SpiderFoot
SpiderFoot is an open-source OSINT automation platform, replacing hours of manual reconnaissance with automated intelligence gathering across more than 200 data collection modules. The platform accepts ten distinct target types including IP addresses, domains, hostnames, network subnets, ASNs, email addresses, phone numbers, usernames, person names, and Bitcoin addresses, then feeds them through a publisher-subscriber event bus where each module's findings trigger downstream analysis automatically. SpiderFoot queries Shodan, VirusTotal, HaveIBeenPwned, AlienVault OTX, Censys, crt.sh, WHOIS databases, social media platforms, breach databases, and dozens more sources, with most modules requiring no API keys and many offering free tiers for those that do. The YAML-configurable correlation engine applies 37 pre-defined rules to identify relationships between discovered data points, flagging patterns like shared infrastructure, credential exposure, and domain reputation anomalies. Results export in CSV, JSON, and GEXF graph formats for integration with external analysis tools. TOR integration enables dark web searching, and SpiderFoot can invoke external tools including DNSTwist, Whatweb, Nmap, and CMSeeK for deeper technical assessment. The embedded web server delivers an intuitive dashboard for scan management, data visualization, and result exploration alongside a full command-line interface for scripted automation. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.
EverShelf
That yogurt hiding behind the ketchup expired three weeks ago, and the flour you bought "just in case" has been sitting in the pantry since last winter. EverShelf replaces mental guesswork with a structured inventory system that tracks every item across pantry, fridge, freezer, and custom locations with precise quantities, expiry dates, and consumption patterns. Scan barcodes with your phone camera to add products instantly, or let the Gemini AI identify items from a photo and estimate shelf life based on storage location. The dashboard surfaces expired items and upcoming expirations with color-coded urgency badges, while anomaly detection flags suspicious quantities and consumption predictions that deviate from your history. Opened products get reduced shelf-life calculations; vacuum-sealed items get extended dates automatically. The recipe engine generates context-aware meal suggestions from your current inventory, prioritizing ingredients approaching expiry so nothing goes to waste; each recipe includes step-by-step cooking mode with text-to-speech narration and timer integration. A smart shopping list auto-populates when stock hits zero and syncs bidirectionally with the Bring! app, with AI-estimated prices per item and consumption forecasts showing when you will need to restock. For Home Assistant users, a native HACS integration provides 22 sensors, expiry calendars, bidirectional todo-list sync, and voice assistant support for adding items hands-free. A dedicated Kiosk mode optimizes the interface for wall-mounted tablets with BLE scale integration. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.
Black Candy
With 4,300+ GitHub stars and native mobile apps on three platforms, Black Candy transforms any VPS into a private Spotify-style streaming service for your personal music collection. The Ruby on Rails 7 backend with Hotwire Turbo and Stimulus delivers a responsive single-page-feeling web player supporting album browsing, artist views, playlists, favorites, and queue management without full page reloads. Point it at a media directory containing MP3, FLAC, OGG, AAC, or WAV files and Black Candy indexes metadata, fetches album artwork from Discogs API, and begins streaming immediately with on-the-fly transcoding that adapts bitrate to client bandwidth. Multi-user support gives each account independent playlists, favorites, and listening history while sharing the same music library — ideal for families or shared households. Native iOS, Android, and F-Droid apps maintained as separate repositories provide offline caching, background playback, and server discovery for mobile listening. The admin panel manages user accounts, configures media paths, and sets Discogs API tokens for automatic cover art retrieval. Deployment requires one Docker command — `docker run -p 80:80 ghcr.io/blackcandy-org/blackcandy:latest` — with persistent storage volumes for the SQLite database and media directory. For larger deployments, switch to PostgreSQL via environment variables with dedicated database URLs for ActionCable, SolidQueue, and SolidCache. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.
