Empower Your Server: A List of Free Software Network Services and Web Applications

In the ever-evolving landscape of network services and web applications, the availability of free and open-source software empowers individuals and organizations to host their own services securely and independently. This curated list presents a variety of free software solutions that you can host on your own server(s), ensuring control, customization, and privacy without relying on non-free alternatives.

List of Free Software Network Services

Software

Analytics

Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.

Ackee – Self-hosted analytics tool for those who care about privacy. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker/K8S
Aptabase – Open source, privacy first and simple analytics for mobile and desktop apps. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker
AWStats – Generate statistics from web, streaming, ftp or mail server logfiles. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Perl
Countly Community Edition – Real time mobile and web analytics, crash reporting and push notifications platform. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker
Druid – Distributed, column-oriented, real-time analytics data store. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/Docker
EDA – Web application for data analysis and visualization. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
Fathom Lite – A simple and privacy-focused web analytics (alternative to Google Analytics). MIT Go/Docker
GoAccess – Real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
GoatCounter – Easy web statistics without tracking of personal data. (Source Code) EUPL-1.2 Go
Matomo – Google Analytics alternative that protects your data and your customers’ privacy. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Metabase – Easy, open-source way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Java/Docker
Mixpost – Self-hosted social media management software. Easily create, schedule, publish, and manage social media content in one place (alternative to Hootsuite, Buffer, and other social media tools). (Source Code) MIT PHP/Docker
Netron – Visualizer for neural network and machine learning models. (Source Code) MIT Python/Nodejs
Offen – Fair, lightweight and open web analytics tool. Gain insights while your users have full access to their data. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go/Docker
Open Web Analytics – Web analytics framework that lets you stay in control of how you instrument and analyze the use of your websites and applications. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Plausible Analytics – Simple, open-source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly web analytics. (Source Code) MIT Elixir
PoeticMetric – Free as in freedom, open source, privacy-first and regulation-compliant web analytics tool. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker
PostHog – Product analytics, session recording, feature flagging and a/b testing that you can self-host (alternative to Mixpanel/Amplitude/Heap/HotJar/Optimizely). (Source Code) MIT Python
Redash – Connect and query your data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with your company. (Source Code) BSD-2-Clause Docker
RudderStack – Collect, unify, transform, and store your customer data, and route it to a wide range of common, popular marketing, sales, and product tools (alternative to Segment). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/K8S/Go/Nodejs
Shynet – Modern, privacy-friendly, and detailed web analytics that works without cookies or JS. Apache-2.0 Python/Docker
Socioboard ⚠ – Social media management, analytics, and reporting platform supporting nine social media networks out-of-the-box. GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Superset – Modern data exploration and visualization platform. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python
Swetrix – Ultimate, open-source web analytics to satisfy all your needs. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker
Umami – Simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker

Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)

Digital archiving and preservation software.

Access to Memory (AtoM) – Web-based, open source application for standards-based archival description and access in a multilingual, multi-repository environment. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
ArchiveBox – Self-hosted wayback machine that creates HTML & screenshot archives of sites from your bookmarks, browsing history, RSS feeds, or other sources. (Source Code) MIT Python/Docker
Archivematica – Mature digital preservation system designed to maintain standards-based, long-term access to collections of digital objects. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python
ArchivesSpace – Archives information management application for managing and providing Web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects. (Demo, Source Code) ECL-2.0 Ruby
CKAN – CKAN is a tool for making open data websites. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python
Collective Access – Providence – Highly configurable Web-based framework for management, description, and discovery of digital and physical collections supporting a variety of metadata standards, data types, and media formats. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Ganymede ⚠ – Twitch VOD and Live Stream archiving platform. Includes a rendered chat for each archive. GPL-3.0 Docker
LiveStreamDVR ⚠ – An automatic Twitch recorder capable of capturing live streams, chat messages and stream metadata. MIT Python/Nodejs/Docker
Omeka S – Omeka S is a web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. It consists of a local network of independently curated exhibits sharing a collaboratively built pool of items, media, and their metadata. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Wayback – A self-hosted toolkit for archiving webpages to the Internet Archive, archive.today, IPFS, and local file systems. GPL-3.0 Go
Webarchive – Lightweight self-hosted wayback machine that creates HTML and PDF files from your bookmarks. BSD-3-Clause Go

Automation

Automation software designed to reduce human intervention in processes.

Accelerated Text – Automatically generate multiple natural language descriptions of your data varying in wording and structure. Apache-2.0 Java

Activepieces – No-code business automation tool like Zapier or Tray. For example, you can send a Slack notification for each new Trello card. (Source Code) MIT Typescript

ActiveWorkflow – An intelligent process and workflow automation platform based on software agents. MIT Ruby

AmIUnique – Learn how identifiable you are on the Internet (browser fingerprinting tool). (Source Code) MIT Java

Apache Airflow – Airflow is a platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python/Docker

Automatisch – Business automation tool that lets you connect different services like Twitter, Slack, and more to automate your business processes (alternative to Zapier). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

betanin – Music organization man-in-the-middle of your torrent client and music player. Based on beets.io, similar to Sonarr and Radarr. GPL-3.0 Python/Docker

ChiefOnboarding – Employee onboarding platform that allows you to provision user accounts and create sequences with todo items, resources, text/email/Slack messages, and more! Available as a web portal and Slack bot. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

Eonza – Eonza is used to create scripts and automate tasks on servers or VPS hosting. Manage your servers from any browser on any device. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Go

Exadel CompreFace – Face recognition system that provides REST API for face recognition, face detection, and other face services, and is easily deployed with docker. There are SDKs for Python and JavaScript languages. Can be used without prior machine learning skills. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Java/Nodejs

feed2toot – Feed2toot parses a RSS feed, extracts the last entries and sends them to Mastodon. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python

feedmixer – FeedMixer is a WSGI (Python3) micro web service which takes a list of feed URLs and returns a new feed consisting of the most recent n entries from each given feed(Returns Atom, RSS, or JSON). (Demo) WTFPL Python

Headphones – Automated music downloader for NZB and Torrent, written in Python. It supports SABnzbd, NZBget, Transmission, µTorrent, Deluge and Blackhole. GPL-3.0 Python

Healthchecks – Django app which listens for pings and sends alerts when pings are late. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Python

homebank-converter – Web app to convert an export bank file to compatible Homebank csv. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 HTML5

HRConvert2 – Drag-and-drop file conversion server with session based authentication, automatic temporary file maintenance, and logging capability. GPL-3.0 PHP

Huginn – Allows you to build agents that monitor and act on your behalf. MIT Ruby

Kibitzr – Lightweight personal web assistant with powerful integrations. (Source Code) MIT Python

Krayin – Free and Opensource Laravel CRM Application. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP

LazyLibrarian ⚠ – LazyLibrarian is a program to follow authors and grab metadata for all your digital reading needs. It uses a combination of Goodreads Librarything and optionally GoogleBooks as sources for author info and book info. GPL-3.0 Python

Leon – Open-source personal assistant who can live on your server. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Lidarr – Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C#/Docker

Matchering – A containerized web app for automated music mastering (alternative to LANDR, eMastered, and MajorDecibel). GPL-3.0 Docker

Medusa – Automatic Video Library Manager for TV Shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are posted it does its magic. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python

MetaTube ⚠ – A Web GUI to automatically download music from YouTube add metadata from Spotify, Deezer or Musicbrainz. GPL-3.0 Python

MeTube – Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support. Allows downloading videos from dozens of websites. AGPL-3.0 Python/Nodejs/Docker

nefarious – Web application that automates downloading Movies and TV Shows. GPL-3.0 Python

OliveTin – OliveTin is a web interface for running Linux shell commands. AGPL-3.0 Go

Patrowl – Open Source, Smart and Scalable Security Operations Orchestration Platform. AGPL-3.0 Python

Podgrab – Lightweight podcast manager and automatic podcast episode downloader. It will monitor podcasts for your and download them automatically whenever a new episode goes live. GPL-3.0 Docker/Go

pyLoad – Lightweight, customizable and remotely manageable downloader for 1-click-hosting sites like rapidshare.com or uploaded.to. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python

Radarr – Radarr is an independent fork of Sonarr reworked for automatically downloading movies via Usenet and BitTorrent, à la Couchpotato. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C#/Docker

SickChill – SickChill is an automatic video library manager for TV shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are posted it does its magic. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python/Docker

SiteInspector – Web-based tool for catching spelling errors, grammatical errors, broken links, and other errors on websites. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

Sonarr – Automatic TV Shows downloader and manager for Usenet and BitTorrent. It can grab, sort and rename new episodes and automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C#/Docker

StackStorm – StackStorm (aka IFTTT for Ops) is event-driven automation for auto-remediation, security responses, troubleshooting, deployments, and more. Includes rules engine, workflow, 160 integration packs with 6000+ actions and ChatOps. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python

Tube Archivist ⚠ – Your self hosted YouTube media server: Subscribe, download, index, search and play your favorite videos. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python/Docker

tubesync ⚠ – Syncs YouTube channels and playlists to a locally hosted media server. AGPL-3.0 Docker/Python

ydl_api_ng – Simple youtube-dl REST API to launch downloads on a distant server. GPL-3.0 Python

YoutubeDL-Material – Material Design inspired YouTube downloader, based on youtube-dl. Supports playlists, quality select, search, dark mode and much more, all with a clean and modern design. MIT Nodejs/Docker

YoutubeDL-Server – Web and REST interface for downloading videos onto a server. MIT Python/Docker

yt-dlp Web UI – Web GUI for yt-dlp. MPL-2.0 Docker/Go/Nodejs

µTask – Automation engine that models and executes business processes declared in yaml. BSD-3-Clause Go/Docker

Backup

Backup software.

Please visit awesome-sysadmin/Backups

Blogging Platforms

A blog is a discussion or informational website consisting of discrete, diary-style text entries (posts).

See also: WeblogMatrix

Antville – Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Javascript
Blog – Facebook-styled blog. Free, extremely lightweight, single-user and easy to install. GPL-3.0 PHP
Castopod – A podcast management hosting platform that includes the latest podcast 2.0 standards, an automated Fediverse feed, analytics, an embeddable player, and more. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP/Docker
Chyrp Lite – Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause PHP
Dotclear – Take control over your blog. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
FlatPress – A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Ghost – Just a blogging platform. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Haven – Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Ruby
htmly – Databaseless Blogging Platform (Flat-File Blog). (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Known – A collaborative social publishing platform. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP
PluXml – XML-based blog/CMS platform. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Serendipity – Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause PHP
WriteFreely – Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go

Booking and Scheduling

Event scheduling, reservation, and appointment management software.

Related: Polls and Events

Alf.io – The open source ticket reservation system. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Java
Cal.com – The open-source online appointment scheduling system. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Easy!Appointments – A highly customizable web application that allows your customers to book appointments with you via the web. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
QloApps – An open-source, customizable and intuitive web-based hotel reservation system and a booking engine. (Demo, Source Code) OSL-3.0 PHP/Nodejs
Seatsurfing – Webbased app to book seats, desks and rooms for offices. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker

Bookmarks and Link Sharing

Software which allows users to add, annotate, edit, and share bookmarks of web documents.

Briefkasten – Modern app for saving and managing your own bookmarks. Includes a browser extension. (Demo) MIT Nodejs/Docker
Buku – A powerful bookmark manager and a personal textual mini-web. GPL-3.0 Python
Espial – An open-source, web-based bookmarking server. AGPL-3.0 Haskell
Firefox Account Server – This allows you to host your own Firefox accounts server. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Nodejs/Java
Hackershare – Social bookmarks website for hackers. (Demo) MIT Ruby
LinkAce – A bookmark archive with automatic backups to the Internet Archive, link monitoring, and a full REST API. Installation is done via Docker, or as a simple PHP application. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/PHP
linkding – Minimal bookmark management with a fast and clean UI. Simple installation through Docker and can run on your Raspberry Pi. MIT Docker/Python/Nodejs
LinkWarden – A self-hosted bookmark + archive manager to store your useful links. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Nodejs
NeonLink – Self-hosted bookmark service with unique design and simple installation with Docker. MIT Docker
Pinry – The tiling image board system for people who want to save, tag, and share images, videos, and webpages. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-2-Clause Docker/Python
Shaarli – Personal, minimalist, super-fast, no-database bookmarking and link sharing platform. (Demo) Zlib PHP/deb
Shiori – Simple bookmark manager built with Go. MIT Go/Docker
SyncMarks – Sync and manage your browser bookmarks from Edge, Firefox and Chromium. (Clients) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Calendar & Contacts – CalDAV or CardDAV Servers

CalDAV and CardDAV protocol servers Electronic calendar and address book and contact management.

Related: Groupware

Baïkal – Lightweight CalDAV and CardDAV server based on sabre/dav. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
calypso – Python-based CalDAV and CardDAV server (fork of Radicale). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
DAViCal – Server for calendar sharing (CalDAV) that uses a PostgreSQL database as a data store. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Davis – A simple, dockerizable and fully translatable admin interface for sabre/dav based on Symfony 5 and Bootstrap 4, largely inspired by Baïkal. MIT PHP
Etebase (EteSync) – End-to-end encrypted and journaled personal information server supporting calendar and contact data, offering its own clients. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Django
Radicale – Simple calendar and contact server with extremely low administrative overhead. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
SabreDAV – Open source CardDAV, CalDAV, and WebDAV framework and server. (Source Code) MIT PHP
Xandikos – Open source CardDAV and CalDAV server with minimal administrative overhead, backed by a Git repository. GPL-3.0 Python

Calendar & Contacts – CalDAV or CardDAV Web-based Clients

CalDAV and CardDAV protocol web clients/interfaces.

AgenDAV – Multilanguage CalDAV web client with a rich AJAX interface and shared calendars support. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
EteSync Web – EteSync’s official Web-based client (i.e., their Web app). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Javascript
Manage My Damn Life – Manage my Damn Life (MMDL) is a self-hosted front end for managing your CalDAV tasks and calendars. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker

Communication – Custom Communication Systems

Communication software used to provide remote access to systems and exchange files and messages in text, audio and/or video formats between different computers or users, using their own custom protocols.

Apprise – Apprise allows you to send a notification to almost all of the most popular notification services available to us today such as: Telegram, Discord, Slack, Amazon SNS, Gotify, etc. MIT Python/Docker

BluetoothCommunicatorExample – Bluetooth LE chat app to communicate between android devices with P2P architecture. (Clients) Apache-2.0 Java

Centrifugo – Language-agnostic real-time messaging (Websocket or SockJS) server. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Go/Docker/K8S

Chatwoot – Self-hosted customer communication platform (alternative to Intercom & Zendesk). (Source Code) MIT Ruby/Docker/K8S

Chitchatter – A peer-to-peer chat app that is serverless, decentralized, and ephemeral. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Nodejs

Conduit – A simple, fast, and reliable chat server powered by Matrix. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Rust

Darkwire.io – End-to-end encrypted instant web chat. MIT Nodejs

Databag – Federated, end-to-end encrypted messaging service for the web, iOS, and Android, supporting text, photos, video, and WebRTC video and audio calls. (Demo) Apache-2.0 Docker

Dendrite – Second-generation Matrix homeserver written in Go. It intends to provide an efficient, reliable and scalable alternative to Synapse. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

Element – Fully-featured Matrix client for Web, iOS & Android. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs

GNUnet – Free software framework for decentralized, peer-to-peer networking. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C

Gotify – Self-hosted notification server with Android and CLI clients, similar to PushBullet. (Source Code, Clients) MIT Go/Docker

Hawkpost – HawkPost is a web app that lets you create unique links that you can share with a person that desires to send you important information but doesn’t know how to encrypt it. The message is encrypted in their browser and sent to your email address. (Source Code) MIT Python/Docker

Hyphanet – Anonymously share files, browse and publish freesites (web sites accessible only through Hyphanet) and chat on forums. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Java

Jam – Private audio chat rooms to talk to friends and family (alternative to Clubhouse). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs

Jami – Free and universal communication platform which preserves the user’s privacy and freedoms (formerly GNU Ring). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++

KChat – PHP Based Live Chat Application. Apache-2.0 PHP

LeapChat – Ephemeral, encrypted, in-browser chat rooms. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs/Shell

Live Helper Chat – Live Support chat for your website. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP

Mattermost – Platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle, can be integrated with Gitlab (alternative to Slack). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0/Apache-2.0 Go/Docker/K8S

MiAOU – Multi-room persistent chat server. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Mibew – Mibew Messenger is an open-source live support application written in PHP and MySQL. It enables one-on-one chat assistance in real-time directly from your website. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP

Mumble – Low-latency, high quality voice/text chat software. (Source Code, Clients) BSD-3-Clause C++/deb

