Host the open-source apps you actually use
A VPS gives you root: install any application, any version, with no plugin blacklists and no per-seat fees. Below are the apps our customers self-host most, each with a practical setup guide and the specs it needs.
Media
Jellyfin
A free, fully open-source media server with no strings attached.
Setup guide →Immich
Self-hosted photo and video backup with a Google Photos feel.
Setup guide →Plex
Polished media server with clients on every platform.
Setup guide →Emby
A fast media server with a strong client ecosystem.
Setup guide →Kodi
A powerful open-source media centre for the big screen.
Setup guide →Navidrome
A lightweight Subsonic-compatible music streaming server.
Setup guide →Funkwhale
A federated, community-oriented music platform.
Setup guide →PhotoPrism
AI-powered browsing, tagging and search for your photo library.
Setup guide →Audiobookshelf
A self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
Setup guide →PeerTube
Federated video hosting you control.
Setup guide →Owncast
A self-hosted live streaming server with chat.
Setup guide →MediaCMS
A modern, self-hosted video and media CMS.
Setup guide →Stash
An organiser for large personal media libraries.
Setup guide →Jellyseerr
A request manager for Jellyfin and Plex users.
Setup guide →Ombi
Request and discovery portal for your media library.
Setup guide →Jellyfin (Docker)
Containerised Jellyfin for easy updates.
Setup guide →Streama
A self-hosted streaming platform for your media.
Setup guide →PhotoView
A simple, fast photo gallery for your server.
Setup guide →Piwigo
A mature, extensible photo gallery.
Setup guide →Lychee
A beautiful, self-hosted photo manager.
Setup guide →mStream
A lightweight music streaming server.
Setup guide →Ampache
A web-based audio and video streaming server.
Setup guide →slskd
A modern web UI for Soulseek.
Setup guide →beets
A music library manager and tagger.
Setup guide →TubeSync
Mirror channels and playlists to your media server.
Setup guide →MeTube
A web UI for yt-dlp downloads.
Setup guide →LibrePhotos
A self-hosted photo management service.
Setup guide →Productivity
WordPress
The world’s most popular open-source publishing platform.
Setup guide →Nextcloud
A private Dropbox and Google Workspace you fully own.
Setup guide →Ghost
A fast, modern publishing platform and newsletter engine.
Setup guide →Collabora Online
Browser-based office suite for your own cloud.
Setup guide →ONLYOFFICE Docs
A high-compatibility online office suite.
Setup guide →CryptPad
Zero-knowledge, encrypted collaboration suite.
Setup guide →Etherpad
Real-time collaborative plain-text editing.
Setup guide →HedgeDoc
Collaborative Markdown notes with diagrams.
Setup guide →Outline
A fast, modern team knowledge base.
Setup guide →BookStack
A simple, structured documentation platform.
Setup guide →Wiki.js
A powerful, modern wiki with Markdown and Git sync.
Setup guide →Docmost
A collaborative wiki and docs tool, Confluence-style.
Setup guide →Obsidian LiveSync (CouchDB)
Sync your Obsidian vault through your own server.
Setup guide →Joplin Server
Sync your Joplin notes through your own server.
Setup guide →Miniflux
A minimal, fast RSS reader.
Setup guide →FreshRSS
A self-hosted RSS and Atom aggregator.
Setup guide →Tiny Tiny RSS
A veteran, extensible feed reader.
Setup guide →Wallabag
Save and read articles later, on your own server.
Setup guide →Linkding
A minimal, self-hosted bookmark manager.
Setup guide →Shiori
A simple bookmark manager with offline archives.
Setup guide →CryptPad Forms
Encrypted forms and surveys you host.
Setup guide →Stirling PDF
A self-hosted PDF toolbox.
Setup guide →draw.io (self-hosted)
Diagrams and flowcharts you host yourself.
Setup guide →Excalidraw
A whiteboard for sketching diagrams.
Setup guide →Penpot
An open-source design and prototyping tool.
Setup guide →Development
GitLab CE
Your own Git hosting, CI/CD and container registry.
Setup guide →Gitea
A lightweight, fast Git service that runs on almost nothing.
Setup guide →Forgejo
A community-governed, lightweight Git forge.
Setup guide →Drone CI
A container-native CI/CD system.
Setup guide →Woodpecker CI
A lightweight, community-driven CI/CD engine.
Setup guide →Jenkins
The veteran, endlessly extensible automation server.
Setup guide →Gitea Actions
CI built into Gitea, GitHub-Actions compatible.
Setup guide →Renovate
Automated dependency updates, self-hosted.
Setup guide →code-server
VS Code in the browser, on your own server.
Setup guide →OpenVSCode Server
The upstream VS Code server, self-hosted.
Setup guide →act_runner
A self-hosted runner for Gitea/Forgejo Actions.
Setup guide →SonarQube
Continuous code quality and security analysis.
Setup guide →GitLab Runner
A self-hosted job runner for GitLab CI.
Setup guide →Harbor
An open-source container registry with security scanning.
Setup guide →Zot
A minimal, scalable OCI-native container registry.
Setup guide →Verdaccio
A lightweight private npm registry proxy.
