Self-hosted projects using Node.js

Self-hostable Pastebin alternative for sharing and storing code snippets, files, and rich previews with API, OAuth login, folders, and previews for many formats.

MITActively maintained

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SourceForge+2

Dashwise is a self-hosted homelab dashboard built with Next.js and PocketBase. It offers GUI-managed links, modular widgets, link uptime checks, spotlight search and OIDC SSO.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Dashy+9

Plainpad is a lightweight self-hosted note-taking app built with PHP and Laravel. It encrypts notes before storage, supports multiple users, and provides an offline-capable PWA.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Evernote+9

Lightweight single-user ActivityPub server using SQLite; supports rich text, Markdown, images, polls, threading, translations and MCP.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+5

Contao is an open-source PHP CMS for building professional, accessible, SEO-friendly and performant websites and web applications; extensible via Symfony bundles and Composer.

LGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Drupal Cloud+19

Syncloud is a self-hosted personal cloud platform that installs and manages curated applications via snaps, offering device images and a Vue-based web UI for private on-prem app hosting.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Umbrel+15

Self-hosted web app for family wishlists to share gift ideas, avoid duplicate gifts, supports SSO, CouchDB/PouchDB storage and Docker deployment.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Elfster+3

A web app to discover, monitor and update Docker Compose stacks; frontend in Next.js and backend in FastAPI.

Actively maintained

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Portainer Business Edition (Portainer Cloud)+2

Simple self-hosted bookmark service with React frontend, Fastify backend and SQLite. Docker-ready and optimized for low-resource devices like Raspberry Pi.

MITActively maintained

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Raindrop.io+12

Interactive scratch-off maps to record visited countries, regions, or states with travel dates and linked photo albums. Lightweight Node.js + Express app with JSON storage and Docker support.

AGPL-3.0Likely dormant

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Polarsteps+1

Visualize full GitHub star histories beyond the 40k API limit. Shows daily and cumulative stars, compare repositories, export CSV/JSON, and cache results.

MITActively maintained

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Star History+1

Self-hosted temporary file and text sharing platform with chunked uploads, frontend hash-based instant transfers, image processing, previews, JWT download tokens, and Redis-backed queueing.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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WeTransfer+11

Industrial low-code platform that extends Node-RED with an LLM-powered copilot, collaborative flow development, remote edge deployment, CI/CD and AI-assisted data transformation.

Actively maintained

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Microsoft Power Automate+9

Monitor domain names via RDAP, track full lifecycle history, receive alerts, and automatically attempt domain registration when domains enter deletion or become available.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Domain-Monitor+4

Open-source, self-hosted toolbox for bookmarks, URL shortening, and encrypted image hosting, with optional hosted service and browser/mobile integrations.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Bitly+19

News and RSS reader that auto-assigns tags (including via LLMs), lets you define scoring rules, and filter/sort feeds; supports single- and multi-user deployments.

Actively maintained

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Inoreader+11

Lightweight web application for synchronized video playback with chat, leader-controlled playback, subtitle/audio track support and Docker deployment.

MITActively maintained

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Watch2Gether+3

A modular, developer-friendly virtual tabletop that runs on Node.js/Electron, offering scenes, dynamic lighting, compendia and a rich module/system ecosystem.

A lightweight Nextcloud app to create surveys and forms, visualize responses, and export results while keeping data on your Nextcloud instance.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Forms+12

Generate a yearly listening report from your Jellyfin music server with client-side processing, privacy-first data handling, and Docker or static hosting options.

Slowing down

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Spotify+3

Mikochi is a minimalist remote file browser for self-hosted servers and NAS. Browse, fuzzy-search, upload, download (tar.gz), manage and stream files via a Go API and Preact frontend.

MITActively maintained

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FileBrowser+9

Digital signage CMS with web and device players to manage content, schedules, and displays; built with TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Redis and S3-compatible storage.

MITSlowing down

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ScreenCloud+9

Track baby feedings, sleep, diapers, pumping and milestones with a mobile-first Next.js app using Prisma + SQLite, caretakers, calendar, export and Docker deployment.

Actively maintained

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Huckleberry+2

Self-hosted Next.js app to track recurring subscriptions with calendar view, NTFY notifications, multi-currency support, and SQLite storage.

MITActively maintained

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TrackMySubs+15

Open-source personal finance manager to track bank transactions, balances and spending with tagging and Woob-based bank import via a web UI.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Mint (Intuit Mint)+16

A lightweight, privacy-first alternative frontend for Goodreads that scrapes and proxies Goodreads pages, offers search and PWA support, and requires no signup.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Goodreads

Open-source, self-hostable file sharing app that encrypts files and filenames in the browser before upload; Rust backend, SQLite metadata, Docker-ready.

MITSlowing down

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WeTransfer+7

HabitSync is a self-hosted PWA habit tracker offering goals, challenges, social sharing, OIDC SSO, Apprise notifications, API-first design, and a mobile app.

BSD-3-ClauseActively maintained

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Habitica+9

Convert changelog Markdown files into a searchable, themeable changelog website with RSS, GitHub sync, password protection, analytics, and embeds.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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LaunchNotes+1

Decentralized, browser-first chat focused on privacy and peer-to-peer interactions. Supports end-to-end encryption, WebRTC file sharing, voice/video calls, mixed-reality spaces and a webtop environment.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Slack+10