About appsgit
The app store for GitHub
GitHub hosts thousands of excellent apps you can run yourself, but finding a good one means digging through READMEs and guessing which projects are still alive. appsgit fixes that with 1,222 curated, self-hostable apps in 69 categories, each with live GitHub stats and a clear path to deploy.
Our mission
We believe people and small teams should be able to own the software they depend on. Self-hosting used to be for experts; with Docker and cheap servers it now takes minutes, if you know which app to pick.
appsgit is the shortcut: a fast, honest catalog that shows what each app does, how healthy the project is, which commercial product it replaces and how to get it running.
What we will not do
- Sell rankings. Paid placements are always labelled.
- Track you. No analytics cookies, no ad scripts, no fingerprinting.
- List closed-source software dressed up as open source.
- Hide where our data comes from.
Methodology
How apps are ranked
Every list is sorted by public data from GitHub, never by opinion or payment. These are the signals we use.
GitHub stars
Total stars show how many people have found a project useful over time. It is the default sort on every list.
Commits in the last year
Recent commits reveal whether a project is alive. The Trending and Most active views rank by this signal.
Release recency
A recent tagged release means maintainers ship fixes to users, not only to the main branch. We show it on every app page.
Docker support
An official Docker image makes self-hosting far easier. Apps that ship one get a Docker badge and their own filter.
Data sources and credit
The catalog starts from awesome-selfhosted, the community-maintained list of free software you can host yourself, plus apps submitted by readers. Thank you to its maintainers and contributors.
Repository statistics, descriptions, topics, licenses and owner avatars come from the GitHub REST API. Repository preview images are GitHub's own Open Graph cards. GitHub is a trademark of GitHub, Inc.; appsgit is not affiliated with or endorsed by GitHub.
How appsgit earns
appsgit is free to use. We earn from three things: hosting affiliate links (if you sign up with a provider through our link we may earn a commission at no cost to you), labelled sponsored listings, and newsletter sponsorships.
Affiliate links are marked with rel="sponsored" and a disclosure next to them. They never influence which apps we list or how lists are ranked.
Who runs appsgit?
appsgit is an independent project built by people who self-host their own tools. It is not affiliated with GitHub. You can reach the team at info@appsgit.com.
Can sponsors buy a better ranking?
No. Sponsors can buy a labelled Featured placement, but organic lists are always sorted by GitHub data. A sponsored app never moves up in a ranked list because it paid.
How often is the data refreshed?
Stars, forks, issues, commits and releases are refreshed from the GitHub API daily, and pages are rebuilt with the new numbers. Descriptions and categories are reviewed by hand.