Self-hosted projects using Rust

Self-hosted web app to generate, manage and distribute mTLS client and server certificates with OIDC auth, email alerts and a REST API.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Venafi TLS Protect+5

A Rust-based reverse proxy that aggregates multiple Jellyfin servers into a single unified interface with unified libraries, direct playback, and user mapping.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Plex+2

Audioserve is a minimalist Rust server for streaming audiobooks and other audio files from folders, with a web PWA client, playlists, search, and optional transcoding.

Actively maintained

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Plex+8

wastebin is a minimal, self-hostable pastebin with a Rust/axum backend, SQLite storage, syntax highlighting, optional encryption, and expiration/burn-after-read controls.

MITActively maintained

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Pastebin+4

Managarr is a Rust-based TUI and CLI to manage Servarr apps like Radarr and Sonarr, enabling library management and automation from the terminal.

A fast, minimalist pastebin written in Rust with syntax highlighting and no database, comments, or social features.

Slowing down

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Pastebin+5

Web-based podcast manager and downloader with RSS support and GPodder compatibility. Rust backend with React/TypeScript frontend and Docker images for deployment.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Pocket Casts+7

Generate podcast RSS feeds from YouTube, Twitch or existing RSS feeds by streaming on-the-fly MP3 transcoding without storing VODs. Provides web UI and Docker images.

MITActively maintained

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YouTube+1

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

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

Self-hosted, low-footprint microblogging and blog engine in Rust with Markdown posts, file uploads, RSS following, backups, and built-in search.

MITActively maintained

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Micro.blog+8

Self-hosted graph-powered personal knowledge base with AI search, chat, and multi-format ingestion.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Readwise Reader+12

Hatsu is a self-hosted ActivityPub bridge that automates federation for static sites by mapping site users and posts to Fediverse actors, handling follows, posts, and replies via feeds.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+4

Replex is a Rust-based reverse proxy for Plex Media Server that merges and restyles home hubs, filters watched items, enforces quality and can redirect streams.

Slowing down

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Plex+1

Minimal, fast image and video gallery server with PWA support, thumbnail generation, slideshows, filtering, and simple filesystem-based operation for self-hosting.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Google Photos+14

Rust-based, gitweb/cgit-like web interface for browsing bare Git repositories with RocksDB indexing, on-demand gitoxide loading, and Docker/Nix support.

WTFPLSlowing down

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SourceForge+6

Rust-based, single-binary web analytics with a sub-1KB tracking script, no database required, real-time dashboard, and privacy-first defaults.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Plausible Analytics+11

Lightweight Rust dashboard that collects and stores GitHub repository traffic metrics beyond GitHub's 14-day window using SQLite and a small Docker image.

A minimal, Rust-based forward authentication middleware for reverse proxies (Traefik, Caddy, nginx) using a passwd file and signed auth tokens.

MITActively maintained

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Cloudflare Access+9

Lightweight Rust service that accepts links via HTTP, extracts metadata, and serves a consumable Atom/RSS feed for read-later workflows. Supports token auth, browser/mobile shortcuts, and Docker.

Apache-2.0Slowing down

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Pocket+17

Rust-based web app that scans local photo folders and shows a slideshow of images from this calendar week in past years, with optional weather and Home Assistant integration.

MITActively maintained

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Google Photos+7

Rust-based service that monitors GitHub and Docker Hub releases and forwards notifications to ntfy, Gotify, Discord, and Slack. Works as a Docker container or CLI.

GPL-3.0Slowing down

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IFTTT+8

Suite to distribute, download, run and synchronize game files and save data between a home server and clients (CLI and GUI).

MITActively maintained

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Steam+8

A single-binary, low-resource Matrix homeserver in Rust; simple setup, RocksDB (default) or SQLite backends, built with axum and Ruma.

Activity unknown

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Element Matrix (Hosted)+19

Continuwuity is a fast, lightweight Matrix homeserver written in Rust, focused on stability, performance, and improved Matrix specification compliance for federation.

Activity unknown

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Element Matrix (Hosted)+6

Garage is a lightweight, operator-friendly, S3-compatible distributed object storage system designed for small-to-medium self-hosted clusters across multiple sites.

Activity unknown

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Amazon S3+6

Lightweight ActivityPub microblogging platform with Mastodon-compatible API, rich post interactions, and optional paid subscriptions via Monero.

Activity unknown

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+6

Self-hosted, open-source podcast hosting and publishing server built with Rust and Axum. Provides multi-tenant sites, RSS feeds, analytics, scheduling and optional S3 media storage.

Activity unknown

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SoundCloud+11

Veloren is an open-source voxel action-adventure RPG with procedural world simulation, fast-paced combat, crafting, NPC towns, dungeons, and multiplayer servers.

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Minecraft Realms+10

Lightweight Rust link shortener with templates, captcha anti-spam, phishing detection, click counting, and SQLite/PostgreSQL/MySQL support.

Activity unknown

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Bitly+11