Picture your object storage scattered across a home server, a friend's rack, and a cheap VPS in another country, still answering S3 requests like nothing happened: that is exactly the deployment Garage was built for. Every object is replicated to three zones, so losing a node, a disk, or an entire site degrades the cluster instead of destroying your data. Applications talk to it with the standard S3 API: create buckets, upload objects in multiple parts, list and copy them, and hand out access keys that are scoped per bucket. A separate web endpoint serves static websites straight from buckets with CORS support, which covers personal sites, documentation, and release downloads without another server in the chain. The whole system ships as one dependency-free binary that asks for about a gigabyte of RAM and any x86-64 or ARM CPU from the last decade, second-hand hardware very much included. There is deliberately no consensus protocol to babysit: nodes gossip their cluster layout, tolerate 200-millisecond links, and keep serving reads while parts of the fleet are unreachable. Deuxfleurs runs it in production for their own hosting, and common pairings include restic or rclone backup targets, Matrix media storage, and Nix binary caches. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Tools and applications that already speak S3 can use RustFS as their storage backend, so backup jobs, data pipelines, and services keep working while the data stays on infrastructure you control. A built-in web console on port 9001 manages buckets, object uploads and downloads, access keys, users, groups, and IAM policies, with a status page for cluster health, capacity, and scanner activity. Versioning, Object Lock retention, bucket quotas, and server-side encryption with Vault or AWS KMS backends protect objects once they land. Lifecycle rules expire or transition data, and tiering moves cold objects to remote targets such as Amazon S3 or Wasabi. Bucket replication and site replication keep clusters in sync, and event notifications call webhooks when objects change. Single-node mode suits a lab or small server, while distributed mode adds erasure coding, bitrot protection, background healing, and pool expansion or decommissioning as capacity grows. Sign-in works with local users, OIDC single sign-on, or OpenStack Keystone, and FTPS and WebDAV are available by default, with SFTP and the Swift API as opt-in builds. A preview of S3 Tables exposes an Iceberg REST catalog for tools such as DuckDB and PyIceberg, and a documented migration path moves existing MinIO deployments across. Typical uses include backups, container registries, logs and traces, data lakes, and AI training sets. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

By routing file transfers directly between client browsers and S3-compatible object storage through time-limited presigned URLs, Safebucket enables organizations to share large files and folders without bottlenecking their application server. Teams organize documents into logical buckets with nested folder hierarchies, preview images, videos, audio tracks, and PDFs inside a sandboxed browser viewer, or bundle up to one hundred selected items into a single client-side ZIP download. Public Quick Share links let external recipients download files or entire folders from a browser or via command-line curl redirects, while Reverse Share turns any shared folder into a secure dropbox where guests can upload files back under size and count quotas. Every shared link supports optional password protection, expiration dates, and maximum view limits, complemented by per-file expiration timers and a soft-delete trash bin with configurable retention. Two-tier role-based access control pairs platform roles (Admin, User, and Guest) with bucket-level permissions (Owner, Contributor, and Viewer), allowing teams to invite external collaborators via challenge-verified email links. Authentication integrates with OpenID Connect identity providers and LDAP or Active Directory servers alongside TOTP multi-factor authentication. Administrators gain a four-view governance console covering platform storage metrics, user and bucket inventories, and searchable audit trails filtered by action, user, and date range. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

FileBrowser Quantum is an open-source, self-hosted web file manager that transforms any directory tree or mounted storage volume into a fast, searchable cloud drive accessible from any browser. You can mount multiple independent filesystem sources at once and apply custom include or exclude rules to keep sensitive system folders hidden from everyday browsing. A background indexing engine powers instant as-you-type search across millions of files, letting you filter results by file size, folder size, media type, or modification date in milliseconds. Rich media thumbnails render automatically for videos, office documents, audio album artwork, and interactive 3D models, while integrated OnlyOffice support lets you edit spreadsheets and word processing documents directly inside your browser tab. Built-in WebDAV server support allows desktop operating systems and mobile file apps to mount your remote directories as native network drives. Sharing files with external collaborators takes seconds through customizable public or private links with expiration timers, download limits, password protection, anonymous upload permissions, and custom branding themes. Administrators can authenticate users via OpenID Connect, LDAP, JSON Web Tokens, proxy headers, or local passwords with two-factor authentication, then enforce path-level read, write, and delete rules per user or group. Developers and automation engineers can generate long-lived API tokens and explore the interactive Swagger endpoint to script file transfers and directory provisioning. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