Setup guide →Nexus Repository
A universal artefact repository manager.
Setup guide →Mailpit
An email testing tool that catches outbound mail.
Setup guide →Appsmith
Build internal tools fast, self-hosted.
Setup guide →ToolJet
A low-code platform for internal tools.
Setup guide →Budibase
Build internal apps and forms in minutes.
Setup guide →Communication
Mattermost
Self-hosted team chat built for security-conscious organisations.
Setup guide →Matrix (Synapse)
A federated, end-to-end encrypted chat homeserver.
Setup guide →Rocket.Chat
A feature-rich self-hosted team chat platform.
Setup guide →Zulip
Threaded team chat that keeps conversations organised.
Setup guide →Jitsi Meet
Self-hosted video conferencing with no accounts.
Setup guide →BigBlueButton
A virtual classroom built for teaching.
Setup guide →mailcow
A full self-hosted mail server suite.
Setup guide →Mail-in-a-Box
One-command self-hosted email.
Setup guide →The Lounge
A modern, always-on IRC client in the browser.
Setup guide →Matterbridge
Bridge your chat networks together.
Setup guide →Nextcloud Talk
Chat, calls and webinars inside Nextcloud.
Setup guide →Synapse Admin (Element)
Element Admin for managing a Matrix homeserver.
Setup guide →Conduit
A lightweight Matrix homeserver in Rust.
Setup guide →Revolt
A modern, Discord-style chat platform.
Setup guide →WeeChat relay
A terminal IRC client with a web relay.
Setup guide →soju (bouncer)
A modern IRC bouncer.
Setup guide →Automation
n8n
Open-source workflow automation with fair-code licensing.
Setup guide →Node-RED
Flow-based programming for events and IoT.
Setup guide →Windmill
Turn scripts into workflows and UIs.
Setup guide →Apache Airflow
Programmatic workflow scheduling and orchestration.
Setup guide →Huginn
Agents that monitor and act on the web.
Setup guide →Ollama
Run large language models locally.
Setup guide →Open WebUI
A ChatGPT-style UI for your own models.
Setup guide →LibreChat
A multi-provider chat UI you host yourself.
Setup guide →Rundeck
Centralised job scheduling and runbook automation.
Setup guide →AWX
The open-source Ansible automation platform.
Setup guide →Semaphore
A lightweight Ansible UI.
Setup guide →Home Assistant
Open-source home automation that runs locally.
Setup guide →ESPHome
Manage ESP-based devices with simple YAML.
Setup guide →Eclipse Mosquitto
A lightweight MQTT broker for IoT.
Setup guide →Zigbee2MQTT
Free your Zigbee devices from vendor hubs.
Setup guide →Gotify
A self-hosted push-notification server.
Setup guide →ntfy
Simple pub-sub push notifications over HTTP.
Setup guide →Apprise API
One API to send notifications everywhere.
Setup guide →Diun
Get notified when container images update.
Setup guide →Watchtower
Automatically update running containers.
Setup guide →Data
MinIO
High-performance, S3-compatible object storage you host yourself.
Setup guide →PostgreSQL
The advanced open-source relational database.
Setup guide →MariaDB
A community-developed MySQL-compatible database.
Setup guide →Redis
An in-memory data store for caching and queues.
Setup guide →Valkey
The open-source Redis fork governed by the Linux Foundation.
Setup guide →MongoDB
The leading document database.
Setup guide →MySQL
The world’s most widely used open-source database.
Setup guide →InfluxDB
A time-series database for metrics and IoT.
Setup guide →ClickHouse
A blazing-fast columnar analytics database.
Setup guide →Garage
A lightweight, geo-distributed S3 store.
Setup guide →SeaweedFS
A fast, scalable distributed file system.
Setup guide →CouchDB
A document database with built-in sync.
Setup guide →Duplicati
Encrypted, deduplicated backups to any target.
Setup guide →restic REST server
A simple server for restic backups.
Setup guide →Syncthing
Continuous, peer-to-peer file sync.
Setup guide →Seafile
Fast, reliable file sync and share.
Setup guide →Paperless-ngx
Scan, index and search your paper documents.
Setup guide →Docspell
An e-document organiser with OCR and search.
Setup guide →NocoDB
Turn any database into a smart spreadsheet.
Setup guide →Baserow
An open-source no-code database and app builder.
Setup guide →Teable
A fast, Postgres-backed Airtable alternative.
Setup guide →Grist
A modern relational spreadsheet.
Setup guide →ArchiveBox
Self-hosted web archiving.
Setup guide →Networking
Vaultwarden
A lightweight, self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible password manager.
Setup guide →Nginx Proxy Manager
A web UI for Nginx reverse-proxy hosts and certificates.
Setup guide →Traefik
A modern, dynamic reverse proxy and load balancer.
Setup guide →Caddy
A web server with automatic HTTPS by default.
Setup guide →Unbound
A validating, recursive DNS resolver.
Setup guide →Blocky
A fast, lightweight DNS ad blocker.
Setup guide →Technitium DNS
A self-hosted DNS server with a management UI.
Setup guide →Uptime Kuma
A self-hosted uptime and service monitor.
