Self-hosted projects using Docker Compose

CapRover is an open-source platform to deploy, manage and scale apps using Docker and nginx with a web UI and CLI, automatic SSL, one-click databases and clustering support.

Actively maintained

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Coolify Cloud+19

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

Actively maintained

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Termius+4

Open source IT asset management for tracking hardware, software licenses, and assignments, with audit history and a REST API for automation.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Snipe-IT Hosted+4

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

LGPL-2.1Actively maintained

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Grammarly+4

ZITADEL is an open source IAM/CIAM platform providing SSO, MFA, OIDC/OAuth2, SAML, user management, and multi-tenant organizations with audit logging.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Auth0+19

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

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Docusign+15

Open-source VPN client for desktop and mobile that can automatically set up a private VPN server and connect using WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, and obfuscated modes.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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NordVPN+15

CrowdSec is an open-source security engine that detects attacks from logs and blocks malicious IPs using bouncers and community-curated threat intelligence.

MITActively maintained

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Fail2Ban+10

Lemmy is a federated, self-hostable link aggregator and forum platform for creating Reddit-like communities with voting, comments, moderation tools, and ActivityPub federation.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Reddit+3

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.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Dropbox+19

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.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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4K Video Downloader+10

Open-source authentication and authorization infrastructure with OIDC/OAuth 2.1, SAML SSO, multi-tenancy, MFA, and RBAC for SaaS and AI apps.

MPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Auth0+19

Open-source database DevSecOps tool for managing schema migrations, SQL review, audit logging, access control, and data masking across multiple databases.

Actively maintained

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Datical (Liquibase Enterprise)+5

All-in-one open-source mail and collaboration server with SMTP, IMAP, JMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV, and WebDAV, plus integrated anti-spam and phishing protection.

Actively maintained

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Microsoft Exchange Online+19

Casdoor is an open-source, UI-first IAM/SSO platform supporting OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, SCIM, WebAuthn and MFA, with an admin web UI and SDKs.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Okta+19

Self-hosted movie collection manager that monitors RSS, searches indexers, and automates downloading, importing, renaming, and quality upgrades via Usenet or torrents.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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SickChill+1

Lightweight web-based real-time log viewer for Docker containers, with support for Docker Swarm and Kubernetes, plus search, split view, and optional authentication.

MITActively maintained

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Papertrail+9

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with multi-user playback sync, metadata management, downloads, and web/mobile clients.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Audible+6

Apache Druid is a real-time analytics (OLAP) database delivering sub-second queries on streaming and batch data with high concurrency at scale.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Imply+10

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

Slowing down

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Zapier+14

OpenSearch is an Apache 2.0 open source distributed search and analytics engine for indexing, querying, and analyzing large-scale data with REST APIs.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Amazon OpenSearch Service+19

Tinode is an open source instant messaging platform with a Go backend, web/mobile clients, JSON WebSocket and gRPC APIs, and support for one-to-one and group chat.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Telegram+13

Element is a Matrix client for secure team messaging and collaboration, offering end-to-end encrypted chats and calls with interoperability across the Matrix network.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Element Matrix (Hosted)+19

Mailcow is a dockerized mail server suite providing SMTP/IMAP, webmail, anti-spam/anti-virus, and domain/mailbox administration via a unified web UI.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Microsoft Exchange Online+16

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

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Paprika Recipe Manager+8

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 automate outputs.

MITActively maintained

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PDFShift+9

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.

MITActively maintained

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Pocket+4

Self-hosted web app for organizing, tagging, and streaming a private adult video and image library with metadata scraping, galleries, and markers.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Plex+11

Formbricks is an open-source Qualtrics alternative for creating in-app, web, link, and email surveys with targeting, segmentation, and built-in analysis.

Actively maintained

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SurveyMonkey+10

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 web UI.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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MOVEit Transfer+13