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Deploy Formbricks on your own server with Docker Compose. The open source survey and form platform that replaces Typeform, SurveyMonkey, and user research.
Self-host FreshRSS for RSS feed aggregation in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~10K stars, PHP — Google Reader replacement with multi-user, fever API, mobile apps, full-text.
Self-host FreshRSS in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~9K stars, PHP — full-featured RSS aggregator with Google Reader API, themes, extensions, and multi-user support.
Self-host Ghost as a blog CMS and newsletter platform in 2026. MIT license, ~46K stars, Node.js — built-in newsletter, memberships, and payments here.
Self-host Gitea on Docker in 2026 — complete setup guide with Postgres, SSH, Gitea Actions CI/CD, and migration from GitHub. Lightweight GitHub alternative.
Self-host Gitea in 2026. MIT license, ~43K stars, Go — full Git hosting with repos, issues, pull requests, CI/CD via Gitea Actions. Single binary Docker.
Self-host Gitness (Harness Open Source) in 2026: Git hosting, CI/CD pipelines, container registry, and secrets management in a single lightweight binary.
Self-host Glances for system monitoring in 2026. LGPL 3.0, ~26K stars, Python — real-time CPU, RAM, disk, network, Docker, processes. Web UI, REST API.
Self-host Gotify in 2026. MIT license, ~10K stars, Go — self-hosted push notification server with persistent message history, WebSocket real-time stream, and.
Self-host Grafana and Prometheus for infrastructure monitoring in 2026. Complete Docker Compose stack with Node Exporter, cAdvisor, Alertmanager, and Loki.
Self-host Grocy in 2026. MIT license, ~7K stars, PHP — home inventory, stock management, shopping lists, barcode scanning, task scheduler, household chore.
Self-host Headscale as an open source Tailscale control server in 2026. BSD 3-Clause, ~18K stars, Go — run your own VPN mesh without paying Tailscale.
Self-host Healthchecks in 2026. BSD 3-Clause, ~8K stars, Python/Django — monitor cron jobs and scheduled tasks by expecting pings. Get alerted when your.
Self-host HedgeDoc in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~5K stars, TypeScript — real-time collaborative Markdown editor with presentation mode, diagrams, and math formulas.
Self-host Hoarder in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~10K stars, Next.js — AI auto-tagging with Ollama, full-page archiving, screenshots, browser extensions, and mobile apps.
Self-host Homarr in 2026. MIT license, ~7K stars, Next.js — customizable dashboard with Docker integration, widgets for Sonarr/Radarr/Jellyfin/Plex, and.
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