Open Source Tools you can self-host

Dokuwiki

( reviews)

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.

Dokuwiki review

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.

docker-mailserver review

docassemble

A free, open-source expert system for guided interviews and document assembly, based on Python, YAML, and Markdown.

docassemble review

DocKing

Document management service/microservice that handles templates and renders them in PDF format, all in one place.

draw.io

Diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER and network diagrams.

DSpace

Turnkey repository application providing durable access to digital resources.

Dovecot

IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind.

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.

dpaste

Simple pastebin with multiple text and code option, with short url result easy to remember.

DreamFactory

Turns any SQL/NoSQL/Structured data into Restful API.

DreamFactory review

Drupal

Advanced open source content management platform.

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.

Domoticz review

Easy!Appointments

A highly customizable web application that allows your customers to book appointments with you via the web.

Easy!Appointments review

DragonFly

A small MTA for home and office use. Works on Linux and FreeBSD.

DragonFly review

Drift

Self-hosted Github Gist clone.

Druid

Distributed, column-oriented, real-time analytics data store.

Dotclear

Take control over your blog.

Dotclear review

Drupal Commerce

Drupal Commerce is a popular e-commerce module for Drupal CMS, with support for dozens of payment, shipping, and shopping related modules.

Drupal Commerce review

egroupware

Software suite including calendars, address books, notepad, project management tools, client relationship management tools (CRM), knowledge management tools, a wiki and a CMS.

egroupware review

EDA

Web application for data analysis and visualization.

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….

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.

elixire

Simple yet advanced screenshot uploading and link shortening service.

edX

The Open edX platform is open-source code that powers edX.org.

Easyshortener

A simple URL shortener.

Easyshortener review

Elgg

Powerful open source social networking engine.

ejabberd

XMPP instant messaging server.

ejabberd review

Element

Fully-featured Matrix client for Web, iOS & Android.

EmailRelay

A small and easy to configure SMTP and POP3 server for Windows and Linux.

EmailRelay review

Eclipse Che

Open source workspace server and cloud IDE.

Eclipse Che review

Enigma 1/2 BBS

Enigma 1/2 is a modern, multi-platform BBS engine with unlimited “callers” and legacy DOS door game support.

Enigma 1/2 BBS review

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.

EspoCRM

CRM with a frontend designed as a single page application, and a REST API.

Etebase (EteSync)

End-to-end encrypted and journaled personal information server supporting calendar and contact data, offering its own clients.

Etebase (EteSync) review

emailwiz

Luke Smith’s bash script to completely automate the setup of a Postfix/Dovecot/SpamAssassin/OpenDKIM server on debian.

emailwiz review

EPrints

Digital document management system with a flexible metadata and workflow model primarily aimed at academic institutions.

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.

Ergo

Modern IRCv3 server written in Go, combining the features of an ircd, a services framework, and a bouncer.

Espial

An open-source, web-based bookmarking server.

envlinks

A minimalist link dashboard showing links from environment variables.

envlinks review

ESMira

Run longitudinal studies (ESM, AA, EMA) with data collection and communication with participants being completely anonymous.

Eonza

Eonza is used to create scripts and automate tasks on servers or VPS hosting. Manage your servers from any browser on any device.

EteSync Web

EteSync’s official Web-based client (i.e., their Web app).

EteSync Web review

Etherpad

Etherpad is a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time.

Etherpad review

Evergreen

Highly-scalable software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials.

Evergreen review

Exim

Message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge.

ExBin

A pastebin with public/private snippets and netcat server.

Evidence

Evidence is a code-based BI tool. Write reports using SQL and markdown and they render as a website.

Evidence review

Erxes

Marketing, sales, and customer service platform designed to help businesses attract more engaged customers.

ERPNext

Free open source ERP system.

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.

Exadel CompreFace review

EveryDocs

A simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally.

EveryDocs review

Feedpushr

Powerful RSS aggregator, able to transform and send articles to many outputs. Single binary, extensible with plugins.

Feedpushr review

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.

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.

Expressa

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

Expressa review

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.

Fasten Health review

Fess

Fess is a very powerful and easily deployable Enterprise Search Server.

Fava

Fava is the web frontend of Beancount, a text based double-entry accounting system.

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).

feedmixer review

Fathom Lite

A simple and privacy-focused web analytics (alternative to Google Analytics).

Fathom Lite review

Family Accounting Tool

Web-based finance management tool for partners with partially shared expenses.

Family Accounting Tool review

F-Droid

Server tools for maintaining an F-Droid repository system.

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.

Fedora Commons Repository review

farmOS

Web-based farm record keeping application.

FeedCord

A simple, lightweight & customizable RSS News Feed for your Discord Server.

FeedCord review

Fider

Open platform to collect and prioritize feedback (alternative to UserVoice).

Flagsmith

Flagsmith provides a dashboard, API and SDKs for adding Feature Flags to your applications (alternative to LaunchDarkly).

Flagsmith review

filebrowser

Web File Browser with a Material Design web interface.

filebrowser review

Flarum

Delightfully simple forums. Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun again.

Files Sharing

Open Source and self-hosted files sharing application based on unique and temporary links.

Files Sharing review

FlatPress

A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine.

FlatPress review

flatnotes

A self-hosted, database-less note-taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage.

flatnotes review

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 .

Filestash review

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.

Firezone review

FileShelter

FileShelter is a self-hosted software that allows you to easily share files over the Internet.

FileShelter review

FileGator

FileGator is a powerful multi-user file manager with a single page front-end.

FileGator review

Firefox Account Server

This allows you to host your own Firefox accounts server.

Firefox Account Server review

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.

Firefly III review

Forgejo

A lightweight software forge focused on scaling, federation, and privacy (fork of Gitea).

Foodsoft

Web-based software to manage a non-profit food coop (product catalog, ordering, accounting, job scheduling).

Foodsoft review

FoodCoopShop

User-friendly open source software for food-coops.

FoodCoopShop review

Flyimg

Resize and crop images on the fly. Get optimised images with MozJPEG, WebP or PNG using ImageMagick, with an efficient caching system.

Flipt

Feature flag solution with support for multiple data backends (alternative to LaunchDarkly).

Focalboard

Define, organize, track and manage work across individuals and teams (alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana).

Focalboard review

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.

FlashPaper

A one-time encrypted zero-knowledge password/secret sharing application focused on simplicity and security. No database or complicated set-up required.

FlashPaper review

Fluidd

Lightweight & responsive user interface for Klipper, the 3D printer firmware.

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.

Flexisip review

FOSSBilling

Free and open source hosting and billing automation. Integrates with WHM, CWP, cPanel and HestiaCP. Full API and easily extensible.

FOSSBilling review

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.

FlowForge review

Fossil

Distributed version control system featuring wiki and bug tracker.

Galene

Galène (or Galene) is a videoconference server (an “SFU”) that is easy to deploy and that requires moderate server resources.

fx

A tool to help you do Function as a Service with painless on your own servers.

Galette

Galette is a membership management web application towards non profit organizations.

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.

Framadate review

FreeScout

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

FreeScout review

frab

Web-based conference planning and management system. It helps to collect submissions, to manage talks and speakers and to create a schedule.

Frigate

Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI.

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.

FusionPBX review