Self-Hosted Trilium: One Note in Three Places Without Copy-Paste
Trilium Notes is a hierarchical PKM with note cloning, scripting, E2E-protected notes, and Docker sync on port 8080 — your second brain on a Canadian VPS.
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Self-Hosted ToolJet: Internal Dashboards When Engineering Has No Bandwidth
ToolJet is AGPL low-code for admin panels and dashboards — 80+ data sources, built-in database, JavaScript and Python, Docker with dual Postgres and Redis.
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Self-Hosted Reactive Resume: CVs Without Shipping Your Job History to SaaS
Reactive Resume is a free MIT-licensed resume builder — live preview, PDF export, share links, and Docker on 2 GB RAM for career centres and privacy-conscious job seekers.
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Self-Hosted PhotoPrism: AI Photo Search on the Files You Already Have
PhotoPrism indexes your existing photo folders — RAW, faces, maps, and powerful search — without uploading your archive to Google or rebuilding it from scratch.
Read articleSelf-Hosted Appsmith: Admin Panels Without a Six-Week Backlog
Appsmith is open-source low-code for internal tools — drag-and-drop dashboards wired to Postgres, REST APIs, and 25+ databases on a Canadian VPS you control.
Read articleSelf-Hosted Jan: ChatGPT Feel, Local Models, Your Hardware
Jan is an open-source ChatGPT alternative — download Llama and Qwen from HuggingFace, chat offline, and expose an OpenAI-compatible API on port 1337 from your own machine.
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Self-Hosted Gogs: Git Hosting When You Want the Smallest Forge Possible
Gogs has hosted private Git since 2014 — pull requests, issues, and webhooks on 512 MB RAM. The original lightweight forge, before you needed CI built in.
Read articleSelf-Hosted SiYuan: Block-Based Notes When Memos Isn't Enough
SiYuan is a privacy-first PKM with block-level links, WYSIWYG Markdown, flashcards, and Docker hosting — your second brain on a Canadian VPS, not someone else's cloud.
Read articleSelf-Hosted Appwrite: Firebase-Style Backend on Your Own Server
Appwrite bundles auth, databases, storage, functions, and realtime APIs — self-host the full stack on Docker when user data should stay on Canadian infrastructure.
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