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Best self-hosted Utilities apps

Handy standalone tools that do not fit elsewhere, such as converters, translators and design apps. Small utilities worth self-hosting.

The most popular self-hosted apps for utilities on GitHub are Excalidraw, revealjs and penpot, ranked by stars below.

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  1. 1Excalidrawexcalidraw/excalidraw
  2. 2revealjshakimel/reveal.js
  3. 3penpotpenpot/penpot

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What is the best self-hosted app for utilities?

By GitHub stars, Excalidraw is the most popular self-hosted app for utilities with 134,563 stars, followed by revealjs and penpot. The best fit depends on your needs, so compare Docker support, license and recent activity on each app page.

Are these Utilities apps free?

Mostly. 59 of the 61 apps here are open source; 2 are source-available. The open-source apps are free to run on your own server; source-available licenses add conditions, such as limits on hosted, commercial or production use, so check the license on each app page. A few projects also offer a paid hosted plan or enterprise add-ons.

How do I install a self-hosted Utilities app?

45 of the 61 apps here ship a Docker image, which is the easiest route: rent a small VPS or use a home server, install Docker, and start the app with its Docker Compose file. Apps without an image list their native install steps in the README.

Which Utilities apps are most actively developed?

Measured by commits in the last twelve months, the most active projects are Infisical Community Edition (14,693 commits), Wavelog (7,263 commits) and penpot (5,288 commits). Active development usually means faster bug fixes and security patches.