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50 self-hosted Utilities apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

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    Syncthing

    Launch

    Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

  2. R

    restic

    Launch

    restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. It supports the three major operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows) and a few smaller ones (FreeBSD, OpenBSD).

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

  3. B

    BentoPDF

    Launch

    ⚠ - Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Nodejs/Docker

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

  4. M

    Mkdocs

    Launch

    MkDocs is a fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

  5. C

    copyparty

    Launch

    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.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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    ownCloud

    Launch

    ownCloud is a versatile platform designed for secure file sharing and data management. It provides organizations and individuals with the tools they need to control and share their data safely and efficiently, whether on-premises or in the

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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Vaultwarden

Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust

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R

rclone

Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories

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9
C

CasaOS

CasaOS is an open-source personal cloud system

Launch
10
S

SearXNG

Self-hostable metasearch engine

Launch
11
D

DokuWiki

A popular self-hostable wiki software with a large number of plugins

Launch
12
C

ConvertX

Online file converter which supports over a thousand different formats

Launch
13
H

Halo

A powerful and easy-to-use website building tool (documentation in Chinese)

Launch
14
O

OpenTTD

An open-source clone of Transport Tycoon Plus with major improvements

Launch
15
C

CyberChef

Perform all manner of operations within a web browser such as AES

Launch
16
A

Amnezia Client

Amnezia VPN Client (Desktop+Mobile)

Launch
17
K

Kopia

Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux

Launch
18
P

Pocket ID

Self-hostable OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 provider

Launch
19
Z

Zoraxy

General purpose HTTP reverse proxy and forwarding tool

Launch
20
D

Datasette ChatGPT plugin

Enable natural language questions, real-time insights

Launch
21
P

pgAdmin

pgAdmin Website

Launch
22
P

phpMyAdmin

A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB

Launch
23
T

Tandoor Recipes

Django application to manage, tag and search recipes

Launch
24
F

FireZone

Replace your VPN with zero-trust access built on WireGuard

Launch
25
O

Overleaf

A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor

Launch
26
S

SeaweedFS

Enterprise-grade distributed object storage

Launch
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R

RustFS

High-performance distributed object storage

Launch
28
G

Glpi

GLPI is a Free Asset and IT Management Software package, Data center management

Launch
29
D

Duplicati

Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

Launch
30
A

Atuin

Sync shell history across devices

Launch
31
D

Duplicacy

Duplicacy is a new generation cross-platform cloud backup tool based on the idea

Launch
32
B

Borg

Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption

Launch
33
O

Outline

Outline makes it easy to create a VPN server

Launch
34
W

wg-easy

All-in-one WireGuard and web interface

Launch
35
U

Unison

Unison is a file-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows

Launch
36
O

OpenList

File manager with support for multiple storage backends

Launch
37
S

SeaweedFS

SeaweedFS is an open source distributed file system supporting WebDAV, S3 API

Launch
38
D

Dufs

A file server that supports static serving, uploading, searching

Launch
39
S

SafeLine

Web application firewall

Launch
40
P

Piped

An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design

Launch
41
H

Heimdall

An Application dashboard and launcher

Launch
42
S

Setup Ipsec VPN

Set up your own IPsec VPN server in just a few minutes

Launch
43
2

2FAuth

Manage your Two-Factor Authentication

Launch
44
D

Draw.io

Create complex diagrams, collaborate

Launch
45
W

Workout Cool

Modern open-source fitness coaching platform

Launch
46
O

OpenBao

Sensitive data store for secrets, certificates, and keys

Launch
47
T

Tinyauth

The tiniest OpenID Certified authorization

Launch
48
C

Cloudflared

Tunneling proxy for Cloudflare traffic

Launch
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F

FlareSolverr

Proxy server to bypass Cloudflare protection

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VERT

On-device file conversion utility

Launch

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Parallels

Powerful, easy-to-use VM. No free upgrade for each new Mac OS

Parallels Desktop enables you to run Windows and other OSs on Mac seamlessly. With Parallels Desktop, you get the advantages of macOS, Windows, and Linux on the same physical machine. As the first Microsoft-authorized partner to run Windows on a Mac with Apple silicon, Parallels Desktop for Mac offers the ideal solution for running Windows 11 on your Apple silicon Mac.

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Price
Freemium
Made by
Parallels International GmbH
Category
Utilities
Website
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