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Developing modern web and mobile apps demands a robust backend to manage data, authentication, and other intricate processes. Although cloud services are convenient, they often result in vendor lock-in, ongoing fees, and restricted customization. Self-hosted platforms offer a strong alternative by providing a complete backend stack alongside total control over your infrastructure. This article reviews five top open-source solutions you can host yourself: ToolJet, Supabase, Appwrite, Nhost, and PocketBase. Table of Contents What is a Self-Hosted Development Platform? A self-hosted…

When you download a powerful software appliance like Proxmox VE for virtualization, TrueNAS SCALE for storage, or VyOS for networking, you are often getting more than just a single program. You are installing a complete, ready-to-run computer system that has been expertly tailored for a specific job. If you look under the hood of many of these popular appliances, you will discover a common, powerful heart: the Debian operating system. But why Debian? In a world with hundreds of Linux…

Remember that day in November 2025 when half your favorite websites just stopped working? You’d click a link, and instead of your feed, you’d get a weird error message. You’d refresh, check your Wi-Fi, and maybe even restart your phone, but nothing. For a few hours, it felt like a piece of the internet itself had just… vanished. That wasn’t your imagination. On November 18, 2025, a huge part of the online world really did go dark. And the reason…

For years, building a website involved choosing between two frustrating options: the simplicity but restrictions of hosted website builders, or the power but difficulty of open-source content management systems like WordPress. What if there was a third option? What if you could combine the visual, drag-and-drop ease of modern builders with the freedom and power of open-source software? This is the goal of Vvveb (pronounced “web”), an open-source CMS that aims to reinvent how we build websites. In an ecosystem…