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
Practical guides, considered choices, and the details that make a difference.
home-ops: A GitOps Repository for a Homelab Kubernetes Cluster
home-ops combines Talos Linux, Flux, Renovate, and GitHub Actions into a homelab Kubernetes operations repository for users who want infrastructure and workloads managed as code.
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ArchiveBox: Turn Web Bookmarks into a Manageable Self-Hosted Archive
ArchiveBox suits individuals, researchers, and small teams that want control over saved web copies. It supports multiple import sources and durable output formats, but deployment requires planning for browser dependencies, storage growth, privacy, and API maturity.
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PhotoPrism: Organizing and Searching a Self-Hosted Photo Library
PhotoPrism is for browsing, organizing, and sharing photos and videos, with automatic labeling, people recognition, compound search, and WebDAV. It suits users prepared to run their own media service; prospective adopters should verify licensing and assess indexing, storage, and access-management needs.
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DeskcommCRM: Bringing WhatsApp Conversations into a Self-Hosted Sales Workflow
DeskcommCRM is an open-source, self-hosted CRM for chat-based sales teams, combining WhatsApp, AI agents, and sales pipelines. Evaluate infrastructure, third-party services, operations, and compliance before adoption.
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Carbon: An Open-Source ERP, MES, and QMS for Manufacturing
Carbon brings manufacturing planning, shop-floor execution, quality, inventory, and traceability into one Postgres-backed system, with self-hosting options.
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Nerdlog: A Terminal Log Viewer for Multiple Hosts
Nerdlog uses SSH to query logs on multiple hosts, analyze them remotely, and present merged results in a TUI. It suits lightweight troubleshooting, but SSH, gawk, permissions, and platform limits must be checked first.
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