Notifo – Multichannel notification server with support for Email, Mobile Push, Web Push, SMS, messaging and a javascript plugin. MIT C#

Novu – Self-hosted / cloud notification infrastructure for developers. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Nodejs

ntfy – Push notifications to phone or desktop using HTTP PUT/POST, with Android app, CLI and web app, similar to Pushover and Gotify. (Demo, Source Code, Clients) Apache-2.0/GPL-2.0 Go/Docker/K8S

OTS – One-Time-Secret sharing platform with a symmetric 256bit AES encryption in the browser. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

Papercups – An open source live customer chat web app written in Elixir. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Elixir

PushBits – Self-hosted notification server for relaying push notifications via Matrix, similar to PushBullet and Gotify. ISC Go

Rallly – Create polls to vote on dates and times (alternative to Doodle). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

RetroShare – Secured and decentralized communication system. Offers decentralized chat, forums, messaging, file transfer. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C++

Revolt – Revolt is a user-first chat platform built with modern web technologies. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Rust

Rocket.Chat – Teamchat solution similar to Gitter.im or Slack. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker/K8S

Screego – Screego is a simple tool to quickly share your screen to one or multiple people via web browser. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Go

Screensy – Simple peer-to-peer screen sharing solution for sharing your screen with WebRTC. (Demo) GPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker

Shhh – Keep secrets out of emails or chat logs, share them using secure links with passphrase and expiration dates. MIT Python

SimpleX Chat – The most private and secure chat and applications platform – now with double ratchet E2E encryption. AGPL-3.0 Haskell

Soketi – Simple, fast, and resilient open-source WebSockets server (drop-in alternative to Pusher). (Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker/K8S

Spectrum 2 – Spectrum 2 is an open source instant messaging transport. It allows users to chat together even when they are using different IM networks. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++

StoneAge Messenger – A self-hosted Android messenger, S3-compatible storage is the only backend needed. (Source Code, Clients) GPL-3.0 Java

Synapse – Server for Matrix, an open standard for decentralized persistent communication. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python

Syndie – Syndie is a libre system for operating distributed forums. CC0-1.0 Java

Tailchat – Next generation noIM application in your own workspace, not only another Slack/Discord/rocket.chat. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/K8S/Nodejs

TextBelt ⚠ – Outgoing SMS API that uses carrier-specific gateways to deliver your text messages for free, and without ads. MIT Javascript

Tiledesk – All-in-one customer engagement platform from lead-gen to post-sales, from WhatsApp to your website. With omni-channel live agents and AI-powered chatbots (alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Tawk.to and Tidio). (Source Code) MIT Docker/K8S

Tinode – Instant messaging platform. Backend in Go. Clients: Swift iOS, Java Android, JS webapp, scriptable command line; chatbots. (Demo, Source Code, Clients) GPL-3.0 Go

Tox – Distributed, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C

Typebot – Conversational app builder (alternative to Typeform or Landbot). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

WBO – Web Whiteboard to collaborate in real-time on schemas, drawings, and notes. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker

Yopass – Secure sharing of secrets, passwords and files. (Demo) Apache-2.0 Go/Docker

Zulip – Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python

Communication – Email – Complete Solutions

Simple deployment of E-mail servers, e.g. for inexperienced or impatient admins.

AnonAddy – Open source email forwarding service for creating aliases. (Source Code) MIT PHP
DebOps – Your Debian-based data center in a box. A set of general-purpose Ansible roles that can be used to manage Debian or Ubuntu hosts. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 YAML/Ansible/Python
docker-mailserver – Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container. Only configuration files, no SQL database. (Source Code) MIT Docker
Dovel – SMTP server that sends and receives emails according to a simple configuration file, with an optional web interface that you can use to browse your emails. (Source Code) LGPL-3.0 Go
emailwiz – Luke Smith’s bash script to completely automate the setup of a Postfix/Dovecot/SpamAssassin/OpenDKIM server on debian. GPL-3.0 Bash
homebox – Suite of Ansible scripts to deploy a fully functional mail server on Debian. Unobtrusive and automatic as much as possible, focusing on stability and security. GPL-3.0 Shell
Inboxen – Inboxen is a service that provides you with an infinite number of unique inboxes. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
iRedMail – Full-featured mail server solution based on Postfix and Dovecot. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Shell
Maddy Mail Server – All-in-one mail server that implements SMTP (both MTA and MX) and IMAP. Replaces Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM, OpenSPF, OpenDMARC with single daemon. GPL-3.0 Go
Mail-in-a-Box – Turns any Ubuntu server into a fully functional mail server with one command. (Source Code) CC0-1.0 Shell
Mailcow – Mail server suite based on Dovecot, Postfix and other open source software, that provides a modern Web UI for administration. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Docker/PHP
Mailu – Mailu is a simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Python
Modoboa – Modoboa is a mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified Web User Interface. (Source Code) ISC Python
Postal – A complete and fully featured mail server for use by websites & web servers. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Ruby
Simple NixOS Mailserver – Complete mailserver solution leveraging the Nix Ecosystem. GPL-3.0 Nix
SimpleLogin – Open source email alias solution to protect your email address. Comes with browser extensions and mobile apps. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Python
wildduck – Scalable no-SPOF IMAP/POP3 mail server. (Source Code) EUPL-1.2 Nodejs/Docker

Communication – Email – Mail Delivery Agents

Mail Delivery Agents (MDAs) – IMAP/POP3 server software.

Cyrus IMAP – Email (IMAP/POP3), contacts and calendar server. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause-Attribution C
Dovecot – IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind. (Source Code) MIT/LGPL-2.1 C/deb
MailForm – Lightweight self-hosted email service for contact forms and more (alternative to Formspree and SendGrid). Apache-2.0 Nodejs/Docker
Piler – Feature-rich open source email archiving solution. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C
Stalwart JMAP – JMAP and IMAP server designed to be secure, fast, robust and scalable. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Rust/Docker

Communication – Email – Mail Transfer Agents

Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs) – SMTP servers.

chasquid – SMTP (email) server with a focus on simplicity, security, and ease of operation. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
Courier MTA – Fast, scalable, enterprise mail/groupware server providing ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, mailing list, basic web-based calendaring and scheduling services. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C/deb
DragonFly – A small MTA for home and office use. Works on Linux and FreeBSD. BSD-3-Clause C
EmailRelay – A small and easy to configure SMTP and POP3 server for Windows and Linux. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++
Exim – Message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C/deb
Haraka – High-performance, pluginable SMTP server written in Javascript. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
MailCatcher – Ruby gem that deploys a simply SMTP MTA gateway that accepts all mail and displays in web interface. Useful for debugging or development. (Source Code) MIT Ruby
Maildrop – Disposable email SMTP server, also useful for development. MIT Scala
MailHog – Small Golang executable which runs an SMTP MTA gateway that accepts all mail and displays in web interface. Useful for debugging or development. MIT Go/Docker
OpenSMTPD – Secure SMTP server implementation from the OpenBSD project. (Source Code) ISC C/deb
Postfix – Fast, easy to administer, and secure Sendmail replacement. IPL-1.0 C/deb
Sendmail – Message transfer agent (MTA). Sendmail C/deb
Slimta – Mail Transfer Library built on Python. (Source Code) MIT Python
Stalwart SMTP – Modern SMTP server designed with a focus on security, speed, and extensive configurability. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Rust
vSMTP – Next-gen MTA. Secured, Faster and Greener. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Rust

Communication – Email – Mailing Lists and Newsletters

Mailing list servers and mass mailing software – one message to many recipients.

Dada Mail – Web-based list management system that can be used for announcement lists and/or discussion lists. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Perl
Gray Duck Mail – Self hosted email discussion list management that uses external email providers. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker
HyperKitty – Open source Django application to provide a web interface to access GNU Mailman v3 archives. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Keila – Self-hosted reliable and easy-to-use newsletter tool (alternative to Mailchimp or Sendinblue). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker
Listmonk – High performance, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go/Docker
Mailman – The Gnu mailing list server. GPL-3.0 Python
Mailtrain – Self hosted newsletter application. GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Mautic – Mautic is marketing automation software (email, social and more). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
phpList – Newsletter and email marketing with advanced management of subscribers, bounces, and plugins. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Postorius – Web user interface to access GNU Mailman. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Schleuder – GPG-enabled mailing list manager with resending-capabilities. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Ruby
Sympa – Mailing list manager. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Perl

Communication – Email – Webmail Clients

Webmail clients.

Cypht – Feed reader for your email accounts. (Source Code) LGPL-2.1 PHP
IMP – HORDE application that provides webmail access to IMAP and POP3 accounts. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
MailCare – Open source disposable email address service. (Source Code) MIT PHP
Roundcube – Browser-based IMAP client with an application-like user interface. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP/deb
SnappyMail – Simple, modern, lightweight & fast web-based email client (fork of RainLoop). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
SquirrelMail – Another browser-based IMAP client. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Communication – IRC

IRC communication software.

Convos – Always online web IRC client. (Demo, Source Code) Artistic-2.0 Perl/Docker
Ergo – Modern IRCv3 server written in Go, combining the features of an ircd, a services framework, and a bouncer. (Source Code) MIT Go/Docker
Glowing Bear – A web frontend for WeeChat. (Demo) GPL-3.0 Nodejs
InspIRCd – Modular IRC server written in C++ for Linux, BSD, Windows, and macOS. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C++/Docker
Kiwi IRC – Responsive web IRC client with theming support. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
ngircd – Free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C/deb
Quassel IRC – Distributed IRC client, meaning that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C++
Robust IRC – RobustIRC is IRC without netsplits. Distributed IRC server, based on RobustSession protocol. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Go
The Lounge – Self-hosted web IRC client. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker
UnrealIRCd – Modular, advanced and highly configurable IRC server written in C for Linux, BSD, Windows, and macOS. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
Weechat – Fast, light and extensible chat client. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C/Docker/deb
ZNC – Advanced IRC bouncer. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 C++/deb

Communication – SIP

SIP/IPBX telephony software.

Asterisk – Easy to use but advanced IP PBX system, VoIP gateway and conference server. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C/deb
ASTPP – VoIP Billing Solution for Freeswitch. It supports prepaid and postpaid billing with call rating and credit control. It also provides many other features. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Eqivo – Eqivo implements an API layer on top of FreeSWITCH facilitating integration between web applications and voice/video-enabled endpoints such as traditional phone lines (PSTN), VoIP phones, webRTC clients etc. (Source Code) MIT Docker/PHP
Flexisip – A complete, modular and scalable SIP server, includes a push gateway, to deliver SIP incoming calls or text messages on mobile device platforms where push notifications are required to receive information when the app is not active in the foreground. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 C/Docker
Freepbx – Web-based open source GUI that controls and manages Asterisk. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
FreeSWITCH – Scalable open source cross-platform telephony platform. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 C
FusionPBX – Open source project that provides a customizable and flexible web interface to the very powerful and highly scalable multi-platform voice switch called FreeSWITCH. (Source Code) MPL-1.1 PHP
Kamailio – Modular SIP server (registrar/proxy/router/etc). (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C/deb
Kazoo – KAZOO is an open-source, highly scalable software platform designed to provide carrier-grade VoIP switch functions and features. (Source Code) MPL-1.1 Erlang
openSIPS – OpenSIPS is an Open Source SIP proxy/server for voice, video, IM, presence and any other SIP extensions. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
Routr – A lightweight sip proxy, location server, and registrar for a reliable and scalable SIP infrastructure. (Source Code) MIT Docker/K8S
SIP3 – VoIP troubleshooting and monitoring platform. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Kotlin
SIPCAPTURE Homer – Troubleshooting and monitoring VoIP calls. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Angular/C
Wazo – Full-featured IPBX solution built atop Asterisk with integrated Web administration interface and REST-ful API. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Yeti-Switch – Transit class4 softswitch(SBC) with integrated billing and routing engine and REST API. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 C++/Ruby

Communication – Social Networks and Forums

Social Networking and Forum software.

Akkoma – Federated microblogging server with Mastodon, GNU social, and ActivityPub compatibility. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Elixir/Docker

Anahita – Open Source Social Networking Framework and Platform. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Answer – An open-source knowledge-based community software. You can use it to quickly build your Q&A community for product technical support, customer support, user communication, and more. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Go

AsmBB – A fast, SQLite-powered forum engine written in ASM. (Source Code) EUPL-1.2 Assembly

Bibliogram ⚠ – An alternative front-end for Instagram. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

Buddycloud – Tools, libraries, services and a community to build user-to-user, group and social messaging into your app. Saves time. Scales up. Supports you. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java

BuddyPress – Powerful plugin that takes your WordPress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, activity streams, user groups, and more. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Cactus Comments – Cactus Comments is a federated comment system for the open web built on Matrix. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Python

Chirpy – Chirpy is an open-source, privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs

Commento – Commento is a discussion platform that you can embed on your blog, news articles, and any place where you want your readers to add comments. MIT Go/Docker

Coral – A better commenting experience from Vox Media. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Nodejs

diaspora* – Distributed social networking server. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby

Discourse – Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 Docker

Elgg – Powerful open source social networking engine. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Enigma 1/2 BBS – Enigma 1/2 is a modern, multi-platform BBS engine with unlimited “callers” and legacy DOS door game support. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-2-Clause Shell/Docker/Nodejs

Flarum – Delightfully simple forums. Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun again. (Source Code) MIT PHP

FlaskBB – FlaskBB is forum software written in Python using the microframework Flask. You can easily create new topics, posts and send other users private messages. It also includes basic administration and moderation tools. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Python

Friendica – Social Communication Server. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

GoToSocial – ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API. AGPL-3.0 Docker/Go

Hubzilla – Decentralized identity, privacy, publishing, sharing, cloud storage, and communications/social platform. (Source Code) MIT PHP

HumHub – Flexible kit for private social networks. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Isso – Lightweight commenting server written in Python and Javascript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus. (Source Code) MIT Python/Docker

kbin – Federated content aggregator and microblogging platform. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP/Nodejs/Docker

Lemmy – A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse (alternative to Reddit). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Rust

Libreddit ⚠ – Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust. AGPL-3.0 Rust

Loomio – Loomio is a collaborative decision-making tool that makes it easy for anyone to participate in decisions which affect them. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

Mastodon – Federated microblogging server. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby

Misago – Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Docker

Misskey – Decentralized app-like microblogging server/SNS for the Fediverse, using the ActivityPub protocol like GNU social and Mastodon. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker

Movim – Modern, federated social network based on XMPP, with a fully featured group-chat, subscriptions and microblogging. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP/Docker

MyBB – Free, extensible forum software package. (Source Code) LGPL-3.0 PHP

Nitter ⚠ – A alternative front end to twitter. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nimble/Docker

NodeBB – Forum software built for the modern web. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs

Orange Forum – Orange Forum is an easy to deploy forum that has minimal dependencies and uses very little javascript. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Go

OSSN – Open Source Social Network (OSSN) is a social networking software written in PHP. It allows you to make a social networking website and helps your members build social relationships, with people who share similar professional or personal interests. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

phpBB – Flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people or can power your entire website. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

PixelFed – Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform alternate to Instagram. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Pleroma – Federated microblogging server, Mastodon, GNU social, & ActivityPub compatible. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Elixir

qpixel – Q&A-based community knowledge-sharing software. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby

remark42 – A lightweight and simple comment engine, which doesn’t spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker/Go

Retrospring – A free, open-source social network following the Q/A (question and answer) principle of sites like Formspring, ask.fm or CuriousCat. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Ruby/Nodejs

Scoold – Stack Overflow in a JAR. An enterprise-ready Q&A platform with full-text search, SAML, LDAP integration and social login support. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/Docker/K8S

Simple Machines Forum – Free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause PHP

Socialhome – Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Python

Takahē – Federated microblogging server. Mastodon, & ActivityPub compatible. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Docker

Talkyard – Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat (Slack/StackOverflow/Discourse/Reddit/Disqus hybrid). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Scala

Teddit ⚠ – Alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker

Thredded – Forums, feature-rich and simple. MIT Ruby

Vanilla Forums – Simple and flexible forum software. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

yarn.social – Self-Hosted, Twitter™-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data. (Source Code) MIT Go

Zusam – Free and open-source way to self-host private forums for groups of friends or family. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Communication – Video Conferencing

Video/Web Conferencing tools and software.

