wtf is selfhost.directory?

This repository is the source behind selfhost.directory, a website that catalogs thousands of open-source applications you can run on your own server instead of paying for a similar cloud subscription. As of this README, the directory covers 2,848 apps spread across 339 categories, and it refreshes automatically every 12 hours to keep star counts and version information current. The README itself doubles as a live snapshot of the site: it lists the top 50 categories by number of apps, such as Developer Tools, AI, Media Management, and Automation, and under each category shows a table of up to 30 popular projects. Each table row gives the project's name with a link both to its page on selfhost.directory and its original GitHub source, its star count, the programming language it is written in, a colored icon showing how easy it is to install, and a short description of what it does. Examples shown in the Developer Tools category include Ollama for running large language models locally, langflow for building AI applications, Stirling-PDF for working with PDF files, and code-server for self-hosting a cloud development environment, among many others. This is a directory and discovery tool rather than software you install yourself. Its purpose is to help you find a self-hostable alternative to a SaaS product, see how popular and actively maintained it is, and check roughly how hard it would be to set up before you commit to trying it. The full README is longer than what was shown.