Self-hosted projects using Rust

LocalSend is a free, open-source app for fast, encrypted file and text sharing between nearby devices over a local network, available on desktop and mobile.

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Apple AirDrop+6

Open-source, privacy-focused collaborative workspace for notes, databases, kanban boards and AI-assisted writing; desktop, mobile and web clients with local-first storage...

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Notion+19

Meilisearch is a lightning-fast search engine API for apps and websites, offering typo-tolerant full-text search plus vector and AI-ready hybrid retrieval.

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Algolia+16

Vaultwarden is a lightweight, Bitwarden-compatible password manager server in Rust, designed for self-hosting with official Bitwarden clients.

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Bitwarden+9

Joplin is an offline-first, privacy-focused note and to-do app with end-to-end encryption, Markdown support, web clipping, and sync across desktop and mobile.

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Evernote+19

Penpot is an open-source UI design and prototyping platform with real-time collaboration, design systems support, and developer-friendly inspect mode with CSS/SVG/HTML ou...

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Figma+6

Hyperswitch is an open-source payments switch and orchestrator that connects multiple payment processors through a single API, with modules for routing, vaulting, retries...

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Spreedly+8

InfluxDB is an open source time-series database for high-ingest metrics and event data, enabling fast queries for monitoring, dashboards, and real-time analytics.

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InfluxDB Cloud+5

Czkawka is a cross-platform Rust-based desktop utility that finds duplicates, empty folders, large files, and more to free up disk space, with GUI and CLI interfaces.

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Duplicate Cleaner+3

Open-source observability pipeline to collect, transform, and route logs and metrics with a single, high-performance binary and programmable transforms.

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Elastic Logstash+13

Secure access platform for servers, Kubernetes, databases, desktops, and web apps with SSO/MFA, short-lived certificates, and full session auditing.

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Twingate+16

Open-source CLI for recording, replaying and live-streaming terminal sessions using lightweight asciicast files and an embeddable web player.

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Screen Studio+1

Windmill is an open-source developer platform to turn scripts into webhooks, cron jobs, workflows, and internal apps with auto-generated and low-code UIs.

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Windmill+12

Lemmy is a federated, self-hostable link aggregator and forum platform for creating Reddit-like communities with voting, comments, moderation tools, and ActivityPub feder...

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Reddit+3

All-in-one open-source mail and collaboration server with SMTP, IMAP, JMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV, and WebDAV, plus integrated anti-spam and phishing protection.

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Microsoft Exchange Online+19

Open-source cloud-native search engine for observability data on object storage with an Elasticsearch/OpenSearch-compatible API.

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Splunk+5

Komodo is a self-hosted build and deployment platform to automate builds and deploy Docker containers and Compose stacks across many servers with a web UI and API.

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Coolify Cloud+19

Firezone is a zero-trust VPN replacement built on WireGuard, providing identity-aware access policies, peer-to-peer encrypted tunnels, and lightweight gateways.

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Tailscale+11

Cross-platform single-binary CLI to serve files and directories over HTTP with directory listings, uploads, authentication, TLS, and WebDAV.

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Send Anywhere+8

Self-hosted transparent bastion host and PAM for SSH, HTTPS, MySQL and Postgres with RBAC, session recording, and SSO/2FA—no client-side software required.

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Teleport+7

ClamAV is an open-source antivirus toolkit providing a multi-threaded daemon, command-line scanners, and automatic signature updates for mail gateways and file scanning.

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McAfee+8

LLDAP is a lightweight LDAP server for authentication and user management, providing a simplified LDAP interface, a web admin UI, and SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL backends.

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Microsoft Active Directory+2

Open-source CLI task manager with tagging, projects, priorities, recurrence, filtering, extensible hooks and optional sync.

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Todoist+10

Lightweight, self-hostable CAPTCHA alternative using SHA-256 proof-of-work challenges to protect forms and APIs from bots without tracking or visual puzzles.

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Google reCAPTCHA+8

TrailBase is a fast, single-executable Firebase alternative with type-safe REST and realtime APIs, built-in auth, admin UI, WebAssembly extensibility, and SQLite storage.

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Firebase+6

Kanidm is a secure identity management platform providing SSO, passkeys (WebAuthn), and integrations like OAuth2/OIDC, RADIUS, and LDAP gateway for legacy apps.

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Okta+19

Scanopy scans networks to discover hosts and services, then generates live, interactive topology diagrams and auto-updating network documentation.

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Device42+10

Dim is a self-hosted media manager that indexes, organizes, and beautifies your media libraries with a modern web UI for browsing and playback.

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Plex+6

MicroBin is a lightweight, secure pastebin for sharing text, files, and short URLs with optional encryption, expiration controls, and raw file serving.

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Pastebin+17

Efficient, minimal collaborative code editor with real-time editing in the browser, OT-based syncing, WebSocket communication, and optional SQLite persistence.

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Replit+5