Stalwart
With 14,000 GitHub stars and 81 releases since March 2023, Stalwart is the most protocol-complete open-source mail server available — delivering JMAP, IMAP4rev2, IMAP4rev1, POP3, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV, and WebDAV from a single Rust binary that compiles to a memory-safe, zero-garbage-collection executable with predictable latency under load. The SMTP server implements DMARC, DKIMv2, DKIMv1, SPF, and ARC for complete message authentication with automatic DKIM key rotation, while transport security enforces DANE, MTA-STS, and SMTP TLS reporting to prevent downgrade attacks. Built-in spam filtering with statistical classifiers, DNS blocklists, and collaborative reputation databases eliminates the need for external Rspamd or SpamAssassin deployments. Encryption at rest protects stored messages with S/MIME or OpenPGP, and automatic TLS certificate provisioning via ACME supports TLS-ALPN-01, DNS-01, and HTTP-01 challenges without manual certificate management. The ManageSieve server enables server-side email filtering rules, while full-text search indexes message bodies and attachments for instant retrieval. Pluggable storage backends support RocksDB for embedded deployments, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and S3-compatible object storage for distributed architectures. LDAP and SQL-based authentication integrate with existing directory services, and the web administration panel manages domains, accounts, quotas, and DKIM keys. Security audited with memory safety guaranteed by Rust's ownership model. 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.
Gitness
With 37,400+ GitHub stars and active daily development by the Harness engineering team, Gitness is the open-source developer platform that ships Git hosting, container-native CI/CD pipelines, a Docker-compatible artifact registry, and cloud developer environments in a single Go binary consuming approximately 100 MB of RAM — compared to GitLab's 4+ GB minimum footprint. Born as the next generation of Drone CI, Gitness inherits Drone's battle-tested pipeline engine while adding complete source code management with pull requests featuring threaded code review comments, suggested changes, required reviewer approvals, and merge strategies including squash and rebase. Branch protection rules enforce mandatory pull requests, minimum peer reviews, passing status checks, and force-push blocking. Pipelines use Drone-compatible YAML syntax with stages, steps, and service containers, triggered automatically on code changes with results displayed directly in pull request checks. The built-in container registry eliminates the need for separate Harbor or Docker Registry deployments, supporting Docker image push and pull plus Helm chart storage. Gitspaces provide on-demand remote development environments configured via industry-standard devcontainer.json files. Encrypted secrets management with Gitleaks-powered secret scanning blocks commits containing hardcoded credentials. One-click migration imports existing GitHub Organizations and GitLab Groups, automatically converting GitHub Actions and GitLab CI pipelines to Gitness YAML. The REST API with OpenAPI specification enables programmatic management of all resources. 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.
Tugtainer
Tugtainer delivers a visual command center for Docker environments that automates container image updates, monitors registry releases, and manages application lifecycles across multiple servers without command-line intervention. System administrators can inspect running containers across all connected hosts, trigger immediate image pulls, and configure automated cron schedules for recurring health and registry checks. Flexible update policies allow teams to flag production databases as notification-only while automatically updating stateless web applications whenever new image tags publish. When updating linked services, the platform analyzes Docker Compose project definitions and custom dependency labels to stop and restart containers in strict dependency order, preventing broken network links and orphaned volume mounts. Administrators can authenticate private container registries, browse image layers and tags, and view real-time container log streams directly within the browser console. Automated pruning jobs continuously reclaim server disk space by deleting obsolete, untagged images and dangling build layers after successful deployments. Multi-channel alerting integrates with over fifty notification providers, delivering real-time update summaries and error warnings directly to Discord, Telegram, Slack, and email webhooks. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.
PodFetch
Podcast enthusiasts and homelab archivers automate digital episode preservation and stream personal audio feeds using PodFetch, an open-source self-hosted podcast manager that combines scheduled RSS downloads, Podcasting 2.0 transcript indexing, and browser playback into a modern listening platform. Listeners can subscribe to international podcast channels through direct feed URLs, Apple Podcasts directory searches, or bulk OPML subscription imports, configuring background polling timers to download new releases automatically upon publication. The integrated audio player supports variable speed playback, episode bookmarks, listening histories, and fullscreen visualization modes directly inside responsive desktop and mobile browser sessions. Advanced search capabilities leverage Podcasting 2.0 synchronized transcripts and automated speech-to-text generation via OpenAI-compatible Whisper APIs, allowing collectors to run full-text keyword searches across every spoken phrase in their audio archive. Built-in GPodder API synchronization maintains subscription lists and playback positions across popular smartphone apps like AntennaPod and native companion clients without relying on commercial cloud accounts. Server operators can assign multi-user accounts with private favorites lists, export customized RSS aggregation streams, and route storage paths between fast solid-state drives and large secondary mechanical hard disks. 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.
