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Self-host Listmonk as a Mailchimp alternative in 2026. Send unlimited newsletters with your own SMTP — complete Docker setup guide with lists, campaigns.
Self-host Mailcow in 2026. GPL 2.0, ~8K stars — complete email server with SMTP, IMAP, webmail, spam filtering, DKIM, DMARC, and a beautiful admin UI.
Complete guide to self-hosting Mastodon, the open source Twitter/X alternative. Docker Compose setup, media storage, email config, federation, moderation.
Self-host Matomo in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~19K stars, PHP — the most complete Google Analytics alternative with heatmaps, funnels, A/B testing, ecommerce tracking.
Self-host Matrix with Synapse or Conduit as a Slack alternative in 2026. Federated, end-to-end encrypted team messaging with bridges to Slack, Discord, and.
Self-host Matrix Synapse in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~12K stars, Python — decentralized E2E encrypted messaging. Element client, federation with other servers.
Self-host Mattermost as a Slack alternative for teams in 2026. MIT license, ~30K stars — channels, threads, integrations, bots, slash commands for 2026.
Self-host Mattermost in 2026. MIT license, ~31K stars, Go — Slack alternative with channels, threads, slash commands, webhooks. Docker setup, mobile apps.
Self-host Mealie in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~7K stars, Python/Vue — recipe manager with meal planning, grocery lists, web scraping from any recipe URL. Docker setup.
Self-host Memos in 2026. MIT license, ~33K stars, Go — privacy-first notes app with a Twitter-like feed, Markdown, tags, and REST API. Alternative to Apple.
Self-host Miniflux for minimalist RSS reading in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~6.3K stars, Go — fast, opinionated, keyboard-driven RSS reader with Fever/Google Reader API.
Self-host Miniflux in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~6K stars, Go — fast, minimalist RSS/Atom feed reader with keyboard shortcuts and Fever/Google Reader API now.
Self-host Miniflux RSS reader on Docker in 2026. AGPL 3.0, Go + PostgreSQL, keyboard-driven, API-first. Complete setup guide with mobile apps and Fever API.
Self-host Monica as a personal CRM in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~21K stars, PHP/Laravel — track relationships, birthdays, notes, activities. Complete Docker setup.
Self-host Navidrome in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~12K stars, Go — stream your music collection to any device. Subsonic-compatible API, transcoding, playlists, Last.fm.
Self-host Netdata for real-time performance monitoring in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~72K stars — 1-second granularity, 800+ metrics auto-collected, alerts, Grafana.
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