Catalogue
Every need, every tool, one rule.
425 tools across 67 needs. Each tool page lists what it is, who is behind it, where it can run, and the verdict for each way of running it.
Machine-readable: catalog.json · llms.txt · per record /api/needs/<id>.json and /api/tools/<id>.json.
For you
Media at home
Films, series, music and audiobooks — your own library instead of a rented one.
- Films & series library · 3 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Music library · 6 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Audiobooks & podcasts · 3 tools, 2 self-hostable
- E-books & reading · 3 tools, 2 self-hostable
Photos & memories
Every picture and video your phone takes, kept where you decide.
- Photo & video library · 5 tools, 3 self-hostable
Smart home
Lights, heating, sensors and cameras that answer to you, not to a cloud.
- Home automation hub · 6 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Voice assistant · 5 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Cameras & recordings · 4 tools, 2 self-hostable
Mail, calendar & contacts
Your address, your inbox, your appointments and your people.
- E-mail · 14 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Calendar & contacts · 13 tools, 3 self-hostable
Files, sync & backup
Documents on every device, and a backup that survives anything.
- Files & sync · 15 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Send large files · 7 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Backup · 6 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Bulk & object storage · 16 tools, 4 self-hostable
Passwords & identity
The keys to everything else — and who gets to sign in.
- Password manager · 9 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Sign-in & identity · 7 tools, 4 self-hostable
Notes & knowledge
Notes, bookmarks, reading, recipes — the things you want to find again.
- E-books & reading · 3 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Notes · 12 tools, 10 self-hostable
- Bookmarks & read-later · 6 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Recipes & meal planning · 2 tools, 2 self-hostable
- News & feeds · 4 tools, 2 self-hostable
Messaging & calls
Talking to family and friends without a company in the middle.
- Messaging · 7 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Video calls · 14 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Find a date · 4 tools, 2 self-hostable
Privacy & network
Ad blocking, DNS, VPN and reaching home safely from anywhere.
- DNS & ad blocking · 8 tools, 5 self-hostable
- VPN & remote access · 8 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Web search · 9 tools, 1 self-hostable
AI at home
Assistants and models that run on your own machine.
- Voice assistant · 5 tools, 2 self-hostable
- AI assistant · 8 tools, 2 self-hostable
- AI models · 7 tools, 2 self-hostable
Money & admin
Budget, receipts, subscriptions and the paperwork of life.
- Budget & personal finance · 4 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Document archive · 2 tools, 2 self-hostable
Your own corner of the web
A website, a blog or a newsletter that nobody can switch off.
- Website · 13 tools, 7 self-hostable
- Blog · 5 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Newsletter & e-mail marketing · 13 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Website analytics · 11 tools, 6 self-hostable
For your company
Public presence
Your website, blog, and the analytics that tell you who visits.
- Website · 13 tools, 7 self-hostable
- Blog · 5 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Website analytics · 11 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Domains & DNS · 12 tools, 2 self-hostable
Marketing & sales
Leads, customers, newsletters, forms and bookings.
- Newsletter & e-mail marketing · 13 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Forms & surveys · 9 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Appointment booking · 5 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Customer relationships · 10 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Events & ticketing · 6 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Online shop · 10 tools, 7 self-hostable
- Online payments · 8 tools, 1 self-hostable
- Community & forum · 6 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Website live chat · 7 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Design & prototyping · 4 tools, 1 self-hostable
- Sending e-mail from apps · 10 tools, 2 self-hostable
Communication
E-mail, team chat, video calls and the phone.
- E-mail · 14 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Calendar & contacts · 13 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Messaging · 7 tools, 3 self-hostable
- Video calls · 14 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Find a date · 4 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Translation · 3 tools, 1 self-hostable
- Team chat · 11 tools, 6 self-hostable
Documents & collaboration
Office documents, shared files, wikis and whiteboards.
- Files & sync · 15 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Send large files · 7 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Notes · 12 tools, 10 self-hostable
- Document archive · 2 tools, 2 self-hostable
- PDF tools · 6 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Translation · 3 tools, 1 self-hostable
- Office documents · 8 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Wiki & knowledge base · 11 tools, 9 self-hostable
- Whiteboards & diagrams · 9 tools, 6 self-hostable
- E-signatures · 6 tools, 2 self-hostable
Projects & tasks
Who does what by when — boards, tickets, roadmaps.
- Projects & tasks · 17 tools, 9 self-hostable
People & time
Hiring, HR records, time tracking, scheduling.
- Appointment booking · 5 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Time tracking · 9 tools, 3 self-hostable
- HR & people records · 9 tools, 3 self-hostable
Finance & invoicing
Invoices, bookkeeping, payments, expenses.
- Online shop · 10 tools, 7 self-hostable
- Online payments · 8 tools, 1 self-hostable
- E-signatures · 6 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Invoicing & bookkeeping · 12 tools, 6 self-hostable
Customer support
A shared inbox, a help desk, a knowledge base for customers.
- Forms & surveys · 9 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Community & forum · 6 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Website live chat · 7 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Help desk & shared inbox · 9 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Wiki & knowledge base · 11 tools, 9 self-hostable
Analytics & data
Dashboards, reports, databases and spreadsheets-that-grew-up.
- Dashboards & reports · 9 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Databases & smart spreadsheets · 8 tools, 5 self-hostable
IT & infrastructure
Sign-in for everything, servers, monitoring, backups, secrets.
- Backup · 6 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Password manager · 9 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Sign-in & identity · 7 tools, 4 self-hostable
- DNS & ad blocking · 8 tools, 5 self-hostable
- VPN & remote access · 8 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Servers & hosting · 15 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Bulk & object storage · 16 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Server & container management · 9 tools, 9 self-hostable
- Metrics & logs · 9 tools, 7 self-hostable
- Uptime monitoring & status page · 8 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Secrets & keys · 8 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Domains & DNS · 12 tools, 2 self-hostable
Software development
Source code, pipelines, error tracking, design.
- Whiteboards & diagrams · 9 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Metrics & logs · 9 tools, 7 self-hostable
- Secrets & keys · 8 tools, 6 self-hostable
- Source code & pipelines · 8 tools, 5 self-hostable
- Error tracking · 6 tools, 4 self-hostable
- Design & prototyping · 4 tools, 1 self-hostable
- Sending e-mail from apps · 10 tools, 2 self-hostable
Automation & AI
Workflows that connect your tools, and AI that reads your data.
- AI assistant · 8 tools, 2 self-hostable
- AI models · 7 tools, 2 self-hostable
- Workflow automation · 9 tools, 6 self-hostable