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

Step-by-step guide to migrating your Next.js app from Vercel to Coolify on a VPS. Covers Dockerfile setup, environment variables, custom domains, SSL, CI/CD.

Self-host Actual Budget in 2026. MIT license, ~15K stars, JavaScript — zero-based budgeting app with bank sync, reports, and reconciliation. Alternative to.

Self-host Actual Budget as a YNAB alternative in 2026. MIT license, ~15K stars — zero-based budgeting, local-first, bank sync. Complete Docker setup guide.

Self-host AdGuard Home for network-wide DNS ad blocking in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~24K stars, Go — Pi-hole alternative with DNS-over-HTTPS, parental controls.

Self-host Authelia in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~21K stars, Go — lightweight authentication middleware for your reverse proxy. Add 2FA, SSO, and access control to.

Self-host Authentik in 2026. MIT license, ~14K stars, Python — full identity provider with OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and proxy authentication. Protect any.

Self-host Baikal in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~2K stars, PHP — CalDAV/CardDAV server with a browser-based admin UI. Manage users and calendars from a web interface.

Self-host Beszel in 2026: lightweight Go server monitoring with hub + agent setup, Docker stats, disk/CPU/RAM/network charts, and email/webhook alerts.

Self-host Budibase in 2026 — the open source Retool and AppSmith alternative for building internal tools. Docker setup, database connections, RBAC, and.

Self-host Calibre-Web in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~12K stars, Python — web interface for your Calibre ebook library. EPUB/MOBI/PDF, OPDS, Kindle send-to-device, Kobo.

Self-host CrowdSec in 2026. MIT license, ~10K stars, Go — collaborative IDS/IPS with crowd-sourced blocklists. Protect Caddy, Nginx, SSH, and Docker with.

Self-host Dashy in 2026. MIT license, ~17K stars, Vue.js — highly customizable dashboard with themes, widgets, status checks, Kubernetes support, and a.

Complete guide to self-hosting Directus, the open source headless CMS and data platform. Docker setup, connecting to existing databases, REST/GraphQL APIs.

Self-host Docuseal in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~6K stars, Ruby — document signing with drag-and-drop template builder, multiple signers, and REST API. Alternative to.

Self-host Dozzle in 2026. MIT license, ~6K stars, Go — lightweight real-time Docker container log viewer. Web UI, multi-host support, log search/filtering.

Self-host Drone CI in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~31K stars, Go — container-native CI/CD for self-hosted Git. Docker runner, pipeline YAML, Gitea/GitHub OAuth.