Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/yourselfhosted on 2025-06-11 05:59:59+00:00.

Hey folks, there’s been some serious concern around Alist recently. The project, once fully open-source, appears to have been sold or transferred, and now includes code that silently records usage statistics—without clear disclosure or any opt‑in option. An issue was opened on GitHub (#8649), and users quickly raised the alarm when they noticed telemetry being baked in by default—steeply eroding trust in what was once a community‑driven tool.