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

Self-host Changedetection.io for website change monitoring in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~19K stars — monitor price changes, content updates, stock availability.

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.

Self-host Duplicati in 2026. LGPL license, ~10K stars, C# — encrypted backup to S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, SFTP, and local storage. Scheduling now.

Self-host Excalidraw in 2026. MIT license, ~85K stars, TypeScript — hand-drawn style virtual whiteboard with real-time collaboration and end-to-end encryption.

Self-host Firefly III in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~16K stars, PHP — double-entry bookkeeping, transaction tracking, budgets, bills, reports, and rules engine now.

Self-host Flarum in 2026. MIT license, ~15K stars, PHP — beautiful, fast, and extensible forum software. Markdown, tags, mentions, real-time updates, and SSO.

Self-host Forgejo in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~11K stars, Go — community fork of Gitea with enhanced federation. Docker setup, Forgejo Actions CI/CD, ActivityPub.

Self-host Forgejo as a GitHub alternative in 2026. Community-governed Gitea fork with Actions CI/CD, packages, and Pages — complete Docker setup guide.

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.