Filestash puts a Dropbox-style web interface in front of the SFTP servers, S3 buckets, SMB shares, and WebDAV storage you already run, so no file has to move. Administrators enable each connector, including FTP, NFS, Git, Dropbox, Google Drive, Storj, IPFS, and Backblaze B2, from one admin console. Colleagues browse, rename, move, and upload in a single folder view, with resumable uploads for big transfers. Thumbnails cover JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, HEIF, and RAW photos. Images open with an EXIF info panel, and PDFs, audio, video, and EPUB ebooks open right in the browser. A CodeMirror editor handles text and code, and HLS transcoding streams video on demand. Outside guests get a shared link instead of credentials, with an optional password, an expiry date, and read, write, or upload-only rights. Limit a link to one email address or a whole domain, or mount it as a network drive. A workflow engine chains emails and HTTP calls after file events, webhooks, or schedules. Flip one admin setting and Claude, ChatGPT, and Mistral Le Chat can use the connected storage as MCP tools. Downloadable file apps add Office documents, 3D models, and GIS maps. Runtime plugins are zip files dropped into the plugins folder. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Organizations seeking complete data sovereignty over their documents, spreadsheets, and shared project folders can deploy OpenCloud as a self-hosted workspace for file sync, sharing, and real-time collaboration across web, desktop, iOS, and Android clients. Teams organize departmental assets inside dedicated Spaces where files belong to the project rather than individual user accounts, ensuring continuity when personnel change and enabling delegated space managers to assign granular read, edit, or upload permissions. Through built-in WOPI integration with Collabora Online, multiple colleagues can co-edit Microsoft Office and OpenDocument files simultaneously in the browser with automatic conflict locking and version history recovery. External partners and clients can access files via password-protected public links with custom expiration dates or upload deliverables into write-only File Drop folders without seeing existing directory contents. Cross-organization collaboration works seamlessly over the Open Cloud Mesh federation protocol, while full-text and tag-based search locates documents across personal and shared drives in seconds. Client devices synchronize changes in real time with support for virtual files on demand, resumable chunked uploads, and offline mobile access with camera document scanning. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, replaced by a platform you actually control: Nextcloud is the self-hosted digital workspace. Files is the core: file storage and sync across desktop, mobile, and web clients, with sharing, versioning, and collaboration built in. Around it, Talk provides private text chat, audio/video conferencing with screen sharing, SIP integration, and persistent voice rooms; Groupware bundles calendar, contacts, and mail with delegation support; and Office offers two collaborative suites - the Collabora-based option with deep ODF support, and Euro-Office, whose local-processing architecture delivers strong Microsoft Office compatibility and fast browser rendering with reduced server load. The Nextcloud Assistant threads AI through the platform via a context-aware sidebar, Whiteboard covers visual collaboration, Flow handles automation, and an app ecosystem of hundreds of extensions adds everything from Kanban boards to end-to-end encryption. Hub 26 brings a lighter UI with a unified app switcher and Nextcloud Governance for organizations under strict regulatory requirements. This is the flagship of data sovereignty: your files, chats, calendars, and documents live on your server, under your jurisdiction, with GDPR compliance by architecture rather than by contract.

The project that proved organizations could have Dropbox-style convenience with complete data ownership: ownCloud is the original open-source file sync and share platform - the codebase Nextcloud later forked from. This deployment runs the classic ownCloud Server (PHP over PostgreSQL or MariaDB, with Redis caching), the battle-tested edition trusted across enterprises, universities, and public institutions worldwide. The core loop: store files on your server, sync them via desktop clients for Windows, macOS, and Linux plus iOS and Android apps, and access everything through the web interface or standard WebDAV. Sharing is granular - internal users and groups, external recipients via public links with passwords and expiration dates, and federated sharing that connects separate ownCloud instances into one network. Security controls include file firewall rules, multi-factor authentication, encryption, and detailed audit-friendly lifecycle management with versioning and trash-bin recovery. An app marketplace extends the platform, and Web Office integrations bring collaborative document editing through Collabora Online, OnlyOffice, or Microsoft Office Online directly into your files. LDAP and Active Directory integration slots it into existing identity infrastructure. For teams that need a proven, self-hosted alternative to Dropbox or Google Drive - where compliance demands knowing exactly which disk your data sits on - ownCloud remains a foundational choice.

