Newest self-hosted apps worth trying

1

BentoPDF

Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser.

Document ManagementDocker

16k

BentoPDF has 15,844 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 482 commits in the last year and was created in October 2025; it replaces Adobe Acrobat.

2

OpenWA

WhatsApp API gateway exposing messaging as REST endpoints, with a web dashboard, multi-account sessions, and webhook events (alternative to WhatsApp Business API providers).

Team ChatDocker

15k

OpenWA has 15,071 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image, had 3,139 commits in the last year and was created in February 2026.

3

Fluxer

Instant messaging and VoIP platform built for friends, groups, and communities (alternative to Discord).

Team ChatDocker

10k

Fluxer has 10,488 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 1,394 commits in the last year and was created in January 2026; it replaces Discord.

4

Sure

Personal finance application for everyone (fork of Maybe).

Finance & BudgetingDocker

10k

Sure has 10,402 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 1,851 commits in the last year and was created in July 2025.

5

Hister

Personal web search engine with automatic indexing of visited websites. Supports offline local result previews, local files, multi-user handling and optional semantic search.

Search EnginesDocker

5.9k

Hister has 5,909 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 1,823 commits in the last year and was created in January 2026.

6

DeskcommCRM

Self-hosted CRM for selling over WhatsApp (via WAHA) with built-in AI agents; documentation is mainly in Portuguese.

CRMDocker

4.4k

AI-nativeDeskcommCRM has 4,448 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image, had 10,390 commits in the last year and was created in April 2026.

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NoteDiscovery

Markdown note-taking app with plain-file storage, graph view, and MCP integration (alternative to Obsidian, Notion).

Note-taking & EditorsDocker

2.8k

NoteDiscovery has 2,822 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image, was last updated in October 2026 and was created in November 2025.

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SnapOtter

Suite of 200+ web tools for converting and editing images, videos, audio and PDFs, including a layer-based image editor, OCR, transcription, background removal and batch processing pipelines…

Document ManagementDocker

2.8k

AI-nativeSnapOtter has 2,782 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 689 commits in the last year and was created in March 2026.

9

wacrm

CRM for the WhatsApp Business API with a shared inbox, contacts, sales pipelines, broadcasts and no-code automations.

CRMDocker

2.5k

wacrm has 2,509 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license, ships a Docker image, had 766 commits in the last year and was created in April 2026.

10

Open Archiver

Email archiving solution with full-text search and eDiscovery search features.

ArchivingDocker

2.4k

Open Archiver has 2,400 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 37 commits in the last year and was created in July 2025.

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mail-archiver

Web application for archiving, searching, and exporting emails from multiple accounts (IMAP, M365 or Import). Featuring folder sync, attachment support, mailbox migration and a dashboard.

ArchivingDocker

2.1k

mail-archiver has 2,136 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 425 commits in the last year and was created in May 2025.

12

Jotty

Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file based, notes and checklists.

Note-taking & EditorsDocker

2.0k

Jotty has 2,016 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image, had 648 commits in the last year and was created in August 2025; it replaces Google Keep.