Self-Hosting

Practical guides for self-hosting open-source software — Docker deployments, VPS setup, reverse proxies, monitoring, and more. Take back control of your data and infrastructure.

ESPHome Device Builder dashboard for IoT firmware
6 min read

Self-Hosting ESPHome Device Builder with Docker

Self-host ESPHome Device Builder with Docker to compile, flash, and manage ESP32, ESP8266, BK72xx, RP2040, and related …

Self-Hosting Docker IoT
Worklenz self-hosted project management cover with task board, timeline, analytics, team workload, and Docker infrastructure panels
6 min read

Self-Hosting Worklenz Project Management

A source-first look at Worklenz, an open-core project management app with React frontends, a TypeScript Express backend, …

Self-Hosting Docker Project Management
1 min read

LanGuard

Self-hosted LAN visibility for discovering, organizing, and monitoring devices on your home network.

LanGuard Docker Self-Hosting
Chartbrew dashboard builder interface
7 min read

Self-Hosting Chartbrew - Dashboards from APIs, SQL, and NoSQL

Self-host Chartbrew, a source-available dashboard builder for live charts from APIs, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, …

OSS for Business Self-Hosting Analytics
Rybbit analytics dashboard
7 min read

Rybbit Analytics: Self-Hosted Web & Product Analytics

Self-host Rybbit, an AGPL web and product analytics platform with ClickHouse, Postgres, Redis, session replay, funnels, …

OSS for Business Self-Hosting Analytics
Rallly self-hosted meeting poll dashboard running from a Docker homelab server
10 min read

Rallly - Self-Hosted Meeting Polls with Docker

Self-host Rallly with Docker for open-source group scheduling polls, PostgreSQL, Garage storage, SMTP, and admin setup.

Self-Hosting Docker Project Management
MailDev Docker SMTP testing inbox connected to a local development app
7 min read

MailDev - Local SMTP Inbox with Docker

Run MailDev with Docker as a local SMTP server and browser inbox for testing app emails, magic links, and templates.

Self-Hosting Docker Dev
Inbucket Docker disposable webmail server with SMTP POP3 and REST testing interfaces
8 min read

Inbucket - Disposable Webmail with Docker

Run Inbucket with Docker as disposable webmail for testing app emails through SMTP, a web UI, REST API, and POP3.

Self-Hosting Docker Dev
4 min read

Business Intelligence Tools

A practical chooser for open-source and self-hostable BI, dashboard, semantic modeling, and database analytics tools …

Analytics BI Dashboards
3 min read

Privacy Web Analytics

A practical chooser for privacy-friendly and self-hosted web analytics tools already covered on FOSS Engineer.

Web Analytics Privacy
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