selfh.st Apps listing

Directory of self-hosted apps.

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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 #1, Open-source projects
Popularity: Tranco #162,469; #847 of 1,712 directory sites
Countries: Worldwide

Checked Oct 20, 2026 · 3 sources

Is selfh.st Apps worth it?

Our reading of the measured data, not a score.

For its audience

Worth it if developers are your users.

selfh.st Apps 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 selfh.st Apps 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 #1
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 selfh.st Apps made Google's top 10 in our US buyer searches for the types it accepts.

Open-source projects 1/4

Some · best #1
Developer tools 0/5

Not seen

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Where selfh.st Apps 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.

selfh.st Apps 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

selfh.st Apps ranked as high as #1 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 selfh.st Apps costs and who can list

As stated on selfh.st Apps'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
Pricing: Free

Organic listing is free (curated); paid sponsor placements exist (entries flagged data-track-sponsor=1, UTM-tagged), sponsor pricing not published.
Approval: Editorial review. Curated by the maintainer: FAQ says 'reach out and share the details of your project'; submit form offers a 'selfh.st/apps (Directory)' option. Directory updates every morning around 5AM EST.
Link attribute: Dofollow link. We checked a live listing on Oct 20, 2026: selfh.st/apps.
Requirements: Self-hosted software project (companion apps must extend or help manage self-hosted software and not be a core service of the original project).
Note: JS-rendered directory, no per-app pages; project links (e.g. https://n8n.io/?ref=selfh.st) have no rel attribute.
Sources: selfh.st/apps-about
selfh.st/submit
selfh.st/apps

Prices and rules change; the linked pages are the authority.

How to get listed on selfh.st Apps

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Prepare your details

selfh.st Apps asks for: Self-hosted software project (companion apps must extend or help manage self-hosted software and not be a core service of the original project).
- 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 selfh.st Apps.
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Open the submit page
selfh.st/submit
3

Approval: editorial review

Curated by the maintainer: FAQ says 'reach out and share the details of your project'; submit form offers a 'selfh.st/apps (Directory)' option. Directory updates every morning around 5AM EST.
4

Check the watch-outs

1 thing to know before you post.

selfh.st Apps alternatives

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

Questions about selfh.st Apps

Is selfh.st Apps worth it for getting listed?

Worth it if developers are your users. selfh.st Apps 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 selfh.st Apps 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 selfh.st Apps listing cost?

Free. What we found: Organic listing is free (curated); paid sponsor placements exist (entries flagged data-track-sponsor=1, UTM-tagged), sponsor pricing not published.. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Is a link from selfh.st Apps dofollow?

Dofollow link, as reported in our census.

How do I get listed on selfh.st Apps?

Start at selfh.st/submit. Approval: editorial review (Curated by the maintainer: FAQ says 'reach out and share the details of your project'; submit form offers a 'selfh.st/apps (Directory)' option. Directory updates every morning around 5AM EST.). Have your details ready first (see "How to list" above).

What are the best selfh.st Apps alternatives?

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

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