--- title: 5 open source tools to take control of your own data description: Learn about open source tools for self-hosting and backing up your data, including containers, Syncthing, Nextcloud, Jellyfin, and home servers. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-open-source-tools-to-take-control-of-your-own-data-jti1c4gkr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 open source tools to take control of your own data | daily.dev og:description: Learn about open source tools for self-hosting and backing up your data, including containers, Syncthing, Nextcloud, Jellyfin, and home servers. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-open-source-tools-to-take-control-of-your-own-data-jti1c4gkr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JtI1C4Gkr.png og:image:alt: 5 open source tools to take control of your own data og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 open source tools to take control of your own data **[Open Source Way](https://daily.dev/sources/oss)** · 4 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn about open source tools for self-hosting and backing up your data, including containers, Syncthing, Nextcloud, Jellyfin, and home servers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#jellyfin](https://daily.dev/tags/jellyfin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/5-open-source-tools-to-take-control-of-your-own-data-jti1c4gkr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"5 open source tools to take control of your own data","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-open-source-tools-to-take-control-of-your-own-data-jti1c4gkr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-open-source-tools-to-take-control-of-your-own-data-jti1c4gkr"},"datePublished":"2023-02-24T08:03:19.280Z","dateModified":"2026-07-02T02:13:35.756Z","description":"Learn about open source tools for self-hosting and backing up your data, including containers, Syncthing, Nextcloud, Jellyfin, and home servers.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/90a6b4d7d82b5558d5d5f2944614fe13?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/90a6b4d7d82b5558d5d5f2944614fe13?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Open Source Way","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Open Source Way","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5b0ebeb91c344b78a2a92b8bc5956b97","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-open-source-tools-to-take-control-of-your-own-data-jti1c4gkr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"containers,jellyfin","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Open Source Way","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/oss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"5 open source tools to take control of your own data"}]} ```