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

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 in 2026. GPL 2.0, ~33K stars, C# — free open source media server for movies, TV shows, music, and photos. Hardware transcoding, mobile.

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.

Self-host Komga in 2026. MIT license, ~3K stars, Kotlin — comic, manga, and webtoon server with OPDS feed, REST API, and a clean reading UI. CBZ/CBR/PDF.

Self-host Leantime in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~4K stars, PHP — project management with Kanban, Gantt charts, timesheets, OKRs, and strategic planning. Alternative to.

Self-host Linkding in 2026. MIT license, ~6K stars, Python/Django — fast bookmark manager with tagging, full-text search, browser extensions, and REST API.

Self-host Linkwarden as a bookmark manager in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~8K stars — automatic page archiving, screenshots, tags, collections, browser extension.

Self-host Listmonk for email newsletters and mailing lists in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~14K stars, Go — Mailchimp alternative with subscriber management, campaigns.

Self-host Listmonk as a Mailchimp alternative in 2026. Send unlimited newsletters with your own SMTP — complete Docker setup guide with lists, campaigns.

Self-host Mailcow in 2026. GPL 2.0, ~8K stars — complete email server with SMTP, IMAP, webmail, spam filtering, DKIM, DMARC, and a beautiful admin UI.

Complete guide to self-hosting Mastodon, the open source Twitter/X alternative. Docker Compose setup, media storage, email config, federation, moderation.