HomeButler
HomeButler is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Self-hosting Platforms category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 307 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 17, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 307
- Forks
- 22
- Open issues
- 9
- Commits, last 12 months
- 493
- Last commit
- Oct 17, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.3.0Oct 17, 2026
- Created
- Feb 23, 2026
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 17, 2026, 493 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 17, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 493 |
| Latest release | v1.3.0 (Oct 17, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 72 |
| Open issues | 9 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 23, 2026 |
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About HomeButler
Installs and manages a curated catalog of applications via Docker Compose, maps containers and exposed ports, verifies backups restore, and reports what changed since the last run with CLI, JSON….
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/Higangssh/homebutler.
Topics
- ai
- cli
- devops
- docker
- go
- golang
- homelab
- monitoring
- openclaw
- raspberry-pi
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Is HomeButler free and open source?
Yes. HomeButler is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run HomeButler with Docker?
Yes. HomeButler provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to HomeButler?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to HomeButler include Coolify, Portainer and Dokploy.
Is HomeButler actively maintained?
The most recent commit to HomeButler was on Oct 17, 2026 with 493 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.3.0, published Oct 17, 2026. It had 9 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.