Our Local Host is a site I built because I kept hitting the same problem: I’d find an open-source or self-hostable app and have no idea where it would run, TrueNAS? Unraid? Was there an alternative to this or that?

So I made my own. It’s a searchable directory of self-hosted apps and open-source alternatives, organised by the platform they run on.

Platforms indexed

Docker Hub · Unraid · Umbrel · TrueNAS · ZimaOS · Proxmox · Helm

Community-driven

This is very much a work in progress, and I’m hoping it becomes community-run:

Suggest an edit, fix outdated or incorrect app data.
Submit an app, add something I’ve missed.
Request a guide, tell me what you want a walkthrough for, and I’ll make it (Patreon supporters get notified when it drops).

What’s coming

A rebuild is in progress. The goals:

New design, bringing the directory in line with the visual language I use across my other apps, and giving each listing more detail and context.
Better search, faster, smarter filtering across platforms and categories.
Lighter backend, moving off the Directus CMS onto a direct Postgres database, with a dbt model building the front-page data. Less overhead, faster pages, easier to keep current.
Self-sustaining index, the pipeline that collects and indexes app data across platforms is currently manual, so staying up to date is a pain. I’m rebuilding it to run and refresh on its own.

The goal: get away from big tech, but stay high-tech.