Guides, comparisons, and insights about open-source alternatives — migration tips, licensing deep dives, and community picks.
Self-host Home Assistant in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~70K stars, Python — 3000+ integrations for smart home devices. Automations, dashboards, voice assistants.
Self-host Homebox in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~3K stars, Go/Vue — home inventory management with locations, labels, QR codes, warranty tracking, and CSV import.
Deploy Hoppscotch on your own server with Docker Compose. The fast, open source API development tool that replaces Postman and Insomnia — with real-time.
Self-host Immich as a Google Photos alternative in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~55K stars — automatic mobile photo backup, AI face recognition, albums, map view, sharing.
Self-host Infisical — an open source secret manager and environment variable platform — as a HashiCorp Vault alternative in 2026. Docker setup, CLI, SDK, and.
Self-host InvoiceNinja v5 in 2026 — open source invoicing, billing, and time-tracking. Docker setup, payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal), client portal, and.
Self-host IT-Tools (GPL-3.0, 20K+ stars) in 2026 — 100+ developer and sysadmin utilities in one container. Base64, JWT decode, UUID, cron, and regex tools.
Self-host Jellyfin in 2026. GPL 2.0, ~33K stars, C# — free open source media server for movies, TV shows, music, and photos. Hardware transcoding, mobile.
Self-host Jellyfin as a Plex alternative in 2026. GPL 2.0, ~35K stars — stream movies, TV, music, and live TV with hardware transcoding, no subscription.
Self-host Jitsi Meet for private video conferencing in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~20K stars — unlimited participants, no account required, recording via Jibri, JWT.
Self-host Kavita in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~6K stars, C# — digital library server for manga, comics (CBZ/CBR), and books (EPUB/PDF). OPDS feed, reading progress.
Self-host Komga in 2026. MIT license, ~3K stars, Kotlin — comic, manga, and webtoon server with OPDS feed, REST API, and a clean reading UI. CBZ/CBR/PDF.
Self-host Leantime in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~4K stars, PHP — project management with Kanban, Gantt charts, timesheets, OKRs, and strategic planning. Alternative to.
Self-host Linkding in 2026. MIT license, ~6K stars, Python/Django — fast bookmark manager with tagging, full-text search, browser extensions, and REST API.
Self-host Linkwarden as a bookmark manager in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~8K stars — automatic page archiving, screenshots, tags, collections, browser extension.
Self-host Listmonk for email newsletters and mailing lists in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~14K stars, Go — Mailchimp alternative with subscriber management, campaigns.
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