Related: Conference Management

BigBlueButton – Supports real-time sharing of audio, video, slides (with whiteboard controls), chat, and the screen. Instructors can engage remote students with polling, emojis, and breakout rooms. (Demo, Source Code) LGPL-3.0 Java
Galene – Galène (or Galene) is a videoconference server (an “SFU”) that is easy to deploy and that requires moderate server resources. (Source Code) MIT Go
Janus – General-purpose, lightweight, minimalist WebRTC Server. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 C
Jitsi Meet – Jitsi Meet is an OpenSource (MIT) WebRTC Javascript application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, scalable video conferences. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs/Docker/deb
Jitsi Video Bridge – WebRTC compatible Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) that allows for multiuser video communication. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/deb
LiveKit – Modern, scalable WebRTC conferencing platform with client SDKs. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
MiroTalk C2C – Real-time cam-2-cam video calls & screen sharing, end-to-end encrypted, to embed in any website with a simple iframe. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker
MiroTalk P2P – Simple, secure, fast real-time video conferences up to 4k and 60fps, compatible with all browsers and platforms. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker
MiroTalk SFU – Simple, secure, scalable real-time video conferences up to 4k, compatible with all browsers and platforms. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker
plugNmeet – Scalable, High Performance, Open source web conferencing system. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker/Go
Wirow – A full featured self-hosted video web-conferencing platform. AGPL-3.0 Docker/C

Communication – XMPP – Servers

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol servers.

ejabberd – XMPP instant messaging server. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Erlang/Docker
jackal – XMPP server with focus on stability, simple configuration and low resource consumption. Apache-2.0 Go/Docker
Metronome IM – Lightweight xmpp server with advanced microblogging features (fork of Prosody). (Source Code) MIT Lua
MongooseIM – Mobile messaging platform with a focus on performance and scalability. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Erlang/Docker/K8S
Openfire – Real time collaboration (RTC) server. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
Prosody IM – Feature-rich and easy to configure XMPP server. (Source Code) MIT Lua
Snikket – All-in-one Dockerized easy XMPP solution, including web admin and clients. (Source Code, Clients) Apache-2.0 Docker
Tigase – XMPP server implementation in Java. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Java

Communication – XMPP – Web Clients

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Web clients/interfaces.

Converse.js – Free and open-source XMPP chat client in your browser. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Javascript
JSXC – Real-time XMPP web chat application with video calls, file transfer and encrypted communication. There are also versions for Nextcloud/Owncloud and SOGo. (Source Code) MIT Javascript
Libervia – Web frontend from Salut à Toi. AGPL-3.0 Python
Salut à Toi – Multipurpose, multi frontend, libre and decentralized communication tool. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python

Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Management and administration tools for community supported agriculture and food cooperatives.

Related: E-commerce

ACP Admin – CSA administration. Manage members, subscriptions, deliveries, drop-off locations, member participation, invoices and emails. (Source Code) MIT Ruby
FoodCoopShop – User-friendly open source software for food-coops. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP/Docker
Foodsoft – Web-based software to manage a non-profit food coop (product catalog, ordering, accounting, job scheduling). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Ruby
juntagrico – Management platform for community gardens and vegetable cooperatives. (Source Code) LGPL-3.0 Python
Local Food Nodes – Your open source platform for peoples driven local food markets and CSA. (Source Code) MIT PHP
Open Food Network – Online marketplace for local food. It enables a network of independent online food stores that connect farmers and food hubs with individuals and local businesses. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
OpenOlitor – Administration platform for Community Supported Agriculture groups. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Scala
teikei – A web application that maps out community-supported agriculture based on crowdsourced data. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

Conference Management

Software for submission of abstracts and preparation/management of academic conferences.

Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) – Create conference and event websites built on top of Drupal. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
frab – Web-based conference planning and management system. It helps to collect submissions, to manage talks and speakers and to create a schedule. (Source Code) MIT Ruby/Docker
indico – A feature-rich event management system, made @ CERN, the place where the Web was born. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Python
osem – Event management tailored to free Software conferences. (Source Code) MIT Ruby/Docker
pretalx – Web-based event management, including running a Call for Papers, reviewing submissions, and scheduling talks. Exports and imports for various related tools. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python

Content Management Systems (CMS)

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Content Management Systems offer a practical way to setup a website with many features, using third party plugins, themes and functionality that are easy to add and customize.

Alfresco Community Edition – The open source Enterprise Content Management software that handles any type of content, allowing users to easily share and collaborate on content. (Source Code) LGPL-3.0 Java

Apostrophe – CMS with a focus on extensible in-context editing tools. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs

b2evolution CMS – The most integrated CMS ever: b2evolution includes everything you need to build websites for publishing, sharing and interacting with your community. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Backdrop CMS – Comprehensive CMS for small to medium sized businesses and non-profits. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

BigTree CMS – Straightforward, well documented, and capable written with PHP and MySQL. (Source Code) LGPL-2.1 PHP

Bludit ⚠ – Simple application to build a site or blog in seconds. Bludit uses flat-files (text files in JSON format) to store posts and pages. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP

Bolt CMS – Open source Content Management Tool, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. (Source Code) MIT PHP

CMS Made Simple – Open source content management system, faster and easier management of website contents, scalable for small businesses to large corporations. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Cockpit – Simple Content Platform to manage any structured content. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Concrete 5 CMS – Open source content management system. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Contao – Contao is a powerful open source CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications. (Source Code) LGPL-3.0 PHP

CouchCMS – Simple Open-Source CMS for designers. (Source Code) CPAL-1.0 PHP

Drupal – Advanced open source content management platform. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

eLabFTW – Online lab notebook for research labs. Store experiments, use a database to find reagents or protocols, use trusted timestamping to legally timestamp an experiment, export as pdf or zip archive, share with collaborators…. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Expressa – Content Management System for powering database driven websites using JSON schemas. Provides permission management and automatic REST APIs. MIT Nodejs

Flextype – Flextype is an open-source Hybrid Content Management System with the freedom of a headless CMS and with the full functionality of a traditional CMS. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Joomla! – Advanced Content Management System (CMS). (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

KeystoneJS – CMS and Web Application Platform. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

MODX – MODX is an advanced content management and publishing platform. The current version is called ‘Revolution’. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Neos – Neos or TYPO3 Neos (for version 1) is a modern, open source CMS. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Noosfero – Noosfero is a web platform for social and solidarity economy networks with blog, e-Portfolios, CMS, RSS, thematic discussion, events agenda and collective intelligence for solidarity economy in the same system. AGPL-3.0 Ruby

Omeka – Create complex narratives and share rich collections, adhering to Dublin Core standards with Omeka on your server, designed for scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Payload CMS – Developer-first headless CMS and application framework. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Pico – Stupidly simple, blazing fast, flat file CMS. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Pimcore – Multi-Channel Experience and Engagement Management Platform. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP/Docker

Plone – Powerful open-source CMS system. (Source Code) ZPL-2.0 Python/Docker

PropertyWebBuilder – Ultimate Ruby on Rails engine for creating real estate websites. (Source Code) MIT Ruby

Publify – Simple but full featured web publishing software. (Source Code) MIT Ruby

Rapido – Create your website with Rapido. Edit, publish and share collaborative content. AGPL-3.0 Go

REDAXO – Simple, flexible and useful content management system (documentation only available in German). (Source Code) MIT PHP/Docker

Roadiz – Modern CMS based on a node system which can handle many types of services. (Source Code) MIT PHP

SilverStripe – Easy to use CMS with powerful MVC framework underlying. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-3-Clause PHP

SPIP – Publication system for the Internet aimed at collaborative work, multilingual environments, and simplicity of use for web authors. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Squidex – Headless CMS, based on MongoDB, CQRS and Event Sourcing. (Demo, Source Code) MIT .NET

Strapi – The most advanced open-source Content Management Framework (headless-CMS) to build powerful API with no effort. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Textpattern – Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Typemill – Author-friendly flat-file-cms with a visual markdown editor based on vue.js. (Source Code) MIT PHP

TYPO3 – Powerful and advanced CMS with a large community. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Umbraco – The friendly CMS. Free and open source with an amazing community. (Source Code) MIT .NET

Wagtail – Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Python

WinterCMS – Speedy and secure content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. (Source Code) MIT PHP

WonderCMS – WonderCMS is the smallest flat file CMS since 2008. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP

WordPress – World’s most-used blogging and CMS engine. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Database Management

Web interfaces for database management. Includes tools for database analytics and visualization.

Related: Analytics, Automation

Adminer – Database management in a single PHP file. Available for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL, Oracle, Elasticsearch, MongoDB and others. (Source Code) Apache-2.0/GPL-2.0 PHP
Baserow – Create your own database without technical experience (alternative to Airtable). (Source Code) MIT Docker
Bytebase – Safe database schema change and version control for DevOps teams, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, TiDB, ClickHouse, and Snowflake. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker/K8S/Go
Chartbrew – Web application that can connect directly to databases and APIs and use the data to create beautiful charts. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker
CloudBeaver – Self-hosted management of databases, supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and more. A web/hosted version of DBeaver. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker
Databunker – Network-based, self-hosted, GDPR compliant, secure database for personal data or PII. (Source Code) MIT Docker
Datasette – An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data, easy import and export and database management. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python/Docker
Directus – An Instant App & API for your SQL Database. Directus wraps your new or existing SQL database with a realtime GraphQL+REST API for developers, and an intuitive admin app for non-technical users. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Evidence – Evidence is a code-based BI tool. Write reports using SQL and markdown and they render as a website. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Limbas – Limbas is a database framework for creating database-driven business applications. As a graphical database frontend, it enables the efficient processing of data stocks and the flexible development of comfortable database applications. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Mathesar – An intuitive UI for managing data collaboratively, for users of all technical skill levels. Built on Postgres – connect an existing DB or set up a new one. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Python
MindsDB – MindsDB is an open source self hosted AI layer for existing databases that allows you to effortlessly develop, train and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models using standard queries. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Python
NocoDB – No-code platform that turns any database into a smart spreadsheet (alternative to Airtable or Smartsheet). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker

DNS

DNS servers and management tools with advertisement blocking funtionality, primarily aimed at home or small networks.

AdGuard Home – Free and open source, userfriendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker
blocky – Fast and lightweight DNS proxy (like Pi-hole) as ad-blocker for local network with many features. Apache-2.0 Go/Docker
Maza ad blocking – Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Bash
Pi-hole – A blackhole for Internet advertisements with a GUI for management and monitoring. (Source Code) EUPL-1.2 Shell/PHP
Technitium DNS Server – Authoritative/recursive DNS server with ad blocking functionality. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/C#

Document Management

A document management system (DMS) is a system used to receive, track, manage and store documents and reduce paper.

DOCAT – Host your docs. Simple. Versioned. Fancy. MIT Python/Docker
Docspell – Auto-tagging document organizer and archive. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Scala/Java/Docker
EveryDocs – A simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally. GPL-3.0 Docker/Ruby
I, Librarian – I, Librarian can organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Mayan EDMS – Free Open Source Electronic Document Management System. An electronic vault for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python
Paperless-ngx – Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an imporved interface (fork of Paperless). (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python/Docker
Papermerge – Open Source Document Management System focused on scanned documents (electronic archives). Features file browsing in similar way to dropbox/google drive. OCR, full text search, text overlay/selection. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python/Docker/K8S
paper{s}pace – Small web application to manage all your offline documents. Provides a searchable storage for your documents and reminds you of upcoming tasks. (Source Code) MIT Java
Stirling-PDF – Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR. Apache-2.0 Docker/Java
Teedy – Lightweight document management system packed with all the features you can expect from big expensive solutions (Ex SismicsDocs). (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 Docker/Java

Document Management – E-books

Ebook library management software.

Atsumeru – Free and open source self-hosted manga/comic/light novel media server with clients for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android. (Source Code, Clients) MIT Java/Docker
Calibre Web – Web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database. GPL-3.0 Python
Calibre – E-book library manager that can view, convert, and catalog e-books in most of the major e-book formats and provides a built-in Web server for remote clients. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Kavita – Cross-platform e-book/manga/comic/pdf server and web reader with user management, ratings and reviews, and metatdata support. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 .NET Core/Docker
Komga – Media server for comics/mangas/BDs with API and OPDS support, a modern web interface for exploring your libraries, as well as a web reader. (Source Code) MIT Java/Docker
Mango – Manga server and web reader with a built-in MangaDex downloader. MIT Crystal/Docker
pyShelf – Lightweight Ebook Server. GPL-3.0 Python
Stump – A fast, free and open source comics, manga and digital book server with OPDS support. (Source Code) MIT Rust
The Epube – Self-hosted web EPUB reader using EPUB.js, Bootstrap, and Calibre. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Document Management – Institutional Repository and Digital Library Software

Institutional repository and digital library management software.

DSpace – Turnkey repository application providing durable access to digital resources. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Java
EPrints – Digital document management system with a flexible metadata and workflow model primarily aimed at academic institutions. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Perl
Fedora Commons Repository – Robust and modular repository system for the management and dissemination of digital content especially suited for digital libraries and archives, both for access and preservation. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
InvenioRDM – Highly scalable turn-key research data management platform with a beautiful user experience. (Demo, Source Code, Clients) MIT Python
Islandora – Drupal module for browsing and managing Fedora-based digital repositories. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Samvera Hyrax – Front-end for the Samvera framework, which itself is a Ruby on Rails application for browsing and managing Fedora-based digital repositories. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Ruby

Document Management – Integrated Library Systems (ILS)

An integrated library system is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed.

Evergreen – Highly-scalable software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PL/pgSQL
Koha – Enterprise-class ILS with modules for acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, label printing, offline circulation for when Internet access is not available, and much more. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Perl
RERO ILS – Large-scale ILS that can be run as a service with consortial features, intended primarily for library networks. Includes most standard modules (circulation, acquisitions, cataloging,…) and a web-based public and professional interface. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Other

E-commerce

E-commerce software.

Aimeos – Ultra fast, Open Source e-commerce framework for building custom online shops, market places and complex B2B applications scaling to billions of items with Laravel. (Demo, Source Code) LGPL-3.0/MIT PHP
Attendize – Ticket selling and event management platform. (Source Code) AAL Docker/PHP
Bagisto – Leading Laravel open source e-commerce framework with multi-inventory sources, taxation, localization, dropshipping and more exciting features. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
CoreShop – CoreShop is a e-commerce plugin for Pimcore. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Drupal Commerce – Drupal Commerce is a popular e-commerce module for Drupal CMS, with support for dozens of payment, shipping, and shopping related modules. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Magento Open Source – Leading provider of open omnichannel innovation. OSL-3.0 PHP
Mailchimp Open Commerce – Customizable, real-time reactive, Javascript commerce platform (formerly Reaction Commerce). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs
MedusaJs – Medusa is an open-source headless commerce engine that enables developers to create amazing digital commerce experiences. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Microweber – Drag and Drop CMS and online shop. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP
Open Source POS – Open Source Point of Sale is a web based point of sale system. MIT PHP
OpenCart – Free open source shopping cart solution. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
OXID eShop – OXID eShop is a flexible open source e-commerce software with a wide range of functionalities. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
PrestaShop – PrestaShop offers a free, open-source and fully scalable e-commerce solution. (Demo, Source Code) OSL-3.0 PHP
Pretix – Django based ticket sales platform for events. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python
s-cart – S-Cart is a free e-commerce website project for individuals and businesses, built on top of Laravel Framework. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
Saleor – Django based open-sourced e-commerce storefront. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Docker/Python
Shopware Community Edition – PHP based open source e-commerce software made in Germany. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
Solidus – A free, open-source ecommerce platform that gives you complete control over your store. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Ruby/Docker
Spree Commerce – Spree is a complete, modular & API-driven open source e-commerce solution for Ruby on Rails. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Ruby
Sylius – Symfony2 powered open source full-stack platform for eCommerce. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
Thelia – Thelia is an open source and flexible e-commerce solution. (Demo, Source Code) LGPL-3.0 PHP
Vendure – A headless commerce framework. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs
WooCommerce – WordPress based e-commerce solution. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Federated Identity & Authentication

Federated identity and authentication software.

Please visit awesome-sysadmin/Identity Management

Feed Readers

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A news aggregator, also termed a feed aggregator, feed reader, news reader, RSS reader, is an application that aggregates web content such as newspapers/blogs/vlogs/podcasts in one location for easy viewing.

