Best Self-hosted Media & Smart Home tools in 2026

Bluecherry is an open-source Linux video surveillance DVR for IP cameras, offering web-based live view, desktop and mobile clients, Docker deployment, notifications, and role-based access.

GPL-2.0Slowing down

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AXIS Camera Station+10

Web app for bulk-managing digital comic libraries: convert CBR/PDF to CBZ, rebuild archives, edit CBZ contents, enhance images, remote-downloads and folder monitoring.

Self-hosted photo & video manager that uses local AI (face recognition, OpenCLIP semantic search, duplicate detection) to organize and explore media.

Actively maintained

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Google Photos+14

CouchTube is a Go application that schedules and plays curated YouTube videos as TV-style channels using JSON playlists, with Docker and SQLite support.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Watch2Gether+2

Replex is a Rust-based reverse proxy for Plex Media Server that merges and restyles home hubs, filters watched items, enforces quality and can redirect streams.

Slowing down

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Plex+1

Fork of Calibre-Web providing a Bootstrap-based web UI to browse, read, convert and serve eBooks, comics and PDFs from a Calibre database with Docker support.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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OverDrive Libby+12

Self-hosted image gallery and live editing app with virtual scrolling, non-destructive edits, instant URL-based transforms, S3/local storage support, and mobile-optimized UI.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Photos+19

WhoRang turns doorbell camera events into AI-analyzed visitor insights with face recognition, multi-provider AI integration, real-time notifications, and mobile-first dashboards.

Slowing down

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Ring Protect+2

Minimal, fast image and video gallery server with PWA support, thumbnail generation, slideshows, filtering, and simple filesystem-based operation for self-hosting.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Photos+14

Web-based app to organize, upload, and sync movie, TV and collection posters with Plex; supports TMDB/TVDB/Fanart, PWA, scheduled imports, and orphan detection.

MITActively maintained

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Plex

Community-focused server for private photo/video backup, albums, chat and audio/video calls with mobile app support and S3-compatible storage.

MITActively maintained

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Google Photos+10

cmyflix is a lightweight Netflix-like media server in C that scans media folders, builds JSON databases and static HTML pages, and plays HTML5-compatible video files.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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Plex+6

Atsumeru is a free self-hosted media server for managing, reading and syncing manga, comics and light novels across native desktop and mobile clients.

MITActively maintained

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Comixology+9

Open-source server to organize, serve and sync EPUB/PDF ebooks with metadata editing, OPDS support, progress tracking and client auto-discovery.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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BookFusion+6

Open-source, self-hosted image sharing app for screenshots and quick uploads with Docker, ShareX support and configurable database/storage backends.

MITLikely dormant

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Imgur+5

Open-source PHP script to launch a self-hosted video sharing site with playlists, collections, and social features.

Actively maintained

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YouTube+10

Modern, customizable lofi web player built with Next.js and TypeScript; mixes YouTube streams with ambient sound effects, persistent local channels, and theme support.

MITSlowing down

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A Soft Murmur+5

Subatic is a lightweight video hosting and streaming platform that stores uploads in S3-compatible object storage, transcodes to HLS, and uses PostgreSQL for metadata. Deployable with Docker Compose.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Wistia+10

Lightweight Flask app that inspects Jellyfin library artwork, generates HTML galleries and ZIP exports, highlights missing or low-resolution images, and supports embedded archives.

A scalable open-source integrated library system (ILS) for cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, patron management and consortial workflows with web and OPAC interfaces.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Follett Destiny Library Manager+6

Mantium is a self-hosted manga tracker that collects manga metadata (not images) from multiple sources and provides a dashboard and iFrame for embedding.

Actively maintained

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AniList+7

Self-hosted web app to scan, manage and read EPUB ebooks with OPDS, metadata editing, uploads, RBAC, OIDC and Docker deployment.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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BookFusion+4

A self-hosted web app for couples to upload photos/videos, create galleries, track moments on a timeline, set countdowns, playlists, and receive event notifications.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Tinybeans+14

Rust-based web app that scans local photo folders and shows a slideshow of images from this calendar week in past years, with optional weather and Home Assistant integration.

MITActively maintained

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Google Photos+7

Manage and schedule Plex pre-roll listings with advanced date/weight rules, path globbing, Docker deployment, and Plex webhook-based auto-generation of prerolls.

Actively maintained

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Plex

Open-source library management system for library networks with cataloging, circulation, and a public online catalog.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Follett Destiny Library Manager+6

Web-based GUI that recommends similar TV shows from TMDB based on selected Sonarr shows; supports filters and can add recommendations back to Sonarr via its API.

MITActively maintained

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Simkl+3

Web interface that finds and recommends movies similar to selected Radarr entries using TMDB, with options to filter results and add recommendations back to Radarr.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Radarr

Modern web app to browse Jellyfin music libraries, track artist releases via MusicBrainz, and send optional Discord webhook notifications.

MITActively maintained

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Stats for Spotify+3

Open-source PWA that generates live captions and transcripts in the browser; supports broadcasts, OBS/vMix integration, and optional Azure AI captions.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Rev+6