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Archived Self-Hosted Projects to Avoid
These open-source projects are archived or abandoned — no patches, no fixes — yet they still show up on “best self-hosted X” lists everywhere. For each one, here’s how long it’s been dead and a maintained alternative to use instead.
Source: GitHub archived flag + last-commit dates · Last updated Jul 29, 2026
High-performance S3-compatible object storage (now archived/commercialized)
Was a Dropbox, Google Drive, Box alternative. File Storage & Sync
Use Syncthing insteadModern open-source personal finance and net-worth tracking app you can self-host
Was a Mint, YNAB alternative. Finance & Budgeting
Use HyperSwitch insteadSelf-hosted agents that monitor and act on your behalf, an IFTTT/Zapier alternative
Was a Zapier alternative. Automation & iPaaS
Use n8n insteadSelf-hosted project management boards (Trello/Notion alternative)
Was a Trello, Asana, Notion alternative. Project Management & Kanban
Use AppFlowy insteadAPI-oriented low-code database and Airtable alternative with real-time collaboration
Was a Airtable, Smartsheet alternative. Databases & Spreadsheets
Use Supabase insteadWeb and desktop KeePass-compatible password manager you can host yourself
Was a LastPass, 1Password, Dashlane alternative. Password Managers & Secrets
Use Vaultwarden insteadOpen-source low-code builder for internal tools, a self-hostable Retool alternative
Was a Retool alternative. Databases & Spreadsheets
Use Supabase insteadOpen-source PaaS that deploys and scales 12-factor apps on your own servers
Was a Heroku, Render alternative. Self-Hosting Platforms & PaaS
Use Caddy insteadSelf-hosted monitoring and alerting, a free PagerDuty/Pingdom alternative
Was a Pingdom, UptimeRobot alternative. Monitoring & Status Pages
Use Uptime Kuma insteadSecond-generation Matrix homeserver by the Matrix.org Foundation
Was a Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams alternative. Team Chat & Collaboration
Use Rocket.Chat insteadModern, open-source password manager with a beautiful cross-platform UI
Was a 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane alternative. Password Managers & Secrets
Use Vaultwarden insteadBPMN 2.0 workflow and decision automation engine for Java applications
Was a Workato, Tray.io alternative. Automation & iPaaS
Use n8n insteadOpen-source on-call scheduling and incident alerting for engineering teams
Was a Datadog, Pingdom alternative. Monitoring & Status Pages
Use Uptime Kuma insteadEbook and audiobook collection manager with automated downloading
Was a Plex alternative. Media Servers & Streaming
Use Jellyfin insteadOpen-source ticket management and helpdesk, a Zendesk/Jira alternative
Was a Zendesk, Jira, Freshdesk alternative. Helpdesk & Support
Use Plane insteadOpen-source form and survey builder (now archived, succeeded by Formbricks)
Was a Typeform, Google Forms, Jotform alternative. Forms & Surveys
Use Formbricks insteadSelf-hosted image hosting and sharing platform with public/private albums
Was a Google Photos alternative. Photo Management
Use Immich insteadOpen-source customer support and community knowledge base platform
Was a Zendesk, Freshdesk alternative. Helpdesk & Support
Use Chatwoot insteadStatus page and service monitoring with a self-contained binary, drop-in for Statping
Was a UptimeRobot, Statuspage, Pingdom alternative. Monitoring & Status Pages
Use Uptime Kuma insteadEnterprise open-source CRM with 100+ modules and advanced permission engine
Was a Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive alternative. CRM & Sales
Use Odoo (CRM) insteadClassic GNU mailing list manager modernized with a web interface
Was a Mailchimp, Gmail / Google Workspace alternative. Email & Newsletters
Use listmonk insteadEnd-to-end encrypted scheduling and polling tool with no database required
Was a Calendly alternative. Scheduling & Booking
Use Cal.com instead
FAQ
Why avoid archived self-hosted projects?
An archived or long-abandoned repo gets no security patches, no bug fixes, and no compatibility updates. Self-hosting it means you own those risks. Many “best of” lists are recycled and still recommend these dead projects.
How do you detect dead projects?
We pull last-commit dates and the GitHub archived flag weekly. A repo that’s archived, or hasn’t been pushed to in over a year, is marked archived here and a maintained alternative is suggested.
A project here is actually still maintained — what gives?
Maintenance can resume. We re-check weekly; if a repo becomes active again it’s automatically un-archived. If you spot one, let us know via the submit page.