Drydock
Deploying container updates without blind surprises is what Drydock delivers through a monitor-first inspection plane that evaluates image registries, scans CVE vulnerabilities, and automates rollbacks across distributed Docker infrastructure. Systems engineers track container fleets across twenty-three public and private registries including Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, Harbor, and Quay using cursor-based pagination and semver classification. The integrated Update Bouncer runs Trivy and Grype static scanners against incoming candidate layers, blocking deployments that fail configurable CVE severity policies while verifying cryptographic signatures through cosign. Operators configure declarative update schedules with stabilization countdown gates that hold back brand-new releases until defined burn-in periods elapse. When updates execute, Drydock creates pre-upgrade container snapshots and evaluates post-launch container health checks, instantly restoring previous image digests and network configs if failures occur. Distributed Portwing edge agents stream live container output and system logs over encrypted WebSockets, allowing central consoles to coordinate remote daemon updates without opening inbound host firewall ports. Automated event triggers dispatch granular notifications and update payloads across seventeen communication channels including Slack, Discord, Telegram, and Home Assistant MQTT brokers. 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.
Posta
Built as a developer-first alternative to SendGrid, Mailgun, and Postmark, Posta delivers a complete self-hosted email infrastructure platform handling both outbound delivery and inbound reception through a single HTTP API with official SDKs for Go, PHP, and Java. The Go backend processes email through Redis and Asynq with automatic retries, priority queues, and async delivery while PostgreSQL stores templates, contacts, campaigns, and delivery analytics. Outbound features include versioned multi-language templates with variable substitution and stylesheet inlining, bulk campaigns with subscriber targeting and A/B testing per-variant metrics, scheduled timezone-aware delivery with draft/paused/cancelled lifecycle states, email address verification checking syntax, MX records, disposable domains, and role accounts, plus web view links with signed expiring URLs and one-click unsubscribe headers. The built-in SMTP receiver with TLS handles inbound email at your domains, parses messages and attachments, scores spam, and forwards structured payloads to your application via HMAC-verified webhooks with real-time SSE notification streams. The Vue-based dashboard manages templates, SMTP server pools, domains, contacts, API keys, campaigns, and email logs with dark and light mode support while admin-level platform metrics expose delivery rate trends, bounce rate graphs, and latency percentiles alongside Prometheus integration and daily health reports. Deploy via Docker with PostgreSQL and Redis. 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.
Freescout
Unlimited agents, unlimited tickets, unlimited mailboxes, forever, on a $4 VPS - FreeScout's pricing inversion is why it became the most popular self-hosted Help Scout alternative, a PHP/Laravel help desk and shared inbox developed from scratch over eight years. The inbox deliberately behaves like Gmail or Outlook, so new support agents need close to zero training. The email-support core is genuinely complete: seamless IMAP/SMTP integration including modern Microsoft Exchange authentication, collision detection that warns when two agents open the same conversation, canned responses, auto-replies, internal notes, open tracking, starring, forwarding, merging, and moving conversations between mailboxes, phone-call logging, push notifications, and an auto-refreshing conversation list - plus screenshot pasting straight from the clipboard into replies. It's 100% mobile-friendly, fully screen-reader accessible, and translated into 28 languages. Beyond the core, an ecosystem of 100+ modules (mostly one-time $12-20 purchases) adds knowledge base, workflows with Gmail-filter-style automation rules, satisfaction ratings, time tracking, tags, custom fields, LDAP, Slack, WhatsApp and Telegram channels, and an API with webhooks - pay only for what your team needs. Web installer and updater included. AGPL-licensed.
