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Products that do what GitHub does

An ultra-lightweight, GitOps-first self-hosted PaaS.

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Application Hosting by Kinsta▲84
A developer-focused app PaaS (platform as a service)
2022
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AnySites▲12
Deploy full-stack apps from Git in minutes.
Jul 2026 · anysites.app
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FasterGH▲260
Fast GitHub browsing experience
Mar 2026
4IC
I created a URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub Pages▲355
2020 · github.com
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Board For GitHub▲293
A webview based GitHub project app with native features
2017
6PJ
Pygit – Just enough git to push itself to GitHub▲208
2017 · benhoyt.com
7SS
Sorcia – Self-hosted web front end for Git repositories, written in Go▲100
2020 · git.mysticmode.org
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GitHired▲360
Find your next 10x Engineer by proof of work, not keywords
Dec 2025
9GA
Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust▲334
What works now: user signups, org creations, private/public repos, and importing GitHub repositories (both as read-only mirrors and full migrations). So basically, you can create, push and pull to a repo, but we don't have many features quite yet (issues, PRs, CI). What is a bit unique is: 1) we built it in Rust and 2) the website is a little odd. Its design is inspired by CLIs (e.g., fzf, broot, vim) instead of web apps, and as such, lacks some affordances that you might typically expect in favor of keyboard-driven instant navigations (we have the very ambitious goal of an FCP of…
Jun 2026 · gitdot.io
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StaticBackend▲118
Low code self-hosted backend API to build web apps
2023
11AG
A GitOps development environment in the comfort of your own localhost▲63
2020 · kubestack.com
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Hyperform▲185
Host your websites, APIs and apps serverlessly
2021
13GT
Gitorials – Tutorials as Git Repos▲147
2017 · gitorials.com
14PA
Pbnj – A minimal, self-hosted pastebin you can deploy in 60 seconds▲69
I'm sure folks here have seen pastebins a thousand times. There's no innovation left in this space – and that's kind of the point. When I wanted to self-host a pastebin, every option I found was too much. Git-based version control, OAuth, elaborate admin panels. I just wanted something I could deploy in under a minute with a CLI that actually works. So I built pbnj (yes, like the sandwich). What it is: - A minimal, beautiful pastebin with syntax highlighting for 100+ languages - One-click deploy to Cloudflare (free tier gives you ~100,000 pastes) - CLI-first: pbnj file.py → get a URL, copied…
Dec 2025 · pbnj.sh
15
GitHuman▲91
Decentralized alternative to GitHub and GitLab
2019
16
Taska▲156
A beautifully designed Mac app for GitHub & GitLab issues
2025
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GitPoint▲92
GitHub in your pocket
2017
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GetGit▲85
Simple Git hosting
2019
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YunoHost▲82
Self-hosting for everyone
2021
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PATR▲129
Deploy your web application in 60 seconds
2022
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Github Enterprise 2.0▲141
A faster, more flexible GitHub Enterprise.
2014
22HT
How to Use GitHub Gists as a Free Headless CMS▲39
2019 · epiphany.pub
23MA
Mist – a lightweight, self-hosted PaaS▲14
Hi HN, We’re building Mist, a lightweight, self-hosted PaaS for running and managing applications on your own servers. We started Mist because we wanted a middle ground between raw VPS management and heavy, all-in-one platforms. Existing PaaS solutions often felt too complex or resource-intensive for small servers, homelabs, and side projects. We wanted something that keeps the PaaS experience but stays simple and predictable. Our goals with Mist are: - A simple PaaS to deploy and manage apps on your own infrastructure - HTTPS, routing, and app access handled automatically - Low resource…
Jan 2026 · trymist.cloud
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Gitploy▲93
Build the deployment system around GitHub in minutes.
2021

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