Self-hosting guides

Honest «best of» comparisons — including what each app is bad at. Every recommendation links to one-click managed hosting, but all of them also run fine on your own server.

• The best self-hosted photo backup in 2026
  Immich · PhotoPrism · Lychee
• The best self-hosted password manager in 2026
  Vaultwarden · Password Pusher · 2FAuth
• The best self-hosted automation tool in 2026
  n8n · Node-RED · Activepieces · Huginn · changedetection.io
• The best self-hosted media server in 2026
  Jellyfin · Plex · Navidrome · Audiobookshelf · Calibre-Web
• The best self-hosted note-taking app in 2026
  Memos · Outline · BookStack · Trilium Notes · HedgeDoc · SilverBullet
• The best self-hosted RSS reader in 2026
  FreshRSS · Miniflux
• The best self-hosted AI stack in 2026
  Ollama · Open WebUI · OpenClaw · Langflow · Flowise
• The best self-hosted uptime monitoring in 2026
  Uptime Kuma · Healthchecks · Grafana · Netdata · Beszel
• The best self-hosted budgeting app in 2026
  Actual Budget · Firefly III · Wallos
• The best self-hosted cloud storage in 2026
  Nextcloud · ownCloud Infinite Scale · Syncthing · File Browser · Pingvin Share · Paperless-ngx
• The best self-hosted Git server in 2026
  Gitea · Forgejo · GitLab CE
• The best self-hosted bookmark manager in 2026
  linkding · Karakeep · Wallabag