Bubo Reader – Open source, “irrationally minimal” RSS feed reader. (Demo) MIT Nodejs

CommaFeed – Google Reader inspired self-hosted RSS reader. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java

Feedpushr – Powerful RSS aggregator, able to transform and send articles to many outputs. Single binary, extensible with plugins. GPL-3.0 Go

FreshRSS – Self-hostable RSS feed aggregator. (Demo, Source Code, Clients) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Goeland – Reads RSS/Atom feeds and filter/digest them to create beautiful emails. MIT Go

JARR – JARR (Just Another RSS Reader) is a web-based news aggregator and reader (fork of Newspipe). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python

Kriss Feed – Simple and smart (or stupid) feed reader. CC0-1.0 PHP

Leed – Leed (for Light Feed) is a Free and minimalist RSS aggregator. AGPL-3.0 PHP

Miniflux – Miniflux is a minimalist and open source news reader, written in Go and PostgreSQL. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

NewsBlur – NewsBlur is a personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world. A new sound of an old instrument. (Source Code) MIT Python

newsdash – A news dashboard inspired by iGoogle and Netvibes. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

Newspipe – Newspipe is a web news reader. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Python

PolitePol – Online tool for creation of RSS feeds for any web page. (Demo) MIT Python

reader – A Python feed reader web app and library (so you can use it to build your own), with only standard library and pure-Python dependencies. BSD-3-Clause Python

RSS-Bridge – Generate RSS/ATOM feeds for websites which don’t have one. Unlicense PHP

RSS Fulltext Proxy – Mirrors RSS feeds to return the full content of the items, extracted from the website. MIT Nodejs

RSS Monster – An easy to use web-based RSS aggregator and reader compatible with the Fever API (alternative to Google Reader). MIT PHP

RSS2EMail – Fetches RSS/Atom-feeds and pushes new Content to any email-receiver, supports OPML. GPL-2.0 Python

RSSHub – An easy to use, and extensible RSS feed aggregator, it’s capable of generating RSS feeds from pretty much everything ranging from social media to university departments. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker

Selfoss – New multipurpose rss reader, live stream, mashup, aggregation web application. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Stringer – Work-in-progress self-hosted, anti-social RSS reader. MIT Ruby

Temboz – Two-column feed reader emphasizing filtering capabilities to manage information overload. MIT Python

Tiny Tiny RSS – Open source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/PHP

Yarr – Yarr (yet another rss reader) is a web-based feed aggregator which can be used both as a desktop application and a personal self-hosted server. MIT Go

File Transfer & Synchronization

File transfer, sharing and synchronization software software.

Related: Groupware

Git Annex – File synchronization between computers, servers, external drives. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Haskell
Kinto – Kinto is a minimalist JSON storage service with synchronisation and sharing abilities. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python
Nextcloud – Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and more from any device, on your terms. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP/deb
OpenSSH SFTP server – Secure File Transfer Program. (Source Code) BSD-2-Clause C/deb
ownCloud – All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more. (Source Code, Clients) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Peergos – Secure and private space online where you can store, share and view your photos, videos, music and documents. Also includes a calendar, news feed, task lists, chat and email client. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Java
Pydio – Turn any web server into a powerful file management system and an alternative to mainstream cloud storage providers. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
Samba – Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix. It provides secure, stable and fast file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C
Seafile – File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations. (Source Code) GPL-2.0/GPL-3.0/AGPL-3.0/Apache-2.0 C
Syncthing – Syncthing is an open source peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Go
Unison – Unison is a file-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 OCaml

File Transfer – Distributed Filesystems

Network distributed filesystems.

Please visit awesome-sysadmin/Distributed Filesystems

File Transfer – Object Storage & File Servers

Object storage is a computer data storage that manages data as objects, as opposed to other storage architectures like file systems which manages data as a file hierarchy, and block storage which manages data as blocks within sectors and tracks.

GarageHQ – An open-source geo-distributed storage service you can self-host to fulfill many needs – S3 compatible. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Rust
Minio – Minio is an open source object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
SeaweedFS – SeaweedFS is an open source distributed file system supporting WebDAV, S3 API, FUSE mount, HDFS, etc, optimized for lots of small files, and easy to add capacity. Apache-2.0 Go
SFTPGo – Flexible, fully featured and highly configurable SFTP server with optional FTP/S and WebDAV support. AGPL-3.0 Go
Zenko CloudServer – Zenko CloudServer, an open-source implementation of a server handling the Amazon S3 protocol. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs

File Transfer – Peer-to-peer Filesharing

Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology.

bittorrent-tracker – Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client and server) implementation. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Dat Project – Powerful decentralized file sharing applications built from a large ecosystem of modules. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent. (Demo) MIT Nodejs
qBittorrent – Free cross-platform bittorrent client with a feature rich Web UI for remote access. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C++
Send – Simple, private, end to end encrypted temporary file sharing, originally built by Mozilla. (Clients) MPL-2.0 Nodejs
Transmission – Fast, easy, free Bittorrent client. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++/deb

File Transfer – Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload

Simplified file servers for sharing of one-time/short-lived/temporary files, providing single-click or drag-and-drop updload functionality.

ass – The superior self-hosted ShareX server. For use with clients such as ShareX (Windows), Flameshot (Linux), & MagicCap (Linux, macOS). ISC Nodejs

elixire – Simple yet advanced screenshot uploading and link shortening service. (Source Code, Clients) AGPL-3.0 Python

Files Sharing – Open Source and self-hosted files sharing application based on unique and temporary links. GPL-3.0 PHP

FileShelter – FileShelter is a self-hosted software that allows you to easily share files over the Internet. GPL-3.0 C++

Gokapi – Lightweight server to share files, which expire after a set amount of downloads or days. Similar to the discontinued Firefox Send, with the difference that only the admin is allowed to upload files. GPL-3.0 Go

goploader – Easy file sharing with server-side encryption, curl/httpie/wget compliant. MIT Go

GoSƐ – GoSƐ is a modern file-uploader focusing on scalability and simplicity. It only depends on a S3 storage backend and hence scales horizontally without the need for additional databases or caches. (Demo) Apache-2.0 Go

Jirafeau – Jirafeau is a web site permitting to upload a file in a simple way and give an unique link to it. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 PHP

lufi – Let’s Upload that FIle, client-side encrypted. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Perl

OnionShare – Securely and anonymously share a file of any size. GPL-2.0 Python

Pairdrop – Local file sharing in your browser, inspired by Apple’s AirDrop (fork of Snapdrop). GPL-3.0 Docker

PicoShare – A minimalist, easy-to-host service for sharing images and other files. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go

Picsur – A simple imaging hosting playtfom that allows you to easily host, edit, and share images. GPL-3.0 Docker

PictShare – PictShare is a multi lingual, open source image hosting service with a simple resizing and upload API. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP

Pingvin Share – A self-hosted file sharing platform that combines lightness and beauty, perfect for seamless and efficient file sharing. (Demo) BSD-2-Clause Docker/Nodejs

Plik – Plik is a scalable and friendly temporary file upload system. (Demo) MIT Go

Pomf – Pomf is a simple file uploading and sharing platform. MIT PHP

ProjectSend – Upload files and assign them to specific clients you create. Give access to those files to your clients. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

PsiTransfer – Simple open source self-hosted file sharing solution with robust up-/download-resume and password protection. BSD-2-Clause Nodejs

QuickShare – Quick and simple file sharing between different devices. LGPL-3.0 Go

Sharry – Share files easily over the internet between authenticated and anonymous users (both ways) with resumable up- and downloads. GPL-3.0 Scala/Java

Shifter – A simple, self-hosted file-sharing web app, powered by Django. MIT Docker

transfer.sh – Easy file sharing from the command line. (Source Code) MIT Go

Uguu – Stores files and deletes after X amount of time. MIT PHP

Uploady – Uploady is a simple file uploader script with multi file upload support. MIT PHP

Void – Lightweight, fast and elegant file hosting service for ShareX with Web UI and REST API. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

XBackBone – A simple, fast and lightweight file manager with instant sharing tools integration, like ShareX (a free and open-source screenshot utility for Windows). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Zipline – A lightweight, fast and reliable file sharing server that is commonly used with ShareX, offering a react-based Web UI and fast API. MIT Nodejs

File Transfer – Web-based File Managers

Web-based file managers.

Related: Groupware

Apaxy – Theme built to enhance the experience of browsing web directories, using the mod_autoindex Apache module and some CSS to override the default style of a directory listing. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 HTML
copyparty – Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV, FTP, zeroconf, media indexer, video thumbnails, audio transcoding, and write-only folders, in a single file with no mandatory dependencies. (Demo) MIT Python
DirectoryLister – Simple PHP based directory lister that lists a directory and all its sub-directories and allows you to navigate there within. (Source Code) MIT PHP
filebrowser – Web File Browser with a Material Design web interface. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
FileGator – FileGator is a powerful multi-user file manager with a single page front-end. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
Filestash – A web file manager that lets you manage your data anywhere it is located: FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Git, S3, Minio, Dropbox, or Google Drive . (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
Gossa – Gossa is a light and simple webserver for your files. MIT Go
IFM – Single script file manager. MIT PHP
miniserve – CLI tool to serve files and dirs over HTTP. MIT Rust
ResourceSpace – ResourceSpace open source digital asset management software is the simple, fast, and free way to organise your digital assets. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-4-Clause PHP
Surfer – Simple static file server with webui to manage files. MIT Nodejs
TagSpaces – TagSpaces is an offline, cross-platform file manager and organiser that also can function as a note taking app. The WebDAV version of the application can be installed on top of a WebDAV servers such as Nextcloud or ownCloud. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

Games

Multiplayer game servers and browser games.

0 A.D. – A free, open-source game of ancient warfare. (Source Code) MIT/GPL-2.0/Zlib C++/C
A Dark Room – Minimalist text adventure game for your browser. (Demo) MPL-2.0 HTML5
EmuLinkerSF – EmuLinkerSF is an open source Kaillera server. Kaillera is a client/server system that any emulator can implement to enable netplay over the Internet. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Java
Lila – The forever free, adless and open source chess server powering lichess.org, with official iOS and Android client apps. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Scala
Mindustry – Factorio-like tower defense game. Build production chains to gather more resources, and build complex facilities. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Java
Minetest – An open source voxel game engine. Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server. (Source Code) LGPL-2.1/MIT/Zlib C++
MTA:SA ⚠ – Multi Theft Auto (MTA) is a software project that adds network play functionality to Rockstar North’s Grand Theft Auto game series, in which this functionality is not originally found. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++
piqueserver – Server for openspades, the first-person shooter in a destructible voxel world. (Clients) GPL-3.0 Python/C++
Posio – Geography multiplayer game. MIT Python
QuakeJS – QuakeJS is a port of ioquake3 to Javascript that can be played in a browser. MIT Nodejs
Quizmaster – A web-app for conducting a quiz, including a page for players to enter their answers. Apache-2.0 Scala
Red Eclipse 2 – A FOSS Arena First-Person Shooter Similar to Unreal Tournament. (Source Code) Zlib/MIT/CC-BY-SA-4.0 C/C++
Romm ⚠ – RomM (Rom Manager) is a web based retro roms manager integrated with IGDB. GPL-3.0 Docker
Teeworlds – Open source 2D retro multiplayer shooter. (Source Code) Zlib C++
The Battle for Wesnoth – The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. GPL-2.0 C++
Veloren – Multiplayer RPG. Open-source game inspired by Cube World, Legend of Zelda, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Rust
Word Mastermind – Wordle clone. A Mastermind-like game, but instead of colors you need to guess words. (Demo) MIT Nodejs
Wordle – An Open Source Wordle game. Guess the Wordle in six tries. Each guess must be a valid five-letter word. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Zero-K – Open Source on Springrts engine. Zero-K is a traditional real time strategy game with a focus on player creativity through terrain manipulation, physics, and a large roster of unique units – all while being balanced to support competitive play. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Lua

Games – Administrative Utilities & Control Panels

Utilities for managing game servers.

ARRCON – Terminal-based RCON client compatible with any game servers using the Source RCON Protocol. GPL-3.0 C++
Crafty Controller – Crafty Controller is a free and open-source Minecraft launcher and manager that allows users to start and administer Minecraft servers from a user-friendly interface. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Python
EasyWI – Easy-Wi is a Web-interface that allows you to manage server daemons like gameservers. In addition it provides you with a CMS which includes a fully automated game- and voiceserver lending service. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP/Bash
Kubek – Web management panel for Minecraft servers. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Lancache ⚠ – LAN Party game caching made easy. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Shell
LinuxGSM – CLI tool for deployment and management of dedicated game servers on Linux: more than 120 games are supported. (Source Code) MIT Shell
Lodestone – A free, open source server hosting tool for Minecraft and other multiplayers. AGPL-3.0 Docker/Rust
Pterodactyl – Management panel for game servers, with an intuitive UI for end users. (Source Code) MIT PHP
PufferPanel – PufferPanel is an open source game server management panel, designed for both small networks and game server providers. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
RconCli – CLI for executing queries on a remote Valve Source dedicated server using the RCON Protocol. MIT Go
SourceBans++ – Admin, ban, and communication management system for games running on the Source engine. (Source Code) CC-BY-SA-4.0 PHP
Sunshine – Remote game stream host for Moonlight with support up to 120 frames per second and 4K resolution. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++

Genealogy

Genealogy software used to record, organize, and publish genealogical data.

Genea.app – Genea is a privacy by design and open source tool anyone can use to author or edit their family tree. Data is stored in the GEDCOM format and all processing is done in the browser. (Source Code) MIT Javascript
GeneWeb – GeneWeb is an open source genealogy software written in OCaml. It comes with a Web interface and can be used off-line or as a Web service. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 OCaml
Gramps Web – Web app for collaborative genealogy, based on and interoperable with Gramps, the open source genealogy desktop application. (Demo, Source Code). AGPL-3.0 Docker
webtrees – Webtrees is the web’s leading on-line collaborative genealogy application. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Groupware

Collaborative software or groupware is designed to help people working on a common task to attain their goals. Groupware often regroups multiple services such as file sharing, calendar/events management, address books… in a single, integrated application.

BlueMind – Groupware with email, calendar, address books, exchange active sync, exchange MAPI protocol support. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Java

Citadel – Groupware including email, calendar/scheduling, address books, forums, mailing lists, IM, wiki and blog engines, RSS aggregation and more. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C

Corteza – CRM including a unified workspace, enterprise messaging and a low code environment for rapidly and securely delivering records-based management solutions. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

Cozy Cloud – Personal cloud where you can manage and sync your contact, files and calendars, and manage your budget with an app store full of community contributions. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs

egroupware – Software suite including calendars, address books, notepad, project management tools, client relationship management tools (CRM), knowledge management tools, a wiki and a CMS. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

EspoCRM – CRM with a frontend designed as a single page application, and a REST API. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Group Office – Group-Office is an enterprise CRM and groupware tool. Share projects, calendars, files and e-mail online with co-workers and clients. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Openmeetings – Openmeetings provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white board, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools using API functions of the Red5 Streaming Server for Remoting and Streaming. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java

SOGo – SOGo offers multiple ways to access the calendaring and messaging data. CalDAV, CardDAV, GroupDAV, as well as ActiveSync, including native Outlook compatibility and Web interface. (Demo, Source Code) LGPL-2.1 Objective-C

SuiteCRM – The award-winning, enterprise-class open source CRM. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

tine – Community Edition – Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, WebDAV, ActiveSync, VoIP, Mail-Client, CRM, Sales, Projects, Timetracker. AGPL-3.0 PHP

Tracim – Collaborative Platform for team collaboration: file,threads,notes,agenda,etc. AGPL-3.0/LGPL-3.0/MIT Python

Zimbra Collaboration – Email, calendar, collaboration server with Web interface and lots of integrations. (Source Code) GPL-2.0/CPAL-1.0 Java

Human Resources Management (HRM)

A human resources management system combines a number of systems and processes to ensure the easy management of human resources, business processes and data.

admidio – Admidio is a free open source user management system for websites of organizations and groups. The system has a flexible role model so that it’s possible to reflect the structure and permissions of your organization. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
IceHrm – IceHrm employee management system allows companies to centralize confidential employee information. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP
OrangeHRM – OrangeHRM is a comprehensive HRM system that captures all the essential functionalities required for any enterprise. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
TimeOff.Management – Simple yet powerful absence management software for small and medium size business. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Internet of Things (IoT)

Internet of Things describes physical objects with sensors, processing ability, software, and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices over the Internet.

