Self-Hosted Evaluation
Deep, hands-on evaluations for self-hosted software. Beyond lists, we test, compare, and guide your self-hosting decisions.
🎯 Why This Exists
The awesome-selfhosted list and others like it are invaluable for discovery, but they leave a critical gap: “Which one should I actually choose?”
This project aims to fill that gap. We go beyond listing software to provide in-depth, side-by-side evaluations that consider what matters most in a self-hosted environment: deployment complexity, resource consumption, security posture, and long-term maintainability.
🧪 Our Methodology: Not Just an Opinion
Every review is based on a transparent and repeatable framework, focusing on practicalities:
- Deployment & Setup: Initial effort, documentat…
Self-Hosted Evaluation
Deep, hands-on evaluations for self-hosted software. Beyond lists, we test, compare, and guide your self-hosting decisions.
🎯 Why This Exists
The awesome-selfhosted list and others like it are invaluable for discovery, but they leave a critical gap: “Which one should I actually choose?”
This project aims to fill that gap. We go beyond listing software to provide in-depth, side-by-side evaluations that consider what matters most in a self-hosted environment: deployment complexity, resource consumption, security posture, and long-term maintainability.
🧪 Our Methodology: Not Just an Opinion
Every review is based on a transparent and repeatable framework, focusing on practicalities:
- Deployment & Setup: Initial effort, documentation quality, and configuration complexity.
- Resource Footprint: CPU, memory, and storage usage under typical loads.
- Security & Maintenance: Update frequency, vulnerability management, and backup story.
- Core Functionality & UX: Does it do its primary job well? Is the interface intuitive?
- Ecosystem & Integration: API quality, community support, and extensibility.
We run software in controlled environments, perform common tasks, and document the real-world results.
📁 Evaluation Index
Coming soon. The first in-depth comparison is in the works.
🤝 How to Contribute
This is intended to be a community-driven resource. Your input is crucial!
- Suggest a Topic: Open an Issue to propose software categories or specific apps for evaluation.
- Improve a Review: See an inaccuracy or have additional data? Submit a Pull Request with your corrections or insights.
- Share Your Experience: Comment on existing reviews with your own production experiences. Your real-world data is gold.
Please read our Contributing Guidelines before submitting.
📜 License
The content of this project (reviews, documentation) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Any code samples or automation scripts included in this repository are licensed under the MIT License.
“The best self-hosted software is the one you can successfully host—and happily maintain.”