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r/selfhosted is a subreddit with 551k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has crazy activity.
A place to share, discuss, discover, assist with, gain assistance for, and critique self-hosted alternatives to our favorite web apps, web services, and online tools.
Popular Themes in r/selfhosted
#1
Solution Requests
: "Twenty: Self-hosted CRM (alternative to Pipedrive, Salesforce...)"
14 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "Updates to Jellify: A Cross-Platform Music app for Jellyfin"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Photo Management Frustrations – Is There a Better Way?"
1 post
#4
Advice Requests
: "WHO is hosting your mail?"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "Update 5: Opensource sonos alternative on vintage speakers, based on raspberry pi"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/selfhosted
#1
Self Hosting
: "should i start Self Hosting on a VPS ?"
40 posts
#2
Self Hosted
: "Best Self Hosted fitness/strength training app in 2025"
34 posts
#3
Server
: "Stop Killing Games: Nostalgic about the old days when you could self-host your private video-game Server for your friends? Take control of the video games you bought by voting for it NOW"
22 posts
#4
Docker
: "[Release] STD (Service Tracker Dashboard) v0.4.11 — dashboard for Docker containers"
19 posts
#5
Selfhost
11 posts
#6
Alternative
: "What are you using as an Alternative to...?"
10 posts
#7
Automated Sharing
9 posts
#8
Vpn
: "Do you guys leave your Vpn on 24/7?"
8 posts
#9
Open Source
: "Linkwarden (v2.11.0) - open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize, and preserve webpages, articles, and documents (tons of new features!) 🚀"
8 posts
#10
Music
: "Updates to Jellify: A Cross-Platform Music app for Jellyfin"
7 posts
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