Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Openinary – Self-hosted image processing like Cloudinary
Hi HN! I built Openinary because Cloudinary and Uploadcare lock your images and charge per request. Openinary lets you self-host a full image pipeline: transform, optimize, and cache images on your infra; S3, Cloudflare R2, or any S3-compatible storage. It’s the only self-hosted Cloudinary-like tool handling both transformations and delivery with a simple URL API (/t/w_800,h_800,f_avif/sample.jpg). Built with Node.js, Docker-ready. GitHub: https://github.com/openinary/openinary Feedback welcome; especially from Cloudinary users wanting the same UX but on…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I've been working on this for some time now, starting with vm2, then deno-core for 2 years, and recently rewrote it on rusty_v8 with Claude's help. OpenWorkers lets you run untrusted JS in V8 isolates on your own infrastructure. Same DX as Cloudflare Workers, no vendor lock-in. What works today: fetch, KV, Postgres bindings, S3/R2, cron scheduling, crypto.subtle. Self-hosting is a single docker-compose file + Postgres. Would love feedback on the architecture and what feature you'd want next.
Jan 2026 · openworkers.com · its alternatives →
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High-performance image delivery and uploading in Next.js
2022 · next.cloudinary.dev · its alternatives →
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An easier way to build applications with cloud services
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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an agentic cms self-hosted on cloudflare, for podcasts, blogs, photos, videos, documents, and curated urls. - microfeed/microfeed
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Build and automate media applications in minutes
2021 · mediaflows.cloudinary.com · its alternatives →
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I created a 100% Open source Company-wide Self-hosted File Sharing Solution for Teams Recently, I wanted to share HD images and video files with my graphic designer. She’s exceptional at her craft but isn’t familiar with AWS S3 So, I got an idea and built this. Github Repo: https://github.com/rohitg00/s3-file-share-for-free Detailed Guide: https://ghumare64.medium.com/i-built-a-company-wide-self-hos...
2024 · s3-file-share-for-free-35n2u.kinsta.app · its alternatives →
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Render▲318Hey HN, I'm Anurag, founder and CEO of Render, a cloud for application developers. We've just launched Render Workflows, a way to define durable tasks by decorating plain TypeScript or Python functions and running them on Render without operating queues, worker pools, retry logic, and state management. Code example below [1]. The use cases we have in mind include agent loops, ETL/data pipelines, billing flows, and other long-running jobs. The model is simple: mark an existing function as a Task, deploy the repo as a Workflow, then trigger runs from your application code or via our API.…
2019 · render.com · its alternatives →
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Cloud Video Management Solution, Made For & By Developers
2015 · cloudinary.com · its alternatives →
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For the last month or so I've been working on bewCloud, and today I'm making its source code public and open! Right now, the Dashboard (URLs + freeform notes), News (RSS/Atom/JSON feeds), and Contacts (CardDav) are working. If you have any suggestions, comments, or recommendations, I'd love to hear it. Thank you for your attention and kindness. I really appreciate it!
2024 · bewcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Nodrix▲76Open-source, single-tenant IoT platform that deploys to your own Cloudflare account. Hardware over HTTPS or WebSocket, realtime dashboards, automations, and a clean read API.
Jun 2026 · nodrix.live · its alternatives →
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How we built native x402 payable API support so AI agents can run simulations and pay per request — no human-in-the-loop billing setup required.
Jun 2026 · cloudworldmodel.ai · its alternatives →
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S2 was on HN for our intro blog post a year ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42480105). S2 started out as a serverless API — think S3, but for streams. The idea of streams as a cloud storage primitive resonated with a lot of folks, but not having an open source option was a sticking point for adoption – especially from projects that were themselves open source! So we decided to build it: https://github.com/s2-streamstore/s2 s2-lite is MIT-licensed, written in Rust, and uses SlateDB (https://slatedb.io) as its storage engine. SlateDB is an…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Pipedream is an integration and compute platform purpose-built for developers building workflows and connecting cloud services. You can author workflows without writing any code: Pipedream supports over 700 integrated applications (GitHub, Slack, etc) [1] and all connectors are open source [2]. In addition, you can write any Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash code within workflows, extending the pre-built integrations with your own custom logic. Since we launched Pipedream on HN [3], over 300k developers have used the product. Pipedream developers tell us consistently that they love the…
2022 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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ShowCase II▲11showcase your photos just by adding them to cloudinary.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create a serverless cloud backend with a database and API functions in few minutes! Zero maintenance required, instant provisioning, High availability & Scalability, Woldwide CDN with 113 POPs. 24/7 Professional support.
2017 · cloudbackend.appdrag.com · its alternatives →
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Clouder▲10Effortless Cloudinary Uploads, Instant Results
2024 · clouder.xnyder.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! This is Girish/Johannes from Cloudron - https://cloudron.io! We have been working on a platform that makes it easy to run apps on your server. It all started when Google Reader was shutdown :-). We initially started writing self-hosted equivalents of popular services but quickly found that there is a ton of great self-hosted software out there. It’s just a lot of work to actually run them and keep them up-to-date. The idea with Cloudron is simple: you install the Cloudron platform on your server. You can then install apps like NextCloud, GitLab, Rocket.Chat from the App…
2018 · its alternatives →
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Sink is A Simple / Speedy / Secure Link Shortener with Analytics run on Cloudflare.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built this as a small side project to learn and experiment, and I ended up with this! I used a subdomain from my personal portfolio, and everything else runs on free tiers. The project uses Nuxt, SVG, Cloudflare Workers, D1 (SQL), KV, Terraform, and some agentic coding with OpenAI Codex and Claude Code. What started as a joke among friends turned into a fun excuse to build something end to end, from zero to production, and to explore a few things I’d never touched before. I’d really appreciate any feedback or suggestions.
Jan 2026 · certificate.brendonmatos.com · its alternatives →
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