Best Server Management Open Source Tools in 2026

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ODS

stars 4.8Kforks 738

Turn any computer into a private AI server

Self Hosted Server Management Cloud Native

Nginx

stars 31.5Kforks 8.3K

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

Server Management DevOps Tools Self Hosted+1

Home Assistant

stars 90.2Kforks 38.4K

Open source home automation with local control priority

IoT Self Hosted Privacy Tools+3

Gogs

stars 47.8Kforks 5.1K

The painless way to host your own Git service with Gogs.

Git Self Hosted Developer Tools+3

Coroot

stars 7.9Kforks 394

Instant observability with no-code setup.

Observability Monitoring Self Hosted+5

Galae Email

stars 7forks 3

Self-hosted email server stack forked from Mailcow

Email Self Hosted Docker Management+3

Nexion

stars 17forks 2

Web3 SSH manager that replaces passwords with crypto keys

Web3 Security Authentication+4

1Panel

stars 36.7Kforks 3.3K

One-click Docker and SSL from a web-based Linux server panel

Server Management Docker Management Web Hosting+4

PeerTube

stars 15.3Kforks 1.9K

Federated video hosting you own, with no YouTube dependency

Video Self Hosted Open Core+4

KeyDB

stars 12.5Kforks 674

Faster, multithreaded Redis drop-in with no API changes required

Database Open Core Developer Tools+4

CrowdSec

stars 14.7Kforks 711

Community-powered threat detection and IP blocklist

Security Cybersecurity Monitoring+5

Tunnelmole

stars 1.9Kforks 123

Get a public HTTPS URL for your local development server

Developer Tools Testing Self Hosted+3