30 Trending Self-hosted Projects on GitHub

🎬 Video Summary

The video shows 30 trending self-hosted GitHub projects.

They cover:

• 🎵 Media automation (Plex, Spotify sync, book managers)
• 📊 Monitoring (uptime, cron jobs, UPS, infrastructure)
• 🤖 AI tools (email sorting, chat apps, automation)
• 🖥 OS-style dashboards and cloud desktops
• 🧑‍💻 Developer tools (workflows, SQL CLI, VPN access)
• 💰 Utilities (price tracking, invoicing, ROI calculators)

Everything is self-hosted, meaning:

You control the server.

You own the data.

No SaaS lock-in.

🤖 AI Projects

1. Ask4Me

🔗 https://github.com/easychen/ask4me

Adds human approval into automated workflows. Your app sends a request → you get a phone notification → you click approve → the original process continues.

Good for:

• Deploy approvals
• Payment confirmations
• Sensitive actions

2. Doppelganger

🔗 https://github.com/mnemosyne-artificial-intelligence/doppelganger

Browser automation platform using Playwright. Drag-and-drop automation builder + proxy rotation.

Think:

• Scraping
• Automation
• Bot workflows

3. NeatMail

🔗 https://github.com/Lakshay1509/NeatMail

AI email organizer for Gmail. Uses GPT-4 to automatically label emails. Only labels when confidence is high.

4. xPrivo

🔗 https://github.com/xprivo/ai-chat

Privacy-first AI chat app. Stores chats locally. No logging. Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, or offline Llama.

5. PriceGhost

🔗 https://github.com/clucraft/PriceGhost

AI-assisted price tracker. Scrapes websites using 4 methods and uses AI to verify the correct price.

👨‍💻 Dev Tools

6. OpenWorkflow

🔗 https://github.com/openworkflowdev/openworkflow

Durable workflows without needing Temporal. If a step completes and server crashes, it won’t repeat.

Very useful for:

• Payments
• Long-running jobs

7. PAM

🔗 https://github.com/eduardofuncao/pam

CLI tool to save and run SQL queries. Works across PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, etc. Simple and powerful.

8. Veritas Kanban

🔗 https://github.com/BradGroux/veritas-kanban

Markdown-based Kanban board. Includes agent integration with OpenClaw.

9. FrankMD

🔗 https://github.com/akitaonrails/FrankMD

Markdown blog editor (no database). Works directly on your filesystem. Includes AI helpers.

10. Invoice Builder

🔗 https://github.com/piratuks/invoice-builder

Offline invoicing app. Export PDFs. No cloud dependency.

11. Octelium

🔗 https://github.com/octelium/octelium

Unified secure access platform. VPN + Zero Trust + API gateway + AI gateway. Enterprise-level tool.

🖥 OS / Platforms

12. HomeDock OS

🔗 https://github.com/BansheeTech/HomeDockOS

Cloud OS you run in browser. Includes desktop UI with window manager. Works on Raspberry Pi to full servers.

13. Hash-calendar

🔗 https://github.com/supunlakmal/hash-calendar

Client-side calendar stored in URL hash. Share entire calendar via one link. No backend required.

14. Homescreen-hero

🔗 https://github.com/trentferguson/homescreen-hero

Plex dashboard with widgets and automation.

15. DDWrap

🔗 https://github.com/HarderLemonade/ddwrap

GUI wrapper for dd. Safely write disk images with confirmation and health info.

16. Selfhost-roi-calculator

🔗 https://github.com/value1338/selfhost-roi-calculator

Single HTML file that calculates whether self-hosting saves money.

📊 Monitoring / Infra

17. Checkmate

🔗 https://github.com/bluewave-labs/checkmate

Uptime monitoring (Datadog alternative). Monitors:

• Websites
• SSL
• Docker
• Ports
• Game servers

Low RAM usage.

18. Portracker

🔗 https://github.com/mostafa-wahied/portracker

Discovers all running services and ports in your network. Perfect for home labs.

19. Tracearr

🔗 https://github.com/connorgallopo/Tracearr

Detects Plex account sharing automatically.

20. Nutalert

🔗 https://github.com/rmfatemi/nutalert

UPS monitoring tool for NUT servers.

21. Cronpulse-community

🔗 https://github.com/techfort/cronpulse-community

Cron job monitor. If a scheduled job fails to report back → instant alert.

🎵 Media / Library Tools

22. SoulSync

🔗 https://github.com/Nezreka/SoulSync

Sync Spotify playlists to Plex. Downloads missing tracks in FLAC. Very powerful for music lovers.

23. Backlogia

🔗 https://github.com/sam1am/backlogia

Game library aggregator. Combines Steam, Xbox, Amazon, etc.

24. Calibre-Web Automated

🔗 https://github.com/crocodilestick/Calibre-Web-Automated

Automated ebook ingestion + conversion.

25. Shelfmark

🔗 https://github.com/calibrain/shelfmark

Web interface for books + audiobooks.

26. FaveSwitch

🔗 https://github.com/ponzischeme89/FaveSwitch

Manage Plex/Jellyfin favorites across users.

27. Kino

🔗 https://github.com/mmcdole/kino

Terminal client for Plex/Jellyfin. Vim-style navigation.

28. DVinyl

🔗 https://github.com/Kyonew/DVinyl

Vinyl/CD collection manager using Discogs API.

🔐 Storage / File Sharing

29. Safebucket

🔗 https://github.com/safebucket/safebucket

Secure file sharing on S3-compatible storage. Integrates corporate SSO.

🧠 My Recommendations (What To Try First)

Based on usefulness + simplicity:

🥇 Start Here (High Value, Easy Setup)

1. Checkmate – Best general-purpose monitoring tool.
2. cronpulse – Essential if you run cron jobs.
3. Portracker – Great for home labs.
4. Invoice Builder – If you freelance.
5. xPrivo – Easy AI chat app with privacy.

🥈 If You Run Media Servers

• SoulSync
• Kino
• Calibre-Web Automated
• homescreen-hero

🥉 If You’re Into Dev / Infra

• OpenWorkflow
• PAM
• Octelium (advanced users)

🧪 Experimental / Fun

• Doppelganger
• HomeDock OS
• hash-calendar
• PriceGhost

🧭 If You Had to Pick Only 3

1. Checkmate
2. cronpulse
3. xPrivo

Those give you:

• Monitoring
• Reliability
• AI privacy