25 field notes about self-hosting. Quick, practical, no fluff.
A small open-source tool gives your AI coding assistant a long-term memory — so it stops forgetting everything between sessions.
OpenHuman quietly reads all your tools every 20 minutes and builds a private memory of your work — so it never starts from scratch.
Sourcebot lets you run a private, searchable brain over all your code repositories — so your AI tools stop guessing and start knowing.
InsForge is a database and infrastructure platform designed to be operated by AI agents, not by humans clicking through dashboards.
The creator of Redis just released a tiny engine that runs one of the world's most capable AI models entirely on a high-end MacBook — no cloud, no subscription, no data leaving your desk.
A free, open-source tool just appeared that does what Anthropic's shiny new design product does — except you own it, host it yourself, and it works with whichever AI you already use.
Ruflo turns Claude into a self-organizing team of AI specialists — and it's free to run yourself.
Self-hosted AI gateway that puts the same assistant into WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, iMessage and more. Open source, MIT-licensed, runs on your own machine.
PentAGI is an open-source AI agent that runs full security tests on your systems autonomously — no specialist required to set it in motion.
Wanman runs a coordinated crew of AI agents on your own machine — each with a role, each talking to the others — while you sit back and watch it happen.
The best download manager around went quiet in 2023 — someone just rebuilt it from scratch, and it's smaller, faster, and free.
A free tool that gives AI assistants a real memory — so they stop forgetting everything the moment you close the chat.
TaxHacker is a free, self-hosted app that reads any receipt or invoice — in any language — and turns it into clean accounting data, automatically.
Google just released a family of AI models you can run on your own devices, own completely, and use commercially — no subscriptions, no restrictions.
TREK is a free, self-hosted trip planner your whole team can use in real time — maps, budgets, weather, packing lists — and it lives on your own server.
A new PDF parser runs entirely on your own machine, handles messy real-world documents surprisingly well, and doesn't need an internet connection or an API account.
Project N.O.M.A.D. bundles an AI assistant, offline Wikipedia, maps, and medical references into a self-contained computer that runs anywhere — no Wi-Fi, no cloud, no tracking.
OpenRAG lets you build a private search brain for all your business documents — PDFs, audio recordings, spreadsheets — without sending a single file to anyone else's cloud.
Crucix is a free, open-source OSINT intelligence terminal you self-host. Monitors 27 live feeds (fires, flights, markets, conflicts) and pings you on Telegram.
A 20-year-old student built a self-hosted brand monitoring tool where AI agents argue with each other before writing your report — and the internet noticed.
Hermes Agent remembers past conversations, learns from mistakes, and connects to Slack, Discord and Telegram. Free, self-hosted, built by Nous Research.
IronClaw is an open-source runtime that lets AI agents do real work without ever seeing — or accidentally exposing — your API keys and secrets.
Paperclip lets you build a fully staffed AI organisation — with a real org chart, budgets, and accountability — that actually runs itself.
Alibaba just open-sourced the safety layer that lets AI agents actually do things — without putting your real systems at risk.
Scrapling watches websites change and quietly updates itself — so your data pipelines don't break every time a competitor redesigns their homepage.