Self-hosted projects using Node.js

Self-hosted disposable email server for creating temporary addresses to reduce spam and protect privacy, with an optional TLS setup and a web UI.

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Mailinator+3

Self-hosted web UI to manage HandBrakeCLI encoding queues across one or more headless worker machines, including directory watchers and GPU-accelerated transcoding.

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Encoding.com+2

Self-hosted DNS sinkhole written in Go that blocks ads, trackers and malicious domains; provides a modern web dashboard, Docker support, DoT/DoH options and realtime stat...

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AdGuard+5

Mozilla Accounts (FxA) is an account and authentication service used by Mozilla clients, providing login, session management, and account-related APIs for Mozilla product...

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Auth0+15

Open-source karaoke party system where guests queue songs from their phone while a browser-based player runs the room, supporting MP3+G and MP4.

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KaraFun+2

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

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Todoist+8

Real-time dashboard to analyze Traefik logs with GeoIP, status code breakdowns, filters, and multi-agent metrics via a Go agent and web UI.

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Datadog Log Management+11

Mafl is a minimalistic, flexible startpage for organizing services with interactive cards, themes, tags, and YAML-based configuration.

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Start.me+8

Open-source web music player that builds a library from YouTube/SoundCloud sources, with Spotify playlist import, themes, lyrics, and multi-device syncing.

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Spotify+9

Self-hosted book-tracking web app to manage read/to-read lists, import/export libraries, tag books, write reviews and run a personal Goodreads-like library.

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Goodreads+4

Self-hosted meme search engine that indexes images with local AI captions and vector embeddings for fast semantic and keyword search, tagging, and filtering.

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Google Photos+5

Modern Node.js-based BBS server with Telnet/SSH/WebSocket access, theming and mods, message networks, file areas, doors, and strong authentication options.

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Discourse+14

Self-hosted platform to store, share, collaborate on, and synchronize files with WebDAV, desktop clients, and granular permissions.

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Dropbox+18

Open-source, privacy-friendly Disqus alternative with a customizable widget, real-time comments, moderation tools, and notifications for blogs and communities.

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Disqus+8

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

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Habitica+6

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

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Acronis Cyber Protect+13

Turnkey OAuth 2.0/OIDC authentication system with admin panel, REST APIs, RBAC, MFA, social login, and flexible deployment on Cloudflare Workers or Node.js.

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Auth0+19

Self-hosted media management app that unifies discovery, downloading, subtitles, streaming, and live TV with built-in indexers and Docker deployment.

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Radarr+10

Graphweaver turns multiple databases and APIs into a single, code-first GraphQL API with an extensible admin UI and fine-grained access control.

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Hasura+10

Self-hosted audiobook manager that searches, downloads, tracks, and organizes audiobooks from torrents and Usenet with rich metadata and a responsive web UI.

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Plex+3

Postmarks is a self-hosted, single-user bookmark manager that publishes and federates bookmarks over ActivityPub with Mastodon-compatible platforms.

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Pinboard+10

Self-hostable pastebin focused on privacy, with browser-side end-to-end encryption, paste history, expiring pastes, and file drag-and-drop.

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Pastebin+5

Configarr syncs TRaSH Guides and custom YAML configurations to Sonarr/Radarr (and experimental Arr apps) to automate custom formats, profiles, and settings.

Open-source Vue.js single-page app that visualizes OwnTracks Recorder data: live locations, history, heatmaps, filtering and distance calculations.

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Life360+6

A lightweight, good-looking homepage dashboard for your self-hosted services and links, configured via JSON and shipped as a Docker container.

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Start.me+7

Self-hosted URL shortener built with SvelteKit and PocketBase to shorten, customize, organize, and track links with QR codes and security controls.

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Bitly+14

Self-hosted Google Keep–style notes app built with Vite + React and an Express + SQLite API. Supports Markdown, checklists, images, PWA, collaboration and Docker deployme...

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Google Keep+10

Adds ActivityPub federation to Nextcloud so users can post, follow, and interact with the fediverse while keeping content on their Nextcloud instance.

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+7

Monitors Plex watchlists in real time and automates requests to Sonarr and Radarr with routing rules, approvals, quotas, and notifications.

Web-based virtual tabletop for TTRPGs offering infinite canvas, layers, dynamic lighting, player vision, initiative tracking, offline support and self-hosting.

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Foundry Virtual Tabletop+2