Self-hosted projects tagged “REST API”

openHAB is a Java-based, modular open-source smart home platform providing a rules engine, extensible add-ons, multi-protocol device integration and mobile/web UIs.

EPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Samsung SmartThings+15

Fess is an open-source enterprise search server with a built-in crawler, web-based administration, and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch-backed full-text search.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Glean+9

Apache OFBiz is a Java-based open-source ERP and e-commerce framework providing modular apps for accounting, CRM, order management, inventory and manufacturing, plus developer APIs.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Odoo+19

DSpace is an open source institutional repository and digital asset management system for preserving, managing, and providing access to digital content.

BSD-3-ClauseActively maintained

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DSPACE Direct+19

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

MITActively maintained

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Last.fm+3

Lightweight self-hosted file manager with per-folder ACLs, WebDAV drive mounts, sharing, resumable uploads, optional encryption at rest, and OIDC SSO.

MITActively maintained

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Dropbox+19

Nextcloud News is an RSS/Atom feed reader for Nextcloud, with web UI and a REST API for syncing with third-party clients.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Feedly+7

Self-hosted invoicing and quoting platform with client management, taxes/discounts, online payments, and a REST API for integrations.

MITActively maintained

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Invoice Ninja+15

Chhoto URL is a lightweight, high-performance self-hosted URL shortener in Rust, focused on simplicity, speed, and minimal features.

MITActively maintained

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Bitly+12

Self-hosted image, GIF, MP4, and text paste hosting with a simple API, on-the-fly resizing, and URL-based transformations. File-based storage; no database required.

Actively maintained

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Imgur+19

Open-source self-hosted real-time location sharing backend with in-memory storage, temporary share links, a Docker image and companion mobile clients.

Apache-2.0Likely dormant

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Glympse+2

Automad is a fast, lightweight flat-file CMS with an admin dashboard, block editor, in-page editing, theme/package support, and an optional headless JSON API.

Actively maintained

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WordPress.com+19

Open-source onboarding platform to provision accounts, run preboarding, to-dos, resources, courses, and badges via Slack or a dashboard.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Sapling (Kallidus)+2

OpenTrashmail is a standalone disposable email (“trashmail”) service with its own SMTP server, offering a web UI plus JSON API, RSS feeds, and webhooks for received mail.

Apache-2.0Slowing down

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Mailinator+3

Bencher is a continuous benchmarking suite with a CLI, API server, and web console to track benchmark results over time and catch performance regressions in CI.

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CodSpeed+1

Open-source multi-channel notification service with REST API, management UI, templates and channel abstraction for email, web, push and SMS; built with ASP.NET Core and React.

MITActively maintained

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OneSignal+5

AGPL-3.0 open-source email API for developers that can be self-hosted; supports SMTP sending, webhooks, DNS automation, observability, multi-tenancy, and project isolation.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)+11

Self-hosted web app to generate, manage and distribute mTLS client and server certificates with OIDC auth, email alerts and a REST API.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Venafi TLS Protect+5

Self-hosted, federated catalog and social tracker for books, movies, TV, music, podcasts, games, and performances with ratings, reviews, lists, and ActivityPub.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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BookWyrm+7

Decypharr provides a qBittorrent-compatible API and web UI for managing torrents via multiple debrid providers, designed to work with Sonarr/Radarr and other *Arr apps.

MITActively maintained

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Real-Debrid+5

Audioserve is a minimalist Rust server for streaming audiobooks and other audio files from folders, with a web PWA client, playlists, search, and optional transcoding.

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Plex+8

A configurable subtitle translation platform supporting multiple local and SaaS translation services.

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Google Translate+1

wastebin is a minimal, self-hostable pastebin with a Rust/axum backend, SQLite storage, syntax highlighting, optional encryption, and expiration/burn-after-read controls.

MITActively maintained

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Pastebin+4

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

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Plex+3

Cockpit is an API-first, self-hostable headless CMS for managing structured content, assets, and localization with REST and GraphQL APIs.

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Contentful+16

Nextcloud Notes is a distraction-free note-taking app with Markdown support, favorites, and a REST API. Notes are stored as files in your Nextcloud for easy syncing.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Simplenote+15

Open-source invoicing app for freelancers to create invoices and quotes, manage clients, and track payments with a self-hosted stack (React, NestJS, Prisma, SQLite, PostgreSQL).

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Invoice2go+9

Web-based “time machine” for Home Assistant: browse YAML snapshots, view diffs, and restore individual automations, scripts, dashboards, ESPHome and packages.

MITActively maintained

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Acronis Cyber Protect+13

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

MITActively maintained

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Ring Protect+10

Medama Analytics is a self-hosted, cookie-free web analytics platform with a lightweight tracker, real-time dashboards, and a built-in API focused on user privacy.

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Google Analytics+12