Self-Hosted Cloud Alternatives

This cluster discusses self-hosted open-source platforms and tools as alternatives to cloud services like Vercel, Heroku, Netlify, and AWS, including home servers, deployment options, DevOps features, and decentralized networks.

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mikelyons Aug 7, 2015 View on HN

The private web, your home server, your decentralized secure/encrypted mesh net.

wearypilgrim Dec 22, 2015 View on HN

Explore alternatives to various software used on a day-to-day basis. Search for a software, filter by any tag, or adjust the size of the network to explore interesting structures.

sjs382 Jul 19, 2017 View on HN

Devops, a standard client, friendlier interface for non-techs, built-ins like file sharing & images.

petersirka Mar 26, 2024 View on HN

Create easily accessible REST API endpoints visually with low hardware requirements. It's fully open-source, under the MIT license, and fully customizable.

resouer Mar 27, 2025 View on HN

I'm Hawkeye, your AI SRE Agent.

rodyherrera Mar 22, 2024 View on HN

Self-hosted open source alternative to Vercel, Heroku and Netlify. All your applications, just in one place.

scarface74 May 7, 2018 View on HN

A cloud platform that's an alternative to AWS.

nsriv May 6, 2019 View on HN

Offers ability to spin up remote development instances, can make it possible to code remotely or eventually on any device you want.

throwawaaarrgh Jan 15, 2023 View on HN

Talk to datacenters with flywheels. There's plenty of problems that make them mostly useless.

superkuh Jan 12, 2020 View on HN

Deploy you side-projects at more than the scale they'll ever need at home on your hardware for actual nothing.