Are you the type that needs to constantly scratch your self-hosted itch? Do you find yourself often looking for more projects to install and test on your Home-Lab or NAS?

If your answer is yes to both of those questions then you have more in common with me already. Here are my go-to sources for finding all the latest open source applications. Be warned, you may be subjected to several months of awesome time consuming projects that lead to an addiction that’s hard to control!

Awesome Self Hosted

From the creators of r/SelfHosted on Reddit, the Awesome Self Hosted GitHub repo was born. This is a humongous curation of open source applications in every category imaginable. This is the OG source for Self Hosted, Open Source applications. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, you are too pickey! Awesome Self Hosted also has a website here.

Favorite Subs on Reddit

Ever since I got sucked into the Home Lab building addiction thanks to Reddit, I have found a few more subs that peaked my interested in this category to keep fueling my addiction.

r/SelfHosted – My all time favorite sub Reddit. r/SelfHosted is chucked full of people just like me who love trying new applications. It’s a great resource for developers to get feedback on their new and established projects. This sub is fairly active and you will find great applications here almost daily.

r/HomeLab – This sub is more for people who enjoy photos of Home Lab racks and server setups. Believe it or not, applications are often talked about here too and this sub caters well to Self-Hosted fanatics.

r/HomeServer – The Home Server sub is for those who want to talk about how they use their Home Labs. From Plex to file sharing and hosting your own E-Mail, this sub ties in nicely with the category. It’s a great place to get ideas and learn new techniques.

r/OpenSource – Boasting 112k members, what would this article be without an honorable mention to this sub Reddit? There’s not often talk about new apps but more about licensing and information about Open Source in general. Every so often there is a nugget posted here but overall worth the join!

Switching Software

Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software. Switching Software is relatively new and it shows. Linking to the same applications from a few categories. However, this website looks promising. This page made me laugh and made this website worth mentioning. I’ll be sure to keep an eye on it to see how it grows in content and applications.

Self Hosted Source

Also known as the Lucid Index, is a website that indexes Self-Hosted applications. It seems most are from other sources but there are a few items I haven’t seen elsewhere. It’s well designed and easy to use with a search option. The developer seems active on Reddit and very responsive to his creation.

AlternativeTo

While not all of the applications listed on AlternativeTo are open source, many of them are and this has been proven to be a good source. However, this is not my top choice, it’s a great place to find something that is a free alternative to a paid solution.

So there it is. My coveted list of time sucking awesomeness wrapped into one article. Let us know what your favorite sources are in the comments below! Hint, this is a good time to plug your blog if it fits the criteria. Enjoy!