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Cost to list: Free
Approval: Editorial review
Link type: Dofollow link; Checked on a live listing
Shows up in searches for: 1 business type; Best #5, Open-source projects
Popularity: Tranco #601,387; #1,113 of 1,712 directory sites
Countries: Worldwide

Checked Oct 20, 2026 · 3 sources

Is awesome-selfhosted worth it?

Our reading of the measured data, not a score.

For its audience

Worth it if developers are your users.

awesome-selfhosted made Google's top 10 in 1 of the 9 buyer searches we ran for the 2 business types it accepts. It didn't show up for developer tools. That's typical: directories of any kind held only 20% of the top-10 spots in those searches, so what awesome-selfhosted offers is the people who browse it directly. Listing is stated as free. Profile links are reported dofollow.

What works

Showed up in Google for Open-source projects, as high as #5
Free to list
Dofollow profile link (we checked a live listing)

Watch out for

Not in Google's top 10 for developer tools (0 of 5 searches)

Measured fit, by business type

How often awesome-selfhosted made Google's top 10 in our US buyer searches for the types it accepts.

Open-source projects 1/4

Some · best #5
Developer tools 0/5

Not seen

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Where awesome-selfhosted shows up when people search

We ran 399 real buyer searches (Google US, desktop) for 100 business types on Oct 20, 2026 and recorded which directories made the organic top 10. Local packs and ads are not counted.

awesome-selfhosted accepts 2 business types we measure. Here is every one, with what Google showed instead, so you can see where a listing would and wouldn't be found.

Open-source projects

1/4

awesome-selfhosted ranked as high as #5 in 1 of these searches. Directories of any kind held 32% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

r/selfhosted 2/4, Medium 2/4, awesome-selfhosted (GitHub) 1/4

Other sites

reddit.com, xda-developers.com, datamation.com

Searches: “open source alternative to notion”, “self hosted alternatives”, “best open source crm”, “open source alternatives” result
Developer tools

0/5

Not in the top 10 of any of these searches. Directories of any kind held 10% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

Medium 1/5, Notion Marketplace 1/5, PeerSpot 1/5

Other sites

reddit.com, speedscale.com, youtube.com

Searches: “best api testing tools”, “postman alternatives”, “best code review tools”, “best ci cd tools”, “heroku alternatives”

Bars show the searches where it made the organic top 10. "Directories" lists the tracked directories that did rank for the same searches, with their hit count. How we measure

What awesome-selfhosted costs and who can list

As stated on awesome-selfhosted's own pages or reported by a named source. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Who can list: Developer tools
Open-source projects

Census audience: self-hosted software, developers · Worldwide
Approval: Editorial review. Curated by maintainers via GitHub pull request (new software/<name>.yml in awesome-selfhosted-data) or issue; no timeframe stated. Unmaintained or non-working software may be removed. The CONTRIBUTING file asks that submissions be made by humans, not AI agents.
Link attribute: Dofollow link. We checked a live listing on Oct 20, 2026: awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/wikis.html.
Requirements: Free/open-source self-hosted software; first release more than four months old; actively maintained; working installation instructions; not already listed; YAML entry following the addition template.
Sources: github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/wikis.html
awesome-selfhosted.net

Not established: price. Prices and rules change; the linked pages are the authority.

How to get listed on awesome-selfhosted

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Prepare your details

awesome-selfhosted asks for: Free/open-source self-hosted software; first release more than four months old; actively maintained; working installation instructions; not already listed; YAML entry following the addition template.
- A public repository or published package
- README with install and usage steps
- A license file
- Whatever manifest or metadata the registry requires
- A maintainer account that can respond to issues
Our standard checklist for this kind of site (developer marketplace), not a list published by awesome-selfhosted.
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Open the submit page
github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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Approval: editorial review

Curated by maintainers via GitHub pull request (new software/<name>.yml in awesome-selfhosted-data) or issue; no timeframe stated. Unmaintained or non-working software may be removed. The CONTRIBUTING file asks that submissions be made by humans, not AI agents.
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Check the watch-outs

1 thing to know before you post.

awesome-selfhosted alternatives

Ranked by the same evidence: Google top-10 appearances for the business types awesome-selfhosted serves, then audience fit, then Tranco popularity.

Questions about awesome-selfhosted

Is awesome-selfhosted worth it for getting listed?

Worth it if developers are your users. awesome-selfhosted made Google's top 10 in 1 of the 9 buyer searches we ran for the 2 business types it accepts. It didn't show up for developer tools. That's typical: directories of any kind held only 20% of the top-10 spots in those searches, so what awesome-selfhosted offers is the people who browse it directly. Listing is stated as free. Profile links are reported dofollow. This is our reading of the measured data.

How much does a awesome-selfhosted listing cost?

Free. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Is a link from awesome-selfhosted dofollow?

Dofollow link, as reported in our census.

How do I get listed on awesome-selfhosted?

Start at github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md. Approval: editorial review (Curated by maintainers via GitHub pull request (new software/<name>.yml in awesome-selfhosted-data) or issue; no timeframe stated. Unmaintained or non-working software may be removed. The CONTRIBUTING file asks that submissions be made by humans, not AI agents.). Have your details ready first (see "How to list" above).

What are the best awesome-selfhosted alternatives?

Ranked by the same evidence: selfh.st Apps, OpenAlternative, and awesome-selfhosted (GitHub). The full list of 8 is above, with the searches each one appeared in.

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