Sandstorm
Sandstorm is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Self-hosting Platforms category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in JavaScript. It has 7,079 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 19, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 7,079
- Forks
- 716
- Open issues
- 613
- Commits, last 12 months
- 12
- Last commit
- Oct 19, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Jan 8, 2014
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Oct 19, 2026.
- Welcomes contributors15 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 19, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 12 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 613 |
| Open pull requests | 29 |
| Good first issues | 15 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 8, 2014 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Sandstorm
Personal server for running self-hosted apps easily and securely.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm.
Topics
- capnproto
- decentralized
- sandstorm
- seccomp
- self-hosted
- self-hosting
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Is Sandstorm free and open source?
Yes. Sandstorm is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 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 Sandstorm with Docker?
Sandstorm does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C++ and Shell), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Sandstorm?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Sandstorm include Coolify, Portainer and Dokploy.
Is Sandstorm actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Sandstorm was on Oct 19, 2026 with 12 commits in the past twelve months. It had 613 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.