Self-Host Weekly (12 June 2026)

An ode to what was, and what could have been

Weekly Highlights

Every so often, I revisit the collection of apps I monitor forselfh.st/appsto flag projects that are no longer maintained and prevent them from being recommended to readers (some day I'll get around to creating a separate view for them).

Given the relatively slow news week, I thought I'd pay tribute to a few of these projects.

In alphabetical order:

Similarly, here are a few projects that made a splash at launch but never received more than 1-2 months of development (what we'd callthe AI effecttoday):

And lastly, an honorable mention: theDumbWaresuite of apps. They aren't technically unmaintained, but much of the hype has fizzled after a short burst of app launches last year. According to the project's Discord, the developer recently had a baby and is taking time off to be present, so no shade from me.

In other news:

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MeetLeafWiki, a Markdown-based, no-frills wiki platform for individuals and small teams. Built as a straightforward alternative to existing apps likeOutline,LeafWikiboasts a simple deployment and file-based storage system that relies on a single SQLite database for metadata tracking. Other features include various access modes (internal, public read, open editing), tree navigation, manual page ordering, tags, backlinks, and concurrent editing.

LeafWikican beeasily deployed via Dockerand doesn't require any additional containers for functionality.

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