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Top 20 self-hosted apps

Run it on your own server instead of paying per seat

Updated · GitHub stars (stars)

Why these 20

Ranked by GitHub stars: how many developers bookmarked the project. Stars measure attention, not quality, so each row also shows forks, open issues, licence and the last push.

  1. 1

    awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

    A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

    328,346 stars 15,428 forks0 open issueslast push 2026-10-18NOASSERTION

  2. 2

    n8n-io/n8n

    Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.

    208,034 stars 61,192 forks1,214 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION

  3. 3

    open-webui/open-webui

    User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

    156,190 stars 22,730 forks337 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION

  4. 4

    immich-app/immich

    High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

    116,675 stars 7,279 forks726 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19AGPL-3.0

  5. 5

    Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

    #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

    94,552 stars 11,785 forks548 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION

  6. 6

    louislam/uptime-kuma

    A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool

    92,644 stars 8,575 forks847 open issuesJavaScriptlast push 2026-10-19MIT

  7. 7

    unslothai/unsloth

    Local UI to run and train LLMs and diffusion models. Supports GGUF, MLX, Qwen3.8, DeepSeek-V4, MiniMax-H3, Gemma 4, FLUX and more.

    78,272 stars 7,242 forks317 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-19Apache-2.0

  8. 8

    usememos/memos

    Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking app that brings your everyday thoughts together in a personal timeline. Your data stays yours, and you...

    63,924 stars 4,868 forks90 open issuesGolast push 2026-10-19MIT

  9. 9

    coollabsio/coolify

    An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and...

    63,222 stars 5,692 forks440 open issuesPHPlast push 2026-10-19Apache-2.0

  10. 10

    pathwaycom/serviette

    A no-code RAG server that keeps answers in sync with your documents. Works with 8 vector databases. Built on Pathway.

    58,787 stars 1,512 forks8 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-16MIT

    Also in: #3 open-source vector databases

  11. 11

    go-gitea/gitea

    Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package...

    58,571 stars 7,296 forks2,208 open issuesGolast push 2026-10-19MIT

  12. 12

    appwrite/appwrite

    The open-source cloud for agents & devs. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime, WAF and more

    57,729 stars 5,804 forks807 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19BSD-3-Clause

  13. 13

    ClickHouse/ClickHouse

    ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system

    50,490 stars 9,137 forks8,501 open issuesC++last push 2026-10-19Apache-2.0

    Also in: #8 open-source databases

  14. 14

    HKUDS/nanobot

    Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

    49,190 stars 8,648 forks851 open issuesPythonlast push 2026-10-19MIT

  15. 15

    gogs/gogs

    The painless way to host your own Git service

    47,888 stars 5,079 forks1,012 open issuesGolast push 2026-09-12MIT

  16. 16

    siyuan-note/siyuan

    An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace where humans and AI agents work together 开源、隐私优先、自托管的知识工作空间，让人与智能体在此协作

    46,843 stars 3,075 forks13 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19AGPL-3.0

  17. 17

    janhq/jan

    Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

    45,017 stars 3,103 forks556 open issuesRustlast push 2026-10-19NOASSERTION

  18. 18

    reactive-resume/reactive-resume

    A one-of-a-kind resume builder that keeps your privacy in mind. Completely secure, customizable, portable, open-source and free forever. Try it out today!

    44,546 stars 4,874 forks13 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19MIT

  19. 19

    ToolJet/ToolJet

    Open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for internal tools, dashboards, business applications, workflows and AI...

    41,108 stars 5,507 forks881 open issuesHTMLlast push 2026-10-19AGPL-3.0

  20. 20

    appsmithorg/appsmith

    Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.

    41,089 stars 4,812 forks4,505 open issuesTypeScriptlast push 2026-10-19Apache-2.0

How it is measured

GitHub repository search `topic:self-hosted`, sorted by stars; archived repositories and forks are left out.

References

  1. GitHub search: topic:self-hosted, GitHub (GitHub API terms). Checked 2026-10-19 20:48 UTC.

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