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TECH ValidatedEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 signal · Corroborated = 2-3 · Validated = 4+ signals across 2+ platforms. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

Self hosted app finder

5
signals found
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2
platforms
which ones →
9
rivals shipping
see prices →
$4.99
cheapest rival / mo
range →

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Plex — "people still opt to pay for Plex for the updates" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Jellyfin — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
awesome-selfhosted Github repo — "influx of one-shot slopware" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
karakeep — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
paperless ngx — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

self-hosted or local-firsthuman curatedselfhosted

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $4.99-$14.99/mo · names — log in ↗

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
54 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
today · auto-refreshed every month

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What the numbers suggest

9 rivals shipping (fact bar) see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
5 signals across 2 platforms (fact bar) see posts → demand is cross-platform & independently reported.
0 new posts in the last 30 days vs 5 the month before → demand is cooling.
5 demand signals vs 9 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.

Signal history

5 posts on record since Jun 2026 — not enough to plot a trend. We plot history once a gap has 3+ posts spanning 3+ weeks.

Evidence pool

5 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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