Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fog Machine – Making hosting servers from home more accessible launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sandstorm.io▲101

   A better way to run a personal server

   2015 · sandstorm.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Boundary Free▲74

   Server and App Monitoring

   2014 · domaineasy.com · its alternatives →

3. 3SC
   Server configuration made easy▲9

   2014 · manageacloud.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   bawkterm: an open-source SSH/sFTP client▲66

   A desktop client for SSH, SFTP, Docker over SSH

   24d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5EA
   Ebbflow – A Multi-Cloud Load Balancer and SSH Proxy. Host from Anywhere▲7

   2020 · ebbflow.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Gatekeeper, a hobbyist DHCP server written Go▲7

   2022 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

7. 7PF
   PubStorm – Free CLI-based static web hosting with Let's Encrypt support▲9

   2016 · pubstorm.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   ZPan▲4

   A self-host cloud disk base on the cloud storage

   2020 · zpan.space · its alternatives →

9. 9SL
   ServerSlide - Lua Cloud Application Platform▲8

   2011 · serverslide.com · its alternatives →

10. 10SH
    Shared Hosting Intrusion Detection Service▲9

    2016 · monitorwebsitefilechanges.cloud · its alternatives →

11. 11
    FaaS-netes – Porting Serverless FaaS to K8s▲5

    2017 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AG
    Automatic Ghost Blog Hosting▲9

    2014 · ghost.3942.pw · its alternatives →

13. 13DV
    Dedicated VPN Server(s) with Tor Bridges and a Tiny Hardware Client▲5

    2018 · blackholecloud.com · its alternatives →

14. 14KA
    KitchenSync, a secure home cloud to support myself during university▲6

    2012 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

15. 15SA
    Sorcia – a Federated Git hosting engine▲7

    2020 · sorcia.org · its alternatives →

16. 16MS
    Micro Server – run and manage microservices locally and in the cloud▲6

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    An Useful MCP Server▲8

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18RA
    Ranvier, a Node.js based telnet MUD codebase▲5

    2017 · ranviermud.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    VPS marketplace for 5 Clouds in Yer Terminal▲6

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20VM
    Volatile messaging (self hosted and open source)▲5

    2014 · volatile-msg.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

21. 21LA
    Litewait – A Bandwidth Saving Browser▲7

    2019 · freedemo.litewait.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    New Kind of Servers Monitoring Nearing Completition (GitHub.com)▲7

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Airflow▲8

    A workflow management platform by Airbnb

    2016 · cwiki.apache.org · its alternatives →

24. 24
    borgmatic – simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers▲6

    2019 · torsion.org · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →