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Self-host Meilisearch on a VPS: full-text search for your apps
Development5 min read

Self-host Meilisearch on a VPS: full-text search for your apps

Deploy Meilisearch on your VPS to add instant, typo-tolerant full-text search to your applications — one Rust container, under 100 MB RAM, no external database.

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Self-host Backrest on a VPS: encrypted backups, no command line
Security & Monitoring5 min read

Self-host Backrest on a VPS: encrypted backups, no command line

Deploy Backrest on your VPS to schedule encrypted, deduplicated restic backups to Backblaze B2 or S3, and restore a single file in a few clicks from the browser.

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Self-host ntfy on a VPS: push notifications for scripts and CI/CD
Security & Monitoring4 min read

Self-host ntfy on a VPS: push notifications for scripts and CI/CD

Deploy ntfy on your VPS and send push notifications from any script, cron job or CI/CD pipeline with a plain curl — no SaaS, no API key, no subscription.

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Self-host Penpot: open-source Figma alternative on your VPS
Development4 min read

Self-host Penpot: open-source Figma alternative on your VPS

Deploy Penpot on a ServOrbit VPS for a full collaborative design tool — vector prototyping, components, developer handoff — no Figma subscription, no third-party data.

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Self-Host Authentik on a VPS: Open-Source Auth0 Alternative
Security & Monitoring4 min read

Self-Host Authentik on a VPS: Open-Source Auth0 Alternative

Deploy Authentik on a ServOrbit VPS for a full IdP (OIDC, SAML 2.0, passkeys, visual flows) to unify authentication across your entire self-hosted stack.

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Self-Host Komodo on a VPS: Multi-Server Docker and GitOps
Deployment5 min read

Self-Host Komodo on a VPS: Multi-Server Docker and GitOps

Deploy Komodo on a ServOrbit VPS to manage Docker stacks and GitOps pipelines across servers from one dashboard — Rust binary, open-source Portainer alternative.

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Self-host Glance: your startpage dashboard on a VPS
Security & Monitoring4 min read

Self-host Glance: your startpage dashboard on a VPS

Deploy Glance on a ServOrbit VPS to consolidate Hacker News, RSS feeds, CPU/RAM/disk stats and Docker container status on one page — Go binary, no database.

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Self-Host Listmonk on a VPS: Newsletters, No Per-Subscriber Fees
Self-hosting5 min read

Self-Host Listmonk on a VPS: Newsletters, No Per-Subscriber Fees

Deploy Listmonk on your VPS: the open-source Go newsletter server with unlimited subscribers, HTML campaigns, transactional email API and open/click stats.

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Self-Host NocoBase on a VPS: No-Code Platform for Internal Tools
Self-hosting4 min read

Self-Host NocoBase on a VPS: No-Code Platform for Internal Tools

Deploy NocoBase on your VPS — the no-code/low-code platform to build internal tools, CRM and approval workflows. Apache-2.0, 23 k+ stars, v2.1.26.

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Self-Host Paperless-ngx on a VPS: Open-Source DMS with OCR
Self-hosting5 min read

Self-Host Paperless-ngx on a VPS: Open-Source DMS with OCR

Deploy Paperless-ngx on your VPS — the open-source DMS that scans, OCRs and indexes all your documents with automatic filing. AGPL-3.0, 43 k+ stars.

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Self-Host Vikunja on a VPS: Kanban, Gantt, Project Management
Self-hosting4 min read

Self-Host Vikunja on a VPS: Kanban, Gantt, Project Management

Deploy Vikunja on your VPS — the open-source task and project management platform with Kanban, Gantt and CalDAV sync. AGPL-3.0, 24 k+ stars, v2.4.0.

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Self-Host Chatwoot on a VPS: Open-Source Omnichannel Support
Self-hosting5 min read

Self-Host Chatwoot on a VPS: Open-Source Omnichannel Support

Deploy Chatwoot on your VPS: the open-source omnichannel customer support platform with live chat, email, WhatsApp and Telegram in one interface. MIT, v4.16.0.

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