Immich
A self-hosted photo and video backup platform with mobile auto-upload, albums, search and facial recognition.
Docker
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n8n
A workflow automation platform with visual flows, code nodes and native AI capabilities that can be self-hosted.
Docker
Vaultwarden
A lightweight Bitwarden-compatible password manager for individuals and small teams that want control of their data.
Docker
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FROM THE NOTEBOOK
Ideas you can put to work
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selfoss: A Self-Hosted Reader for Consolidating Feeds
selfoss is a PHP-based, self-hosted web application for RSS reading and aggregation. It suits people who want one place for feeds and are prepared to maintain a PHP deployment.
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Poznote: A Feature-Rich Note App for Self-Hosted Users
Poznote combines notes, tasks, collaboration, and integrations in a self-hosted web app for people who want control over deployment and data handling.
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Notesnook: Known Boundaries of an Open-Source Encrypted Notes App
Notesnook offers web, desktop, and mobile clients and presents on-device encryption as a design focus. This review covers known uses, code structure, and questions to resolve before adoption or self-hosting.
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Lockbook: An Encrypted Notebook for Private Notes and Files
Lockbook combines notes, sketches, and files in an open-source encrypted workspace with sync, offline access, a CLI, and device key transfer. Its open-beta status and recovery model need review before adoption.
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Textus: A Cross-Platform Markdown Editor with Optional AI Assistance
Textus is an MIT-licensed open-source Markdown editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It adds optional AI writing, review, export, and extensions, but adoption still requires checking provider, privacy, and version constraints.
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Kition: A Desktop Workspace for Documents, Tables, Boards, and Reviewable AI
Kition combines knowledge work, structured records, visual planning, web research, and workflows in one desktop workspace. It is still in beta, and its separate runtime boundary makes backups, review, and deployment validation important before adoption.
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