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
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Urocissa: A Self-Hosted Gallery for Massive Photo Libraries
Urocissa is a Rust and Vue self-hosted gallery for large photo and video collections. It offers search, tags, EXIF, virtual scrolling, and Docker deployment, while multi-user accounts, face recognition, and existing-folder support are listed as unavailable.
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ORBIT: A Self-Hosted Gateway for Private Data, Models, and Tools
ORBIT is a self-hosted AI gateway for teams that want one OpenAI-compatible API across private data sources, model providers, and MCP tools. This overview covers its capabilities, audience, and deployment considerations.
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ccLoad: One Manageable Gateway for Multiple AI API Upstreams
ccLoad targets teams managing Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and OpenAI-compatible upstreams with routing, failover, protocol handling, monitoring, and cost controls. Review configuration and governance needs before adoption.
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Grafana Operator: Manage Grafana with Kubernetes resources
Grafana Operator brings Grafana instances, dashboards, and data sources into declarative Kubernetes and GitOps workflows. Check versions, permissions, storage, and external-instance requirements before adopting it.
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Performance Co-Pilot: A Distributed Toolkit for System Performance
Performance Co-Pilot provides a unified abstraction for performance data, tools for analysis, and support for live, retrospective, and distributed monitoring scenarios.
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OneUptime: Self-Hosted Monitoring, Incident Response, and Status Pages
OneUptime combines uptime monitoring, alerting, incident management, logs, traces, metrics, APM, and status pages in one open-source platform for teams that want control over deployment and data.
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