Self-hosted projects using Linux

Open source weather station software that collects sensor data, stores it in a database, generates reports/graphs, and publishes updates to websites and services.

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Ambient Weather Network+2

Self-hosted LAN caching proxy that stores game and software downloads from multiple CDNs to reduce bandwidth usage and speed up repeated installs.

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Apache HTTP Server+2

DOMjudge is an automated jury system for programming contests, providing submissions, judging, scoreboards, and admin tools for ICPC-style events.

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CTFd Cloud+1

Kiwix Serve is a lightweight HTTP daemon that serves ZIM offline content files, letting users browse Wikipedia and other archives from a local server or LAN.

Cyrus IMAP is a secure, scalable mail server providing IMAP/JMAP email plus CalDAV/CardDAV contacts and calendars, with ACLs, quotas, search, and replication.

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Microsoft Exchange Online+18

Modern web UI for monitoring NUT-compatible UPS devices with real-time charts, historical reporting, and multi-channel alerts. Docker-ready with client/server modes.

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Amazon CloudWatch+9

ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight IRC server for small/private networks, supporting IPv6, TLS, server linking, and optional PAM authentication.

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IRCCloud+3

pyShelf is a lightweight ebook server that scans folders for ebooks, aggregates covers, provides fuzzy search, and lets you browse and download titles via a web UI.

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BookFusion+4

Open-source platform to stream torrent media, generate direct-download links and on-the-fly ZIP archives; distributed as an all-in-one Docker image.

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Webtor.io+8

An open-source, fast-paced arena shooter featuring parkour mechanics, multiplayer modes, and a realtime WYSIWYG map editor for cooperative map creation.

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Quake Champions+4

UnrealIRCd is an open-source, modular IRC server implementing IRCv3, TLS, anti-spam/flood protections, GeoIP and admin APIs for running public or private IRC networks.

Open-source Raspberry Pi irrigation controller with responsive web UI, scheduling, plugins (Node-RED, MQTT), and support for relay interfaces, pumps, and hydroponics.

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Rachio+4

Self-hosted web application to record family transactions, compute internal debts, and reconcile cash flow with category-based statistics and user management.

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Splitwise+17

Lightweight PHP dashboard that converts Fail2Ban logs into searchable JSON reports and centralizes UFW-based blocklist control with HTTPS-based multi-server sync.

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Fail2Ban

A small, C-based Mail Transfer Agent for local submission and outbound relay with TLS/SMTP authentication, aimed at home and small office use.

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Postfix+11

Hatsu is a self-hosted ActivityPub bridge that automates federation for static sites by mapping site users and posts to Fediverse actors, handling follows, posts, and rep...

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+4

Lightweight C service that spoofs local IPs and sends Wake-on-LAN packets to automatically wake registered LAN machines when relevant traffic is detected.

Advanced SSH server and bastion that authenticates via OpenID Connect or keys, runs sessions inside Docker containers or Kubernetes pods, and supports automatic user prov...

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Teleport+7

Integrated installer and platform for home infrastructure. Provides VPN relay for NAT traversal, preconfigured email, automatic HTTPS, reverse proxy, and a web management...

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Cloudron+19

Minimal containerized Git server exposing repositories over SSH, managed via a simple CLI and YAML config for accounts and SSH keys.

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GitHub+7

Python-based Discord bot that lets authorized users list and control Docker containers and images via Discord commands, using the host Docker socket.

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Carl-bot

Simple NixOS Mailserver provides NixOS modules to deploy a full email server with SMTP/IMAP, spam filtering, DKIM/DMARC/SPF, and TLS automation.

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Microsoft Exchange Online+14

Simple, lightweight web file server (“cloud storage”) in C for private uploads and public read-only sharing, designed to run efficiently on low-resource systems.

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Dropbox+14

FreedomBox is a personal server platform that makes it easy to install and manage privacy-respecting apps at home, including chat, VPN, file sync, web hosting, and backup...

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Cloudron+19

Squid is a high-performance caching proxy that accelerates web delivery, reduces bandwidth usage, and provides extensive access controls for proxy and reverse-proxy setup...

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Cloudflare CDN+6

Continuwuity is a fast, lightweight Matrix homeserver written in Rust, focused on stability, performance, and improved Matrix specification compliance for federation.

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Element Matrix (Hosted)+6

Carrier-grade VoIP softswitch/SBC for routing, billing, and managing SIP traffic, with LCR, fraud control, and high-availability deployment options.

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PortaSwitch (PortaOne)+5

Deliver secure, disposable desktop and app sessions in a web browser using Docker-based workspaces, with streaming, RBAC, and optional Kubernetes deployments.

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Citrix DaaS+10

HomelabOS is an Ansible and Docker-based app platform to deploy, update, back up, and run 100+ self-hosted services with a simple “app store” experience.

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Cloudron+18

ResourceSpace is an open-source digital asset management (DAM) system for storing, organizing, searching, and securely sharing files with metadata, permissions, and audit...

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Bynder+19