Self-hosted projects using JavaScript

CKAN is an open-source data management system for building data portals and catalogs to publish, search, share, and access datasets via web UI and APIs.

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data.world+1

Self-hosted music collection manager that monitors artists, grabs releases from Usenet/torrents, and automatically imports, renames, and upgrades your library.

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Lidarr

Offline-first file manager and personal knowledge workspace that organizes local files with tags, fast search, previews, and optional local AI features.

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Evernote+19

A general-purpose HTTP reverse proxy and forwarding tool for homelabs, offering web UI, ACME/TLS, stream proxy, plugins and realtime monitoring.

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ngrok+16

Lightweight, self-hostable CAPTCHA alternative using SHA-256 proof-of-work challenges to protect forms and APIs from bots without tracking or visual puzzles.

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Google reCAPTCHA+8

Self-hosted status page system with built-in monitoring, incident tracking, and customizable public status pages for websites and APIs.

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Atlassian Statuspage+19

UpSnap is a simple Wake-on-LAN web app with a device dashboard, scheduling via cron, port checks, and optional network discovery for managing machines on a LAN.

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IFTTT+3

OpenEMR is an open-source electronic health records (EHR/EMR) and practice management platform for clinics, including scheduling, billing, and interoperability features.

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Cerner (Oracle Health)

Ackee is a self-hosted, privacy-focused website analytics tool built with Node.js and MongoDB, offering a minimal UI and a GraphQL API for collecting traffic and events.

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Google Analytics+11

FreeSWITCH is an open-source software-defined telecom stack for building VoIP and real-time communication services with SIP and WebRTC support.

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Twilio+15

DokuWiki is a lightweight, file-based wiki engine with ACL, versioning, and a rich plugin/template ecosystem for documentation and knowledge bases.

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Atlassian Confluence+14

Open-source full-stack CMS built with Node.js and MongoDB, featuring in-context visual editing and headless APIs for building modern websites and content apps.

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Contentful+19

An enhanced Calibre-Web fork that automates eBook ingest, conversion, metadata/cover enforcement, backups, and device sync for a streamlined digital library workflow.

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Amazon Kindle+7

Octobox is a self-hostable GitHub notifications manager that adds archiving, starring, enhanced issue/PR context, filters, search, and keyboard-driven triage.

Kimai is an open-source, web-based time tracking app for teams and freelancers, with project/customer management, reporting, exports, and invoicing.

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Kimai Cloud+19

OPNsense is an open source FreeBSD-based firewall and routing platform with a web GUI, API, VPN, traffic shaping, and security features for networks and homelabs.

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Fortinet FortiGate+12

Open source Google Drive-like cloud storage with uploads, sharing, media gallery, and optional AES-256 encryption, backed by MongoDB and pluggable storage.

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Google Drive+16

Single-file, offline-capable kanban/task board that stores boards in the browser; supports multiple boards, drag-and-drop, undo/redo, export/import and local backup agent...

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Trello+5

Stringer is a self-hosted RSS reader built on Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL, offering keyboard shortcuts and a Fever-compatible API for use with supported mobile clients.

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Feedly+7

Dim is a self-hosted media manager that indexes, organizes, and beautifies your media libraries with a modern web UI for browsing and playback.

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Plex+6

Open source appointment scheduler for customer bookings, provider management, and Google Calendar sync, deployable on your own PHP/MySQL server.

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Calendly+18

Web-based POS system for sales, inventory, customers, suppliers, invoicing, and reporting, built with PHP and MySQL/MariaDB.

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MarketMan+10

A Node.js web UI to view, edit and manage Redis data across standalone, Sentinel and Cluster setups with CLI, tree view and Docker deployment.

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Redis Insight (RedisInsight Cloud)+1

Self-hosted distributed transcoding and remux automation for media libraries using FFmpeg or HandBrake, with health checks, scheduling, and plugin-based processing rules.

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Encoding.com+2

Baserow is an open-source Airtable alternative to build databases, views, forms, automations, dashboards, and internal apps with an API-first platform.

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Airtable+11

Self-hosted, single-user bookmark manager and link sharing app with tags, search, RSS/Atom feeds, REST API, and plugins—using file-based storage (no database).

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Pinboard+9

Scanopy scans networks to discover hosts and services, then generates live, interactive topology diagrams and auto-updating network documentation.

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Device42+10

Ampache is a web-based audio and video streaming app and file manager for accessing and streaming your organized music and video collection from almost any device.

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Ampache (Cloud)+11

Bazarr is a Sonarr/Radarr companion that automatically searches, downloads, and upgrades subtitles for your movies and TV shows based on per-title language preferences.

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Plex+1

Feedbin is a web-based RSS reader for organizing and reading feeds with full-text extraction, powerful search, filtering actions, and a REST-like API for clients.

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Feedly+19