Best Self-hosted Tasks, Habits & Time Tracking tools in 2026

A self-hosted home lab dashboard for organizing links, managing tasks, monitoring devices, and integrating common homelab apps from a single web interface.

GPL-3.0Likely dormant

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Start.me+8

Nextcloud Tasks provides a web-based to-do list with priorities, due dates, subtasks, and CalDAV synchronization with mobile and desktop task clients.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Todoist+8

HabitTrove is a gamified habit tracker that rewards daily progress with coins, enabling habit creation, tracking, and rewards via a built-in wishlist.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Habitica+6

Self-hosted Next.js React CalDAV client for managing VTODO tasks and VEVENT calendars with multi-account, list/Gantt/calendar views and filters.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Calendar+10

Perfice is a local-first self-tracking app (Svelte + TypeScript) to record arbitrary metrics, set goals, view correlations, export data, and optionally sync via a backend.

MITActively maintained

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Habitica+12

Track baby feedings, sleep, diapers, pumping and milestones with a mobile-first Next.js app using Prisma + SQLite, caretakers, calendar, export and Docker deployment.

Actively maintained

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Huckleberry+2

HabitSync is a self-hosted PWA habit tracker offering goals, challenges, social sharing, OIDC SSO, Apprise notifications, API-first design, and a mobile app.

BSD-3-ClauseActively maintained

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Habitica+9

Open-source grocery list app focused on reliable real-time sync, shared lists, offline usage, list groups, store/aisle views, and recipe import.

MITSlowing down

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AnyList+3

Open-source Kanban board and task management app built with ASP.NET Core Blazor. Supports projects, boards, cards, subtasks, time-tracking, attachments, reminders and Trello import.

MITActively maintained

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Trello+19

Open-source calorie tracker for non-judgmental, fast food logging with search, barcode scanning, custom foods/recipes, GraphQL API, and Docker deployment.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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MyFitnessPal+5

Open-source AJAX to-do list app with multiple lists, tags, priorities, due dates and support for MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite.

Actively maintained

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Todoist+9

Mobile-first, real-time shared shopping and small collaborative todo app with boards, lists, checkable items, search, PWA support and MongoDB backend.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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AnyList+11

Node.js web app to track medication inventory, send SMTP reminders, and generate travel medication lists. Runs with SQLite and supports Docker deployment.

GPL-3.0Likely dormant

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Baby Tracker+2

Keyboard-focused list editor for power users. Self-hosted Scala/Play web app with nested lists, tags, document switching, extensive shortcuts and Docker support.

Actively maintained

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WorkFlowy+17

Calorific is a minimal PHP-based calorie tracker for logging meals, saving common meals and ingredients, and tracking progress against a daily calorie goal. Runs on AMP stacks or Docker.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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MyFitnessPal+5

Self-hosted web application to organize LEGO sets, parts, and minifigures, using Rebrickable data to manage inventory, missing pieces, and wishlists.