Awesome Self-Host Docker

🚀 Curated list of open-source, self-hosted projects deployable with Docker and docker-compose. Your go-to resource for amazing self-hostable software.

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Table of Contents

• Productivity
• Development
• Media
• Communication
• Security
• Monitoring
• File Sharing
• Home Automation
• Analytics
• Miscellaneous

Productivity

Project	Description
Nextcloud	Productivity platform for file hosting and collaboration
Joplin	Note-taking and to-do application
Paperless-ng	Document management system
Bookstack	Platform for organizing and storing information
Trilium	Hierarchical note-taking application
HedgeDoc	Collaborative markdown editor
Wekan	Open-source Trello-like kanban board
Zim	Desktop wiki & note-taking
Standard Notes	Encrypted note-taking app
Kanboard	Project management software
Etherpad	Real-time collaborative document editing
OnlyOffice	Office suite that enables you to manage documents, projects, team, and customer relations in one place
CryptPad	Collaboration suite that is end-to-end encrypted
Outline	A modern team knowledge base
WeeWX	Weather station software
Kimai	Time-tracking application
Restyaboard	Open-source Trello-like kanban board
Taskcafe	Open-source project management tool
Focalboard	Open-source project management tool
AppFlowy	Open-source Notion alternative with a focus on privacy and extensibility.
Tillywork	Opensource work management solution. Manage your sprints, projects, and sales pipelines in one place
Huly	All-in-One Project Management Platform

Development

Project	Description
GitLab	DevOps platform
Gitea	Lightweight code hosting solution
Drone	Continuous Integration platform
Jenkins	Automation server for CI/CD
Gogs	Painless self-hosted Git service
Portainer	Lightweight management UI for Docker
SonarQube	Continuous inspection of code quality
Sentry	Error tracking and performance monitoring
Taiga	Project management platform
Redmine	Project management web application
Phabricator	Suite of open-source tools for peer code review, task management, and project communication
Code-Server	Run VS Code on any machine anywhere
Theia	Cloud & desktop IDE framework implemented in TypeScript
JupyterHub	Multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks
GitBucket	Git platform powered by Scala
Gerrit	Web-based code review system
Fossil	Distributed version control system
Sourcegraph	Code search and navigation tool
CodiMD	Real-time collaborative markdown notes
Leantime	Open-source project management system
Tigerbeetle	The financial transactions database designed for mission critical safety and performance.
Undb	No Code Database & BaaS

Media

Project	Description
Plex	Media server
Jellyfin	Media system
Airsonic	Music streaming server
Photoprism	Personal photo management
Navidrome	Music server and streamer
Emby	Media server for personal streaming
Karaoke Eternal	Host your own karaoke party
Radarr	Movie collection manager
Sonarr	TV series collection manager
Lidarr	Music collection manager
SickChill	Automatic Video Library Manager for TV Shows
MyMediaForAlexa	Stream your own music to Alexa devices
Koel	Personal music streaming server
Subsonic	Music server and streamer
Ampache	Web-based audio/video streaming application
LibreTime	Open-source radio management software
Headphones	Automated music downloader for NZB and Torrent
Beets	Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger
Mopidy	Extensible music server
Piwigo	Photo gallery software for the web
Prowlarr	An indexer manager/proxy built on *Arr to integrate with various media software like Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr. Supports multiple indexers and automation.
Cobalt	Quick Media Downloader
Audiobookshelf	Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with a web player and mobile apps.
SuggestArr	Companion tool for Overseerr and Jellyfin that provides media recommendations.

Communication

Project	Description
Rocket.Chat	Communication platform
Matrix Synapse	Matrix reference homeserver
Jitsi Meet	Video conferencing solution
Zulip	Team chat
Mumble	Low-latency voice chat
Mattermost	Open-source, self-hostable online chat service
Element	A glossy Matrix collaboration client
Discourse	Open-source discussion platform
Postal	Mail delivery platform
Mailu	Full-featured mail server
Matterbridge	Bridge between various chat protocols
Misskey	Decentralized social media platform
Friendica	Decentralized social network
Hubzilla	Decentralized publishing platform
GNU social	Decentralized social network
Diaspora	Distributed social networking service
Pleroma	Lightweight social networking server
Movim	Decentralized social platform
Scuttlebutt	Decentralized social network
Threema Web	Secure messaging app

