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Free alternatives to Self-host-app

50 free Developer Tools apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. GitHub

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    Host and review code, manage projects, and build software with millions of developers.

    Free

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    Payload CMS

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    Payload CMS is a self-hosted, code-first content management system that gives developers full control over their data structure and admin UI. It combines a powerful API, flexible authentication, file uploads, and localization out of the box

    Free

  3. Replit

    Launch

    Code, create, and deploy anything from your browser. Includes Agent for full-stack AI coding.

    Free

  4. CodePen

    Launch

    The best place to build, test and discover front-end code. HTML, CSS, JS — live.

    Free

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    Dokploy

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    Streamline your deployment process with Dokploy. Manage applications and databases on any VPS using Docker and Traefik for improved performance and security.

    Free

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    drawDB

    Launch

    Free online database schema design tool. Draw entity-relationship diagrams, generate SQL for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB, SQL Server & Oracle, import/export DBML, and collaborate on data models in real time.

    Free

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AdGuard Home

User-friendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Docker

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Caddy

Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS

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Eclipse IDE

Create and refine code with an intuitive interface, track changes, debug

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Kanboard

Simple visual task board. (Source Code) MIT PHP

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Traefik

HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy

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Wiki.js

Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown

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Jenkins

Automate testing, deploy apps, monitor performance, and streamline workflow

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Paperless-ngx

Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface

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PrivateBin

Minimalist pastebin/discussion board where the server has zero knowledge of

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Teleport

Certificate authority and access plane for SSH, Kubernetes, web applications

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MindsDB

AI layer for existing databases

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Graylog

Easily monitor, analyze, troubleshoot log data

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Postal

Complete and fully featured mail server for use by websites & web servers

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Nginx Proxy Manager

Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts

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revealjs

Framework for easily creating beautiful presentations using HTML

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OneDev

All-In-One DevOps Platform

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diaspora

Distributed social networking server. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby

Launch
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SuiteCRM

The award-winning, enterprise-class open source CRM. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Launch
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Umbrel

A beautiful personal server OS for self-hosting

Launch
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Thingsboard

IoT Platform - Device management, data collection, processing and visualization

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Tipi

Homeserver manager. One command setup

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Dawarich

Visualize your location history, track your movements

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Neko

Virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC

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Angular DevTools

Angular DevTools extends Firefox DevTools adding Angular specific debugging and

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Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™

HTML5 Network Performance Estimation Tool. (Source Code) MIT Docker

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Wallos

Lightweight personal subscription tracker

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Grav

Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy

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Sandstorm

Personal server for running self-hosted apps easily and securely

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Caprover

Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids

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NGINX

HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server

Launch
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Node Readiness Controller

Declarative node readiness for Kubernetes

Launch
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bittorrent-tracker

Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client and server) implementation

Launch
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Lighthouse

Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web

Launch
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Termix

Clientless web-based server management platform

Launch
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Authelia

The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps

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Mail-in-a-Box

Turns any Ubuntu server into a fully functional mail server with one command

Launch
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Stalwart Mail Server

All-in-one mail server with JMAP, IMAP4

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Arduino IDE

The open-source Arduino Software

Launch
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Harbor

Cloud native image registry that stores, signs, and scans content

Launch
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Huly

All-in-One Alternative to Linear/Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion and more

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imgproxy

Self-hosted solution for image processing needs

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Qdrant

Vector Search Engine

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Gitea

Private, fast, reliable DevOps platform

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Cloudreve

File management and sharing system, supports multiple storage providers

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