-hostable game distribution platform for sharing DRM-free games, with a store UI, rich metadata management, and flexible authentication including SSO.
8mb.local
Self-hosted web UI for GPU-accelerated video compression
Self-hosted video compressor web app with a SvelteKit UI, FastAPI API, and Celery workers using FFmpeg with GPU acceleration (NVENC/VAAPI) and CPU fallback.
Koha
Open source integrated library system (ILS) for library management
Koha is a free and open source integrated library system (ILS) for managing library collections, cataloging, circulation, patrons, and online public access.


Photofield
Fast, non-destructive self-hosted photo gallery and viewer
Self-hosted personal photo gallery focused on speed, seamless zoom, and non-destructive filesystem-based collections with fast indexing and progressive loading.
Cinephage
Self-hosted unified media manager for movies, TV, streaming, and live TV
Self-hosted media management app that unifies discovery, downloading, subtitles, streaming, and live TV with built-in indexers and Docker deployment.
Listenarr
Automated audiobook collection management server
Self-hosted audiobook manager that searches, downloads, tracks, and organizes audiobooks from torrents and Usenet with rich metadata and a responsive web UI.

MyBibliotheca
Self-hosted personal library and reading tracker
Self-hosted alternative to Goodreads for logging books, tracking reading progress, and visualizing your personal library with multi-user support.
pyShelf
Lightweight terminal-based ebook server with a web interface
pyShelf is a lightweight ebook server that scans folders for ebooks, aggregates covers, provides fuzzy search, and lets you browse and download titles via a web UI.

Koito
ListenBrainz-compatible scrobbler with themeable UI
Self-hosted ListenBrainz-compatible scrobbler and listening-history visualizer with import and relay support for other scrobblers.

Webtor
Browser-based torrent streaming and direct-download engine
Open-source platform to stream torrent media, generate direct-download links and on-the-fly ZIP archives; distributed as an all-in-one Docker image.
Omeka
Open-source PHP platform for publishing digital collections and exhibits
Omeka is a PHP-based open-source web publishing platform for managing, preserving and presenting metadata-rich digital collections and media-rich online exhibits.

m3u editor
Web-based IPTV playlist editor with EPG and Xtream API output
Self-hosted IPTV M3U/Xtream playlist editor with XMLTV EPG management, channel/series tools, Xtream API output, and automations like scripts, webhooks, and email.
OwnTracks Frontend
Vue.js web interface to visualize OwnTracks Recorder data
Open-source Vue.js single-page app that visualizes OwnTracks Recorder data: live locations, history, heatmaps, filtering and distance calculations.