Your files already live in five places; filex puts them in one tree and serves that tree back out through almost any protocol. Mount local disks, S3 buckets, SFTP servers, WebDAV shares, FTP sites, and SMB network drives side by side, then copy in one storage and paste into another without thinking about where anything physically sits. The same tree is reachable as S3, SFTP, FTPS, NFS, and WebDAV, so rclone, restic, the AWS CLI, WinSCP, or FileZilla all work against it with the same per-user and per-folder permissions as the web interface. Sharing leaves the server under your control: public links carry a PIN, an expiry, and a download limit, and file-request links let people upload into a folder without seeing its contents. Anything deleted stays recoverable inside a retention window, overwritten files keep version snapshots, and encrypted folders are sealed in the browser so the server never receives a key. People sign in with OIDC single sign-on, LDAP or Active Directory, or the host machine's own accounts, with roles, groups, and tenants plus folder-level exceptions. A desktop app keeps chosen folders in sync within about a second, the file manager embeds into other products as a web component, and an MCP server plus REST API let agents work the same tree. It runs from one static binary or container on port 5212. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Engineers who have outgrown Duplicati or rsync scripts tend to appreciate Kopia's design: encrypted, compressed, content-deduplicated snapshots in Go, stored in a repository on any storage you control - S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Backblaze B2, SFTP, WebDAV, or a plain filesystem. Encryption is mandatory and end-to-end: every block is encrypted client-side with AES-256-GCM or ChaCha20-Poly1305 using keys derived from your repository password, and even file names never leave the machine in plaintext. Blocks are packed into 20-40 MB blobs with random names, so the storage provider learns nothing about content or structure. Deduplication is automatic and content-based - identical data across files, snapshots, and even multiple machines backing up to the same repository is stored once. Policies govern everything per-directory: compression choice, retention (hourly through annual), scheduling, and ignore rules. Incremental snapshots are point-in-time records you can mount and browse like a filesystem. This deployment runs the Kopia repository server with its web UI, centralizing backups from multiple client machines over an authenticated API - each client connects with the server URL and certificate fingerprint, and users only see their own snapshots. Error correction, high-latency-tolerant caching, and both CLI and GUI round it out.

Encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on storage you already have - Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Azure, OneDrive, Dropbox, MEGA, Storj, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, SMB, or a plain local disk - is what the MIT-licensed Duplicati has quietly done for years. Its security model is Trust No One: every block is encrypted with AES-256 (or a local GPG instance) before leaving the machine, and the passphrase never travels, so the storage provider holds only ciphertext. The block-based storage engine gives the best of both backup worlds: after one initial full backup, only changed data blocks upload - modify a tiny part of a huge file and only that part transfers - yet every backup version restores like a full backup in a single operation, with no incremental chains to replay. Deduplication and compression keep remote storage growth slow even across years of versions. A web interface manages everything: the built-in scheduler keeps backups current automatically, flexible filters select folders, file types, or custom patterns, retention policies prune old versions, and an integrated updater flags new releases. On compatible object-lock backends, immutable (WORM) storage protects backup data from ransomware that reaches the credentials. Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, free even for commercial use.

