Umbrel
Umbrel is a source-available, self-hosted app in the Self-hosting Platforms category, licensed PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Heroku and ships a Docker image. It has 12,456 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Sep 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Self-hosting Platforms
- TypeScript
- PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0
- Source-available
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 12,456
- Forks
- 821
- Open issues
- 430
- Commits, last 12 months
- 526
- Last commit
- Sep 22, 2026
- Latest release
- 2.0.0Sep 22, 2026
- Created
- Jul 6, 2020
- License
- PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0Source-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Sep 22, 2026, 526 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases7 releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Sep 22, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 526 |
| Latest release | 2.0.0 (Sep 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 7 |
| Releases, all time | 102 |
| Open issues | 430 |
| Open pull requests | 80 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jul 6, 2020 |
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About Umbrel
A beautiful personal server OS for self-hosting. Install on a Raspberry Pi 4 or Ubuntu/Debian.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/getumbrel/umbrel.
Topics
- bitcoin
- lightning
- docker
- raspberry-pi
- raspberrypi
- selfhosted
- self-hosting
- self-hosted
- home-server
- homeserver
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Is Umbrel free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Umbrel is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. The PolyForm Noncommercial License allows personal, research and non-profit use, but not commercial use. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Umbrel with Docker?
Yes. Umbrel 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 Umbrel?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Umbrel include Coolify, Portainer and Dokploy. Umbrel itself is a self-hosted alternative to Heroku.
Is Umbrel actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Umbrel was on Sep 22, 2026 with 526 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2.0.0, published Sep 22, 2026. It had 430 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.