A/ Curated and recommended
Alex's Collection
A deliberately short list of open-source software reviewed for real-world fit, ownership, and trade-offs.
6 published reviews
Independent editorial selection
RecommendedAn open-source control layer for Stripe-backed plans, entitlements, usage, and credits, with a simple hosted integration but a demanding full self-hosting footprint.
RecommendedA broad user-infrastructure platform spanning authentication, teams, permissions, payments, email, analytics, and secrets, with powerful scope and a correspondingly heavy trust boundary.
RecommendedA practical open-source SEO workspace and MCP surface whose self-hosting is approachable, while useful data remains dependent on paid DataForSEO and optional provider APIs.
RecommendedA self-hosted Openship feature that automates a real mail server and Zero webmail, reducing installation work without removing DNS, reputation, security, and deliverability operations.
RecommendedInspectible embedded-wallet key infrastructure that can be self-hosted, but whose custody result depends on share placement, recovery design, transport security, and operator control.
RecommendedThe still-available open-source Zero email client, whose publisher now directs the 0.email product toward Orchid; operating the repository still requires substantial OAuth, database, AI-service, and Cloudflare infrastructure.