Self-Hosted Productivity & PM
14 stacks for anyone who wants project tracking without per-seat pricing. Each one is a vanilla
compose.yaml that runs locally with docker compose up, with a measured RAM footprint
and a one-step deploy to Miget from $5/month flat.
#the stacks
Actual Budget
Local-first envelope budgeting - end-to-end encrypted, synced by a $5 server you own.
BookStack
A simple, beautiful wiki - shelves, books, chapters, pages. Confluence calm, on a self-hosted MariaDB.
Buzz
experimentalBlock’s team workspace where humans and AI agents share the same rooms - on a Nostr relay you own.
Dawarich
experimentalSelf-hosted location history - a Google Maps Timeline replacement that keeps your movements yours.
Docmost
A real Confluence / Notion alternative - collaborative wiki on managed Postgres + Valkey + Buckets, no per-seat bill.
Fizzy
37signals’ free kanban - fast boards for bugs, issues, and ideas. Trello without the per-seat bill.
Karakeep
Bookmark everything - links, notes, images - archived, searchable, and AI-tagged on your own box.
Linkwarden
A bookmark manager that preserves pages - screenshot, PDF, readable HTML - so your links never rot.
Memos
The lightweight note hub - markdown thoughts captured in seconds, on your own $5 server.
Miniflux
A minimalist, blazing-fast RSS reader - one Go binary on managed Postgres, your feeds on your own box.
Outline
The team wiki that feels like a product - stateless on managed Postgres + Miget Buckets, no per-seat math.
Paperless-ngx
Scan, OCR, and full-text-search every document you own - the paperless office, on your infrastructure.
Plane
experimentalOpen-source project management - issues, cycles, modules, roadmap. A Jira / Linear / ClickUp alternative, flat-priced.
Stirling-PDF
50+ PDF tools in your browser, processed entirely on your server - the "free PDF site" without the data leak.
#what each one needs
RAM and disk are what the compose file allocates, not guesses, and the plan is the smallest one that holds it. Databases and caches come managed and included on Miget rather than billed per instance.
| Stack | Services | RAM | Disk | Fits plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Budget | 1 | 256 MiB | 2 GB | $5/mo |
| BookStack | 2 | 2 GiB | 10 GB | $13/mo |
| Buzz | 4 | 2.8 GiB | 20 GB | $25/mo |
| Dawarich | 4 | 3.5 GiB | 32 GB | $25/mo |
| Docmost | 3 | 2.3 GiB | 10 GB | $25/mo |
| Fizzy | 1 | 512 MiB | 3 GB | $5/mo |
| Karakeep | 3 | 2 GiB | 15 GB | $13/mo |
| Linkwarden | 3 | 2 GiB | 15 GB | $13/mo |
| Memos | 1 | 256 MiB | 2 GB | $5/mo |
| Miniflux | 2 | 1.1 GiB | 5 GB | $13/mo |
| Outline | 3 | 2.3 GiB | 5 GB | $25/mo |
| Paperless-ngx | 3 | 3.3 GiB | 25 GB | $25/mo |
| Plane | 5 | 6.5 GiB | 32 GB | $49/mo |
| Stirling-PDF | 1 | 2 GiB | 1 GB | $13/mo |
Cost against the managed equivalents, per stack: Actual Budget , BookStack , Buzz , Dawarich , Docmost , Fizzy , Karakeep , Linkwarden , Miniflux , Outline , Plane , Stirling-PDF .
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140 stacks in total, from databases and queues to AI infrastructure - all MIT licensed, all runnable locally, all deployable in one step.