DeviceHive – Open Source IoT Platform with a wide range of integration options. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
Domoticz – Home Automation System that lets you monitor and configure various devices like: Lights, Switches, various sensors/meters like Temperature, Rain, Wind, UV, Electra, Gas, Water and much more. (Source Code, Clients) GPL-3.0 C/C++
EMQX – An ultra-scalable open-source MQTT broker. Connect 100M+ IoT devices in one single cluster, move and process real-time IoT data with 1M msg/s throughput at 1ms latency. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Erlang
FHEM – FHEM is used to automate common tasks in the household like switching lamps and heating. It can also be used to log events like temperature or power consumption. You can control it via web or smartphone frontends, telnet or TCP/IP directly. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Perl
FlowForge – FlowForge allows companies to deploy Node-RED applications in a reliable, scalable and secure manner. The FlowForge platform provides DevOps capabilities for Node-RED development teams. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs/Docker/K8S
Gladys – Gladys is a privacy-first, open-source home assistant. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
Home Assistant – Open-source home automation platform. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python
ioBroker – Integration platform for the Internet of Things, focused on building automation, smart metering, ambient assisted living, process automation, visualization and data logging. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Node RED – Browser-based flow editor that helps you wiring hardware devices, APIs and online services to create IoT solutions. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
openHAB – Vendor and technology agnostic open source software for home automation. (Source Code) EPL-2.0 Java
OpenRemote – Open-Source IoT Platform – IoT Asset management, Flow Rules and WHEN-THEN rules, Data visualization, Edge Gateway. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Java
SIP Irrigation Control – Open source software for sprinkler/irrigation control. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Thingsboard – Open-source IoT Platform – Device management, data collection, processing and visualization. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
WebThings Gateway – WebThings is an open source implementation of the Web of Things, including the WebThings Gateway and the WebThings Framework. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Nodejs

Inventory Management

Inventory management software.

Inventaire – Collaborative resources mapper project, while yet only focused on exploring books mapping with wikidata and ISBNs. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
Inventree – InvenTree is an open-source inventory management system which provides intuitive parts management and stock control. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Python
PartKeepr – PartKeepr is an electronic part inventory management software. It helps you to keep track of your available parts and assist you with re-ordering parts. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Knowledge Management Tools

Knowledge management is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information.

Atomic Server – Knowledge graph database with documents (similar to Notion), tables, search, and a powerful linked data API. Lightweight, very fast and no runtime dependencies. (Demo) MIT Docker/Rust
Mindmaps – Open source, offline capable, mind mapping application. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 HTML5
My Mind – Web application for creating and managing mind maps. (Demo) MIT Javascript
TeamMapper – Host and create your own mindmaps. Share your mindmap sessions with your team and collaborate live on mindmaps. (Demo) MIT Docker/Nodejs

Learning and Courses

Tools and software to help with education and learning.

Canvas LMS – Canvas is the trusted, open-source learning management system (LMS) that is revolutionizing the way we educate. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
Chamilo LMS – Chamilo LMS allows you to create a virtual campus for the provision of online or semi-online training. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Dalton Plan – Dalton Plan is a modern adoption of a free teaching method developed by Helen Parkhurst in the 20th century. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
edX – The Open edX platform is open-source code that powers edX.org. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python
Gibbon – The flexible, open source school management platform designed to make life better for teachers, students, parents and leaders. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
ILIAS – ILIAS is the Learning Management System that can cope with anything you throw at it. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Mahara – Open Source fully featured web application to build students electronic portfolio. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Moodle – Moodle is a learning and courses platform with one of the largest open source communities worldwide. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Open eClass – Open eClass is an advanced e-learning solution that can enhance the teaching and learning process. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
OpenOLAT – OpenOLAT is a web-based learning management system for teaching, education, assessment and communication. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
RELATE – RELATE is a web-based courseware package, includes features such as: flexible rules, statistics, multi-course support, class calendar. (Source Code) MIT Python
RosarioSIS – RosarioSIS, free Student Information System for school management. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Maps and Global Positioning System (GPS)

Maps, cartography, GIS and GPS software.

See also: awesome-openstreetmap, awesome-gis

Bicimon – Bike Speedometer as Progressive Web App. (Demo) MIT HTML5
Geo2tz – Get the timezone from geo coordinates (lat, lon). MIT Go/Docker
GraphHopper – Fast routing library and server using OpenStreetMap. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
H3 Viewer – View/search Uber H3 (Hexagonal Hierarchical Spatial Index) cells on a map. (Demo) Apache-2.0 HTML5
MapBBCodeShare – Tool for sharing custom OSM maps. Support for annotated markers, polygons, lines, multi-format import/export, multiple layers, shortlinks. (Demo) WTFPL PHP
Nominatim – Server application for geocoding (address -> coordinates) and reverse geocoding (coordinates -> address) on OpenStreetMap data. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) – High performance routing engine designed to run on OpenStreetMap data and offering an HTTP API, C++ library interface, and Nodejs wrapper. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-2-Clause C++
OpenGTS – Entry-level fleet tracking system. Supports variety of tracking devices and protocols. Comes with rich web-interface and reporting features. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
OpenRouteService – Selfhosted route service with directions, isochrones, time-distance matrix, route optimization, etc. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Java
OpenStreetMap – Collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. (Source Code, Clients) GPL-2.0 Ruby
OpenTripPlanner – Multimodal trip planning software based on OpenStreetMap data and consuming published GTFS-formatted data to suggest routes using local public transit systems. (Source Code) LGPL-3.0 Java/Javascript
OwnTracks Recorder ⚠ – Store and access data published by OwnTracks location tracking apps. GPL-2.0 C/Lua
TileServer GL – Vector and raster maps with GL styles. Server side rendering by Mapbox GL Native. Map tile server for Mapbox GL JS, Android, iOS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, GIS via WMTS, etc. (Source Code) BSD-2-Clause Nodejs
TileServer PHP – Serve map tiles from any PHP hosting. (Source Code) BSD-2-Clause PHP
Traccar – Java application to track GPS positions. Supports loads of tracking devices and protocols, has an Android and iOS App. Has a web interface to view your trips. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
μlogger – Collect geolocation from users in real-time and display their GPS tracks on a website. (Demo) GPL-3.0 PHP

Media Streaming

Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements.

Please visit Media streaming – Audio Streaming, Media streaming – Multimedia Streaming, Media streaming – Video Streaming

Media Streaming – Audio Streaming

Audio streaming tools and software.

Airsonic Advanced – Open-source web-based media streamer and jukebox based on Airsonic, with several key performance and feature enhancements. GPL-3.0 Java
Ampache – Web based audio/video streaming application. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Audiobookshelf – Fully open-source self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. It streams all audio formats, keeps and syncs progress across devices. Comes with open-source apps for Android and iOS. (Source Code, Clients) GPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs
Audioserve – Simple personal server to serve audio files from directories (audiobooks, music, podcasts…). Focused on simplicity and supports sync of play position between clients. MIT Rust
AzuraCast – A modern and accessible self-hosted web radio management suite. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP
Beets – Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger (command-line and Web interface). (Source Code) MIT Python
Black Candy – Music streaming server built with Rails and Stimulus. MIT Ruby
Bsimp – Minimalistic S3-backed audio library. Apache-2.0 Go
euterpe – Self-hosted music streaming server with RESTful API and Web interface. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Go
Funkwhale – Modern, web-based, convivial, multi-user and free music server. BSD-3-Clause Python/Django
gonic – Lightweight music streaming server. Subsonic compatible. GPL-3.0 Go
koel – Personal music streaming server that works. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
LibreTime – Simple, open source platform that lets you broadcast streaming radio on the web (fork of Airtime). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
LMS – Access your self-hosted music using a web interface. GPL-3.0 C++
Maloja – Self-hosted music scrobble database (alternative to Last.fm). (Demo) GPL-3.0 Python/Docker
moOde Audio – Audiophile-quality music playback for the wonderful Raspberry Pi family of single board computers. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Mopidy – Extensible music server. Offers a superset of the mpd API, as well as integration with 3rd party services like Spotify, SoundCloud etc. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python
mpd – Daemon to remotely play music, stream music, handle and organize playlists. Many clients available. (Source Code, Clients) GPL-2.0 C++
mStream – Music streaming server with GUI management tools. Runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Nodejs
musikcube – Streaming audio server with Linux/macOS/Windows/Android clients. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause C++
Navidrome Music Server – Modern Music Server and Streamer, compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic. (Demo, Source Code, Clients) GPL-3.0 Docker/Go
Polaris – Music browsing and streaming application optimized for large music collections, ease of use and high performance. MIT Rust
Raveberry – A multi-user music server with a focus on participation. (Demo) LGPL-3.0 Python
Snapcast – Synchronous multiroom audio server. GPL-3.0 C++
Stretto – Music player with Youtube/Soundcloud import and iTunes/Spotify discovery. (Demo, Clients) MIT Nodejs
Supysonic – Python implementation of the Subsonic server API. AGPL-3.0 Python
SwingMusic – Swing Music is a beautiful, self-hosted music player and streaming server for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spotify … but bring your own music. (Source Code) MIT Python
vod2pod-rss ⚠ – Convert YouTube and Twitch channels to podcasts, no storage required. Transcodes VoDs to MP3 192k on the fly, generates an RSS feed to use in podcast clients. MIT Docker

Media Streaming – Multimedia Streaming

Multimedia streaming tools and software.

Dim – Dim is a self-hosted media manager fueled by dark forces. With minimal setup, Dim will organize and beautify your media collections, letting you access and play them anytime from anywhere. GPL-2.0 Rust
Gerbera – Gerbera is an UPnP Media Server. It allows you to stream your digital media throughout your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C++
homehost ⚠ – Self-hosted React + Redux app that streams your media collection (music, movies, books, podcasts, comics etc). MIT Nodejs
Icecast 2 – Streaming audio/video server which can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between. (Source Code, Clients) GPL-2.0 C
Jellyfin – Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Almost all modern platforms have clients, including Roku, Android TV, iOS, and Kodi. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 C#/deb
Karaoke Eternal – Host awesome karaoke parties where everyone can easily find and queue songs from their phone’s browser. The player is also fully browser-based with support for MP3+G, MP4 and WebGL visualizations. (Source Code) ISC Nodejs
Kodi – Multimedia/Entertainment center, formerly known as XBMC. Runs on Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS and Windows. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C++
LBRY – Is a secure, open, and community-run digital marketplace that aims to replace Youtube and Amazon. (Demo, Source Code, Clients) MIT PHP
MistServer – Streaming media server that works well in any streaming environment. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 C++
NymphCast – Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternative to Chromecast). (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause C++
Podify – Allows you to download videos and audio from any source supported by youtube-dl and subscribe to and watch these downloads using your favorite podcast app. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Ruby
ReadyMedia – Simple media server software, with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients. Formerly known as MiniDLNA. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
Rygel – Rygel is a UPnP AV MediaServer that allows you to easily share audio, video, and pictures. Media player software may use Rygel to become a MediaRenderer that may be controlled remotely by a UPnP or DLNA Controller. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C
SheetAble – Self-hosted music sheet organizing software for all music enthusiasts. Upload and organize your sheets for any kind of instrument. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
Stash – A web-based library organizer and player for your adult media stash, with auto-tagging and metadata scraping support. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
µStreamer – Lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPEG video from any V4L2 device to the net. GPL-3.0 C
üWave ⚠ – Self-hosted collaborative listening platform. Users take turns playing media—songs, talks, gameplay videos, or anything else—from a variety of media sources like YouTube and SoundCloud. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Media Streaming – Video Streaming

Video streaming tools and software.

Bluecherry – Closed-circuit television (CCTV) software application which supports IP and Analog cameras. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
cmyflix ⚠ – Self-hosted, super lightweight Netflix alternative. AGPL-3.0 C
CyTube – CyTube is a web application providing media synchronization, chat, and more for an arbitrary number of channels. (Demo) MIT Nodejs
Frigate – Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Python/Nodejs
Invidious ⚠ – Alternative YouTube front-end. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Crystal
Kerberos.io – Kerberos.io is a video surveillance solution, which works with any camera and on every Linux based machine (Raspberry Pi, Docker, Kubernetes cluster). (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker
MediaCMS – MediaCMS is a modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Docker
Oblecto ⚠ – Media server for Movies and TV Shows with a responsive Vue.js frontend. It has robust transcoding support as well as federation capabilities to share your library with your friends. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
Oddworks – Oddworks is an open source video distribution platform built to destroy the barriers to streaming television with SDKs for Roku, Apple iOS/tvOS, Google Android, and Amazon FireTV. MIT Nodejs
Olaris – Olaris is an open-source, community driven, media manager and transcoding server. GPL-3.0 Go
Open Streaming Platform – Live and on-demand video streaming (alternative to Twitch and Youtube Live). (Source Code) MIT Python
OvenMediaEngine – OvenMediaEngine is a selfhostable Open-Source Streaming Server with Sub-Second Latency. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++
Owncast – Owncast is an open source, self-hosted, decentralized, single user live video streaming and chat server for running your own live streams similar in style to the large mainstream options. MIT Go
PeerTube – Decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
Radium – Synced stream and video playback with VOD capabilities utilizing HLS. Developed for movie nights but has many use cases. MIT Nodejs/Docker
Rapidbay – Self-hosted torrent videostreaming service/torrent client that allows searching and playing videos from torrents in the browser or from a Chromecast/AppleTV/Smart TV. MIT Python/Docker
Restreamer – Restreamer allows you to do h.264 real-time video streaming on your website without a streaming provider. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs/Docker
ShinobiCE – Open Source CCTV software written in Node with both IP and local camera support. AGPL-3.0/GPL-3.0 Nodejs
SRS – A simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV and SRT. (Source Code) MIT Docker/C++
Streama – Self hosted streaming media server. MIT Java
SyncTube – Lightweight and very simple to setup CyTube alternative to watch videos with friends and chat. MIT Nodejs/Haxe
Tube – Youtube-like (without censorship and features you don’t need!) Video Sharing App written in Go which also supports automatic transcoding to MP4 H.265 AAC, multiple collections and RSS feed. (Demo) MIT Go
VideoLAN Client (VLC) – Cross-platform multimedia player client and server supporting most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
Zoneminder – Closed-circuit television (CCTV) software application which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Miscellaneous

Software that does not fit in another section.

2FAuth – A web app to manage your Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) accounts and generate their security codes. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 PHP

AlertHub ⚠ – AlertHub is a simple tool to get alerted from GitHub releases. MIT Nodejs

Anchr – Anchr is a toolbox for tiny tasks on the internet, including bookmark collections, URL shortening and (encrypted) image uploads. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs

Apache Solr – Solr is the popular, blazing-fast, open source enterprise search platform built on Apache Lucene. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java

asciiflow – Flow Diagram Drawing Tool. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

asciinema – Web app for hosting asciicasts. (Demo) Apache-2.0 Elixir/Docker

Baby Buddy – Helps caregivers track baby sleep, feedings, diaper changes, and tummy time. (Demo) BSD-2-Clause Python

CapRover – Build your own PaaS in a few minutes. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Nodejs

Cerbos – A self-hosted, open source user authorization layer for your applications. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

changedetection.io – Self-hosted tool for staying up-to-date with web-site content changes. Apache-2.0 Python/Docker

Cloudlog – Cloudlog is a self-hosted PHP application that allows you to log your amateur radio contacts anywhere. (Source Code) MIT PHP

CUPS – The Common Unix Print System uses Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) to support printing to local and network printers. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C

CyberChef – Perform all manner of operations within a web browser such as AES, DES and Blowfish encryption and decryption, creating hexdumps, calculating hashes, and much more. (Demo) Apache-2.0 Javascript

DailyTxT – Encrypted Diary Web-App to save your personal memories of each day. Includes a search-function and encrypted file-upload. MIT Python

DomainMOD – Application to manage your domains and other internet assets in a central location. DomainMOD includes a Data Warehouse framework that allows you to import your WHM/cPanel web server data so that you can view, export, and report on your data. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

DOMJudge – A system for running a programming contest, like the ICPC regional and world championship programming contests. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0/BSD-3-Clause/MIT PHP

F-Droid – Server tools for maintaining an F-Droid repository system. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Docker

Fasten Health ⚠ – Fasten is an open-source, self-hosted, personal/family electronic medical record aggregator, designed to integrate with 100,000’s of insurances/hospitals/clinics in the United States. GPL-3.0 Go/Docker

Flagsmith – Flagsmith provides a dashboard, API and SDKs for adding Feature Flags to your applications (alternative to LaunchDarkly). (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Docker

GO Feature Flag – Simple, complete, and lightweight feature flag solution (alternative to LaunchDarkly). (Source Code) MIT Go

google-webfonts-helper ⚠ – Hassle-Free Way to Self-Host Google Fonts. Get eot, ttf, svg, woff and woff2 files + CSS snippets. (Demo) MIT Nodejs

Gophish – Gophish is a powerful, open-source phishing framework that makes it easy to test your organization’s exposure to phishing. (Source Code) MIT Go/Docker

graph-vl – Identity document verification using Machine Learning and GraphQL. MIT Python

Habitica – Habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game. Previously called HabitRPG. (Source Code) GPL-3.0/CC-BY-SA-3.0 Nodejs

IconCaptcha – IconCaptcha is a self-hosted, fast, simple and user-friendly captcha for PHP. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Jellyseerr – Manage requests for your media library, supports Plex, Jellyfin and Emby media servers (fork of Overseerr). MIT Docker

