atarity/deploy-your-own-saas

This repository is a curated list of open-source projects you can host on your own server as replacements for popular subscription-based services. If you pay monthly for tools like Dropbox, Google Photos, Spotify, or Notion, this list shows you free, self-hosted alternatives you can run yourself instead. The list is organized by category. There are options for VPNs, music streaming, photo storage, ebook catalogs, document editing, video streaming, note-taking, bookmark managers, URL shorteners, calendars, cloud storage, password managers, email servers, RSS readers, analytics, chat platforms, project management tools, and much more. Each entry names the project, gives a one-line description, shows its GitHub star count, and indicates how recently it was updated, so you can tell which projects are still actively maintained. The intended user is someone who wants more control over their data, wants to cut recurring software costs, or runs a home server or a small VPS and is looking for useful things to put on it. You do not need to be a developer to use this list, but you do need to be comfortable installing software on a server, since each linked project has its own setup process. The repository does not contain code of its own. It is a reference document, essentially a structured bookmark collection maintained by the community. If you find a project missing, the README explains how to suggest additions. The Python language tag in GitHub likely reflects a small helper script included in the repo rather than the list itself, which is a Markdown file. Over 9,000 people have starred the project, making it one of the more widely-referenced lists of its kind. The breadth of categories means most people looking to move away from a specific cloud tool will find at least one candidate here.