Applications

Self-hosted software worth knowing.

A practical catalog of identity, backup, infrastructure, monitoring, security testing, and remote access applications with real operational utility.

24 apps 9 categories Industry focused

Authentication

3 apps

Secure, store and tightly control access to secrets. Enterprise-grade secrets management with dynamic credentials, encryption as a service, and audit logging.

Keycloak

IAM

Open source identity and access management. Full-featured IAM solution with SSO, social login, user federation, and fine-grained authorization.

Authentik

SSO/2FA

Authentication and authorization server with web UI. Modern identity provider supporting SAML, OAuth2, LDAP with intuitive admin interface.

Backup

2 apps

Restic

Deduplication

Fast, secure, efficient backup program with encryption. Deduplicating backups to local or cloud storage with client-side encryption and cross-platform support.

Borg Backup

Deduplication

Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption. Space-efficient backups with authenticated encryption and optional remote repository support.

Container Management

1 app

Portainer

Docker UI

Lightweight management UI for Docker/Kubernetes. Intuitive web interface for managing containers, images, networks, and volumes across multiple environments.

Infrastructure

5 apps

Traefik

Proxy

Cloud native application proxy and load balancer. Automatic service discovery with Let's Encrypt, Docker, and Kubernetes integration.

Caddy

Reverse Proxy

Fast web server with automatic HTTPS. Zero-configuration TLS with automatic certificate management and simple Caddyfile syntax.

HAProxy

Load Balancer

Reliable, high performance TCP/HTTP load balancer. Industry-standard load balancer with advanced health checking and traffic management.

NetBox Docker

IPAM/DCIM

Docker Image of NetBox network documentation and management. Infrastructure resource modeling for IP addresses, racks, devices, and circuits.

Smallstep

Certificate Authority

Private certificate authority and related tools. Run your own PKI for internal services with ACME support and short-lived certificates.

Malware Analysis

4 apps

Ghidra

Reverse Engineering

Software reverse engineering framework. NSA's powerful disassembler and decompiler with collaborative analysis features and extensible plugin architecture.

IDA Pro

Reverse Engineering

Powerful disassembler, decompiler and debugger. Industry-standard reverse engineering tool with advanced analysis capabilities and plugin ecosystem.

Cuckoo Sandbox

Sandbox

Automated malware analysis system. Submit suspicious files for dynamic analysis with behavioral reports, network traffic capture, and memory analysis.

Wireshark

Network Analysis

Network protocol analyzer. Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols with live capture and offline analysis for network troubleshooting and security analysis.

Monitoring

2 apps

Prometheus

Metrics

Systems monitoring and alerting toolkit. Pull-based metrics collection with powerful query language, alerting, and extensive exporter ecosystem.

Grafana

Visualization

Open platform for analytics and monitoring. Beautiful dashboards with support for multiple data sources and extensive visualization options.

Security Testing

3 apps

Burp Suite

Web Testing

Web application security testing platform. Industry-standard proxy tool for intercepting, analyzing, and modifying HTTP traffic with automated scanning.

OWASP ZAP

Web

Web application security scanner. Free and open-source alternative to Burp Suite with active scanning, API testing, and CI/CD integration.

Postman

API Testing

API development and testing platform. Comprehensive tool for API testing, documentation, and collaboration with automated testing capabilities.

SIEM

3 apps

Wazuh

XDR/SIEM

Open source unified XDR and SIEM protection. Complete security platform with log analysis, intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and compliance monitoring.

Graylog

Log Management

Free and open source log management platform. Centralized log collection, processing, and analysis with powerful search and alerting.

Elastic Security

Security Analytics

SIEM and endpoint security built on Elastic Stack. Threat detection, investigation, and response with machine learning and prebuilt detections.

VPN

1 app

WireGuard

Modern VPN

Fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel. Extremely simple and fast VPN with state-of-the-art cryptography and minimal attack surface.