Self-hosted software under BSD-3-Clause

37 of the projects we track are released under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" (licence text). 13 of them are currently rated healthy or better.

Licence choice matters for self-hosting: copyleft licences such as AGPL-3.0 require you to publish modifications you expose over a network, while permissive ones such as MIT and Apache-2.0 do not. This page is a catalogue, not legal advice.

Open-WebUI
Thriving Β· 98

User-friendly AI Interface, supports Ollama, OpenAI API.

β˜… 153k Docker, Python v0.11.4
Appwrite
Thriving Β· 96

End to end backend server for web, native, and mobile developers πŸš€.

β˜… 57k Docker v2.3.0
Spree Commerce
Thriving Β· 94

Spree is a complete, modular & API-driven open source e-commerce solution for Ruby on Rails.

β˜… 16k Ruby v6.0.0.beta4
Wagtail
Thriving Β· 91

Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience.

β˜… 21k Python v8.0
Flagsmith
Thriving Β· 84

Dashboard, API and SDKs for adding Feature Flags to your applications (alternative to LaunchDarkly).

β˜… 6.6k Docker, K8S v2.276.0
Saleor
Thriving Β· 82

GraphQL native, API-only platform for scalable composable e-commerce storefront.

β˜… 23k Docker, Python v3.23.36
Healthchecks
Healthy Β· 81

Listen for pings and sends alerts when pings are late.

β˜… 10k Python, Docker v4.4
JupyterLab
Healthy Β· 77

Web-based environment for interactive and reproducible computing.

β˜… 15k Python, Docker v4.7.0a2
Mumble
Healthy Β· 75

Low-latency, high quality voice/text chat software.

β˜… 8.3k C++, deb v1.5.915
Solidus
Healthy Β· 75

Ecommerce platform that gives you complete control over your store.

β˜… 5.3k Ruby, Docker v4.7.1
DSpace
Healthy Β· 73

Turnkey repository application providing durable access to digital resources.

β˜… 1.1k Java
TiddlyWiki
Healthy Β· 73

Reusable non-linear personal web notebook.

β˜… 8.7k Nodejs v5.4.1
Simple Machines Forum
Healthy Β· 70

Free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

β˜… 749 PHP v2.1.7
Algernon
Steady Β· 67

Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support.

β˜… 3k Go, Docker v1.17.11
Chyrp Lite
Steady Β· 67

Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine.

β˜… 495 PHP v2026.02.02
Beaver Habit Tracker
Steady Β· 61

Habit tracking app to save your precious moments in your fleeting life.

β˜… 1.8k Docker v0.10.0
IHateMoney
Steady Β· 60

Manage your shared expenses, easily.

β˜… 1.4k Docker, Python v7.2.1
WackoWiki
Steady Β· 60

WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine.

β˜… 55 PHP v6.3.0
DOMJudge
Steady Β· 53

System for running a programming contest, like the ICPC regional and world championship programming contests.

β˜… 916 PHP
reader
Slowing Β· 50

Feed reader web app and library (so you can use it to build your own), with only standard library and pure-Python dependencies.

β˜… 558 Python v3.26
Serendipity
Slowing Β· 48

Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating.

β˜… 227 PHP v2.6.1
Canary Tokens
Slowing Β· 47

Generates lightweight, embedded honeypot triggers called canary tokens for detecting unauthorized access.

β˜… 3k Docker, Python v0.9.10
Chiyogami
Slowing Β· 43

Pastebin with API, client-side encryption, user accounts, syntax highlighting, markdown rendering, and more.

β˜… 80 Docker v1.5.6
Accent
Slowing Β· 40

Developer-oriented translation tool.

β˜… 1.5k Elixir, Docker
Β΅Task
Slowing Β· 39

Automation engine that models and executes business processes declared in yaml.

β˜… 1.4k Go, Docker v1.34.0
SCM Manager
At risk Β· 35

The easiest way to share and manage your Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories over http.

β˜… 183 Java, deb
Scribble.rs
At risk Β· 35

A web-based pictionary game.

β˜… 663 Go, Docker v0.9.14
Feeds Fun
At risk Β· 33

News reader with tags, scoring, and AI.

β˜… 395 Python
musikcube
At risk Β· 25

Streaming audio server with Linux/macOS/Windows/Android clients.

β˜… 4.8k C++, deb v3.0.5
DragonFly
At risk Β· 20

A small MTA for home and office use. Works on Linux and FreeBSD.

β˜… 265 C
NymphCast
At risk Β· 19

Turn your choice of Linux-capable hardware into an audio and video source for a television or powered speakers (alternative to Chromecast).

β˜… 2.6k C++ v0.2-alpha0
Robust IRC
At risk Β· 16

IRC without netsplits. Distributed IRC server, based on RobustSession protocol.

β˜… 195 Go
Fork Recipes
At risk Β· 15

Manage your food recipes with simplicity.

β˜… 69 Docker
Funkwhale
Unrated

Modern, web-based, convivial, multi-user and free music server.

Python
Lighttpd
Unrated

Secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments.

C, deb
SilverStripe
Unrated

Easy to use CMS with powerful MVC framework underlying.

PHP
Trac
Unrated

Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects.

Python, deb