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

Self-host Grocy in 2026. MIT license, ~7K stars, PHP — home inventory, stock management, shopping lists, barcode scanning, task scheduler, household chore.

Self-host Headscale as an open source Tailscale control server in 2026. BSD 3-Clause, ~18K stars, Go — run your own VPN mesh without paying Tailscale.

Self-host Healthchecks in 2026. BSD 3-Clause, ~8K stars, Python/Django — monitor cron jobs and scheduled tasks by expecting pings. Get alerted when your.

Self-host HedgeDoc in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~5K stars, TypeScript — real-time collaborative Markdown editor with presentation mode, diagrams, and math formulas.

Self-host Hoarder in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~10K stars, Next.js — AI auto-tagging with Ollama, full-page archiving, screenshots, browser extensions, and mobile apps.

Self-host Homarr in 2026. MIT license, ~7K stars, Next.js — customizable dashboard with Docker integration, widgets for Sonarr/Radarr/Jellyfin/Plex, and.

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 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.