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hysteria

stars 22.4Kforks 2.3K

Fast and censorship-resistant proxy solution

Infrastructure as Code Cloud Native Developer Tools+2

Orgnise

stars 246forks 37

Centralize wikis, docs, and project tasks in a self-hosted workspace.

Knowledge Management Project Management Self Hosted+2

Nginx

stars 31.6Kforks 8.3K

Serve static files, proxy requests, terminate TLS, and cache content.

Server Management DevOps Tools Self Hosted+1

diagrams.net

stars 8Kforks 1.2K

Create portable diagrams without vendor lock-in

UI/UX Design Self Hosted Diagramming+1

Payload CMS

stars 44.6Kforks 4.1K

Build code-first CMS backends with TypeScript schemas

Self Hosted CMS API Development Tools+2

Umami

stars 38.6Kforks 8K

Self-hosted analytics for product and marketing teams

Web Analytics Privacy Tools Self Hosted+2

Plausible

stars 28.9Kforks 1.8K

Cookie-free web analytics for privacy-focused teams

Web Analytics Privacy Tools Self Hosted+2

Vaultwarden

stars 66.9Kforks 3.2K

Self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible password management

Security Authentication Self Hosted+2

jcode

stars 19.2Kforks 2.2K

Next-gen coding agent harness for efficient workflows

AI Coding Assistant Developer Tools Workflow Automation+1

DeepSeek TUI

stars 40.9Kforks 3.5K

A coding agent that lives in your terminal.

CLI AI Coding Assistant Developer Tools+2

9Router

stars 27.3Kforks 5K

Smart AI Router with 3-Tier Fallback

AI Coding Assistant Developer Tools LLMOps+3

Local Deep Research

stars 9.1Kforks 803

Your AI research assistant, fully local and encrypted.

LLM Knowledge Management AI Search Tools+2