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n8n
★ 193,648n8n is a workflow automation platform that connects hundreds of apps and APIs with a visual drag-and-drop interface. Running on your own server, it's the self-hosted alternative to Zapier and Make — no per-execution billing and your data never leaves your infrastructure.
Ollama
★ 174,743Ollama runs large language models (LLMs) like Llama, Mistral and Gemma locally, on your own hardware, with a single command. It's the foundation for private AI at home: nothing goes to the cloud, no per-token cost, and it works offline.
Dify.ai
★ 146,174Dify is a platform for building AI applications — chatbots, agents and RAG flows — with a visual interface and support for many models. Self-hosted, it lets you build AI products while keeping prompts, data and users on your own server.
Open-WebUI
★ 142,641Open WebUI is a ChatGPT-like chat interface for LLMs that connects to Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible API. Hosted by you, it becomes a private ChatGPT for your family or team, with history and users under your control.
Immich
★ 104,174Immich is a self-hosted photo and video backup with mobile apps that upload your media automatically, just like Google Photos. It offers face recognition, object search and a timeline — all running on your own server, with no subscription or storage limit.
Home Assistant
★ 87,925Home Assistant is the most popular open source home automation hub, integrating thousands of smart-home devices into a single dashboard. It runs locally, so your automations keep working without internet and your data stays off any vendor cloud.
Syncthing
★ 85,702Syncthing continuously syncs files between your devices, encrypted and peer-to-peer, with no central server. It's the alternative to Dropbox for people who don't want a third-party cloud: files go straight from one machine to another.
Stirling-PDF
★ 82,894Stirling-PDF is a Swiss-army knife for PDFs running in the browser via your own server: merge, split, compress, convert, sign and OCR. It replaces online PDF sites without uploading sensitive documents to third parties.
Hoppscotch Community Edition
★ 79,612Hoppscotch is a lightweight, fast API client for testing REST, GraphQL and WebSocket requests right in the browser. Self-hosted, it's the alternative to Postman for teams that want to keep collections and environments on their own infrastructure.
LobeHub
★ 78,968LobeChat (LobeHub) is a modern AI chat interface supporting multiple models, plugins and custom assistants. Hosted by you, it offers a ChatGPT-like experience with your own providers and full conversation privacy.
code-server
★ 78,020code-server runs VS Code on a server and serves it through the browser, so you code from any device with the same environment everywhere. Ideal for developing from a tablet, or centralizing your setup on a powerful homelab server.
ElasticSearch
★ 77,110Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine.