Found some cool open-source apps/tools

• October 16, 2025 at 20:36 IST
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While casually browsing, I came across this blog post by Bharat Kalluri that mentions a few great open-source apps/tools that he's self-hosting. I am just listing those tools here:

1. Jellyfin: Helps stream media from your storage to multiple devices.
2. Immich: I already know about this one. Basically, it is the best Google Photos alternative, but open-source.
3. Actual Budget: A fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances.
4. Paperless-ngx: An open-source document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive.
5. Karakeep: An open-source Pocket and MyMind alternative but with an automatic tagging system powered by AI.
6. Audiobookshelf: A self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
7. File Browser: A file managing interface within a specified directory on your server.
8. Beszel: Tracks CPU, memory, and network usage history for each container.

And it's interesting that he has been running the local server on a laptop and following is the setup:

• HP chromebox
• i7-4600U CPU 2 core 4 thread CPU
• 12GB of RAM
• 128GB SSD
• RunTipi for Home server management (backups, updates etc..)
• Tailscale for making sure no one apart from me and my family can access the server

Very cool. I will soon be trying something like this.

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