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How to Choose Your Self-Hosted Agent
Six weeks after OpenClaw's launch, a family tree of forks and rivals is competing for your server. "Which is best" is the wrong question — here are the five criteria that actually decide it.
Whoogle: Get Google Search Results Without Google Getting Your Search History
Whoogle is a self-hosted web app that queries Google and returns the results to you without ads, without your IP address being logged by Google, and without a search history tied to your account.
Wallabag: Save Articles to Read Later Without Pocket Selling Your Reading Habits
Wallabag is a self-hosted read-later app that saves the full text of web articles to your server, strips away ads and clutter, and lets you read them offline, without sharing your reading list with any advertising company.
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Standard Notes: Encrypted Notes That Only You Can Read, Synced Across Every Device
Standard Notes is an encrypted note-taking app where every note is end-to-end encrypted before it syncs to their server or your self-hosted instance, so not even the company can read what you write.
Snipe-IT: Track Every Laptop, Phone, and Software License Your Business Owns
Snipe-IT is a self-hosted asset management tool that gives your business a complete, searchable record of every computer, phone, and software license, with check-in/check-out tracking and automated license expiry alerts.
Pi-hole: Block Ads on Every Device in Your Home Without Installing Anything on Them
Pi-hole is a DNS-based ad blocker you install once on a small server or Raspberry Pi, and it silently blocks ads and trackers for every device on your network without any browser extension or per-device setup.
Ollama: Run AI Models on Your Own Laptop Without an OpenAI Account
Ollama is a free desktop application that lets you run powerful AI models like Llama and Mistral on your own computer, with no API key, no subscription, and no data sent to any cloud service.
Navidrome: Stream Your Own Music Collection to Any Device, Forever Free
Navidrome is a lightweight music streaming server that turns your personal music library into a private Spotify, accessible from any phone, browser, or desktop app, without a subscription or an internet service provider seeing what you listen to.
Monica: A Personal CRM That Helps You Remember Everyone You Know
Monica is a self-hosted personal CRM that stores notes, reminders, and conversation history for everyone in your network, so you can follow up on the right things at the right time without relying on memory.