Immich
A self-hosted photo and video backup platform with mobile auto-upload, albums, search and facial recognition.
Docker
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THE SHORTLIST
Software worth a closer look
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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
Practical guides, considered choices, and the details that make a difference.
Yuvomi: A Self-Hosted Hub for Household Planning
Yuvomi is an MIT-licensed self-hosted family planner covering tasks, calendars, meals, shopping, budgets and more. It suits households that want control over their data and can maintain a server, but deployment, backups and integrations remain the operator’s responsibility.
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Selfhost AI: A Single Deployment for AI and Automation Services
Selfhost AI uses Docker Compose and an interactive wizard to deploy self-hosted AI, workflow, RAG, and monitoring services. It suits users who want a unified server environment, but requires a VPS, domain, DNS setup, and ongoing operations.
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Awesome-Selfhosted: A Starting Point for Self-Hosted Software Selection
Awesome-Selfhosted is not an installable platform, but a broad directory for discovering free software network services and web applications that can run on your own servers.
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AnythingMCP: A Self-Hosted Gateway for Existing APIs
AnythingMCP lets teams expose existing APIs, databases and MCP services as tools for AI clients. Before adoption, assess credential handling, write permissions, platform support, public deployment and AGPL-3.0 obligations.
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Commonly: A Shared Workspace for Humans and Multiple AI Agents
Commonly is an Apache 2.0 open-source, self-hostable coordination workspace built around pods, agent seats, memory, tasks, connectors, and user-controlled runtimes.
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MiroTalk BRO: A WebRTC Platform for Self-Hosted Live Rooms
MiroTalk BRO is for teams that want to operate their own live-broadcast entry point, with video, audio, screen sharing, and RTMP ingest. Review SFU, network, browser, and AGPLv3 considerations before adopting it.
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Beyond the first launch.
Built to keep running.
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