24 ranked picks · Updated daily

Self-hosted cloud storage, Nextcloud, Seafile, and the open-source Dropbox replacements

Dropbox and Google Drive bill per gigabyte forever. A single Hetzner storage box runs Nextcloud or Seafile with TB of capacity for a flat ~$10/mo.

Cheapest path: immich on hetzner for $4.13/mo, that's about $94/year less than Dropbox.

The 24 picks, ranked by health

Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology.

immich
by immich-app
85/100

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
100k
$4.13/mo
3/5
server
by nextcloud
85/100

Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data

PHP AGPL-3.0
35k
$4.13/mo
2/5
gitea
by go-gitea
84/100

Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD

Go MIT
55k
$4.13/mo
2/5
siyuan
by siyuan-note
84/100

A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
44k
$4.13/mo
2/5
Trilium
by TriliumNext
84/100

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
36k
$4.13/mo
2/5
trilium
by zadam
84/100

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

TypeScript AGPL-3.0
36k
$4.13/mo
2/5
memos
by usememos
83/100

Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.

Go MIT
59k
$4.13/mo
2/5
joplin
by laurent22
83/100

Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

TypeScript NOASSERTION
55k
$4.13/mo
3/5
dashy
by lissy93
83/100

A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more!

Vue MIT
25k
$4.13/mo
1/5
owncast
by owncast
83/100

Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.

Go MIT
11k
$4.13/mo
2/5
open-webui
by open-webui
82/100

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

Python NOASSERTION
136k
$4.13/mo
3/5
Reactive-Resume
by AmruthPillai
82/100

A one-of-a-kind resume builder that keeps your privacy in mind. Completely secure, customizable, portable, open-source and free forever. Try it out today!

TypeScript MIT
37k
$4.13/mo
2/5
mealie
by mealie-recipes
82/100

Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a RestAPI backend and a reactive frontend application built in Vue for a pleasant user experience for the whole family. Easily add recipes into your database by providing the url and mealie will automatically import the relevant data or add a family recipe with the UI editor

Python AGPL-3.0
12k
$4.13/mo
2/5
romm
by rommapp
82/100

A beautiful, powerful, self-hosted rom manager and player.

Python AGPL-3.0
8.8k
$4.13/mo
2/5
appwrite
by appwrite
81/100

Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more

TypeScript BSD-3-Clause
56k
$4.13/mo
1/5
photoprism
by photoprism
81/100

AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web

Go NOASSERTION
40k
$4.13/mo
1/5
FreshRSS
by FreshRSS
81/100

A free, self-hostable news aggregator…

PHP AGPL-3.0
15k
$4.13/mo
1/5
commafeed
by Athou
81/100

Google Reader inspired self-hosted personal RSS reader.

Java Apache-2.0
3.5k
$4.13/mo
1/5
syncthing
by syncthing
80/100

Open Source Continuous File Synchronization

Go MPL-2.0
84k
$4.13/mo
2/5
jan
by janhq
80/100

Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

TypeScript NOASSERTION
42k
$4.13/mo
2/5
homepage
by gethomepage
80/100

A highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.

JavaScript GPL-3.0
30k
$4.13/mo
2/5
server
by gotify
80/100

A simple server for sending and receiving messages in real-time per WebSocket. (Includes a sleek web-ui)

Go NOASSERTION
15k
$4.13/mo
2/5
Kavita
by Kareadita
80/100

Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

C# GPL-3.0
10k
$4.13/mo
2/5
manyfold
by manyfold3d
80/100

A self-hosted digital asset manager for 3d print files.

Ruby AGPL-3.0
1.9k
$4.13/mo
2/5

Specifically replacing

These categories on ossreplace cover the SaaS in this space.

Dropbox alternatives

Ready to self-host?

Most operators land on immich (top health) and run it on hetzner for around $4.13/mo.

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