Self-host the whole stack on your server, or skip the VPS and use our hosted apps. Same engine, two interfaces.
Free CLI, paid plugin bundles, open-source frontends. Run on a $5 VPS, a homelab, or your own datacenter. Your data, your hardware.
$ curl -sSL install.nself.org | bash
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112
plugins
47
CLI commands
$0
core cost
MIT
license
Not a trial. Not a nerfed community edition. The entire core is MIT, so you can run it in production, modify it, and sell things built on top of it.
Full Postgres with TimescaleDB, PostGIS, and pgvector. Run it on hardware you own, not hardware you rent.
Instant GraphQL API with real-time subscriptions, row-level security, and remote schemas wired automatically.
JWT authentication with 13+ OAuth providers, MFA, and WebAuthn. Sessions stay on your server.
MinIO object storage with S3-compatible API. File pipeline, image processing, and signed URLs built in.
Reverse proxy with Let's Encrypt auto-renewal. Zero manual certificate management on any domain.
Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and Alertmanager. Production observability included at no extra cost.
MIT apps you self-host on your own server. Add one product bundle, stack as many as you want. See all pricing.
Free forever
Task management. Free plugins only. Works anywhere.
Open task.nself.org$0.99/mo or $9.99/yr
Messaging with video calls, bots, and moderation.
Subscribe$0.99/mo or $9.99/yr
AI personal assistant with infinite memory on your server.
Subscribe$0.99/mo or $9.99/yr
Private family social network. Photo sharing and feeds.
Notify me$0.99/mo or $9.99/yr
Self-hosted media server, IPTV player, and recording. Live, multi-platform.
Notify me$0.99/mo or $9.99/yr
AI dev environment. Flutter desktop and mobile.
Notify meSelf-hosted is a feature, not a fallback. Side-by-side with the hosted backends people default to.
| Feature | ɳSelf | Supabase | Firebase | Nhost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | Limited | No | No | |
| Data ownership | 100% | Shared | No | No |
| Pricing | $0.99/mo bundles | $25/mo+ | Pay per use | $25/mo+ |
| License | MIT | Apache 2 | Proprietary | MIT |
One free tier with everything in it. Premium plugin bundles for the apps you actually use. ɳSelf+ if you want it all.
BUNDLE
or $9.99/yr
ɳSELF+
or $39.99/yr
25 free in the box. 87 more available with a bundle. Hand-picked highlights below.
JWT + 13 OAuth providers + WebAuthn + MFA
S3-compatible MinIO with signed URLs
Multi-provider LLM router (OpenAI, Anthropic, local)
Metrics + Grafana + Loki + Tempo
Headless CMS with rich content blocks
Subscriptions, invoicing, webhooks
WebRTC video/audio rooms
FFmpeg encoding, transcoding, thumbnails
Built by one person in Brooklyn. No investors, no VC pressure, no growth-at-all-costs. ɳSelf is MIT licensed and will stay free. Premium plugin bundles cover the cost of development. That is the whole model.
One command. Any server. macOS, Linux, or WSL.