r/selfhosted

Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services

A place to share, discuss, discover, assist with, gain assistance for, and critique self-hosted alternatives to our favorite web apps, web services, and online tools.

Members: 857,399
Created: 2014
Posts a day: 24
Avg comments, top posts this week: 72

r/selfhosted is a Reddit community with 857,399 members, created in 2014. It averaged about 24 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 146 and an average of 72 comments each. Self, hosted and docker are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 15:00 UTC, and most often on a Friday.

Only approved members can post in r/selfhosted.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

437Which app/service/tool has become a surprise favorite of yours through selfhosting?466 comments · September 21, 2026
953Reddit will also shut down the RSS feed on November 13th. Can we please leave this shithole?345 comments · October 1, 2026
389Which small self-hosted service has stayed useful after the novelty wore off?328 comments · October 12, 2026
113Anyone else slowly moving away from complicated self-hosted setups?178 comments · October 17, 2026
423My first server was a free PC from school. Now I have 52 services. What did you start with ?173 comments · October 10, 2026
704iSponsorBlockTV is the most underrated service148 comments · October 9, 2026

Common words in titles

self 11
hosted 9
docker 5
server 5
app 4
dashboard 4
open 4
alternatives 3
big 3
homelab 3
service 3
source 3

Best time to post

15:00 UTC · 4 top posts
18:00 UTC · 3 top posts
21:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Friday · 5 top posts
Monday · 5 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

Low-Effort / Off-Topic 
Spam / Self-Promotion / Affiliate Links 
Respect / Hate-speech / Bullying / Harassment 
Blog Link Posts 
Dashboards / Companion Apps / Tools - Wednesday Exceptions 
New Projects - “New Project Megathread” Exceptions

How to post in r/selfhosted without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/selfhosted member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/selfhosted" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/",
    "name": "selfhosted",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services",
    "createdAt": "2014-07-08T09:34:14.000Z",
    "description": "A place to share, discuss, discover, assist with, gain assistance for, and critique self-hosted alternatives to our favorite web apps, web services, and online tools.",
    "subscribers": 857399
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/selfhosted

How many members does r/selfhosted have?

r/selfhosted had 857,399 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/selfhosted?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 24 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 72 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/selfhosted?

This month's top posts in r/selfhosted went up most often around 15:00 UTC, and most often on a Friday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/selfhosted data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/selfhosted for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/selfhosted/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.