Self-hosted projects using Python

Self-hosted web hosting control panel built around Docker containers, providing isolated per-user environments, resource limits, and integrated DNS, SSL, and management tools.

Actively maintained

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cPanel+19

NZBGet is a fast, lightweight Usenet NZB downloader with a remote web UI, queue management, post-processing, and automation-friendly integration with media managers.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Easynews+1

Edit audio file metadata through a clean browser UI on headless servers, with bulk editing, smart suggestions, and album art management—no full music library stack required.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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MediaMonkey+5

Self-hosted web app that removes background music and reduces noise from videos or audio (including URLs), using FFmpeg and DeepFilterNet-based enhancement.

MITLikely dormant

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Adobe Acrobat+8

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

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Google Photos+5

Lightweight audiobook request and wishlist app for Plex, Audiobookshelf, and Jellyfin, with Audible search, user roles, notifications, and optional Prowlarr auto-download.

Posio is a multiplayer geography game with real-time WebSocket rounds, map-based guessing, and multiple game modes built on Django, GeoDjango, and Channels.

Self-hosted RSS manager that translates and summarizes feeds, applies keyword/AI filters, and outputs merged RSS/JSON feeds with cost and status tracking.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Feedly+10

dpaste is an open source Django pastebin for publishing and sharing text snippets with optional self-hosting via standard Django or Docker deployments.

MITSlowing down

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Pastebin+5

OpenSlides is a web-based assembly and event system for managing agendas, motions, speakers lists, and conducting digital elections and votes.

MITActively maintained

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Civica Modern.Gov+13

Django-CRM is a Django-based open-source CRM providing contact & lead management, deal tracking, email marketing, task/project management, and built-in analytics.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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HubSpot+19

Self-hosted web app to catalog and track personal books with lists, reading progress, ratings, notes, OpenLibrary search, Mastodon sharing, and CSV/JSON export.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Goodreads+7

Open-source, non-custodial crypto payment gateway for e-commerce and services. Invoice-based API, webhooks, plugins, multi-currency support and multipayouts.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Coinbase Commerce+8

Lightweight CalDAV/CardDAV server implemented in Python that stores calendars and contacts in a Git-backed hierarchy with history and sync support.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Calendar+4

Lightweight, customizable Discord music bot in Python. Supports YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, Twitch, Lavalink playback, playlists, lyrics, slash commands and Docker.

MITActively maintained

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FredBoat+2

Self-hosted alternative to Goodreads for logging books, tracking reading progress, and visualizing your personal library with multi-user support.

MITActively maintained

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Goodreads+5

Python library to manage RSS/Atom/JSON feeds with read-state, tagging, filtering, and full-text search.

GUI and CLI tool to quickly create, manage, update, and back up Minecraft servers with mod/plugin support, remote access, and a built-in scripting IDE.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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AMP by CubeCoders+9

Lightweight Flask web UI to schedule, preview and run Docker prune operations across single or multiple hosts, with reporting and notifications.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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Docker+1

Command-line utility to monitor RSS/Atom feeds and email new items to one or more addresses, configurable via XDG-style config and data files.

GPL-2.0Slowing down

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Blogtrottr+3

Tool to discover, download, convert and organize trailers for Radarr and Sonarr-managed media libraries, with a FastAPI backend and Angular UI.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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iTubeGo+2

Open-source Django LMS for creating courses with YAML/Markdown content, git-backed versioning, sandboxed code questions, automatic grading, calendars and analytics.

Actively maintained

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Codio+8

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

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

Actively maintained

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Rachio+4

A protocol gateway that bridges users across different instant messaging networks using libpurple adapters, enabling cross-network chat and presence.

Slowing down

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Ably Realtime+5

Tiny Flask app to create encrypted, expiring secrets shareable via private links. Secrets are encrypted and deleted after viewing, expiration, or max attempts.

MITActively maintained

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Onetime Secret+1

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

Web app that uses your Lidarr library and Last.fm to surface similar artists, supports AI-driven prompts, real-time UI, and pushes additions back to Lidarr.

MITActively maintained

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Last.fm+1

Minimal Django-based blogging platform focused on writing. Markdown posts, per-user subdomains, RSS/email subscriptions, Hugo/Zola/EPUB exports, image hosting and API.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Medium+10

Ghostboard is a minimal real-time text board that syncs text across devices via WebSocket and exposes a REST API and CLI for updates and retrievals.

MITSlowing down

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Pastebin+4