Inbox Zero
Your Gmail, Google Workspace, or Outlook inbox, worked by an AI assistant: Inbox Zero sits on top of the account you already have. Its core idea is rules written in plain English - tell the assistant "label invoices and file the PDF to Drive" or "archive cold outreach unless they mention my company" - and it executes against every incoming message. Emails that need a response arrive with a pre-drafted reply written in your tone, learned from your email history and calendar context. Reply Zero tracks what you owe responses to and what you're waiting on; the Bulk Unsubscriber surfaces newsletters you never read (with read-rate analytics) for one-click unsubscribe-and-archive; the Cold Email Blocker auto-archives unsolicited pitches based on your own definition of "cold." Smart Filing routes attachments - receipts, contracts, PDFs - into the right Google Drive or OneDrive folder, and Slack/Telegram integration lets you read, draft, and triage without opening a mail client. Email analytics show top senders and volume trends. It is not a new email client: everything happens in your real mailbox using native filters. Self-hosting means your mail content and the LLM calls that process it run on infrastructure you control.
Arcane
Arcane gives you a single polished dashboard to manage Docker containers, images, volumes, networks, and Compose projects across unlimited remote hosts. The SvelteKit frontend paired with a Go backend delivers real-time resource monitoring with historical graphs, container lifecycle controls including shell exec and live log streaming, and one-click Docker Compose deployment with Git repository synchronization for version-controlled stack definitions. The manager-agent architecture connects remote environments via Direct TCP on port 3553 or Edge mode where agents initiate outbound gRPC/WebSocket connections through NAT and firewalls without requiring inbound ports, all secured with mTLS certificates. Vulnerability scanning identifies security issues in running container images directly from the interface. The backup system enables scheduled container snapshots with configurable retention for disaster recovery. Network and volume administration includes visual relationship mapping between services, and the responsive interface supports dark/light themes with full mobile optimization and community-driven internationalization via Crowdin. 6,500+ stars and 89 releases since April 2025 reflect a rapid development cadence. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD-3-Clause licensed.
Kavita
Manga, comics, ebooks, and light novels get a streaming-service-style home in Kavita - a fast, cross-platform reading server for the DRM-free collection you share with family and friends. It natively serves CBZ, CBR, CB7, ZIP/RAR/7z archives, raw images, EPUB, and PDF, with hand-crafted web readers per format: webtoon scrolling, single and dual-page spreads with advanced caching for the comic reader, and a book reader with adjustable fonts, spacing, margins, color themes, and column modes. Reading progress tracks per user, so everyone resumes exactly where they stopped on any device. Metadata parses from filenames, ComicInfo.xml, and EPUB fields, feeding index-backed search, smart filters, collections, reading lists with CBL import, and Want to Read queues. Role-based user management covers age restrictions, per-library access, and OIDC authentication. An OPDS feed connects third-party clients - Panels on iOS, Librera on Android, KOReader on e-ink devices - and a comprehensive REST API supports custom integrations. EPUB annotation and highlight support, custom theming, and full localization round it out. Built with .NET and Angular, it handles 50,000+ file libraries without strain; optional Kavita+ adds AniList scrobbling, recommendations, and external metadata.
Mail-in-a-Box
Mail-in-a-Box turns a single Ubuntu server into a fully functional email system with one setup command, installing and configuring Postfix for SMTP, Dovecot for IMAP, Roundcube for webmail, and Z-Push for Exchange ActiveSync push notifications in an automated sequence that would take days to replicate manually. The DNS server auto-configures the full suite of email authentication records: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNSSEC with DANE TLSA, MTA-STS, and SSHFP. Getting all of these right is what separates email that lands in inboxes from email that lands in spam, and most manual installations never achieve the complete set. Nextcloud integration adds CardDAV contact sync and CalDAV calendar sharing across devices. Let's Encrypt certificates provision and renew automatically for every hosted domain. The web control panel manages users, aliases, custom DNS records, and automated backups, protected by TOTP two-factor authentication. Daily health checks verify that services run correctly, ports remain open, TLS certificates stay valid, and DNS records resolve properly, alerting you before delivery problems develop. Multiple domains and users operate from one installation with internationalized domain name support. Built-in HTTPS static site hosting uses the TLS infrastructure already in place. Runs on a dedicated RepoCloud VPS with guaranteed resources, root SSH, and browser serial console for complete email sovereignty. CC0 public domain licensed.
