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. Browse by what the software does, or by the kind of business you run. Prefer to start from the tool you're replacing? See alternatives to the SaaS you rent.
Front-office software
Invoices, bookings, sales, members, rentals, the waiting-room board — the daily engine of a service business, owned outright instead of rented monthly
14 self-hosted 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 self-hosted tools →Compliance software
Consent, contracts, policies, credentials, audits — the paperwork that can sink a small business. These tools keep the records straight on your own se
10 self-hosted 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 ke
6 self-hosted tools →Field, stock & service software
Repairs, equipment lending, asset registers, replenishment, reviews — operational tools for businesses that move physical things and want the ledger k
10 self-hosted 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 public
3 self-hosted tools →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 self-hosted 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 s
6 self-hosted tools →Retail & shop software
POS with oversell-proof inventory, reorder forecasting, a queue and token display, consignment payouts, supplier contracts, and sales-tax nexus tracki
7 self-hosted tools →Restaurant & café software
Menu digitisation with your own AI key, the food-safety diary, review requests, shift rotas, timesheets, and a POS — the back office of a food busines
6 self-hosted tools →Rentals & property software
Rent posting and tenant portals, consignment-grade ledger math, maintenance work orders, permit tracking, and asset registers — for operators who keep
5 self-hosted tools →Trades & field-work software
CMMS maintenance, equipment checkout, permits and inspections, timesheets, freight-document extraction, and asset registers — tools for crews that mov
7 self-hosted tools →Office & finance software
Invoicing, expenses, bank-statement extraction, petty cash, commissions, purchase approvals, sales-tax nexus, and leave tracking — penny-exact office
8 self-hosted 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 whistleb
6 self-hosted tools →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 domain
8 self-hosted tools →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 vol
7 self-hosted tools →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 fro
8 self-hosted tools →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 p
8 self-hosted tools →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 counted
7 self-hosted tools →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 in
7 self-hosted 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 self-hosted tools →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 maintenan
8 self-hosted tools →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 self-hosted tools →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 de
8 self-hosted tools →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 rat
7 self-hosted 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 gu
6 self-hosted tools →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 self-hosted tools →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 is
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