Open Source Shell Alternatives

A curated collection of the best open-source tools related to Shell. This guide highlights noteworthy options with active communities, modern features, and self-hosting support.

pi-hole

Blackhole for Internet advertisements with a GUI for management and monitoring

Medusa

Headless commerce engine that enables developers to create amazing digital commerce experiences

minio

Object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 APIs

ollama

Get up and running with Llama 3.3, DeepSeek-R1, Phi-4, Gemma 3, and other large language models

Media server for audio, video, books, comics, and photos with a sleek interface and robust transcoding capabilities. Almost all modern platforms have clients, including Roku, Android TV, iOS, and Kodi

meilisearch

Ultra relevant, instant and typo-tolerant full-text search API

CasaOS

Simple, easy-to-use, elegant Home Cloud system

caddy

Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS