Self-hosted tools you can run on your own server

For teams that want their chat, calls, site and mailing list on infrastructure they control. Every tool here says on its own site that you can run it yourself. You handle the server, updates and backups.

1. 1

   Mattermost

   Self-hostable team messaging with channels, playbooks, calls and integrations for secure teams.

   Team chat on your own Linux server, in a private cloud or air-gapped. The Team Edition is free and MIT-licensed, and the docs say it is for fewer than 250 activated users.

   • Freemium
   • Open source
   Try Mattermost (opens the Mattermost website in a new tab)Read our take
2. 2

   Jitsi Meet

   Open source video conferencing you can use free with no account, or host on your own server.

   Video meetings you can host yourself. The code is Apache-2.0 on GitHub, no account is needed to join, and you deploy and run the server.

   • Free
   • Open source
   Try Jitsi Meet (opens the Jitsi Meet website in a new tab)Read our take
3. 3

   Ghost

   Open-source publishing platform for blogs, newsletters and paid memberships, self-hosted or via Ghost(Pro).

   A publishing site with newsletters and memberships, under the MIT licence. Self-hosting means you handle servers, updates and uptime. Ghost(Pro) hosting from $18 a month, billed yearly, is the alternative.

   • Paid
   • Open source
   Try Ghost (opens the Ghost website in a new tab)Read our take
4. 4

   WordPress

   Free, open-source publishing software you install on your own hosting to build sites, blogs and stores.

   The open-source software behind many sites, free under GPLv2 or later. You need your own hosting and domain, plus PHP and MySQL or MariaDB on the server.

   • Free
   • Open source
   Try WordPress (opens the WordPress website in a new tab)Read our take
5. 5

   OpenProject

   Open source project management software with Gantt charts, agile boards and a team planner.

   Project management with Gantt charts and Scrum and Kanban boards. The Community edition is free under GPL v3 and installs from DEB/RPM packages, Docker, Kubernetes or Helm.

   • Freemium
   • Open source
   Try OpenProject (opens the OpenProject website in a new tab)Read our take
6. 6

   Plane

   Project and knowledge management platform for teams, with cloud and self-hosted options.

   Project management under GNU AGPL v3, with Docker and Kubernetes self-hosting. The pages we checked do not say what limits apply to self-hosted copies.

   • Freemium
   • Open source
   Try Plane (opens the Plane website in a new tab)Read our take
7. 7

   listmonk

   Free, open source, self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with a web dashboard.

   Newsletters and mailing lists with no per-contact fees, under AGPL-3.0. It installs from a single binary or Docker and needs a PostgreSQL database. Your costs are the server and SMTP sending.

   • Free
   • Open source
   Try listmonk (opens the listmonk website in a new tab)Read our take
8. 8

   Bitwarden

   An open source password manager with a free plan and low-cost paid plans for individuals, families and teams.

   A password manager whose code is public and which can be self-hosted. The research lists self-hosting under the Enterprise plan, so check what you need before planning around it.

   • Freemium
   • Open source
   Try Bitwarden (opens the Bitwarden website in a new tab)Read our take