# Self-Hosted Alternatives

There will be some common choices in some common categories here for some self-hosted alternatives. A more comprehensive list of alternatives will be listed at the bottom of this page.

# Web Servers

Daemons that serve website content.

• Apache | The most popular webserver since forever. Higher overhead than others, but most PHP applications assume it.
• nginx | Second most popular webserver today, created to run some of the biggest Russian websites.
• Lighttpd | A more niche webserver focusing on low overhead and high performance.
• Caddy | A fast, multi-platform web server with automatic HTTPS.

# Databases

Daemons or services that store data in a structured format.

• PostgreSQL | A popular database solution that emphasizes extensibility and standards compliance.
• Maria DB | Based on MySQL, forked to maintain an open source alternative that is mostly compatible with MySQL-based applications.
• MongoDB | A document-based NoSQL database that uses JSON-like formatting to store information.
• SQLite | Flat file database that doesn't require a running DB server.

# Content Management Systems

Frontends for managing the content on your website.

• WordPress | The most popular CMS by market share, uses the blog format.
• Joomla! | Another popular CMS written in PHP.
• WonderCMS | Claims to be the smallest CMS around. Is definitely small.

# E-Commerce

Software for operating and managing an e-shop.

• OpenCart
• Magento
• PrestaShop

# File Synchronization

Services that synchronize files across systems.

• ownCloud
• Syncthing
• Seafile

# Media Streaming

Daemons for streaming digital media.

• Jellyfin | Media streaming server capable of handling audio, video, comics, books, and photos.
• Icecast | Operate your own Internet radio station!
• Navidrome | Music streaming software with a web UI and compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic clients.

# Photo Galleries

Software for operating a photo gallery.

• Chevereto
• Zenphoto
• Piwigo

# Wiki Software

You own personal knowledge base!

• DokuWiki | A simple wiki that stores content in text files instead of a database.
• MediaWiki | The software that powers Wikipedia.
• Cowyo | A minimal wiki/note-taking package.

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The following are considered the "master lists" of self-hosted alternatives.

• Awesome Self-Hosted | A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
• Awesome SysAdmin | A curated list of amazingly awesome open-source sysadmin resources