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Best Dev Tools Apps to Self-Host (Oct 2026)
The best open-source dev tools apps you can host yourself: code-server leads. See pricing, specs and alternatives.
Quick answer: code-server is the best self-hosted Dev Tools app on PickYour.App this month — 142 000 installs and climbing. Portainer is the runner-up. Every pick below runs on your own server.
This guide covers 277 dev tools tools you can run yourself. No seat fees. No lock-in. Each app installs in one click.
277 Dev Tools apps at a glance
Ranked by real installs on PickYour.App · updated Oct 2026.
| # | App | Category | Installs | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C code-server VS Code in the browser — full IDE on any device | Dev Tools | 142 000 | €0.023/hr |
| 2 | P Portainer Docker & Kubernetes management UI | Dev Tools | 134 000 | €0.023/hr |
| 3 | N Nginx Proxy Manager Reverse proxy with free SSL in clicks | Dev Tools | 118 000 | €0.023/hr |
| 4 | U Uptime Kuma Self-hosted uptime monitoring | Dev Tools | 117 000 | €0.018/hr |
| 5 | S Sentry Error tracking & performance monitoring | Dev Tools | 92 000 | €0.092/hr |
| 6 | G Gitea Lightweight self-hosted Git service | Dev Tools | 89 000 | €0.023/hr |
| 7 | M Meilisearch Fast, typo-tolerant search API | Dev Tools | 72 000 | €0.023/hr |
| 8 | S Supabase Open-source Firebase alternative | Dev Tools | 61 000 | €0.092/hr |
| 9 | A Appsmith Build internal tools by drag & drop | Dev Tools | 58 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 10 | T ToolJet Low-code platform for internal tools | Dev Tools | 46 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 11 | B Budibase Build internal tools in minutes | Dev Tools | 36 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 12 | I Infisical Open-source secrets management platform | Dev Tools | 28 000 | €0.046/hr |
| 13 | F Forgejo Self-hosted Git, committed to freedom | Dev Tools | 26 000 | €0.023/hr |
| 14 | E Emdash Workspace Server Workspace-server daemon for Emdash — agent runtimes on a remote machine | Dev Tools | 980 | €0.023/hr |
| 15 | O OpenBao Open-source secrets & encryption (Vault fork) | Dev Tools | 900 | €0.046/hr |
| 16 | 1 1Panel Control panel for managing Linux servers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 17 | A Aastro Extensible API Gateway written in Go. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 18 | A Accent Developer-oriented translation tool. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 19 | A AdGuard Home User-friendly ads & trackers blocking DNS server. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 20 | A Adminer Database management in a single PHP file. Available for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL, Oracle, Elasticsearch, MongoDB and others. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 21 | A Algernon Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 22 | A Amgix Hybrid search engine built for flexible deployment and real-world messy data. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 23 | A AnyAppStart Basic control panel for servers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 24 | A Apache HTTP Server Secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 25 | A Apache Solr Enterprise search platform featuring full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, real-time indexing, dynamic clustering, and rich document (e.g., Word, PDF) | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 26 | A Appwrite End to end backend server for web, native, and mobile developers 🚀. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 27 | A Arcane Web-based Docker management interface | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 28 | A Atheos Web-based IDE framework with a small footprint and minimal requirements, continued from Codiad. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 29 | A Axigen Turnkey messaging solution for small & micro businesses, integration projects or test environments. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 30 | A Azimutt Visual database exploration made for real world databases (big and messy). Explore your database schema as well as data, document them, extend them and even get analysis | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 31 | B Bamboo Continuous integration server. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 32 | B Baserow Create your own database without technical experience (alternative to Airtable). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 33 | B beelzebub Honeypot framework designed to provide a highly secure environment for detecting and analyzing cyber attacks. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 34 | B Bencher Suite of continuous benchmarking tools designed to catch performance regressions in CI. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 35 | B BiblioReads Goodreads frontend focused on privacy | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 36 | B bknd Lightweight Firebase/Supabase alternative | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 37 | B blocky Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features (alternative to Pi-hole). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 38 | B BrowserStack Automate TurboScale Scalable browser automation grid on your cloud (AWS, GCP and Azure) supporting Selenium and Playwright. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 39 | B Bytebase Safe database schema change and version control for DevOps teams, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, TiDB, ClickHouse, and Snowflake. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 40 | C Caddy Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 41 | C CaddyManager Web interface for managing Caddy | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 42 | C Canary Tokens Generates lightweight, embedded honeypot triggers called canary tokens for detecting unauthorized access. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 43 | C Canine Easy-to-use and intuitive deployment platform for Kubernetes | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 44 | C CapRover App, database, and webserver deployment platform | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 45 | C Cardea SSH bastion server with access control, session recording, and optional TPM-backed key protection. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 46 | C CetusGuard Lightweight Docker socket proxy | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 47 | C Chartbrew Connect directly to databases and APIs and use the data to create beautiful charts. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 48 | C ChartDB Database diagrams editor that allows you to visualize and design your DB with a single query. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 49 | C Cloud in a Bottle Deploy, use, and share web apps on a server you control | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 50 | C CloudBeaver Manage databases, supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and more. A web/hosted version of DBeaver. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 51 | C Cloudflared Tunneling proxy for Cloudflare traffic | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 52 | C CloudPanel Server configuration and management with a focus on simplicity | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 53 | C Cloudron Open-core software allowing you to effortlessly self-host web apps on your server. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 54 | C Cluster Control Setup many databases in few clicks with monitoring, load balancing and more. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 55 | C Coder Remote development machines on your own infrastructure. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 56 | C Compose Craft Interface for managing, editing, and sharing Docker Compose files | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 57 | C Composio Integration platform for AI agents & LLMs with support for 250+ apps and custom tools. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 58 | C Container Hub Simple, lightweight UI for container registries | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 59 | C Coolify Software deployment and management platform | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 60 | C Cosmos Run server applications securely and with built-in privacy features. It acts as a secure gateway to your application, as well as a server manager. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 61 | C Cup Docker container updates made easy | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 62 | C Cupdate Zero-config service for keeping container images up-to-date | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 63 | C CyberChef Perform all manner of operations within a web browser such as AES, DES and Blowfish encryption and decryption, creating hexdumps, calculating hashes, and much more. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 64 | D Databunker Network-based, self-hosted, GDPR compliant, secure database for personal data or PII. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 65 | D datannur Lightweight data catalog for documenting and exploring structured data files and databases. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 66 | D DbGate Cross-platform database manager | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 67 | D ddclient Dynamic DNS updates across a range of services | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 68 | D degoog Search engine aggregator with plugins | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 69 | D Deployrr Automated homelab setups using Docker | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 70 | D DietPi Minimal Debian OS optimized for single-board computers, which allows you to easily install and manage several services for selfhosting at home. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 71 | D Diun Docker image update notifications | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 72 | D Dock-Dploy Visually build and manage Docker Compose files | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 73 | D Dockcheck CLI tool for Docker container updates and notifications | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 74 | D Docker Registry Browser Web interface for the Docker Registry HTTP API | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 75 | D Docker Socket Proxy Socket proxy for the Docker API | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 76 | D docker-mailserver Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container. Only configuration files, no SQL database. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 77 | D docker-staticmaps API for rendering static map images | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 78 | D Dockerizalo Simple container deployment and management platform | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 79 | D DockFlare Cloudflare Tunnel controller | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 80 | D Dockge Easy-to-use docker compose stack manager | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 81 | D Dockhand Docker management and orchestration app | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 82 | D Docking Station Web app for managing and updating Docker containers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 83 | D Dockman Docker Compose file simplification | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 84 | D DockSTARTer DockSTARTer helps you get started with home server apps running in Docker. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 85 | D Dockwatch Simple UI for managing container updates and notifications | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 86 | D Doco-CD Docker Compose continuous deployment | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 87 | D Dokku Open source platform-as-a-service | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 88 | D Dokploy Application deployment and management platform | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 89 | D Doku Lightweight web app for analyzing Docker disk usage | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 90 | D Dozzle Real-time log viewer for Docker containers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 91 | D drawDB Browser-based visual and DBML database diagram editor and SQL generator for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, MSSQL and Oracle. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 92 | D DreamFactory Turns any SQL/NoSQL/Structured data into Restful API. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 93 | D Dropserver An application platform for your personal web services. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 94 | D Dufs Static file server with uploads, searching, and access control | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 95 | D DumbWhoIs Stupidly simple WHOIS, IP, and ASN lookups | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 96 | D DweebUI Management interface for Docker containers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 97 | E Easypanel Modern server control panel powered by Docker. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 98 | E Eclipse Che Open source workspace server and cloud IDE. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 99 | E eddrit Lightweight alternative frontend for Reddit | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 100 | E ElasticSearch Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 101 | E Engity's Bifröst Highly customizable SSH server with several ways to authorize a user and options where and how to execute a user's session. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 102 | E Evidence Code-based BI tool. Write reports using SQL and markdown and they render as a website. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 103 | F Featbit Enterprise-grade feature flag platform that you can self-host. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 104 | F Ferron Fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 105 | F Fess Powerful and easily deployable Enterprise Search Server. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 106 | F Firezone Secure remote access gateway that supports the WireGuard protocol. It offers a Web GUI, 1-line install script, multi-factor auth (MFA), and SSO. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 107 | F Flagsmith Dashboard, API and SDKs for adding Feature Flags to your applications (alternative to LaunchDarkly). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 108 | F Flipt Feature flag solution with support for multiple data backends (alternative to LaunchDarkly). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 109 | F form.io A REST API building platform that utilizes a drag & drop form builder, and is application framework agnostic. Contains open source and enterprise version. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 110 | F FreedomBox Community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software for private, personal, communications. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 111 | F Fusio API management platform which helps to build and manage REST APIs. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 112 | G GLAuth LDAP authentication server for developers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 113 | G GO Feature Flag Simple, complete, and lightweight feature flag solution (alternative to LaunchDarkly). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 114 | G go-doxy Lightweight, simple, and performant reverse proxy with WebUI, Docker integration, automatic shutdown/startup for container based on traffic. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 115 | G Graphweaver Turn multiple data sources into a single GraphQL API. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 116 | G Gravity DNS and DHCP server with ad-blocking | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 117 | G Guacamole Clientless remote desktop gateway supporting standard protocols like VNC and RDP. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 118 | H Halo A powerful and easy-to-use website building tool (documentation in Chinese). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 119 | H HAProxy Very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 120 | H Hasura Fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on Postgres with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 121 | H HomelabOS Offline privacy-centric data-center. Deploy over 100 services with a few commands. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 122 | H HomeServerHQ All-in-one home server infrastructure and installer. Have a fully configured email server, VPN, and public website(s) set up in less than an hour, even behind CGNAT. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 123 | H Hook0 Webhooks-as-a-service (WaaS) that makes it easy for online products to provide webhooks. Dispatch up to 3,000 events/month with 7 days of history retention for free. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 124 | H Hopp Remote pair programming app with low-latency 4K screen sharing, drawing, and remote control, with clients for macOS and Windows (alternative to Tuple, Pop, Drovio | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 125 | H Hoppscotch Community Edition Fast and beautiful API request builder. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 126 | H Hyvor Relay E-mail API for developers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 127 | I InfluxDB Scalable datastore for metrics and real-time analytics | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 128 | I Installatron One-click web solution for effortless application management | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 129 | I IT Tools Collection of handy online tools for developers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 130 | J Judge0 CE API to compile and run source code. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 131 | J JupyterLab Web-based environment for interactive and reproducible computing. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 132 | K Kasm Workspaces Streaming containerized apps and desktops to end-users. Examples include Ubuntu in your browser, or simply single apps such as Chrome, OpenOffice, Gimp, Filezilla etc. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 133 | K Komodo Build and deploy software on multiple servers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 134 | K Kong Microservice API Gateway and Platform. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 135 | K KrakenD API gateway for microservices and communications | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 136 | K Kubero Self-hosted PaaS running on Kubernetes | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 137 | L LibreDB Studio Browser-based SQL IDE for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse, DuckDB and more, with SSO, audit trail, ER diagrams and optional AI | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 138 | L LibreServer Home server configuration based on Debian. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 139 | L Lighttpd Secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 140 | L Limbas Database framework for creating database-driven business applications. As a graphical database frontend, it enables the efficient processing of data stocks and the | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 141 | L LiveCodes Feature-rich client-side code playground for React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Typescript, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP and 90+ other languages. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 142 | L LogForge Service monitoring dashboard for Docker containers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 143 | L LoggiFly Docker container log monitoring and notifications | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 144 | L Lowdefy Build internal tools, BI dashboards, admin panels, CRUD apps and workflows in minutes using YAML / JSON. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 145 | L Lura High-performance API Gateway. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 146 | M Mailpit Email testing tool and API for developers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 147 | M Manticore Search Full-text search and data analytics, with fast response time for small, medium and big data (alternative to Elasticsearch). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 148 | M Mathesar Intuitive UI to manage data collaboratively, for users of all technical skill levels. Built on Postgres – connect an existing DB or set up a new one. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 149 | M Maza ad blocking Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 150 | M Meme Search AI-powered meme search engine. Automatically extracts descriptions from images using vision-language models, then indexes with vector embeddings for semantic and keyword | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 151 | M MeshCentral Run your own web server to remotely manage and control computers on a local network or anywhere on the internet. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 152 | M Middleware Manager Traefik middleware, router, and server manager | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 153 | M MindsDB AI layer for existing databases that allows you to effortlessly develop, train and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models using standard queries. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 154 | M Moon Efficient Selenium protocol implementation running everything in Kubernetes or Openshift. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 155 | M Mother-of-All-Self-Hosting Ansible playbook which helps you host services as Docker containers on your own server. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 156 | M MyIP All in one IP Toolbox. Easy to check what's your IPs, IP geolocation, check for DNS leaks, examine WebRTC connections, speed test, ping test, MTR test, check website | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 157 | M MySpeed Speed test analysis software that shows your internet speed for up to 30 days. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 158 | N NextCloudPi Nextcloud preinstalled and preconfigured, with a text and web management interface and all the tools needed to self host private data. With installation images for | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 159 | N Nexterm Server management software for SSH, VNC, and RDP | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 160 | N NGINX HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server, and generic TCP/UDP proxy server. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 161 | N Nginx UI Yet another NGINX web interface | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 162 | N nginx-proxy Automated proxy for Docker containers | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 163 | N Nimtable Web interface for Apache Iceberg | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 164 | N Nirvati Easily 1-click spin up popular self-hosted apps from a convenient web interface. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 165 | N Nixopus Deploy, manage, and scale infrastructure | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 166 | N Nona Remote configuration and feature flag service with a single REST API, multiple environments, and official JavaScript and .NET clients (alternative to Firebase Remote | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 167 | N NPMplus Nginx Proxy Manager with improvements | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 168 | N Numa Ad-blocking DNS resolver with DNSSEC-validating recursive resolution, DoH/DoT/Oblivious DoH, ephemeral overrides, and local service domains, in a single Rust binary | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 169 | O OAuth2 Proxy Reverse proxy and authentication middleware | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 170 | O Octelium Unified zero trust secure access platform | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 171 | O Openchangelog Easy to configure and self-hostable changelog website | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 172 | O OpenPanel Powerful and flexible web hosting control panel for Linux | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 173 | O OpenSearch Distributed and RESTful search engine. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 174 | O Opik Evaluate, test, and ship LLM applications with a suite of observability tools to calibrate language model outputs across your dev and production lifecycle. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 175 | O OrcaQ Modern database client and IDE for managing, querying, and exploring multiple database types with built-in AI assistant. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 176 | O OwnTracks Frontend Advanced interface for the OwnTracks ecosystem | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 177 | O Oxker Manage and control Docker containers from the terminal | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 178 | P pad.ws Whiteboard IDE in the browser | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 179 | P Para Flexible and modular backend framework/server for object persistence, API development and authentication. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 180 | P PatchPanda Docker Compose stack update manager | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 181 | P penpot Web-based design and prototyping platform meant for cross-domain teams. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 182 | P pgAdmin Administration and development platform for PostgreSQL | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 183 | P pgweb Simple web-based PostgreSQL database explorer | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 184 | P phpMyAdmin Web interface for MySQL and MariaDB | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 185 | P Pi-hole Blackhole for Internet advertisements with a GUI for management and monitoring. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 186 | P PlugNPiN Automatically scrapes containers with specific labels and creates local DNS/CNAME entries in Pi-Hole/AdGuard Home and proxy hosts in Nginx Proxy Manager. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 187 | P PocketBase Backend for your next SaaS and Mobile app in one file. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 188 | P Pomerium Identity-aware reverse proxy, successor to now obsolete oauthproxy. It inserts an OAuth step before proxying your request to the backend, so that you can safely expose | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 189 | P Portall Generate, track, and organize container ports across multiple hosts | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 190 | P portracker Real-time port monitoring and discovery | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 191 | P Poste.io Full-featured solution for your Email server. Native implementation of last anti-SPAM methods, webmail and easy administration included. Free tier available. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 192 | P ProxCenter Modern web interface for Proxmox | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 193 | P PruneMate Docker image and resource cleanup helper | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 194 | R Rackula Drag-and-drop server rack visualizer | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 195 | R Redict Distributed key/value store and independent fork of Redis | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 196 | R Redlib An alternative private front-end to Reddit, with its origins in Libreddit. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 197 | R RepoFlow Simplify package management for npm, PyPI, Docker, Go, Helm, and more. Try it for free with 10GB storage, 10GB bandwidth, 100 packages, and unlimited users in the cloud | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 198 | R Request Inbox Collect and inspect HTTP requests for testing and debugging. Create and manage inboxes, capture detailed request data, configure custom responses. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 199 | R Requestly Developer tool for building, testing, and debuging web apps | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 200 | R RStudio Server Web browser based IDE for R. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 201 | S Sablier Start, stop, and shut down containers on demand | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 202 | S Saltcorn No-code database application builder for web and mobile applications. One platform for user interface, data backend, durable workflows, email, PDF generation, and AI | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 203 | S Sandstorm Personal server for running self-hosted apps easily and securely. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 204 | S SearXNG Internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases (Fork of Searx). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 205 | S seelf Lightweight self-hosted deployment platform written in Go | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 206 | S Self Host Blocks Modular server management based on NixOS modules and focused on best practices. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 207 | S Semaphore Open source CI/CD platform | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 208 | S Sentry Self-Hosted Powerful error tracking platform with wide language support and a robust API. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 209 | S SerpBear Search engine position tracking and keyword research | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 210 | S ShellHub Modern SSH server for remotely accessing linux devices via command line (using any SSH client) or web-based user interface (alternative to sshd). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 211 | S ShipShipShip Lightweight changelog and roadmap platform | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 212 | S Silex No-code tool for building websites | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 213 | S Soft Serve Self-hostable git server for the command line | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 214 | S SonarQube Automated code quality and security analysis | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 215 | S SparkView Browser-based remote access solution. No VPN client; just deploy the software in the DMZ. Access VMs, desktops, servers, and apps anytime, anywhere, without complex and | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 216 | S Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ HTML5 Network Performance Estimation Tool. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 217 | S Speedtest Tracker Monitor the performance and uptime of your internet connection. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 218 | S SQLPage SQL-only dynamic website builder. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 219 | S Sshwifty Sshwifty is a SSH and Telnet connector made for the Web. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 220 | S StackRender Database schema design and SQL migration generator supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, SQL Server, and Oracle. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 221 | S StartOS Browser-based, graphical Operating System (OS) that makes running a personal server as easy as running a personal computer. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 222 | S Static Web Server Cross-platform, high-performance, and asynchronous web server for static file serving. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 223 | S step-ca Online certificate authority | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 224 | S Storybook Build UI components and pages in isolation | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 225 | S Svix Webhooks as a service that makes it super easy for API providers to send webhooks. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 226 | S SWAG (Secure Web Application Gateway) Nginx webserver and reverse proxy with PHP support, built-in Certbot (Let's Encrypt) client and fail2ban integration. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 227 | S Syncloud OS with an app store and automatic updates for apps such as Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Bitwarden and Paperless, including HTTPS, a domain name and remote access without a | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 228 | T Teable No-code database built on PostgreSQL | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 229 | T Technitium DNS Server Authoritative/recursive DNS server with ad blocking functionality. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 230 | T Termix Clientless web-based server management platform with SSH terminal, tunneling, and file editing capabilities. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 231 | T Tether User-friendly Traefik management interface | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 232 | T Tinyauth Simple authentication middleware for reverse proxies | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 233 | T Tipi Homeserver manager. One command setup, one click installs for your favorites self-hosted apps. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 234 | T Tolgee Developer & translator friendly web-based localization platform enabling users to translate directly in the app they develop. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 235 | T Traduora Translation management platform for teams. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 236 | T Traefik HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 237 | T Traefik Manager Clean web interface for managing Traefik | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 238 | T traefik-kop Single public-facing Traefik instance for Kubernetes | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 239 | T TrailBase Open, sub-millisecond, single-executable FireBase alternative with type-safe REST & realtime APIs, built-in JS/TS runtime, auth & admin UI. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 240 | T Tugtainer Automated Docker container backups | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 241 | T Tyk Fast and scalable open source API Gateway. Out of the box, Tyk offers an API Management Platform with an API Gateway, API Analytics, Developer Portal and API Management | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 242 | T Typesense Blazing fast, typo-tolerant open source search engine optimized for developer happiness and ease of use. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 243 | U UBOS Linux distro that runs on indie boxes (personal servers and IoT devices). Single-command installation and management of apps - Jenkins, Mediawiki, Owncloud, WordPress | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 244 | U UI Bakery Build internal tools, customer portals, and CRUD apps quickly. Configure scheduled jobs and webhooks. Create structure and manage data through a GUI. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 245 | U Umbrel A beautiful personal server OS for self-hosting. Install on a Raspberry Pi 4 or Ubuntu/Debian. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 246 | U Unbound Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 247 | U Uncloud Lightweight clustering and container orchestration tool | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 248 | U Unraid Linux-based operating system designed to run on home media server setups. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 249 | U Unregistry Internal container image registry | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 250 | U Upsnap A simple Wake on LAN (WOL) dashboard app. Wake up devices on your network and see current status. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 251 | U Usertour User onboarding platform allowing you to create in-app product tours, checklists, and surveys in minutes effortlessly. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 252 | U UUSEC WAF Industry-leading high-performance, AI and semantic technology web application firewall and API security gateway (fork of nginx). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 253 | V Valkey In-memory key-value database | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 254 | V Vinyl Cache Web application accelerator/caching HTTP reverse proxy (formerly Varnish). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 255 | V Visual DB Web interface for databases | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 256 | V Vito Manage server and deploy apps from the web | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 257 | W Wakupator Wake On LAN Machine Manager based on network traffic. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 258 | W Warpgate Fully transparent SSH, HTTPS, Kubernetes, MySQL and Postgres bastion/PAM that doesn't need additional client-side software. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 259 | W WebHook Tester Powerful tool for testing WebHooks and more. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 260 | W Weblate Web-based translation tool with tight version control integration. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 261 | W Webmin Powerful server management control panel | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 262 | W Websoft9 GitOps-driven, multi-application hosting for cloud servers and home servers, one-click deployment of 200+ open source apps. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 263 | W WebSSH Browser-based SSH and SFTP workspace | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 264 | W Websurfx Aggregate results from other search engines (metasearch engine) without ads while keeping privacy and security in mind. It is extremely fast and provides a high level of | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 265 | W WeTTY Terminal access in browser over HTTP/HTTPS | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 266 | W WhoDB Lightweight next-gen database explorer | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 267 | W whois WHOIS/RDAP query API for domains, IP addresses, CIDR prefixes and ASNs, with unified JSON output, caching, API key authentication, batch queries and MCP support for AI | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 268 | W Woodpecker CI Simple yet powerful CI/CD engine with extensibility | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 269 | W WUD Notifications for Docker image updates | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 270 | X XPipe Connection hub for SSH, VNC, RDP, and more | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 271 | X XRSH XR-friendly shells in the browser | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 272 | X xsrv Install and manage self-hosted services/applications, on your own server(s). | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 273 | Y Yacht Web interface for managing docker containers with templating and 1-click deployments | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 274 | Y Yacy Peer based, decentralized search engine server. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 275 | Y YunoHost Server operating system aiming to make self-hosting accessible to everyone. | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 276 | Z ZaneOps Platform for deploying static sites, web apps, databases, and CRON jobs | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
| 277 | Z Zoraxy General purpose reverse proxy and forwarding tool for networking noobs | Dev Tools | 0 | €0.018/hr |
Best Dev Tools apps, reviewed
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code-server
Dev Tools · 142 000 installs
Built around its core job, code-server stays out of your way. Spec: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 25 GB disk. Most people start here.
- Does: the core dev tools job.
- Runs on: 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 25 GB — about €0.023/hr on Pay as you go.
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Portainer
Dev Tools · 134 000 installs
Portainer covers the essentials without demanding a manual. Spec: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 25 GB disk. Some teams prefer this one.
- Does: the core dev tools job.
- Runs on: 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 25 GB — about €0.023/hr on Pay as you go.
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Nginx Proxy Manager
Dev Tools · 118 000 installs
Nginx Proxy Manager covers the essentials without demanding a manual. Spec: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 25 GB disk. A solid niche pick.
- Does: the core dev tools job.
- Runs on: 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 25 GB — about €0.023/hr on Pay as you go.
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Uptime Kuma
Dev Tools · 117 000 installs
Uptime Kuma covers the essentials without demanding a manual. Spec: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB disk. Climbing steadily.
- Does: the core dev tools job.
- Runs on: 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 15 GB — about €0.018/hr on Pay as you go.
How we ranked these apps
The order comes from our provisioning log. It counts real installs, refreshed weekly.
What it costs to run
The software is free. You only pay for the server. Peak spec in this list: 4 vCPU / 8 GB, near €0.092/hour. Pausing stops the meter. The install wizard pre-sizes the server for you.
Which Dev Tools app should you pick?
- You want the safe bet? code-server — the most installed pick here.
- You prefer the lighter option? Portainer — a close second, some teams like it more.
- Tight budget? Uptime Kuma runs on 1 vCPU / 1 GB — the cheapest server here.
- Not sure yet? Install the leader, try it for an hour, pause the server. You pay cents.
Free software, not free servers
Open-source means no licence fee. The server is the only bill.
Watch transfer if you serve big files. The catalog lists each app's needs.
Verdict
code-server takes the top spot, with Portainer as the alternative. Your first hour on it costs less than a coffee.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best dev tools app?
code-server leads this category on PickYour.App. Teams pick code-server when they need the basics done well. It runs comfortably on 1 vCPU / 2 GB here.
Can I use these tools for free?
Yes. Every app here is open-source. You only pay for the server — from €0.018 per hour, and pausing stops the meter.
How much does a dev tools server cost?
About €0.092/hour for the biggest spec in this list. Smaller apps run on less.
Which one is easiest to start?
Uptime Kuma — it needs the smallest server (1 vCPU / 1 GB). The install wizard sets it up in one click.
Ready to self-host?
Pick an app, we handle the server, domain and HTTPS.
Generated 2026-10-22 from live catalog data · all guides