Security

Project	Description
Bitwarden	Password manager
Authelia	Authentication and authorization server
Keycloak	Identity and access management
Vault	Secrets management
Vaultwarden	Unofficial Bitwarden server
Fail2ban	Intrusion prevention software framework
OSSEC	Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System
ClamAV	Open-source antivirus engine
OpenVPN	Open-source VPN solution
WireGuard	Fast and modern VPN solution
CrowdSec	Collaborative security engine
ModSecurity	Open-source web application firewall
Suricata	Network threat detection engine
Snort	Network intrusion detection system
Wazuh	Security monitoring and SIEM
OpenSCAP	Security compliance solutions
Rspamd	Fast, free and open-source spam filtering system
SpamAssassin	Open-source anti-spam platform
Graylog	Log management platform

Monitoring

Project	Description
Grafana	Analytics and monitoring solution
Prometheus	Monitoring system and time series database
Netdata	Real-time performance monitoring
Uptime Kuma	Uptime monitoring tool
Zabbix	Enterprise-class monitoring solution
InfluxDB	Time series database
Telegraf	Server agent for collecting and reporting metrics
Cacti	Network monitoring and graphing tool
Nagios	IT infrastructure monitoring
Checkmk	Monitoring system for IT infrastructure
LibreNMS	Network monitoring system
Icinga	Monitoring system for IT infrastructure
Monit	Small Open Source utility for managing and monitoring Unix systems
Glances	Cross-platform monitoring tool
Cortex	Horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant, long term storage for Prometheus
VictoriaMetrics	Fast, cost-effective and scalable monitoring solution and time series database
Thanos	Highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities
Kapacitor	Open-source framework for processing, monitoring, and alerting on time series data
Bosun	Monitoring and alerting system by Stack Exchange
Cerebro	Web admin tool for Elasticsearch
Dozzle	Realtime log viewer for docker containers

File Sharing

Project	Description
Seafile	File hosting and collaboration platform
Syncthing	Continuous file synchronization
ownCloud	File hosting software
FileBrowser	Web File Browser
Pydio Cells	Content collaboration platform
Minio	High-performance object storage
Nextcloud	Productivity platform for file hosting and collaboration
Cozy	Personal cloud server
Kinto	Minimalist JSON storage service
ProjectSend	Clients-oriented file uploading platform
Caddy	Fast, multi-platform web server with automatic HTTPS
Samba	Free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol
Resilio Sync	Fast, reliable, and simple file sync and share solution
Zenko	Open-source multi-cloud data controller
SeaweedFS	Distributed file system to store and serve billions of files fast
Ceph	Distributed object, block, and file storage platform
GlusterFS	Scale-out network-attached storage file system
OpenMediaVault	Next generation network attached storage solution based on Debian Linux
XigmaNAS	Open-source NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD
FreeNAS	Open-source network-attached storage operating system based on FreeBSD

Home Automation

Project	Description
Home Assistant	Open source home automation
OpenHAB	Vendor and technology agnostic open source automation software
Domoticz	Home Automation System
Node-RED	Flow-based programming for the Internet of Things
ESPHome	System to control your ESP8266/ESP32
Homebridge	HomeKit support for the impatient
ioBroker	Integration platform for the Internet of Things
Gladys	Home Assistant for smart living
Jeedom	Home automation platform
OpenMotics	Home automation system

Analytics

Project	Description
Matomo	Web analytics platform
Plausible	Lightweight and privacy-friendly web analytics
Umami	Simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics
Ackee	Self-hosted analytics tool
GoAccess	Real-time web log analyzer
Metabase	Business intelligence and analytics
Redash	Make sense of your data
Countly	Product analytics platform
PostHog	Open-source product analytics
Fathom	Simple, privacy-focused website analytics
Vince	Self Hosted Alternative To Google Analytics

Miscellaneous

Project	Description
Pi-hole	Network-wide ad blocking
FreshRSS	Self-hosted RSS feed aggregator
Wallabag	Save and classify articles
Tandoor Recipes	Recipe manager
Shiori	Simple bookmark manager
Speedtest	Self-hosted speed test
Papermerge	Document management system
Calibre-web	Web app for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks
Firefly III	Personal finances manager
Homer	A dead simple static homepage for your server
Astuto	Customer feedback tool to collect, manage and prioritize feedback from your users
Wordpress	Run WordPress, MariaDB and phpMyAdmin in Docker

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