Self-Hosting Tools —— curated & data-backed

Media servers, photo libraries, home automation and personal clouds — your own rack, your own rules.

34 tools·34 rated·updated continuously

Media & Photos 10Media servers, photo libraries and download automation for your own rack.Developer Services 6Self-hosted git, secrets, monitoring and automation services.Life Admin 5Budgets, recipes, pantry and household inventory, self-hosted.Notes & Wikis 5Wikis, note servers and document archives you host yourself.Files & Sync 4File sync and personal clouds that keep devices in step.Home Lab 4Smart home, dashboards and network-level ad blocking.

All Self-Hosting sorted by editor rating · 34 tools

n8n

Fair-code workflow automation you can self-host, with AI agent nodes and deep API control

Kodi

The open-source home theater hub that turns any box into a media center - what it plays depends on what you add.

Syncthing

Open-source peer-to-peer folder sync with no cloud in the middle

Jellyfin

Free self-hosted media server that streams your movie, show and music library to any device

Pi-hole

Network-wide ad blocking via DNS — every device on your LAN, no extensions needed

Gitea

Gitea — the free, open-source, self-hosted Git platform behind a lot of private DevOps: repositories, issues, pull reque

Paperless-ngx

Self-hosted document archive that OCRs your scans and makes every paper searchable

Immich

Self-hosted photo and video backup library with mobile auto-upload and fast search

Home Assistant

Open-source smart-home hub that automates your devices locally, without cloud round-trips

Bitwarden

Open-source password manager with a free tier, self-hosting option and end-to-end encryption

About the Self-Hosting shelf

BetterPicker's Self-Hosting category gathers the tools you can run on your own hardware instead of renting someone else's cloud. Tools enter the shelf through editorial review; entries without a rating yet are still vetted for the basics — a working product and honest positioning.

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