Journal – Simple journaling with encrypted entries and sharing capabilities. MIT Ruby

Kasm Workspaces – Streaming containerized apps and desktops to end-users. Examples include Ubuntu in your browser, or simply single apps such as Chrome, OpenOffice, Gimp, Filezilla etc. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker

King Phisher – King Phisher is a tool for testing and promoting user awareness by simulating real world phishing attacks. BSD-3-Clause Python

Koillection – Koillection is a service allowing users to manage any kind of collections. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Lama-Cleaner ⚠ – A free and open-source inpainting tool powered by SOTA AI model. Apache-2.0 Python/Docker

Libre Translate – Free and Open Source Machine Translation API, entirely self-hosted. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Python

Loggit – End-to-end encrypted and simple life tracking & logging. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Deno

MailyGo – MailyGo is a small tool written in Go that allows to send HTML forms, for example from static websites without a dynamic backend, via email. MIT Go

Mere Medical ⚠ – With Mere Medical, you can finally manage all of your medical records from Epic MyChart, Cerner, and OnPatient patient portals in one place. Privacy-focused, self-hosted, and offline-first. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs

Monica – Personal relationship manager, and a new kind of CRM to organize interactions with your friends and family. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

mosparo – The modern spam protection tool. It replaces other captcha methods with a simple and easy to use spam protection solution. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Musical Artifacts – Helping to catalog, preserve and free the artifacts you need to produce music. (Source Code) MIT Ruby

MyPaas – Run your own PaaS using Docker, Traefik, and great monitoring. BSD-2-Clause Python/Docker

NATS – Publish/Subscribe event bus, durable queues, key-value store, object store, and more. Native multi-tenancy, multiple authentication and authorization mechanisms. Easy to self-host and federate. (Source Code, Clients) Apache-2.0 Go

Neko – A self hosted virtual browser (rabb.it clone) that runs in Docker. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Go

Noisedash – Self-hostable web tool for generating ambient noises/sounds using audio tools and user-uploadable samples. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

Notica – Lets you send browser notifications from your terminal to your desktop or phone. No installation or registration is required. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Octave Online – Infrastracture behind a web UI for GNU Octave (alternative to MATLAB). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs

Ombi – A content request system for Plex/Emby, connects to SickRage, CouchPotato, Sonarr, with a growing feature set. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 C#

Open-Meteo – Open-source weather API with open-data forecasts, historical and climate data from all major national weather services. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

OpenZiti – Fully-featured, self-hostable, zero trust, full mesh overlay network. Includes a 2FA support out of the box, clients for all major desktop/mobile OS’es. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

OS.js – Desktop implementation for your browser with a fully-fledged window manager, Application APIs, GUI toolkits and filesystem abstraction. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-2-Clause Nodejs

OTS-Share – A self-hosting app to share secrets with file support up to 1MB. MIT Docker

Overseerr ⚠ – Overseerr is a free and open source software application for managing requests for your media library. It integrates with your existing services, such as Sonarr, Radarr, and Plex!. (Source Code) MIT Docker

PassCheck – A web application featuring some handy password tools, including a password generator, strength checker and HaveIBeenPwned breach checker. (Source Code) MIT Javascript

penpot – A web based design and prototyping platform meant for cross-domain teams. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Docker

POMjs – Random Password Generator. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Javascript

Reactive Resume – A one-of-a-kind resume builder that keeps your privacy in mind. Completely secure, customizable, portable, open-source and free forever. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker/Nodejs

Readflow – Lightweight news reader with modern interface and features: full-text search, automatic categorization, archiving, offline support, notifications… (Source Code) MIT Go

ReleaseBell – Send release notifications for starred Github repos. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

revealjs – Framework for easily creating beautiful presentations using HTML. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Javascript

Revive Adserver – World’s most popular free, open source ad serving system. Formerly known as OpenX Adserver and phpAdsNew. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

SANE Network Scanning – Allow remote clients to access image acquisition devices (scanners) available on the local host. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C

Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ – Free & Open-Source HTML5 Network Performance Estimation Tool. (Source Code) MIT Docker

string.is – An open-source, privacy-friendly online string toolkit for developers. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

Teleport – Certificate authority and access plane for SSH, Kubernetes, web applications, and databases. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

TeslaMate – A powerful data logger for Tesla vehicles. MIT Elixir

tmate – Instant terminal sharing. (Source Code) ISC C

Upsnap – A simple Wake on LAN (WOL) dashboard app. Wake up devices on your network and see current status. MIT Svelte/Go/Docker

VanDAM – Digital asset manager for 3d print files; STL, OBJ, 3MF and more. MIT Ruby/Docker

ViMbAdmin – Provides a web based virtual mailbox administration system to allow mail administrators to easily manage domains, mailboxes and aliases. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Wallabag – Wallabag, formerly Poche, is a web application allowing you to save articles to read them later with improved readability. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Watcharr – A free and open source content watch list. Add and track all the shows and movies you are watching. Comes with user authentication, modern and clean UI and a very simple setup. (Demo) MIT Docker

WeeWX – Open source software for your weather station. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python

WeTTY – Terminal in browser over http/https. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Nodejs

wger – Web-based personal workout, fitness and weight logger/tracker. It can also be used as a simple gym management utility and offers a full REST API as well. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python

Money, Budgeting & Management

Money management and budgeting software.

Actual – Actual is a local-first personal finance tool based on zero-sum budgeting. It support synchronization across devices, custom rules, manual transaction importing (from QIF, OFX, and QFX files), and optional automatic synchronization with many banks. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Akaunting – Akaunting is a free, online and open source accounting software designed for small businesses and freelancers. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Bigcapital – A self-hosted financial accounting and inventory management software for small to medium businesses. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

Bitcart – A self-hosted cryptocurrencies payment processor and development platform. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker/Python/Nodejs

BTCPay Server – A self-hosted Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies payment processor. (Demo, Source Code) MIT C#

Budget Zen – End-to-end encrypted and simple expense manager. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Deno

DePay – Accept Web3 Payments directly into your wallet. Peer-to-peer, free, self-hosted & open-source. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Family Accounting Tool – Web-based finance management tool for partners with partially shared expenses. Apache-2.0 Scala

Fava – Fava is the web frontend of Beancount, a text based double-entry accounting system. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Python

Firefly III – Firefly III is a modern financial manager. It helps you to keep track of your money and make budget forecasts. It supports credit cards, has an advanced rule engine and can import data from many banks. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

FOSSBilling – Free and open source hosting and billing automation. Integrates with WHM, CWP, cPanel and HestiaCP. Full API and easily extensible. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP/Docker

Galette – Galette is a membership management web application towards non profit organizations. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

Ghostfolio – Wealth management software to keep track of stocks, ETFs and cryptocurrencies. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs

GRR – Assets management and booking for small/medium companies. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Hub20 – A self-hosted payment processor for Ethereum and ERC20 Tokens. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Python

HyperSwitch ⚠ – HyperSwitch is an Open Source Financial Switch to make payments Fast, Reliable and Affordable. It lets you connect with multiple payment processors and route traffic effortlessly, all with a single API integration. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Rust

IHateMoney – Manage your shared expenses, easily. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Docker/Python

Invoice Ninja – Powerful tool to invoice clients online. (Demo, Source Code) AAL PHP

InvoicePlane – Manage quotes, invoices, payments and customers for your small business. MIT PHP

Kill Bill – Open-Source Subscription Billing & Payments Platform. Have access to real-time analytics and financial reports. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/Docker

Kresus – Open source personal finance manager. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Lago – Open-source metering and usage-based billing. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

OctoBot – Open-source cryptocurrency trading bot. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python/Docker

OnTrack – A simple app to track spend and set goals. MIT Ruby/React

OpenBudgeteer – A budgeting app based on the Bucket Budgeting Principle. MIT Docker/C#

REI3 – Open source, expandable Business Management Software. Manage tasks, time, assets and much more. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Go

SilverStrike – Personal finance management made easy. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Python/Django

SolidInvoice – Open source invoicing and quote application. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Monitoring

Software for monitoring systems, networks, applications and websites.

Please visit awesome-sysadmin/Monitoring, awesome-sysadmin/Metrics and Metric Collection

Note-taking & Editors

Note taking editors.

Related: Wikis

Benotes – An open source self hosted notes and bookmarks taking web app. (Source Code) MIT PHP
dillinger – The last Markdown editor, ever. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Dnote – A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and web interface. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
DocPHT – With DocPHT you can take notes and quickly document anything and without the use of any database. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
draw.io – Diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER and network diagrams. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Javascript
flatnotes – A self-hosted, database-less note-taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage. (Demo) MIT Docker
HedgeDoc – Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms, formerly known as CodiMD and HackMD CE. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs
Joplin – Joplin is a note taking application with Markdown editor and encryption support for mobile and desktop platforms. Runs client-side and syncs through self hosted Nextcloud or similar (alternative to Evernote). (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
kiwix-serve – HTTP daemon for serving wikis from ZIM files. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++
Livebook – Realtime collaborative notebook app based on Markdown that supports running Elixir code snippets, TeX and Mermaid Diagrams. Easily deployed using Docker or Elixir. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Elixir
Markdown Edit – Online markdown editor/viewer. MIT HTML5
Meemo – Personal notes stream with Markdown support. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Memos – An open source, self-hosted knowledge base that works with a SQLite db file. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Go
minimalist-web-notepad – Minimalist notepad.cc clone. (Demo) Apache-2.0 PHP
MiniNote – Simple Markdown note-taking app with persistence. MIT Nodejs
Notes’n’Todos – Write notes and todos online in markdown with tag filtering and date sorting. (Demo) MIT Python
Oddmuse – A simple wiki engine written in Perl. No database required. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Perl
Overleaf – Web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
Plainpad – A modern note taking application for the cloud, utilizing the best features of progressive web apps technology. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
savepad – Minimalist notepad based on notepad.cc. MIT PHP
Standard Notes – Simple and private notes app. Protect your privacy while getting more done. That’s Standard Notes. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Ruby
Trilium Notes – Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
turndown – HTML to Markdown converter written in Javascript. (Source Code) MIT Javascript
Turtl – Totally private personal database and note taking app. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 CommonLisp
Wreeto – Wreeto is an open source note-taking, knowledge management and wiki system built on top of Ruby on Rails framework. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
Writing – Lightweight distraction-free text editor, in the browser (Markdown and LaTeX supported). No lag when writing. (Source Code) MIT Javascript

Office Suites

An office suite is a collection of productivity software usually containing at least a word processor, spreadsheet and a presentation program.

Collabora Online Development Edition – Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) is a powerful LibreOffice-based online office that supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats, which you can integrate in your own infrastructure. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 C++
CryptPad – CryptPad is a collaboration suite that is end-to-end-encrypted and open-source. It is built to enable collaboration, synchronizing changes to documents in real time. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
Etherpad – Etherpad is a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
Grist – Grist is a next-generation spreadsheet with relational structure, formula-based access control, and a portable, self-contained format (alternative to Airtable). (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs/Python
Infinoted – Server for Gobby, a multi-platform collaborative text editor. (Source Code) MIT C++
ONLYOFFICE – Office suite that enables you to manage documents, projects, team and customer relations in one place. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
PHPOffice – PHPOffice contains libraries which permits to write and read files from most office suites. LGPL-3.0 PHP
Rustpad – Efficient and minimal collaborative code editor, self-hosted, no database required. (Source Code) MIT Rust

Password Managers

A password manager allows users to store, generate, and manage their passwords for local applications and online services.

Bitwarden ⚠ – Password manager with webapp, browser extension, and mobile app. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 C#
keeweb – This webapp is a browser and desktop password manager compatible with KeePass databases. (Source Code) MIT HTML5
Padloc – A modern, open source password manager for individuals and teams. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Passbolt – Password manager dedicated for managing passwords in a collaborative way on any Web server, using a MySQL database backend. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
PassIt – Simple password manage with sharing features by group and user, but no administration interface. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python
Passky – Simple, modern and open source password manager with website, browser extension, android and desktop application. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
PassWall – Open source password manager. AGPL-3.0 Go
Psono – A promising password managers fully featured for teams. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python
Teampass – Password manager dedicated for managing passwords in a collaborative way. One symmetric key is used to encrypt all shared/team passwords and stored server side in a file and the database. works on any server Apache, MySQL and PHP. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Vaultwarden – Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust. GPL-3.0 Rust

Pastebins

A pastebin is a type of online content-hosting service used for sharing and storing code and text.

bepasty – A pastebin for all kinds of files. (Source Code) BSD-2-Clause Python
bin – A paste bin that’s actually minimalist. WTFPL/0BSD Rust
dpaste – Simple pastebin with multiple text and code option, with short url result easy to remember. (Source Code) MIT Docker
Drift – Self-hosted Github Gist clone. (Demo) MIT Nodejs
ExBin – A pastebin with public/private snippets and netcat server. MIT Elixir
filite – A simple, light and standalone pastebin, URL shortener and file-sharing service. MIT Rust
FlashPaper – A one-time encrypted zero-knowledge password/secret sharing application focused on simplicity and security. No database or complicated set-up required. (Demo) MIT PHP
Hasty Paste – A place to quickly paste some text and share it. Mostly used for sharing debug logs and such to help developers provide tech support. The project aims to be both fast and minimal. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Python
Hemmelig – Share encrypted secrets cross organizations, or as private persons. (Source Code) MIT Docker
Lenpaste – Web service that allows you to share notes anonymously. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Go
LogPaste – Minimal pastebin web app that’s easy to self-host and persists data to any S3-compatible backend. (Demo) MIT Go
MicroBin – Simple, performant, configurable, entirely self-contained pastebin and URL shortener. BSD-3-Clause Rust
mojopaste – Perl based pastebin. (Demo, Source Code) Artistic-2.0 Perl
MokinToken – Clientside encrypted pastebin using tweetnacl. Unlicense PHP
Opengist – Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Go/Nodejs
paaster – Paaster is a secure by default end-to-end encrypted pastebin built with the objective of simplicity. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker
Password Pusher – A dead-simple application to securely communicate passwords (or text) over the web. Passwords automatically expire after a certain number of views and/or time has passed. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker
Pastefy – Beautiful, simple and easy to deploy Pastebin with optional Client-Encryption, Multitab-Pastes, an API, a highlighted Editor and more. (Source Code, Clients) MIT Java
Pastila – Minimalistic paste service. Single page, zero click experience. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 SQL
pasty – Pasty is a fast and lightweight code pasting server. (Demo) MIT Go
PrivateBin – PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin/discussion board where the server has zero knowledge of hosted data. (Demo, Source Code) Zlib PHP
PurritoBin – Ultra fast, minimalistic, encrypted command line paste-bin, where the server has no knowledge of the paste data. ISC C++
rustypaste – A minimal file upload/pastebin service. MIT Rust
SnyPy – Open source on-prem code snippet manager. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker
Spacebin – Text-sharing for the final frontier — Reliable Pastebin server in Golang and Fiber. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
Sup3rS3cretMes5age – Very simple (to deploy and to use) secret message service using Hashicorp Vault as a secrets storage. MIT Go
wantguns/bin – Minimal pastebin for both textual and binary files shipped in a single statically linked binary. (Demo) GPL-3.0 Rust
Wastebin – Lightweight, minimal and fast pastebin with an SQLite backend. (Demo) MIT Rust
YABin – A pastebin that contains plentiful features while remaining simple. Supports optional E2E encryption, a client-side CLI app, syntax highlighting, minimalistic UI, APIs, keyboard shortcuts, and more. It can even be run in serverless environments. (Demo) MIT Nodejs

Personal Dashboards

Dashboards for accessing information and applications.

