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

Self-host ntfy in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~16K stars, Go — pub/sub push notification service. Send alerts from scripts, servers, Home Assistant, Uptime Kuma, or.

Self-host OpenObserve for logs, metrics, and traces in 2026. Open source Datadog alternative with 140x storage efficiency. Docker setup, ingestion now.

Self-host Outline as a Notion alternative for team wikis in 2026. BSL license (free for self-hosting), ~29K stars, collaborative editing with Notion-like UI.

Self-host Owncast in 2026. MIT license, ~9K stars, Go — self-hosted live streaming with built-in chat, OBS support, Fediverse integration, and S3 storage.

Self-host Paperless-ngx in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~20K stars, Python/TypeScript — scan, OCR, and organize all your documents. Tag-based organization, full-text.

Step-by-step guide to deploying Penpot on your own server with Docker Compose. The open source design and prototyping tool that's a genuine Figma alternative.

Self-host PhotoPrism for AI photo management in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~34K stars, Go — scene recognition, face detection, auto-albums, EXIF indexing. Docker setup.

Deploy Plane on your own server with Docker Compose. The open source project management tool that replaces Jira, Linear, and Asana — completely under your.

Self-host Plausible Analytics in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~19K stars, Elixir — GDPR-compliant web analytics without cookies or personal data. Script tag setup, event.

Complete guide to self-hosting Postal, the open source email sending platform and Mailgun/SendGrid alternative. Docker setup, DNS, DKIM, SPF, DMARC in 2026.

Self-host PrivateBin for zero-knowledge encrypted pastes in 2026. No account needed, server never sees content, burn-after-read option. Complete Docker setup.

Self-host the Prometheus + Grafana monitoring stack in 2026. Apache 2.0 — scrape metrics from servers, Docker, databases. Alertmanager for alerts now.

Self-host Radicale in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~3K stars, Python — sync calendars and contacts to iOS, Android, macOS, and Thunderbird. 5-minute Docker setup, Caddy.

Self-host Rocket.Chat for enterprise team messaging in 2026. MIT license, ~39K stars — channels, omnichannel (live chat, email), marketplace, federation.

Self-host Roundcube in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~5K stars, PHP — the leading open source webmail client. Docker setup, plugins (CardDAV, 2FA, Enigma PGP), skins, and.

Self-host Seafile in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~12K stars, Python/C — fastest self-hosted Dropbox alternative with per-library E2E encryption. Docker setup now.