Self-Hosted Personal Apps

Money / budgets

★ Actual Budget — envelope-based budgeting; great UX; mobile + desktop sync via your own server.
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual
Firefly III — full personal finance manager; YNAB-shape.
- https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii
Maybe Finance — open-source after closing; community-revived fork.
- https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe
Wallos — subscription tracker; "what am I paying every month?"
- https://github.com/ellite/Wallos
Ghostfolio — investment tracking; nice charts.
- https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio

★ Mealie — modern recipe manager; great mobile-friendly UI; meal planning. Default in 2026.
- https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie
Tandoor Recipes — heavier alternative; meal plans, shopping lists.
- https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes
Grocy — pantry / inventory / recipes / chores; "ERP for your house."
- https://github.com/grocy/grocy

★ Vikunja — todo + lists + Kanban; clean UX; mobile apps; CalDAV sync.
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja
Todoist alternative: Vikunja covers it; OpenProject for heavier needs.
TaskWarrior + TaskServer — terminal-native; sync server.
- https://taskwarrior.org/

★ Plane — modern Jira / Linear alternative; OSS + cloud option.
- https://github.com/makeplane/plane
OpenProject — enterprise PM; mature; heavyweight.
- https://github.com/opf/openproject
Leantime — "project management for makers"; ADHD-friendly.
- https://github.com/Leantime/leantime
Focalboard (Mattermost) — Trello / Notion-board alternative.
- https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard
Taiga — Scrum / Kanban; agile-flavored.
- https://github.com/taigaio/taiga-back
Wekan — Trello clone.
- https://github.com/wekan/wekan

★ Cal.com — Calendly alternative; see Calendars & Scheduling UIs.
Easy!Appointments — smaller; PHP; appointment booking.
- https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments
Rallly — group meeting time finder; OSS.
- https://github.com/lukevella/rallly
Crab Fit — minimalist meeting time poll.
- https://github.com/GRA0007/crab.fit

Tianji — analytics + uptime + dashboard combo.
- https://github.com/msgbyte/tianji
Beszel + Glance — see Self-Host Monitoring.

Habitica — RPG-style habit tracker; self-hostable.
- https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitica
Loop Habit Tracker — Android app; backups via Syncthing.

Shlink — full-featured; statistics; QR codes.
- https://github.com/shlinkio/shlink
YOURLS — old-school PHP shortener.
- https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS
Kutt — modern Node-based shortener.
- https://github.com/thedevs-network/kutt

PrivateBin — encrypted pastebin; minimal.
- https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin
Microbin — Rust pastebin / file share.
- https://github.com/szabodanika/microbin
Snippet Box — for code snippets.

Paperless-ngx — document scanning + OCR + tagging; replace your filing cabinet.
- https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
Stash — content organizer (with adult-content focus, but works for any media).
Reactive Resume — generate / host resumes.
- https://github.com/AmruthPillai/Reactive-Resume
WishThis — wish lists.
Open Streaming Platform — self-hosted Twitch alternative.
Bitmagnet — torrent indexer; self-host.
- https://github.com/bitmagnet-io/bitmagnet

★ Don't try to self-host everything. Pick the 5 that matter; let SaaS handle the rest.
Mobile apps matter. Tools without good mobile UX are usually abandoned.
Backup the DBs. Personal data is the most painful to lose.
Behind Tailscale or Cloudflare Access — most personal apps don't need to be public.
Annual review — uninstall things you don't use anymore.