# Open Source

OpenCut is the MIT-licensed, 68k-star open-source video editor that processes everything locally — no watermarks, no subscriptions, no footage uploaded to someone else's servers. A 5,000-word dive into its Rust/WASM architecture, how it compares to CapCut, the self-host path, and what it honestly can't do yet.

"ComfyUI is the node-based king of local image and video generation — 75K stars, FLUX support, ControlNet, LoRA, batch, and a REST API. A 5,000-word deep dive: install, the node graph, a beginner walkthrough, prompt engineering, model management, a real character-sheet workflow, custom nodes, LoRA, upscaling, video, teams, troubleshooting, cost, and where your data goes."

Open WebUI turns a local Ollama instance into a multi-user ChatGPT your whole household can use — with RAG, document upload, image generation, voice, functions, and a plugin pipeline. MIT-licensed, runs offline, your data never leaves the box. A 5,000-word look at installing it, tuning it, real workflows, and where your data actually goes.

Ollama turns 'run a 27B model on your laptop' into a single command. MIT-licensed, OpenAI-compatible on :11434, and your data never leaves the box. A 5,000-word dive into what it is, how to tune it, quantization math, choosing your first model, a real day with it, troubleshooting, cost, and where your data goes.

Coolify: Self-hostable PaaS that deploys anything on your own server. The open-source alternative to Vercel with no vendor lock-in.

Immich: Self-hosted Google Photos alternative with unlimited storage, AI face recognition, and automatic mobile backup — all free.

Stirling PDF: Self-hosted PDF manipulation with 30+ tools. Merge, split, compress, convert, OCR — all free, all on your server.

Omniroute: Free, self-hosted route optimization with unlimited stops. An alternative to Route4Me that costs $0 instead of $200/month.

Chatto: A Go-powered team chat server in a single binary. No database, no Redis, no Kubernetes — just one file and a port.