Guides for evaluating, self-hosting, and migrating to open source.

Plausible for simple privacy-first analytics. Matomo for full GA replacement. PostHog for product teams. Self-host comparisons, pricing, and Docker setups.

How a German state replaced Microsoft Office, Exchange, and Windows with LibreOffice and Linux — saving €15M/year. Lessons for enterprise migrations now.

Self-hosted email compared: Mail-in-a-Box for beginners, Stalwart for power users, Mox for modern simplicity. Setup guide, deliverability, honest risks.

Immich has 90k stars and native iOS/Android apps with background sync. Full Docker Compose setup — AI face recognition and CLIP search on your own hardware.

Run DeepSeek R1 and Qwen 2.5 locally with Ollama. Hardware requirements by model size, cost vs cloud APIs, and GPU setup guide for 2026 Updated for 2026.

SigNoz vs Datadog: Apache 2.0, OpenTelemetry-native, and 80% cheaper. Datadog bills 3–12x higher than estimates. Full setup guide and cost breakdown in 2026.

Twenty brings modern UX. SuiteCRM offers enterprise depth. EspoCRM hits the sweet spot for mid-sized teams. Feature comparison and Docker setups included.

Uptime Kuma gives you unlimited monitors, 90+ alert channels, and public status pages — free forever. Docker setup, homelab use cases, and limitations.

Vaultwarden runs the full Bitwarden server in a single Docker container using under 50MB RAM. Raspberry Pi setup, HTTPS config, and team sharing guide.

Atlassian raised prices and is sunsetting Data Center by 2029. Best open-source alternatives to Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket you can self-host in 2026.

GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, and DaVinci Resolve are the best open source alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere in 2026, compared Updated.

Cursor costs $20/month and keeps your code on their servers. Open source alternatives with full data control — compared by features, GitHub stars, and use case.

Linear costs $8-16/user/month. The best open-source alternatives — Plane and Huly — are self-hostable, feature-complete, and free. Comparison for 2026.

Replace Power BI with free self-hosted BI tools. Metabase, Apache Superset, Grafana, and Redash compared on features, self-hosting, and cost for 2026.

CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen, and n8n compared for self-hosted AI agent development in 2026. Frameworks, architectures, Docker installs, and when to use each.

Coolify v4 is the open-source Vercel, Heroku, and Netlify alternative with 50K+ GitHub stars. Full self-host guide with Docker, 280+ templates, and cost.