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Self-hosted business software, by category

Every tool here is a one-time purchase that runs on your own server: no subscriptions, no per-seat meters, your data at home. Start from the kind of business you run, or from the software you rent today.

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Front-office software

Invoices, bookings, sales, members, rentals, the waiting-room board — the daily engine of a service business, owned outright instead of rented…

14 tools
Workforce management software

Leave balances, shift rotas, timesheets — the staff record-keeping every team needs, on your own server instead of a per-employee meter.

5 tools
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Compliance software

Consent, contracts, policies, credentials, audits — the paperwork that can sink a small business. These tools keep the records straight on your own…

10 tools
AI document tools

Point them at the paperwork you already have — receipts, statements, menus, manifests — and let the model you configure do the typing. Your own API…

6 tools
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Field, stock & service software

Repairs, equipment lending, asset registers, replenishment, reviews — operational tools for businesses that move physical things and want the ledger…

10 tools
Software for builders & product teams

The infrastructure behind this very store: sell downloads with license keys, run a catalog as your own multi-tenant SaaS, or run your product's…

3 tools
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Gym & studio software

Run a gym, yoga space, or fitness studio on software you own: memberships and check-ins, class bookings, digital waivers, staff rotas and timesheets…

7 tools
Salon & clinic software

Appointment booking, invoicing, a waiting-room token board, digital consent waivers, and review requests — the front desk of a salon, barbershop, or…

6 tools
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Retail & shop software

POS with oversell-proof inventory, reorder forecasting, a queue and token display, consignment payouts, supplier contracts, and sales-tax nexus…

7 tools
Restaurant & café software

Menu digitization with your own AI key, the food-safety diary, review requests, shift rotas, timesheets, and a POS — the back office of a food…

6 tools
Rentals & property software

Rent posting and tenant portals, consignment-grade ledger math, maintenance work orders, permit tracking, and asset registers — for operators who…

5 tools
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Trades & field-work software

CMMS maintenance, equipment checkout, permits and inspections, timesheets, freight-document extraction, and asset registers — tools for crews that…

7 tools
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Office & finance software

Invoicing, expenses, bank-statement extraction, petty cash, commissions, purchase approvals, sales-tax nexus, and leave tracking — penny-exact office…

8 tools
Software for builders & agencies

A feedback board with public roadmap, a digital-product store with license keys, a multi-tenant SaaS kit, spec-sheet extraction, and GDPR and…

6 tools
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School & training-provider software

Course and appointment bookings, a competency matrix that knows what expires when, certificates a learner or an employer can verify on your own…

8 tools
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Charity, club & association software

A membership register that knows who is in good standing and whether a motion carried, subscription invoices, signed consent forms for events, the…

7 tools
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Construction & building-trade software

Quotes that turn into jobs with real costing, permits and inspections tracked across every site, an inspection register that works out what is due…

8 tools
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Warehouse & logistics software

Packing slips and purchase orders read by your own AI key, so short shipments and price gaps surface by themselves; reorder points and days of stock…

8 tools
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Garage & vehicle-service software

The workshop from booking to invoice: quotes that become jobs on a schedule board with real costing, service-due and document-expiry reminders…

7 tools
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Event & venue software

Slots that cannot double-book, digital waivers with a minor and guardian gate, a queue and token board for the door, one page naming everyone still…

7 tools
Coworking & workspace software

Members and whether they are in good standing, meeting rooms that cannot double-book, the door sign-in that becomes the evacuation page, monthly desk…

6 tools
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Cleaning & facilities-management software

Jobs quoted, scheduled on a board and costed for real; the weekly rota with double-bookings caught; hours by site with approvals; preventive…

8 tools
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Accountancy & bookkeeping software

Bank and card statements read line by line with your own AI key and reconciled against the balance; invoices and receipts extracted and reviewed by a…

7 tools
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Hotel & hospitality software

Bookings engineered so they cannot double-book, a menu photographed and turned into POS-ready data with your own AI key, the food-safety diary with…

8 tools
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Farm & agriculture software

Preventive maintenance that fires on engine hours, distance or the calendar — whichever comes first — so the tractor is serviced by the hour meter…

7 tools
Photography & creative-studio software

Shoots booked into slots that cannot double-book, the camera and lens kit signed out with automatic overdue flags, signed releases with a minor and…

6 tools
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Driving-school software

Lessons booked without a double-booking, pupil consent signed with a minor and guardian gate, pass certificates a code can verify on your own domain…

7 tools
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IT support & managed-service software

A first-response clock that stops only when a human actually answers, the asset register behind the estate, loan kit signed out and flagged when it…

8 tools
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