Dashboard – Minimalist homepage for organizing your web applications and bookmarks using JSON-files. MIT Nodejs/Docker
Dashy – Feature-rich homepage for your homelab, with easy YAML configuration. (Demo) MIT Nodejs/Docker
envlinks – A minimalist link dashboard showing links from environment variables. (Demo) MIT Docker
Fenrus – A self hosted personal home page that allows for multiple users, guest access and multiple dashboards for each user. It also has “Smart Apps” which display live data for those apps. GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Heimdall – Heimdall is an elegant solution to organise all your web applications. (Source Code) MIT PHP
Hiccup – A beautiful static homepage to get to your links and services quickly. It has built-in search, editing, PWA support and localstorage caching to easily organize your start page. (Source Code) MIT HTML5
Homarr – Sleek, modern dashboard with many integrations and web-based config. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker/Nodejs
Homepage by benphelps – A highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations. GPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs
Homepage by tomershvueli – Simple, standalone, self-hosted PHP page that is your window to your server and the web. MIT PHP
Homer – A dead simple static homepage to expose your server services, with an easy yaml configuration and connectivity check. Apache-2.0 HTML5
Hubleys – Self-hosted personal dashboards to organize links for multiple users via a central yaml config. MIT Docker
Jump – Yet another self-hosted startpage for your server designed to be simple, stylish, fast and secure. MIT PHP
LinkStack – Link all your social media platforms easily accessible on one page, customizable through an intuitive, easy to use user/admin interface (alternative to Linktree and Manylink). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
LittleLink – A simplistic approach for links in bio with 100+ branded buttons (alternative to Linktree). (Demo, Source Code) MIT HTML5
Organizr – Organizr aims to be your one stop shop for your Servers Frontend. GPL-3.0 PHP
Smashing – Smashing, the spiritual successor to Dashing, is a Sinatra based framework that lets you build excellent dashboards. It looks especially great on TVs. (Source Code) MIT Ruby
Starbase 80 – A simple homepage with an iPad-style application grid, for mobile and desktop. One JSON configuration file. MIT Docker
Web-Portal – A python web app designed to allow a easy way to manage the links to all of your web services. AGPL-3.0 Docker/Python
Your Spotify ⚠ – Allows you to record your Spotify listening activity and have statistics about them served through a Web application. MIT Nodejs/Docker

Photo and Video Galleries

A gallery is software that helps the user publish or share photos, pictures, videos or other digital media.

Chevereto – Ultimate image sharing software. Create your very own personal image hosting website in just minutes. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Coppermine – Multilingual photo gallery that integrates with various bulletin boards. Includes upload approval and password protected albums. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Damselfly – Fast server-based photo management system for large collections of images. Includes face detection, face & object recognition, powerful search, and EXIF Keyword tagging. Runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. GPL-3.0 C#/.NET
Fussel – Self-hosted, no-backend static photo gallery. Face tag recognition, albums and more. (Demo) MIT Python/Docker
HomeGallery – Self-hosted open-source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile-friendly, and AI powered image discovery. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Immich – Self-hosted photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone. (Source Code) MIT Docker
LibrePhotos – Self hosted wannabe Google Photos clone, with a slight focus on cool graphs. MIT Python
Lychee – Open source grid and album based photo-management-system. (Source Code) MIT PHP
Mediagoblin – Free software media publishing platform that anyone can run (alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python
MediaHut – A truly single-file, no-database, drop-in PHP media gallery. (Demo) MIT PHP
Mejiro – An easy-to-use PHP web application for instant photo publishing. GPL-3.0 PHP
Nextcloud Memories – Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Photo Stream – Minimalist self-hosted photo stream. (Demo) MIT Ruby
PhotoPrism – Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. Browse, organize, and share your personal photo collection, using the latest technologies to automatically tag and find pictures. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
Photoview – A simple and user-friendly Photo Gallery for personal servers. It is made for photographers and aims to provide an easy and fast way to navigate directories, with thousands of high resolution photos. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Go
PiGallery 2 – A directory-first photo gallery website, with a rich UI, optimised for running on low resource servers. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Nodejs
Piwigo – Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Quru Image Server – High performance dynamically resizing image server offering directory based access control cropping, rotation, color management and other tools. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python
sigal – Yet another simple static gallery generator. MIT Python
SPIS – A simple, lightweight and fast media server with decent mobile support. GPL-3.0 Rust
This week in past – Aggregates images taken this week, from previous years and presents them on a web page with a simple slideshow. (Demo) MIT Docker/Rust
Thumbor – A smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images. (Source Code) MIT Python/Docker
Zenphoto – Open-source gallery and CMS project. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Polls and Events

Software for organising polls and events.

Related: Booking and Scheduling

Bitpoll – A web application for scheduling meetings and general polling. (Demo) GPL-3.0 Python
Calagator – Event aggregator. (Source Code) MIT Ruby
Christmas Community – Create a simple place for your entire family to use to find gifts that people want, and to avoid double-gifting. AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs
Claper – The ultimate tool to interact with your audience (alternative to Slido, AhaSlides and Mentimeter). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Elixir/Docker
ClearFlask – Community-feedback tool for managing incoming feedback and prioritizing a public roadmap (alternative to Canny, UserVoice, Upvoty). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker
docassemble – A free, open-source expert system for guided interviews and document assembly, based on Python, YAML, and Markdown. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Docker
dudle – Online scheduling application. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
Feedka ⚠ – Open-source web application that can serve as a platform to get authentic, kindful, and constructive feedback from your friends, family, and co-workers. AGPL-3.0 Ruby
Fider – Open platform to collect and prioritize feedback (alternative to UserVoice). (Demo, Source Code) MIT Go
Framadate – Online service for planning an appointment or make a decision quickly and easily: Make a poll, Define dates or subjects to choose, Send the poll link to your friends or colleagues, Discuss and make a decision. (Demo, Source Code) CECILL-B PHP
Gancio – A shared agenda for local communities. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
hitobito – A web application to manage complex group hierarchies with members, events and a lot more. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
Input – A privacy-focused, no-code, open-source form builder designed for simplicity and brand consistency. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP/Nodejs/Docker
LimeSurvey – Feature-rich Open Source web based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Meetable – A minimal events aggregator. (Source Code) MIT PHP
Mobilizon – A federated tool that helps you find, create and organise events and groups. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Elixir
OhMyForms – Create stunning mobile-ready forms, surveys and questionnaires (alternative to TypeForm). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker
Open Event Server – Enables organizers to manage events from concerts to conferences and meet-ups. GPL-3.0 Python

Proxy

A proxy is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing that resource.

Related: Web Servers

imgproxy – Fast and secure standalone server for resizing and converting remote images. It works great when you need to resize multiple images on the fly without preparing a ton of cached resized images or re-doing it every time the design changes. (Source Code) MIT Go/Docker
inlets – Expose your local endpoints to the Internet – with a Kubernetes integration, Docker image and CLI available. MIT Go/Docker
iodine – IPv4 over DNS tunnel solution, enabling you to start up a socks5 proxy listener. (Source Code) ISC C/deb
Koblas – Lightweight SOCKS5 proxy server. MIT Rust/Docker
Nginx Proxy Manager – Nginx Proxy Manager is an easy way to accomplish reverse proxying hosts with SSL termination. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker
Outline Server – A proxy server that runs a Shadowsocks instance for each access key and a REST API to manage the access keys. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Nodejs
Pomerium – An identity-aware reverse proxy, successor to now obsolete oauth_proxy. It inserts an OAuth step before proxying your request to the backend, so that you can safely expose your self-hosted websites to public Internet. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
Privoxy – Non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. GPL-2.0 C/deb
sish – HTTP(S)/WS(S)/TCP tunnels to localhost using only SSH (serveo/ngrok alternative). MIT Go
socks5-proxy-server – SOCKS5 proxy server with built-in authentication and Telegram-bot for user management and user statistics on data spent (handy when you pay per GB of data). It is dockerised and simple to install. Apache-2.0 Nodejs
Squid – Caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C/deb
SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) – Nginx webserver and reverse proxy with PHP support, built-in Certbot (Let’s Encrypt) client and fail2ban integration. GPL-3.0 Docker
Tinyproxy – Light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C/deb

Recipe Management

Software and tools for managing recipes.

Bar Assistant – Bar assistant is a self hosted application for managing your home bar. It allows you to add your ingredients, search for cocktails and create custom cocktail recipes. (Demo) MIT PHP/Docker
Chowdown.io – Simple recipes in Markdown format. (Source Code) Unlicense Ruby
kcal – Track nutritional information about foods and recipes, set goals, and record a food journal to help along the way. Kcal is a personal system that focuses on direct control of inputs and a minimal, easy to use recipe presentation for preparing meals. MPL-2.0 PHP
KitchenOwl – A cross-platform shopping list, recipe storage, expense tracker, and meal planner following the material design language. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker
Mealie – Material design inspired recipe manager with category and tag management, shopping-lists, meal-planner, and site customizations. Mealie is focused on simple user interactions to keep the whole family using the app. (Source Code) MIT Python
Recepturer ⚠ – Let Recepturer help you organize all your recipes in one place. You can add, edit and delete recipes, and create meal plans. Simply type your recipe and all ingredients will be listed as you go. Data is stored on Dropbox. (Source Code) MIT Javascript
RecipeSage – A recipe keeper, meal plan organizer, and shopping list manager that can import recipes directly from any URL. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
reciphpes! – A lightweight, Symfony-based recipes indexing software supporting search and tags, using a SQLite database. MIT Docker
Tandoor Recipes – Django application to manage, tag and search recipes using either built-in models or external storage providers hosting PDFs, Images or other files. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Python

Remote Access

Remote desktop and SSH servers and web interfaces for remote management of computer systems.

Firezone – Self-hosted secure remote access gateway that supports the WireGuard protocol. It offers a Web GUI, 1-line install script, multi-factor auth (MFA), and SSO. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Elixir
Guacamole – Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC and RDP. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/C
httprd – Single-script remote desktop via web browser. GPL-3.0 Python
MeshCentral – A full computer management website. With MeshCentral, you can run your own web server to remotely manage and control computers on a local network or anywhere on the internet. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
Remotely – A remote desktop control and remote scripting solution, enterprise level remote support solution with admin web interface and remote control via browser. GPL-3.0 C#/Docker
RPort – Self-hosted open source remote management solution for Windows, macOS & Linux. (Source Code) MIT Go
RustDesk – Remote Desktop Access software that works out-of-the-box (alternative to TeamViewer). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Rust/Docker
ShellHub – ShellHub is a modern SSH server for remotely accessing linux devices via command line (using any SSH client) or web-based user interface, designed as an alternative to sshd. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go/Other
Sshwifty – Sshwifty is a SSH and Telnet connector made for the Web. AGPL-3.0 Go/Docker
Warpgate – Smart SSH and HTTPS bastion that works with any SSH client. Apache-2.0 Rust/Docker

Resource Planning

Software and tools to help with resource and supply planning.

farmOS – Web-based farm record keeping application. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
grocy – ERP beyond your fridge – grocy is a web-based self-hosted groceries & household management solution for your home. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
Tania – Tania is a free and open source farming management system for everyone. You can manage your areas, reservoirs, farm tasks, inventories, and the crop growing progress. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

Resource Planning – Enterprise Resource Planning

Software and tools to help with enterprise resource and supply planning.

Dolibarr – Dolibarr ERP CRM is a modern software package to manage your company or foundation activity (contacts, suppliers, invoices, orders, stocks, agenda, accounting, …). (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
ERPNext – Free open source ERP system. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
LedgerSMB – Integrated accounting and ERP system for small and midsize businesses, with double entry accounting, budgeting, invoicing, quotations, projects, orders and inventory management, shipping and more. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 Perl
Odoo – Free open source ERP system. (Demo, Source Code) LGPL-3.0 Python
OFBiz – FOSS enterprise resource planning system with a suite of business applications flexible enough to be used across any industry. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
Tryton – Free open source business solution. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python

Search Engines

A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. This includes Web search engines.

Fess – Fess is a very powerful and easily deployable Enterprise Search Server. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/Docker
Gigablast – Open-source search engine. Apache-2.0 C++
Hound – Lightning fast code searching made easy. MIT Go/Docker
Jina – Cloud-native neural search framework for any kind of data. Apache-2.0 Python
librengine – Private web search engine. GPL-3.0 C++
LibreX ⚠ – Framework and javascript free privacy respecting meta search engine. AGPL-3.0 PHP/Docker
Manticore Search – Full-text search and data analytics, with fast response time for small, medium and big data (alternative to Elasticsearch). GPL-2.0 Docker/C++
MeiliSearch – Ultra relevant, instant and typo-tolerant full-text search API. (Source Code) MIT Rust
OpenSearch – Open source distributed and RESTful search engine. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
SearXNG ⚠ – Internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases (Fork of Searx). (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Docker
sist2 – Lightning-fast file system indexer and search tool. GPL-3.0 C
Sosse – Selenium based search engine and crawler with offline archiving. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Docker
Typesense – Blazing fast, typo-tolerant open source search engine optimized for developer happiness and ease of use. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C++
Whoogle ⚠ – A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine. MIT Python
Yacy – Peer based, decentralized search engine server. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Java
ZincSearch – Search engine that requires minimal resources (alternative to Elasticsearch). (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go

Self-hosting Solutions

Software for easy installation, management and configuration of self-hosted services and applications.

Ansible-NAS – Build a full-featured home server with this playbook and an Ubuntu box. MIT YAML/Docker
Bitsii Bridge ⚠ – Easy to install self-hosting platform for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Depends on a dynamic DNS provider and Let’s Encrypt. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Java/Other
CasaOS – A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Home Cloud system. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go/Docker
Cloudbox – Ansible-based solution for rapidly deploying a Docker containerized cloud media server. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Shell/Ansible
DietPi – Minimal Debian OS optimized for single-board computers, which allows you to easily install and manage several services for selfhosting at home. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Shell
DockSTARTer – DockSTARTer helps you get started with home server apps running in Docker. (Source Code) MIT Shell
FLAP – Low maintenance framework to manage self-hosted services. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Shell
FreedomBox – Community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software for private, personal, communications. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Other
HomelabOS – Your very own offline-first privacy-centric open-source data-center. Deploy over 100 services with a few commands. (Source Code) MIT Docker
LibreServer – Home server configuration based on Debian. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Shell
Mars Server – Managed home server with Docker, Docker Compose, Make and Bash. MIT Docker
Mistborn – Mistborn is your own virtual private cloud platform and WebUI that manages self hosted services. MIT Bash/Docker
NextCloudPi – Nextcloud preinstalled and preconfigured, with a text and web management interface and all the tools needed to self host private data. With installation images for Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Rock64, Docker, and a curl installer for Armbian/Debian. GPL-2.0 Bash/PHP
OpenMediaVault – OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Sandstorm – Personal server for running self-hosted apps easily and securely. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 C++/Other
Syncloud – Your own online file storage, social network or email server. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python/Other
Tipi – Homeserver manager. One command setup, one click installs for your favorites self-hosted apps. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Shell
UBOS – Linux distro that runs on indie boxes (personal servers and IoT devices). Single-command installation and management of apps – Jenkins, Mediawiki, Owncloud, WordPress, etc., and other features. GPL-3.0 Perl/Other
WikiSuite – The most comprehensive and integrated Free / Libre / Open Source enterprise software suite. (Source Code) GPL-3.0/LGPL-2.1/Apache-2.0/MPL-2.0/MPL-1.1/MIT/AGPL-3.0 ClearOS
xsrv – Install and manage self-hosted services/applications, on your own server(s). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Shell/Ansible
YunoHost – Server operating system aiming to make self-hosting accessible to everyone. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python/Other

Software Development

Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components.

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Software Development – API Management

API management is the process of creating and publishing application programming interfaces (APIs), enforcing their usage policies, controlling access, nurturing the subscriber community, collecting and analyzing usage statistics, and reporting on performance.

DreamFactory – Turns any SQL/NoSQL/Structured data into Restful API. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP
form.io – A REST API building platform that utilizes a drag & drop form builder, and is application framework agnostic. Contains open source and enterprise version. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Fusio – Open-source API management platform which helps to build and manage REST APIs. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Graphweaver – Turn multiple data sources into a single GraphQL API. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
Hasura – Fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on Postgres with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Haskell
Hoppscotch – A free, fast and beautiful API request builder. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Vue/Nuxt
Kong – The World’s Most Popular Open Source Microservice API Gateway and Platform. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Lua
Lura – Open source High-Performance API Gateway. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
Para – Flexible and modular backend framework/server for object persistence, API development and authentication. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
Psychic – Universal API to connect large language models to dynamic data sources. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Svix – Open-source webhooks as a service that makes it super easy for API providers to send webhooks. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Rust
Tyk – Fast and scalable open source API Gateway. Out of the box, Tyk offers an API Management Platform with an API Gateway, API Analytics, Developer Portal and API Management Dashboard. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Go
Yaade – Yaade is an open-source, self-hosted, collaborative API development environment. (Source Code) MIT Docker

Software Development – Continuous Integration & Deployment

Continuous integration and Continuous deployment software and tools.

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Related: Automation

Software Development – FaaS & Serverless

Serverless computing, Function as a Service (FaaS) and Platform as a Service (Paas) management software.

