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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.
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.
Self-host Glance: your startpage dashboard on a VPS
Deploy Glance self-hosted on a ServOrbit VPS: Hacker News, RSS, CPU/RAM/Docker on one page — YAML config, docker.sock security, troubleshooting, agency use cases.
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.
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.
Self-Host Chatwoot on a VPS: Open-Source Omnichannel Support
Deploy Chatwoot on your VPS: live chat, email, WhatsApp, Telegram and Twitter/X in one shared inbox. MIT licence, v4.17.1, no per-agent fees.
Why give your VPS a real domain name
Your VPS runs on its free servorbit-dns.com address? Your own domain name strengthens your brand, your e-mail and trust.
Self-Host Memos on a VPS: Lightweight Notes and Team Journal
Deploy Memos on your VPS: privacy-first open-source note-taking with Markdown, tags, full-text search and REST API. 20 MB image, under 128 MB RAM, SQLite.
Self-host Changedetection.io on a VPS: monitor any website
Deploy Changedetection.io on your VPS: open-source website change detection, CSS/XPath filters, 80+ notification channels. v0.60.x regressions and safe update guide.
VPS without a domain: 3 options for an HTTPS address
You have a VPS but no domain yet. ServOrbit free subdomain, dynamic DNS or Cloudflare Tunnel: pick the right option and activate HTTPS tonight.
Self-Host DocuSeal on a VPS: Open-Source E-Signature for Teams
Deploy DocuSeal on your VPS — open-source e-signature with drag-and-drop PDF templates, multi-party signing and a full audit trail. No per-document fees.
How to Host Umami on a VPS
Deploy Umami on your VPS: lightweight, privacy-friendly web analytics without cookies, self-hosted with Docker and HTTPS. Full guide with troubleshooting.