Fredy - Your Self-Hosted Real Estate Finder for Germany by orangecoding
Fredy - [F]ind [R]eal [E]state [D]amn Eas[y] - Fredy keeps searching for new apartments, houses, and flats in Germany on platforms like ImmoScout24, Immowelt, Immonet, eBay Kleinanzeigen, and WG-Gesucht and instantly delivers the results to you via Slack, Telegram, Email, Discord or ntfy, so you can focus on the more important things in life ;)
About Fredy - Your Self-Hosted Real Estate Finder for Germany
From the project's README at github.com/orangecoding/fredy. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Finding an apartment or house in Germany can be stressful and time-consuming.\ Fredy makes it easier: it automatically scrapes ImmoScout24, Immowelt, Immonet, eBay Kleinanzeigen, and WG-Gesucht and notifies you i
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 619 | github.com/orangecoding/fredy |
| GitHub forks | 153 | github.com/orangecoding/fredy |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 8.3 years | since Jan 2018 |
| Last commit | 5 days ago | May 2, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 173 | last: 5 days ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Ready to self-host Fredy - Your Self-Hosted Real Estate Finder for Germany?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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