openGym
openGym is a self-hosted gym and body-weight tracker that plans your weekly routines, guides every set with pre-filled weights and rest timers, and keeps your training data on a server you control instead of inside a subscription app. Over 5,600 exercises come with animated demos, searchable by body part and the equipment you own, and you can add custom ones with your own photo or video. Progression follows a rule you pick per routine (linear, Greyskull LP, double, triple, or added time), and each target explains where it came from. Supersets, warm-ups, drop sets, rest-pause, timed planks, and cardio by time and speed all log properly, and plate math shows what goes on each side of the bar. A muscle map shows where your volume went, what is still recovering, and what went untrained, beside estimated one-rep maxes, a year-long heatmap, and body weight charted against your goal. Imports from FitNotes, Strong, and Hevy carry your history over. Several people can share one server, each with a private passkey profile, and an optional admin dashboard handles invite-only signup. An optional AI coach, off by default, drafts routines and suggests changes through your own Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, or Ollama endpoint, and nothing applies without your approval. The interface speaks 19 languages. 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.
Flowsint
Flowsint turns scattered OSINT leads, like a domain, a username, an email, or a crypto wallet, into one interactive graph that you expand with a right click. Drop an entity on the canvas, run an enricher, and the results appear as new nodes with their relationships already drawn in. Over 30 built-in enrichers cover subdomain discovery, WHOIS and historical records, DNS and ASN lookups, IP geolocation, username searches with Maigret and Sherlock, breach checks for emails and phone numbers, Gravatar profiles, website crawling for contacts and tracking codes, and Ethereum wallet transactions and NFT transfers. Chain enrichers into flows so each output feeds the next step, then replay the same flow on any entity of that type. Missing a source? Write an enricher template in YAML, or describe the API in plain language and let the built-in AI draft it, with API keys kept in an encrypted vault instead of config files. Custom entity types, aliases, tags, JSON import and export, and basic role-based access control make it workable for small teams, and an n8n connector pipes findings into alerts and reports. Double-click the canvas to add items fast, or alt-drag between nodes to link them. Every graph stays on your own server, and no default accounts exist. 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.
Owncast
Twitch and YouTube Live, replaced by infrastructure you control: Owncast is a self-hosted live streaming and chat server. Point OBS, Streamlabs, or any RTMP-capable broadcaster at the server's ingest port, and Owncast transcodes the feed with FFmpeg into HLS with multiple quality variants, playing it in a built-in web page with a real-time chat beside it. Chat supports anonymous participation, custom emotes, and moderation tools - message removal, user bans and suspensions - with optional authentication via IndieAuth or a Fediverse account. ActivityPub integration puts the stream on the Fediverse: viewers on Mastodon and compatible services can follow a channel and get notified the moment it goes live. Video delivery can come straight off the server or offload HLS segments to S3-compatible object storage so a modest VPS handles thousands of concurrent viewers while only managing ingest and chat. The backend is a single Go binary with a React frontend - no accounts platform, no database server, no dependency stack - and the player embeds in any website. MIT-licensed, with roughly 9k GitHub stars, zero platform fees, and no algorithm or takedown policy between you and your audience.
CockroachDB
With over 32,000 GitHub stars and adoption by DoorDash, Netflix, and Bose, CockroachDB is the distributed SQL database designed to survive disk failures, machine outages, rack losses, and entire datacenter failures while maintaining strongly-consistent ACID transactions with serializable isolation by default. The architecture layers SQL on a transactional key-value store using the Raft consensus protocol for synchronous replication, automatically splitting data into ranges that distribute and rebalance without manual sharding. PostgreSQL wire protocol compatibility means existing drivers, ORMs, and tools including psycopg2, pgx, ActiveRecord, Django ORM, GORM, Hibernate, and Prisma work without modification. Multi-region capabilities include configurable survival goals at region or zone level, table-level locality settings for pinning data to specific geographies for GDPR compliance, and follower reads for low-latency global queries. The built-in DB Console provides cluster overview dashboards, node maps showing geographical distribution, SQL activity pages tracking statement fingerprints, transaction latency percentiles, session details, and real-time metrics for queries per second, storage capacity, and replication status. Change data capture streams row-level changes to Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, or webhook endpoints for event-driven architectures. Online schema changes execute ALTER TABLE without locking or downtime, and distributed backup supports full and incremental snapshots to S3, GCS, Azure Blob, and NFS. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. CockroachDB Software License (source-available).