Self-hosted projects using Node.js

Lightweight self-hosted web app for managing checklists and Markdown notes with file-based storage, PGP encryption, REST API and Docker deployment.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Evernote+13

OpenRouteService is an open-source REST API providing routing, isochrones, matrices, geocoding, POIs, elevation and vehicle-optimization services built from OpenStreetMap data.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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NextBillion.ai Directions API

Open-source Node.js server implementing the Amazon S3 API, enabling local S3 emulation and a unified object storage interface across multiple backends and clouds.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Amazon S3+6

Simple, robust BitTorrent tracker implementation for Node.js, providing client and server components with HTTP/UDP/WebSocket tracking and built-in stats endpoints.

Self-hosted open-source file sharing server with resumable uploads (tus), large-file streaming, expiry/one-time downloads, Docker packaging and a Vue frontend.

BSD-2-ClauseActively maintained

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WeTransfer+11

Self-hosted personal photo gallery for uploading, organizing, and browsing photos with albums, EXIF parsing, geolocation map view, and Live/Motion Photo support.

MITActively maintained

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Google Photos+13

Dashpress generates customizable admin dashboards from your database schema, helping teams build internal admin apps and CRUD panels quickly without code.

AGPL-3.0Likely dormant

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Retool+4

Open-source invoicing app built with Laravel & Vue. Provides invoices, estimates, expense tracking, REST API, customizable PDF templates and self-hosting documentation.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Invoice Ninja+9

Self-hosted web app that indexes videos with AI (transcription, vision analysis, embeddings) to enable natural-language search and scene export.

Actively maintained

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Vimeo+5

Open-source, privacy-first analytics for mobile, desktop, and web apps with a simple dashboard, anonymous session tracking, and no cookies or device identifiers.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Analytics+19

Litlyx is a GDPR-focused, cookie-free web and product analytics platform with custom event tracking, funnels, and an AI-powered dashboard. Self-hostable alternative to Google Analytics.

Apache-2.0Slowing down

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Google Analytics+13

Routr is a programmable SIP server (proxy/registrar/location) for building scalable VoIP infrastructure with APIs, multi-tenancy, and Kubernetes-ready deployment.

MITActively maintained

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Fonoster+7

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

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Dropbox+18

Minimal, local-first markdown note-taking app built with Svelte and Tailwind; provides desktop (Tauri) and web interfaces with local PGlite storage.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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Standard Notes+11

Open-source self-hosted app to manage, track and journal houseplants with locations, tasks, inventory, calendar, reminders, group chat and plant identification.

MITActively maintained

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Planta+2

Tiny self-hosted dashboard to monitor and control UPS devices via Network UPS Tools (NUT), with real-time stats, multi-UPS support, and Prometheus/InfluxDB integrations.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Amazon CloudWatch+10

Open-source platform to collect, analyze, and visualize DORA metrics and engineering productivity signals across your SDLC tools.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Swarmia+13

Open-source low-code platform to build internal tools and customer-facing web apps with a visual UI builder, reusable modules, data-source connectors, and RBAC.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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Retool+13

Web app for synchronized group watching: per-channel playlists, real-time chat, moderation, and multi-source media playback.

Slowing down

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Watch2Gether

Open-source self-hosted image sharing app with multi-format uploads, nested tags, deduplication, ShareX support, and Docker deployment.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Imgur+13

Self-hosted web app to auto-download YouTube channels, organize media with metadata, and schedule downloads for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, and Kodi.

ISCActively maintained

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PlayOn Cloud+2

Write resumes as YAML, validate with a schema, and generate professional outputs like pixel-perfect PDFs plus Markdown and HTML via a developer-friendly CLI.

MITActively maintained

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Resume.io+5

Open-source AI camera monitoring that routes camera streams through a relay/node proxy and broadcasts frames to federated AI workers for detections, summaries, and alerts.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Blue Iris+10

Open-source, self-hostable file transfer service with resumable uploads, S3 or disk storage, transfer requests, and end-to-end encrypted WebRTC quick transfers.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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WeTransfer+9

Socioboard is an open-source social media management platform for publishing, scheduling, team collaboration, RSS content curation, and analytics/reporting across multiple networks.

Actively maintained

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Hootsuite+11

Open-source, browser-based code playground that runs entirely client-side; supports 90+ languages and embeddable demos, with Docker-based self-hosting.

MITActively maintained

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CodeSandbox+5

Open-source self-hosted music server for collectors with flexible metadata parsing, multiple releases/versions support, music-video handling and Docker deployment.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Plex+9

Open source IoT integration and automation platform with an adapter ecosystem, centralized state database, and tools for visualization and data logging.

MITActively maintained

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Samsung SmartThings+18

Open-source Rust-based CLI to parse, scale, search, import and serve Cooklang recipes; generates shopping lists, reports, and a browsable web UI.

MITActively maintained

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Paprika Recipe Manager+6

Self-hosted web UI for managing cron jobs with human-readable schedules, script editing, live log streaming, and REST API with optional OIDC and API keys.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Cronhub+1