awesome-homelab
Curating Top Open Source Apps for Homelab Enthusiasts
A self-hosted homelab app store for rootless Podman.
yantr is an open-source self-hosted project by besoeasy (besoeasy/yantr on GitHub). It has 164 GitHub stars and 16 forks, is released under the Custom license, and was last updated on GitHub on 4 October 2026.
Set it up on your Linux machine.
Explore the app store of homelab apps.
Launch containers with a few clicks.
Watch and control everything in one UI.
Browse and install homelab apps like a store.
Runs containers without root privileges.
No need to replace your system with an appliance.
One UI for deploying and managing apps.
Catalog curated for home server use cases.
Check the repo terms before commercial use.
Download the source and move into the project folder.
git clone https://github.com/besoeasy/yantr.git
cd yantrEvery project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.
cat README.md | head -60Follow the project's launch command โ Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.
# see README for the exact launch commandIt is an open-source project at besoeasy/yantr with 16 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.
It uses a custom license โ read the repo's terms before using it commercially.
Rootless Podman runs containers without root, which is simpler and more secure for home servers.
No โ it runs alongside your existing OS, not instead of it.
Homelab staples โ browse the built-in catalog after installing.
Curating Top Open Source Apps for Homelab Enthusiasts
A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
Various Docker Compose examples of selfhosted FOSS and proprietary projects.
A self-hosted app store and runtime for AI agents, on your infra.
Open-source intelligent customer service โ a self-hosted Intercom alternative.
Self-hosted client galleries for photographers โ a Pixieset alternative.
The most-starred other Self-Hosted projects in the LibreAI catalogue โ the realistic shortlist if yantr is not the right fit.
A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
Uptime Kuma โ a fancy self-hosted monitoring tool: uptime checks for sites and services every 20 seconds, with a beautiful status page and 90+ alert channels
Home Assistant โ open-source home automation that puts local control and privacy first: thousands of integrations, automations and dashboards on your own hardware
Vaultwarden โ an unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server in Rust: the full password-manager experience, including premium features, on a tiny self-hosted footprint
Pi-hole โ a black hole for internet advertisements: network-wide ad and tracker blocking at the DNS level, for every device in the house, from one small box
Free and open โ grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.