Appwrite – End to end backend server for web, native, and mobile developers 🚀. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause PHP
Coolify – An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify alternative (and even more). (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker
Dokku – An open-source PaaS (alternative to Heroku). (Source Code) MIT Docker/Shell/Go
fx – A tool to help you do Function as a Service with painless on your own servers. MIT Go
Kubero – A self-hosted Heroku PaaS alternative for Kubernetes that implements GitOps. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 K8S/Nodejs/Go
LocalStack – LocalStack is a fully functional local AWS cloud stack. This includes Lambda for serverless computation. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Python/Other
Nhost – Firebase Alternative with GraphQL. Get a database and backend configured and ready in minutes. (Source Code) MIT Docker/Nodejs/Go
OpenFaaS – Serverless Functions Made Simple for Docker & Kubernetes. (Source Code) MIT Go
Trusted-CGI – Lightweight self-hosted lambda/applications/cgi/serverless-functions platform. MIT Go

Software Development – IDE & Tools

An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development.

Atheos – Web-based IDE framework with a small footprint and minimal requirements, continued from Codiad. (Source Code) MIT PHP
code-server – VS Code in the browser, hosted on a remote server. MIT Nodejs/Docker
Coder – Remote development machines on your own infrastructure. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go
Eclipse Che – Open source workspace server and cloud IDE. (Source Code) EPL-1.0 Docker/Java
Hakatime – WakaTime server implementation with analytics dashboard. Unlicense Haskell
HttPlaceholder – Quickly mock away any webservice using HttPlaceholder. HttPlaceholder lets you specify what the request should look like and what response needs to be returned. MIT C#
ICEcoder – ICEcoder is a web IDE / browser based code editor, which allows you to develop websites directly within the web browser. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
Judge0 CE – Open source API to compile and run source code. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Ruby
JupyterLab – Web-based environment for interactive and reproducible computing. (Demo, Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Python/Docker
Lowdefy – Build internal tools, BI dashboards, admin panels, CRUD apps and workflows in minutes using YAML / JSON on an self-hosted, open-source platform. Connect to your data sources, host via Serverless, Netlify or Docker. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
RStudio Server – Web browser based IDE for R. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Java/C++
sourcegraph – Sourcegraph is a fast, open-source, fully-featured code search and navigation engine written in Go. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
Wakapi – Tracking tool for coding statistics, compatible with WakaTime. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Go

Software Development – Localization

Localization is the process of adapting code and software to other languages.

Accent – Open-source, self-hosted, developer-oriented translation tool. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Elixir
Pootle – Online translation and localization tool. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Tolgee – Developer & translator friendly web-based localization platform enabling users to translate directly in the app they develop. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Java
Traduora – Translation management platform for teams. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs
Weblate – Web-based translation tool with tight version control integration. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python

Software Development – Low Code

A low-code development platform (LCDP) provides a development environment used to create application software through a graphical user interface.

Appsmith – Cloud or self-hosted open-source platform to build admin panels, CRUD apps and workflows. Build everything you need, 10x faster. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/Docker
Budibase – Build and automate internal tools, admin panels, dashboards, CRUD apps, and more, in minutes (alternative to Outsystems, Retool, Mendix, Appian). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs
Hadmean – Generate fully functional admin apps in seconds from your database information, with a single command. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
Motor Admin – No-code admin panel and business intelligence software – search, create, update, and delete data entries, create custom actions, and build reports. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
PocketBase – Open Source backend for your next SaaS and Mobile app in 1 file. (Source Code) MIT Go/Docker
SQLPage – SQL-only dynamic website builder. (Source Code) MIT Rust/Docker
ToolJet – Low-code framework to build & deploy internal tools with minimal engineering effort (alternative to Retool & Mendix). (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Nodejs

Software Development – Project Management

Tools and software for software project management.

Cgit – A fast lightweight web interface for git repositories. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
Forgejo ⚠ – A lightweight software forge focused on scaling, federation, and privacy (fork of Gitea). (Demo, Source Code, Clients) MIT Docker/Go
Fossil – Distributed version control system featuring wiki and bug tracker. BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD C
Gerrit – A code review and project management tool for Git based projects. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java/Docker
Gitblit – Pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Java
gitbucket – Easily installable GitHub clone powered by Scala. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Scala/Java
Gitea – Community managed, lightweight code hosting solution (fork of Gogs). (Demo, Source Code) MIT Go
GitLab – Self Hosted Git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Ruby
Gitlist – Web-based git repository browser – GitList allows you to browse repositories using your favorite browser, viewing files under different revisions, commit history and diffs. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause PHP
Gitolite – Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with fine-grained access control and many more powerful features. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Perl
GitPrep – Portable Github clone. (Demo) Artistic-2.0 Perl
Gogs – Painless self-hosted Git Service written in Go. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Go
Kallithea – Source code management system that supports two leading version control systems, Mercurial and Git, with a web interface. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Klaus – Simple, easy-to-set-up Git web viewer that Just Works. ISC Python
Lavagna – Lavagna is an open-source issue/project management tool designed for small teams. Lightweight, pure Java, easy to install, easy to use. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Java
Lazylead ⚠ – Eliminate the annoying work within ticketing systems (Jira, GitHub, Trello). Allows to automate daily actions like tickets fields verification, email notifications by JQL/GQL, meeting requests to your (or teammates) calendar. (Source Code) MIT Ruby
Leantime – Leantime is a lean project management system for small teams and startups helping to manage projects from ideation through delivery. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
Mindwendel – Brainstorm and upvote ideas and thoughts within your team. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Elixir
Octobox ⚠ – Take back control of your GitHub Notifications. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
OneDev – All-In-One DevOps Platform. With Git Management, Issue Tracking, and CI/CD. Simple yet Powerful. (Source Code) MIT Java
OpenProject – OpenProject is a web-based project management system. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Ruby
Pagure – A lightweight, powerful, and flexible git-centric forge with features laying the foundation for federated and decentralized development. (Demo) GPL-2.0 Python
Phorge – Phorge is an open source, community driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP
Phproject – High performance full-featured project management system. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP
Plane – Helps you track your issues, epics, and product roadmaps in the simplest way possible (alternative to JIRA, Linear and Height). (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker
ProjeQtOr – A complete, mature, multi-user project management system with extensive functionality for all phases of a project. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
Redmine – Redmine is a flexible project management web application. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Ruby
Review Board – Extensible and friendly code review tool for projects and companies of all sizes. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Python
rgit – An ultra-fast & lightweight cgit clone. (Demo) WTFPL Rust/Docker
RhodeCode – RhodeCode is an open source platform for software development teams. It unifies and simplifies repository management for Git, Subversion, and Mercurial. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Python
Rukovoditel – Configurable open source project management, web-based application. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
SCM Manager – The easiest way to share and manage your Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories over http. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Java
Sourcehut – A full web git interface with no javascript. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 Go
Taiga – Agile Project Management Tool based on the Kanban and Scrum methods. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Docker/Python/Nodejs
Titra – Time-tracking solution for freelancers and small teams. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Javascript
Trac – Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. BSD-3-Clause Python
Traq – Project management and issue tracking system written in PHP. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP/Nodejs
Tuleap – Tuleap is a libre suite to plan, track, code and collaborate on software projects. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
UVDesk – UVDesk community is a service oriented, event driven extensible opensource helpdesk system that can be used by your organization to provide efficient support to your clients effortlessly whichever way you imagine. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
ZenTao – An agile(scrum) project management system/tool. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Software Development – Testing

Tools and software for software testing.

Bencher – Bencher is a suite of continuous benchmarking tools designed to catch performance regressions in CI. (Source Code) MIT/Apache-2.0 Rust
DeepfakeHTTP – A web server that uses HTTP dumps as a source for responses. MIT Java
Selenoid – Lightweight Selenium hub implementation launching browsers within Docker containers. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
Sorry Cypress – Alternative open-source dashboard for the Cypress browser automation framework, featuring unlimited parallelization, recording and debugging of tests. (Source Code) MIT Typescript
Touca – Continuous regression testing for engineering teams. Get feedback when you write code that could break your software. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Docker/Nodejs

Static Site Generators

Static site generators generate full static HTML websites based on raw data, plain text files and a set of templates.

Please visit staticsitegenerators.net, staticgen.com

Status / Uptime pages

Uptime is a measure of system reliability, expressed as the percentage of time a machine, typically a computer, has been working and available.

Related: Monitoring

cState – Static status page for hyperfast Hugo. Clean design, minimal JS, super light HTML/CSS, high customization, optional admin panel, read-only API, IE8+. Best used with Netlify, Docker. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Go
Gatus – Automated service health dashboard. (Demo) Apache-2.0 Docker
StatPing.ng – An easy to use Status Page for your websites and applications. Statping will automatically fetch the application and render a beautiful status page with tons of features for you to build an even better status page. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Go
Uptime Kuma – Self-hosted website monitoring tool like “Uptime Robot”. (Demo) MIT Nodejs
Vigil – Microservices Status Page. Monitors a distributed infrastructure and sends alerts (Slack, SMS, etc.). (Demo, Source Code) MPL-2.0 Rust/Docker

Task Management & To-do Lists

Task management software.

AppFlowy – With AppFlowy, you can build detailed lists of to-do’s for different projects while tracking the status of each one. Open Source Notion Alternative. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Rust/Dart/Docker

Focalboard – Define, organize, track and manage work across individuals and teams (alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana). (Source Code, Clients) MIT/AGPL-3.0/Apache-2.0 Nodejs/Go

Kanbana – Create boards to track users and projects from flat markdown files (fork of Crepido). MIT Nodejs

Kanboard – Simple and open source visual task board. (Source Code) MIT PHP

Minimalist Online Markdown Editor – The simplest and slickest online Markdown editor. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

myTinyTodo – Simple way to manage your todo list in AJAX style. Uses PHP, jQuery, SQLite/MySQL. GTD compliant. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Nullboard – Single-page minimalist kanban board; compact, highly readable and quick to use. BSD-2-Clause Javascript

Our Shopping List – Simple shared list application. Typical uses include shopping lists of course, and any other small todo-list that needs to be used collaboratively. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 Docker

Planka – Realtime kanban board for workgroups (alternative to Trello). (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

Task Keeper – List editor for power users, backed by a self-hosted server. Apache-2.0 Scala

Tasks.md – A self-hosted, file based task management board that supports Markdown syntax. MIT Docker

Taskwarrior – Taskwarrior is Free and Open Source Software that manages your TODO list from your command line. It is flexible, fast, efficient, and unobtrusive. It does its job then gets out of your way. (Source Code) MIT C++

Tracks – Web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Ruby

Vikunja – The to-do app to organize your life. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Go

Wekan – Open-source Trello-like kanban. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

Ticketing

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Helpdesk, bug and issue tracking software to help the tracking of user requests, bugs and missing features.

Bugzilla – General-purpose bugtracker and testing tool originally developed and used by the Mozilla project. MPL-2.0 Perl

django-todo – Pluggable, multi-user, multi-group, multi-list todo and ticketing system – a reusable app designed to be dropped into any existing Django project. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Python/Django

Erxes – Marketing, sales, and customer service platform designed to help businesses attract more engaged customers. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker

FreeScout – Open source clone of Help Scout: email-based customer support application, help desk and shared mailbox. AGPL-3.0 PHP

GlitchTip – Open source error-tracking app. GlitchTip collects errors reported by your app. (Source Code) MIT Python

Iguana – Iguana is an open source issue management system with a kanban board. CC-BY-SA-4.0 Python/Docker

ITFlow – Client IT Documentation, Ticketing, Invoicing and Accounting Web Application for MSPs (Managed Service Providers). (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 PHP

MantisBT – Self hosted bug tracker, fits best for software development. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

osTicket – Manage, organize and archive all your support requests and responses in one place. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

OTOBO – Flexible web-based ticketing system used for Customer Service, Help Desk, IT Service Management. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Perl

Pachno – Bring your team together to design, build and deliver your project with a tool that works with you and your team, and adapts when you need to. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 PHP

Peppermint – A simple ticket management tool with support for logs and multi-deployment. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Docker

Request Tracker – An enterprise-grade issue tracking system. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Perl

Roundup Issue Tracker – A simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web, REST, XML-RPC, and e-mail interfaces. Designed with flexibility in mind – not just another bug tracker. (Source Code) MIT/ZPL-2.0 Python

Trudesk – Trudesk is an open-source help desk/ticketing solution. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs

Zammad – Easy to use but powerful open-source support and ticketing system. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby

Time Tracking

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Time-tracking software is a category of computer software that allows its users to record time spent on tasks or projects.

ActivityWatch – An app that automatically tracks how you spend time on your devices. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Python
Kimai – Kimai is a free & open source timetracker. It tracks work time and prints out a summary of your activities on demand. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
TimeTagger – An open source time-tracker based on an interactive timeline and powerful reporting. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
Traggo – Traggo is a tag-based time tracking tool. In Traggo there are no tasks, only tagged time spans. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker/Go

URL Shorteners

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URL shortening is the action of shortening a URL to make it substantially shorter and still direct to the required page. Before hosting one, please see shortcomings of URL shorteners.

Blink – Easy-to-host, SSO-integrated, CDN-powered link shortener (+decoupled analytics) for teams. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs
Easyshortener – A simple URL shortener. MIT PHP/Nodejs/Docker
Just Short It! – A KISS, single-user URL shortener that runs in just one container. MIT Docker
Kutt – A modern URL shortener with support for custom domains. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
liteshort – User-friendly, actually lightweight, and configurable URL shortener. MIT Python
Lstu – Lightweight URL shortener. WTFPL Perl
Lynx – URL shortener with many functions such as multiple accounts, ShareX support and an attractive but simple interface. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker
Pastr – Super-minimal URL shortener and paste tool that uses a flat-file storage and has no dependencies. (Demo) MIT Go
Shlink – URL shortener with REST API and command line interface. Includes official progressive web application and docker images. (Source Code, Clients) MIT PHP
Short{Paste} – A Go based URL shortener, pastebin and file uploader. MIT Docker
Simple-URL-Shortener – KISS URL shortener, public or private (with account). Minimalist and lightweight. No dependencies. (Demo) MIT PHP
Simply Shorten – A simple URL shortener that just shortens links. MIT Java
YOURLS – YOURLS is a set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run Your Own URL Shortener. Features include password protection, URL customization, bookmarklets, statistics, API, plugins, jsonp. (Source Code) MIT PHP

VPN

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A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network.

Please visit awesome-sysadmin/VPN

Web Servers

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A web server is a piece of software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its secure variant HTTPS.

Please visit awesome-sysadmin/Web

Wikis

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A wiki is a publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser.

Related: Static Site Generators

AmuseWiki – Amusewiki is based on the Emacs Muse markup, remaining mostly compatible with the original implementation. It can work as a read-only site, as a moderated wiki, or as a fully open wiki or even as a private site. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-1.0 Perl/Docker

BookStack – BookStack is a simple, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organizing and storing information. It allows for documentation to be stored in a book like fashion. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP

django-wiki – Wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: Use django models. (Demo) GPL-3.0 Python

Documize – Modern Docs + Wiki software with built-in workflow, single binary executable, just bring MySQL/Percona. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go

Dokuwiki – Easy to use, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine with a simple syntax allowing reading the data outside the wiki. All data is stored in plain text files, therefore no database is required. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Gitit – Wiki program that stores pages and uploaded files in a git repository, which can then be modified using the VCS command line tools or the wiki’s web interface. GPL-2.0 Haskell

Gollum – Simple, Git-powered wiki with a sweet API and local frontend. MIT Ruby

Instiki – Instiki is a wiki clone so pretty and easy to set up, you’ll wonder if it’s really a wiki. Runs on Rails and focuses on portability and stability. (Source Code) Ruby Ruby

Mediawiki – MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software package written in PHP. It serves as the platform for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, used by hundreds of millions of people each month. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Mycorrhiza Wiki – Filesystem and git-based wiki engine written in Go using Mycomarkup as its primary markup language. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go

Outline ⚠ – An open, extensible, wiki for your team. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Nodejs

Pepperminty Wiki – Complete markdown-powered wiki contained in a single PHP file. (Demo) MPL-2.0 PHP

PineDocs – Simple, fast, customizable and lightweight site for browsing files. GPL-3.0 PHP

PmWiki – Wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites. GPL-3.0 PHP

Raneto – Raneto is an open source Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files to power your Knowledgebase. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs

TiddlyWiki – Reusable non-linear personal web notebook. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Nodejs

Tiki – Wiki CMS Groupware with the most built-in features. (Demo, Source Code) LGPL-2.1 PHP

TWiki – TWiki is a Perl-based structured wiki application, typically used to run a collaboration platform, knowledge or document management system, a knowledge base, or team portal. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 Perl

WackoWiki – WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause PHP

Wiki.js – Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs

WiKiss – Wiki, simple to use and install. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP

Wikmd – Modern and simple file based wiki that uses Markdown and Git. MIT Python

XWiki – Second generation wiki that allows the user to extend its functionalities with a powerful extension-based architecture. (Demo, Source Code) LGPL-2.1 Java

Zim – Graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Python/deb