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Home automation, private cloud media servers, NAS systems, and self-hosting.

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Home Assistant#1
Home Lab & Automation/Home Automation & IoT
99.5Score

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first

Open SourceYShow HN2013Website

“Your home is your sanctuary. Cloud cameras and door locks that fail when AWS goes down are unacceptable.”

— @balloobHN discussion ↗
3,820mentions2,450users
98% positive
Jellyfin#2
Home Lab & Automation/Media Streaming & Plex
99.5Score

The Free Software Media System for movies, shows, and music

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website

“Jellyfin on TrueNAS with an Intel N100 does 4K transcoding silently for under 15 watts. It just works.”

— @drescherHN discussion ↗
1,950mentions1,320users
97% positive
Selfhostedsource#3
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
94.4Score

A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
1,427mentions397users
92% positive
Duetapp#4
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
93.4Score

A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Basecamp, and Freshbooks

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
1,052mentions343users
92% positive
zfsp#5
Home Lab & Automation/NAS & Cloud Storage
93.3Score

ZFS Implementation in Python

Open SourceYShow HN2019Website
929mentions268users
92% positive
Magnetissimo#6
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
93.2Score

Self-hosted torrent search engine written in Elixir

Open SourceYShow HN2017Website
961mentions290users
92% positive
Duetapp#7
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
93Score

I built a self-hosted Basecamp alternative. Try the demo

CommercialYShow HN2013Website
1,094mentions383users
92% positive
Thousandetherhomepage#8
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
92.9Score

The Million Dollar Homepage as an Ethereum Smart Contract and DApp

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
877mentions278users
92% positive
Let's Chat#9
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
92.9Score

self-hosted chat app for small teams

CommercialYShow HN2015Website
828mentions248users
92% positive
WildDuck#10
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
91.8Score

Self-hosted modern email server

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
578mentions186users
92% positive
VirtKick#11
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
91.7Score

Self-hosted Digital Ocean

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
591mentions197users
92% positive
Ackee#12
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
91.7Score

Self-hosted website analytics

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
497mentions147users
91% positive
Full Help#13
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
91.5Score

Self-hosted help desk and knowledge base software

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
513mentions165users
92% positive
Self-hosted#14
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
91.4Score

privacy-friendly and open-source analytics for WordPress

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
473mentions149users
92% positive
22120#15
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
91.1Score

Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

Open SourceYShow HN2020Website
1,314mentions404users
92% positive
Boltstream#16
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
90.8Score

Self-hosted full end-to-end live video streaming platform

Open SourceYShow HN2020Website
1,123mentions316users
92% positive
Pinry#17
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
90.7Score

self-hosted Pinterest

CommercialYShow HN2013Website
342mentions105users
92% positive
YouTransfer#18
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
90.6Score

Self-hosted file sharing

CommercialYShow HN2015Website
407mentions144users
91% positive
Cusdis#19
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
90.4Score

I'm working on a open-source, self-hosted alternative to Disqus

CommercialYShow HN2021Website
1,152mentions375users
92% positive
µTT#20
Home Lab & Automation/Home Automation & IoT
90.2Score

A new faster MQTT broker

Open SourceYShow HN2017Website
288mentions90users
92% positive
Zfs.rent#21
Home Lab & Automation/NAS & Cloud Storage
90.2Score

Zfs.rent

CommercialYShow HN2020Website
1,207mentions424users
92% positive
Turntouch#22
Home Lab & Automation/Home Automation & IoT
90.1Score

Turn Touch wooden smart home remote now shipping

CommercialYShow HN2018Website
383mentions145users
91% positive
Skadi#23
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
90Score

self-hosted Trello alternative with a 10 second installation

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
310mentions109users
91% positive
Awaxman#24
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
89.9Score

My new homepage

CommercialYShow HN2013Website
361mentions137users
92% positive
Lychee#25
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
89.7Score

Self-hosted photo-management done right

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
317mentions120users
91% positive
Magnetico#26
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
89.6Score

self-hosted BitTorrent DHT search engine suite

Open SourceYShow HN2017Website
252mentions82users
91% positive
Snibox#27
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
89.5Score

Self-hosted snippets manager

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website
191mentions55users
92% positive
Elymas#28
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
89.4Score

Self-hosted stack-based programming language

Open SourceYShow HN2015Website
205mentions62users
92% positive
iptv#29
Home Lab & Automation/Media Streaming & Plex
89.4Score

Free open-source IPTV cloud service

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website
188mentions55users
92% positive
Checkup#30
Home Lab & Automation/Self-Hosted Web Apps
89.2Score

OSS tool for simple, self-hosted health checks

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
177mentions51users
92% positive