Automating PostgreSQL backup lifecycles across local volumes and S3-compatible object storage, PG Back Web gives database administrators and developers a self-hosted web console to schedule, encrypt, monitor, download, and restore database dumps without writing manual shell scripts. Instead of maintaining fragile crontab entries across individual database servers, you register PostgreSQL 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18 instances in one dashboard and define recurring backup schedules with custom retention policies and timezone-aware timestamps. Each backup execution can target local directories or multiple S3 buckets across providers like AWS S3, MinIO, Backblaze B2, and Cloudflare R2, with built-in connection testing and presigned download links for rapid archive retrieval. To protect sensitive production records at rest and in transit, the platform applies PGP encryption to dump files while encrypting stored database connection strings and bucket credentials. Real-time execution logs record exact archive sizes, durations, and output streams, and the web interface lets operators trigger on-demand dumps, duplicate existing backup jobs, or run direct browser-based restorations when disaster recovery is required. Automated background health checks continuously verify connectivity to every registered PostgreSQL database and storage destination, firing configurable HTTP webhooks to Slack, Discord, or incident pipelines whenever a backup completes, fails, or changes health status. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Instead of querying a private registry with curl and its HTTP API, open Docker Registry UI and click through repositories, tags, digests, and layers in a browser. The catalog groups images by namespace, shows tag counts, and filters as you type in the search bar, which Ctrl+F or F3 focuses. Each repository's tag list shows creation date, size, content digest, and CPU architecture, sorts numerically, and copies a ready-made pull reference with one click. A history page expands any tag into its operating system, entrypoint, environment variables, exposed ports, and layer-by-layer build steps, and a Dockerfile view reconstructs the file from those steps. The same view also covers multi-architecture images and OCI Helm exports. When the registry allows deletion, tags go one at a time or in bulk with checkboxes, Alt+Click for a whole page, and Shift+Click for a range. One interface can switch between several registries from its menu, or be locked to a single registry with your own title. Basic authentication passes through the browser, and a built-in proxy option forwards requests to your registry container so CORS needs no configuration. Light, dark, and automatic themes come with color variables for custom branding, and a weekly notice announces newer releases. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Artifact Keeper serves as a self-hosted universal software artifact repository that consolidates container images, application libraries, and infrastructure bundles under a unified management control plane. Software development teams can publish and resolve dependencies using their existing build tools, including Docker, Helm, npm, PyPI, Maven, Cargo, NuGet, and Terraform without installing proprietary client plugins. Remote repositories act as transparent pull-through caching proxies for public upstreams like Docker Hub and PyPI, accelerating internal CI/CD build speeds while insulating production pipelines from external registry outages. Virtual repositories combine multiple local, remote, and third-party endpoints into single URLs, resolving packages across prioritized internal teams and public registries automatically. Automated security scanners evaluate incoming packages for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures using Trivy and Grype engines, assigning letter grades and enforcing quarantine policies to block vulnerable binaries before production release. Administrators can sign package metadata with cryptographic GPG keys, configure peer mesh replication across geographic regions, and manage team permissions using OpenID Connect, SAML, and granular access tokens. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

The first container registry to reach CNCF graduated status with over 29,000 GitHub stars since VMware open-sourced it in 2016, Harbor transforms the basic Docker Distribution into a hardened enterprise registry with vulnerability scanning, supply chain signing, multi-datacenter replication, and project-level access control out of the box. Trivy scans every pushed image against the NVD, GitHub Advisory Database, and distribution-specific vulnerability feeds, with scan-on-push policies that block deployment of images exceeding configurable severity thresholds. Artifact signing through Cosign keyless signatures and Notation enforces content trust policies ensuring only cryptographically verified images reach production clusters. Policy-based replication synchronizes images and Helm charts between Harbor instances across multiple datacenters using repository, tag, and label filters with automatic retry and bandwidth throttling — enabling hybrid-cloud and disaster-recovery topologies. The RBAC model isolates projects with per-project quotas, robot accounts for CI/CD automation, webhook notifications, and audit logging that tracks every pull, push, delete, and configuration change. LDAP, Active Directory, and OIDC authentication integrate with existing identity providers, while the proxy cache transparently caches images from Docker Hub, Quay, and other upstream registries to reduce pull latency and rate-limit exposure. The RESTful API with embedded Swagger UI, tag retention policies, garbage collection scheduling, and immutable artifact rules complete the lifecycle management. Deploy via Docker Compose or Helm Chart on Kubernetes. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache 2.0 licensed.