Setup guide →Gatus
A lightweight, config-driven status monitor.
Setup guide →LibreNMS
Auto-discovering network monitoring.
Setup guide →Zabbix
Enterprise-class monitoring for servers and networks.
Setup guide →Grafana
Beautiful dashboards over your metrics and logs.
Setup guide →Prometheus
A metrics database and alerting toolkit.
Setup guide →Netdata
Real-time performance and health monitoring.
Setup guide →HAProxy
A high-performance TCP/HTTP load balancer.
Setup guide →WireGuard
The fast, modern VPN protocol.
Setup guide →OpenVPN
A battle-tested, widely-compatible VPN.
Setup guide →UniFi Network Server
Manage UniFi networking gear from your own server.
Setup guide →OpenWrt (x86)
A Linux OS for routers, on your own hardware.
Setup guide →RustDesk Server
A self-hosted remote desktop relay.
Setup guide →MeshCentral
A self-hosted remote management and support tool.
Setup guide →Apache Guacamole
A clientless remote-desktop gateway.
Setup guide →LibreSpeed
A self-hosted internet speed test.
Setup guide →OpenSpeedTest
A clean, browser-based speed test server.
Setup guide →SoftEther VPN
A multi-protocol, high-performance VPN.
Setup guide →Security
Bitwarden (self-hosted)
The official self-hosted Bitwarden server.
Setup guide →Passbolt
Password manager built for teams.
Setup guide →Wazuh
Open-source SIEM and endpoint detection.
Setup guide →Greenbone/OpenVAS
A full-featured vulnerability scanner.
Setup guide →CrowdSec
Collaborative, behaviour-based intrusion prevention.
Setup guide →Authelia
SSO and 2FA gateway for your self-hosted apps.
Setup guide →Authentik
A modern open-source identity provider.
Setup guide →Keycloak
Enterprise-grade identity and access management.
Setup guide →AdGuard Home
Network-wide DNS ad and tracker blocking.
Setup guide →Pi-hole
The classic network-wide DNS ad blocker.
Setup guide →wg-easy
A friendly web UI for WireGuard.
Setup guide →Headscale
A self-hosted Tailscale control server.
Setup guide →Netbird
A zero-config WireGuard mesh with SSO.
Setup guide →step-ca
An online certificate authority for your own PKI.
Setup guide →Bitwarden CLI (self-host)
The official Bitwarden CLI against your own server.
Setup guide →Gophish
An open-source phishing simulation framework.
Setup guide →T-Pot (CrowdSec)
A honeypot platform for threat intel.
Setup guide →OpenConnect (ocserv)
A self-hosted AnyConnect-compatible VPN.
Setup guide →PrivateBin
A minimalist, encrypted pastebin.
Setup guide →Commerce
WooCommerce
The WordPress e-commerce platform.
Setup guide →PrestaShop
A dedicated open-source e-commerce platform.
Setup guide →Medusa
A headless commerce backend you own.
Setup guide →Saleor
A GraphQL-first, headless commerce platform.
Setup guide →Invoice Ninja
Invoicing, billing and expense tracking.
Setup guide →Firefly III
A personal finance manager you own.
Setup guide →pretix
Self-hosted ticket sales and registration.
Setup guide →Zammad
A full helpdesk and ticketing system.
Setup guide →FreeScout
A lightweight, shared team mailbox.
Setup guide →osTicket
A classic, widely-used support ticket system.
Setup guide →Actual Budget
A fast, local-first budgeting app you sync yourself.
Setup guide →Docuseal
Self-hosted document signing.
Setup guide →Documenso
An open-source DocuSign alternative.
Setup guide →YOURLS
Your own URL shortener with analytics.
Setup guide →Shlink
A self-hosted URL shortener and analytics API.
Setup guide →Kutt
A modern, self-hosted link shortener.
Setup guide →listmonk
A self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager.
Setup guide →Mautic
Marketing automation you fully own.
Setup guide →Education
Moodle
The leading open-source learning platform.
Setup guide →Canvas LMS
An institutional-grade learning platform.
Setup guide →Chamilo
A lighter open-source LMS.
Setup guide →Kiwix
Offline access to the world’s knowledge.
Setup guide →Calibre-Web
A web front end for your ebook library.
Setup guide →Kavita
A fast server for books, comics and manga.
Setup guide →Komga
A media server for comics and manga.
Setup guide →Analytics
Plausible Analytics
Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics.
Setup guide →Umami
A lightweight, self-hosted analytics tool.
Setup guide →Matomo
A full-featured, privacy-respecting analytics suite.
Setup guide →GoatCounter
A tiny, no-nonsense web counter.
Setup guide →Metabase
Ask questions of your data without SQL.
Setup guide →Apache Superset
A modern data exploration and dashboarding platform.
Setup guide →Redash
Query, visualise and share data.
Setup guide →Cookie Consent (Klaro)
A self-hosted consent manager for your sites.
Setup guide →LimeSurvey
A powerful self-hosted survey platform.
Setup guide →Formbricks
In-app surveys and experience management.
Setup guide →Not sure which plan fits?
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