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Self-hosted Apps

Open-source, self-hostable products: analytics, CMS, CRM, scheduling, email, monitoring.
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Use these when you'd rather own a ready-made product (analytics, CMS, CRM…) than pay for SaaS.

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louislam avataruptime-kumaA fancy self-hosted monitoring tool#1★ 93.5khoppscotch avatarhoppscotchOpen-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia#2★ 80.8kgrafana avatargrafanaThe open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.#3★ 77.8kstrapi avatarstrapi🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.#4★ 73.5ktwentyhq avatartwentyThe open alternative to Salesforce, designed for AI.#5★ 60.8kcalcom avatarcal.diyScheduling infrastructure for absolutely everyone.#6★ 49.9kusebruno avatarbrunoOpensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)#7★ 48.3kpayloadcms avatarpayloadPayload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.#8★ 45.8kgetsentry avatarsentryDeveloper-first error tracking and performance monitoring#9★ 45.8kPostHog avatarposthog:hedgehog: PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error tracking, logs, and more – capture all the context agents need to diagnose problems, uncover opportunities, and ship fixes. Steer it all from Slack, web, desktop, or the MCP.#10★ 40.7knovuhq avatarnovuThe open-source communication infrastructure for agents and products#11★ 40.3kumami-software avatarumamiUmami is a privacy-first web and product analytics platform. Traffic, campaigns, behavior, conversions, and revenue in one place. No cookies, no surveillance, self-hosted or in the cloud.#12★ 40.1kdirectus avatardirectusThe flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.#13★ 38.7kplausible avataranalyticsOpen source, privacy-first web analytics. Lightweight, cookie-free Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud.#14★ 29.8kdocumenso avatardocumensoThe Open Source DocuSign Alternative.#15★ 15.7kformbricks avatarformbricksOpen Source Qualtrics Alternative#16★ 13.2kdubinc avatardub.linkThe modern link attribution platform. Loved by world-class engineering teams at Twilio, Zillow, Jobber, Vercel, Raycast, and more.#17★ 25.2k
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windmill-labs avatarwindmillCode-first platform for workflows, apps and AI agents, on the fastest self-hostable orchestrator (benchmarked against Airflow, Prefect and Temporal). Business teams build with AI, engineers control what ships. Open-source alternative to Lovable, Retool and n8n.★ 18.5kresend avatarreact-email💌 Build and send emails using React★ 19.9k
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What are the best self-hosted apps repositories?

By vibe score (popularity, freshness and hygiene), the top Self-hosted Apps picks are louislam/uptime-kuma (93.5k★), hoppscotch/hoppscotch (80.8k★), grafana/grafana (77.8k★), strapi/strapi (73.5k★), twentyhq/twenty (60.8k★).

When do I need self-hosted apps?

Use these when you'd rather own a ready-made product (analytics, CMS, CRM…) than pay for SaaS.