r/selfhosted↗
Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services
A place to share, discuss, discover, assist with, gain assistance for, and critique self-hosted alternatives to our favorite web apps, web services, and online tools.
862k subscribers2,163 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)1,825 authors / mosince 2014
r/selfhosted has 862k members (+39% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,163 posts a month from 1,825 people. Top topics: Self-Hosted Cloud Solutions, Media Servers and DockerContainers.
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How r/selfhosted has grown
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Topics and brands on r/selfhosted
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Self-Hosted Cloud Solutions3.4%
- Media Servers1.4%
- DockerContainers1.0%
- Backup Solutions0.9%
- Photo Organization0.5%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Docker
- Wolfram
- Apple
- Tailscale
- Codeberg
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