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

Self-host Ghost as a blog CMS and newsletter platform in 2026. MIT license, ~46K stars, Node.js — built-in newsletter, memberships, and payments here.

Self-host Gitea on Docker in 2026 — complete setup guide with Postgres, SSH, Gitea Actions CI/CD, and migration from GitHub. Lightweight GitHub alternative.

Self-host Gitea in 2026. MIT license, ~43K stars, Go — full Git hosting with repos, issues, pull requests, CI/CD via Gitea Actions. Single binary Docker.

Self-host Gitness (Harness Open Source) in 2026: Git hosting, CI/CD pipelines, container registry, and secrets management in a single lightweight binary.

Self-host Glances for system monitoring in 2026. LGPL 3.0, ~26K stars, Python — real-time CPU, RAM, disk, network, Docker, processes. Web UI, REST API.

Self-host Gotify in 2026. MIT license, ~10K stars, Go — self-hosted push notification server with persistent message history, WebSocket real-time stream, and.

Self-host Grafana and Prometheus for infrastructure monitoring in 2026. Complete Docker Compose stack with Node Exporter, cAdvisor, Alertmanager, and Loki.

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.