Best Self-hosted Productivity & Utilities tools in 2026
541 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
541 services found
Windmill
Open-source workflow engine and platform for scripts, APIs, and UIs
Windmill is an open-source developer platform to turn scripts into webhooks, cron jobs, workflows, and internal apps with auto-generated and low-code UIs.
transfer.sh
Command-line file sharing service with expiring links
transfer.sh is a lightweight Go server for sharing files via curl, generating shareable links with optional expiry, download limits, and pluggable storage backends.
Maxun
Open source no-code web scraping and data extraction robots
Maxun is an open source no-code platform to build web scraping robots that extract structured data and expose websites as APIs, markdown, or automated pipelines.

Jackett
Indexer proxy translating torrent tracker searches to Torznab APIs
Jackett is a self-hosted indexer proxy that integrates many torrent trackers and exposes them through a unified Torznab/Newznab-compatible API and RSS feeds for apps like...

Seafile
Open source file sync, sharing, and team cloud storage
Self-hosted file sync and share platform with libraries, sharing links, versioning, and optional end-to-end encrypted libraries for private team collaboration.

Transmission
Lightweight BitTorrent client with daemon and web interface
Fast, lightweight BitTorrent client with desktop apps, a headless daemon, and a web UI for remote torrent management on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

FreshRSS
Lightweight self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator
FreshRSS is a fast, multi-user RSS/Atom feed aggregator with tagging, search, OPML import/export, WebSub push updates, and optional web scraping for sites without feeds.

LanguageTool
Multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker
Open-source proofreading and writing assistant that checks spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style across 30+ languages, with an HTTP API for integrations.

XPipe
Connection hub and remote file manager for managing server infrastructure
Desktop application that centralizes SSH, containers, VMs, Kubernetes and remote file management; integrates local CLI tools and syncs connection data via git.

Automatisch
Self-hosted no-code workflow automation platform
Automatisch is an open-source Zapier alternative for building no-code automations that connect apps and services while keeping data on your own infrastructure.


Habitica
Gamified task manager and habit tracker
Habitica is an open-source gamified task manager turning Habits, Dailies, and To-Dos into RPG quests with avatars, gear and social features.

Filestash
Web-based file manager and sharing portal for many storage backends
Self-hosted Dropbox-like web file manager that connects to SFTP, S3, WebDAV, SMB/NFS, Git and more, with sharing links, plugins, and SSO integration.
OpenVPN
Open-source VPN daemon for TLS-based secure tunneling
OpenVPN is a widely used open-source VPN daemon providing TLS/SSL-based secure tunneling, flexible client-server and site-to-site modes, and cross-platform support.
google-webfonts-helper
Download and self-host Google Fonts with CSS snippets
Self-host Google Fonts easily: select variants and subsets, download font files (woff2, woff, ttf, eot, svg) and generate matching CSS snippets via web UI or API.

MeTube
Web GUI for yt-dlp to download videos from YouTube and other sites
A lightweight web interface for yt-dlp (youtube-dl fork) that manages queued downloads, playlists, and filename templates via Docker or local Python/Angular setup.


wallabag
Read-it-later web app for saving and classifying articles
wallabag is a self-hostable read-it-later service to save web pages, extract clean article content, tag and organize items, and read them on any device.

Documenso
Open-source document signing platform and DocuSign alternative
Open-source e-signature platform for creating, sending, embedding, and automating legally compliant digital signatures with API and developer tooling.


YOURLS
Self-hosted URL shortener with analytics, API, and plugins
YOURLS is a self-hosted PHP URL shortener with custom short links, a developer API, detailed click analytics, and an extensible plugin architecture.

BentoPDF
Privacy-first, browser-based PDF toolkit for editing and conversion
Self-hostable, privacy-first PDF toolkit that runs fully in the browser for editing, merging, converting, and processing PDFs without server-side uploads.

SFTPGo
Managed file transfer server for SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS and WebDAV
Self-hostable managed file transfer server supporting SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS and WebDAV with per-user storage backends (local, encrypted, S3-compatible, GCS, Azure Blob) and w...
webhook
Lightweight incoming webhook server to run commands
webhook is a lightweight Go server for creating HTTP endpoints that trigger scripts or shell commands with rule-based request validation.


Mealie
Self-hosted recipe manager, meal planner, and shopping list
Self-hosted recipe manager with URL imports, meal planning, shopping lists, cookbooks, and an API-first backend with a Vue web interface.

DocuSeal
Open-source platform for filling and signing documents online
Self-hostable DocuSign alternative to create fillable forms and collect legally binding eSignatures with API and webhooks.

Gotenberg
Containerized API for document conversion and PDF generation
Gotenberg is a containerized HTTP API that converts HTML, Markdown, and Office documents to PDF using engines like Chromium and LibreOffice, with options to merge and aut...


Shiori
Bookmark manager with web UI, CLI, and offline page archiving
Shiori is a lightweight bookmark manager with a web interface and CLI, full-text search, imports from Pocket/Netscape, and optional offline archiving of saved pages.

Termix
Web-based SSH server management with tunneling and file editing
Self-hosted server management platform with web SSH terminal, SSH tunneling, remote file manager/editor, Docker controls, monitoring, and RBAC with OIDC and 2FA.


Homer
Static YAML-configured homepage dashboard for self-hosted services
Homer is a lightweight static homepage dashboard configured via YAML to organize and quickly access self-hosted services, with search, theming, and PWA support.


Kutt
Modern URL shortener with custom domains, stats, and an API
Open-source, self-hostable URL shortener with custom domains, link management, private analytics, and a REST API.

imgproxy
On-the-fly image resizing, processing, and format conversion server
Fast, security-focused image processing server to resize, transform, optimize, and convert images on demand via URL-based HTTP requests.
Thumbor
On-demand image resizing, cropping, filters, and smart focal-point detection
Thumbor is an open-source image processing server for on-demand resizing, smart cropping, format conversion, and filter pipelines via URL-based HTTP requests.