Self-hosted software, on-premises deployment and running open source tools on your own infrastructure.
Most task managers are either too simple (a plain todo list) or too complex (a project management suite that requires onboarding). Tududi sits in the middle: a hierarchical GTD-inspired system with Areas containing Projects containing Tasks and Notes, smart recurring tasks, Telegram quick-capture, CalDAV sync, OIDC/SSO, and...
Notion stores everything on their servers. Obsidian sync costs $8/month. Roam Research is $15/month. Most PKM tools make you choose between convenience and data ownership. SiYuan does not. Block-level editing, bidirectional links, spaced repetition, relational database, AI writing, Docker deployment, E2EE sync. Local storage free forever. 45,...
Google Analytics 4 is free in the same way Gmail is free - you get the tool, Google gets the behavioral data of everyone who visits your site. In several EU jurisdictions this transfer has already been ruled non-compliant. Umami is the simplest exit: a single tracking script, no cookies,...
Google Photos puts your entire photo library on Google's servers to feed the same ad ecosystem as everything else. Immich is the exit: automatic backup to your own server, facial recognition, semantic search, albums, sharing. 106,000+ GitHub stars, AGPL-3.0, v3.0.0 (July 2026). The...
Google killed desktop Timeline. Dawarich is the exit: import your Google Takeout history, run it on your own server. 9,000+ GitHub stars, open source, Docker, self-hosted free with all Pro features. What Dawarich is Dawarich (dawarich.app) is a self-hosted private location history tracker. Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis....
Coder is the self-hosted platform for cloud development environments — reproducible workspaces defined in Terraform, running on Kubernetes, EC2, or Docker, connected through WireGuard tunnels. Coder Agents delegate coding to Claude Code in governed workspaces. AGPL-3.0, 14k stars.
Webstudio is the open-source Webflow alternative — full CSS control in a visual canvas, clean Remix/React output, Cloudflare Edge hosting, self-hostable exports, and any headless CMS. One $15/mo Pro plan covers unlimited sites where Webflow charges per site. AGPL-3.0, 8.5k+ stars, TypeScript.
Baserow is the open-source no-code database — self-hosted Docker with unlimited rows, or cloud free. Build databases, apps, automations, and dashboards without code. MIT licensed, Airtable alternative, Kuma AI builds complete apps from a plain-language prompt. 150k+ users, Django + PostgreSQL.
Beekeeper Studio is the open-source SQL editor that makes DBeaver look like a Java IDE. Clean dark UI, tabbed queries, autocomplete, SSH tunnels, zero telemetry — free GPLv3 Community edition, $99/yr Ultimate adds Oracle, MongoDB, AI Shell. PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, 15+ databases.