Think of Zot as the registry equivalent of a well-run warehouse: OCI images and artifacts come in, get cataloged, checked, and shipped back out to any compliant client. The bundled web interface lets you browse repositories and tags, inspect image details, and copy ready-made pull commands for Docker, Podman, and Skopeo instead of memorizing registry URLs. Sync extensions mirror upstream registries such as Docker Hub on a schedule or on demand, which keeps air-gapped and rate-limited environments supplied without manual image ferrying. Scrubbing walks the storage in the background comparing blocks against their SHA-256 checksums, so silent bit-rot gets caught by the registry instead of by a failed production deploy. Signature verification with Cosign and Notation checks that images came from who they claim, search answers queries across the catalog, and CVE scanning flags vulnerable images before they spread. Prometheus metrics, a management API, and webhook events cover the operations side, while the minimal image strips everything but the distribution spec for embedded or high-security deployments. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

An entire backend in a single Go executable: PocketBase embeds SQLite with realtime subscriptions, authentication and user management, file storage, and an admin dashboard, all behind a REST-ish API. SQLite runs in WAL mode, which outperforms client-server databases for the read-heavy workloads typical of small and mid-sized apps. Authentication supports email/password, one-time passwords, and 15+ OAuth2 providers including Google, Apple, and GitHub, with stateless tokens. Clients subscribe to record changes over server-sent events, and official JavaScript and Dart SDKs cover web, mobile, and Flutter frontends. Collections, rules, and API access permissions are managed visually in the admin UI. When you need custom logic, extend it with JavaScript hooks running in the embedded JS VM of the prebuilt binary, or import PocketBase as a Go library and compile custom business logic into your own single-file backend. File storage attaches uploads to records with thumbnail generation for images and optional S3-compatible external storage. All state lives in one pb_data directory, so backup is a directory copy and upgrade is replacing a binary - one of the lowest-maintenance backends you can run. The contrast with Firebase is the point: where usage-based pricing scales with reads, writes, and bandwidth, PocketBase runs the entire backend at flat hosting cost, and the data is a plain SQLite file you can copy anywhere. MIT-licensed.

Authelia is the leading open-source SSO and multi-factor authentication server for self-hosted infrastructure. The Go backend compiles to a single binary or Docker container image, serving a TypeScript React web portal that handles first-factor username and password login, second-factor authentication via TOTP, WebAuthn FIDO2 security keys, passwordless passkeys, and Duo mobile push notifications, and an OpenID Connect 1.0 and OAuth 2.0 identity provider with device code flow, JWE encrypted ID tokens, custom claims policies, and network-scoped authorization criteria. The forward authentication model integrates with Nginx auth_request, Traefik ForwardAuth, HAProxy, Caddy, Envoy, SWAG, and Skipper reverse proxies, injecting Remote-User, Remote-Groups, and Remote-Email headers into authorized requests. Granular access control rules match subject, groups, request URI, HTTP method, and network to enforce one-factor and two-factor policies per route. The user backend supports LDAP with attribute mapping, connection pooling, and bind mode, or YAML file-based authentication with Argon2id hashed passwords. Session state stores in Redis for high availability across clustered deployments, while persistent data lives in SQLite, MySQL and MariaDB, or PostgreSQL. Brute force protection locks accounts after configurable failed attempts, and email-based identity verification handles password resets and device registration. Dark, light, and OLED themes with i18n localization customize the portal appearance. On RepoCloud, deploy Authelia on a dedicated VPS with Docker, root SSH access, and complete control over your authentication infrastructure, all under the Apache-2.0 license.

Backed by over 8,700 GitHub stars and OpenID Connect certification, Pocket ID delivers what enterprise identity platforms like Keycloak provide but without the configuration complexity — a passkey-only OIDC provider purpose-built for homelabs and small deployments. The core design decision is radical simplicity: no passwords exist in the system, only WebAuthn-based passkeys using hardware security keys, TouchID, FaceID, or device PINs, making phishing attacks structurally impossible rather than merely discouraged. The Go backend built on the Gin framework serves a compiled SvelteKit frontend as static assets, running as a single Docker container with SQLite as the default database and optional PostgreSQL for larger deployments. User management supports manual creation, signup links, and open registration, with group-based access control that restricts which OIDC clients each group can access and attaches custom claims for downstream role mapping. LDAP synchronization pulls users and groups from OpenLDAP or Active Directory, while SCIM support enables automated provisioning from compatible identity sources. Federated client credentials handle machine-to-machine authentication for service-to-service communication patterns. The audit system logs every authentication event with GeoIP enrichment, sends email notifications for sign-ins from unknown devices, and provides one-time login codes for accessing accounts from devices without passkey support. TLS with HTTP/2 is built in, PKCE adds code exchange protection, and OpenTelemetry provides tracing and metrics integration. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD 2-Clause licensed.