Guides & playbooks
Guides, comparisons and migration playbooks for managed open-source software. By DANIAN.
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Open-source Google Photos alternatives in 2026
Immich, Lychee and Piwigo replace Google Photos with full-resolution backup and ML search you own — managed at…
Open-source stack for software agencies in 2026
Six open-source tools that replace GitHub, CI minutes, Datadog and DocuSign at a software agency — managed at …
Open-source alternatives to Intercom in 2026
Intercom's Fin charges $0.99 per resolution on top of per-seat fees. Chatwoot covers live chat and multi-chann…
Notion's 2025–26 price pivots — what teams audited
Notion's 2025–26 AI tier and per-seat changes pushed small teams to audit. Where docs, notes and KB workflows …
After X API cuts — Mastodon and Pixelfed in 2026
X's API changes pushed small newsrooms, community ops and fan groups onto Mastodon and Pixelfed. Run your own …
Atlassian Server alternatives in 2026
Atlassian Server is gone and Data Center pricing is brutal at small scale. BookStack, WikiJS, Redmine and Open…
After Pocket — self-hosted read-later in 2026
Mozilla sunset Pocket. Linkwarden, Wallabag and Shiori take over the read-later workflow with full archive own…
White-label managed stack for 3-person agencies
How a 3-person agency builds €5–15K MRR by reselling managed Mautic, Matomo, n8n and Chatwoot — wholesale €36/…
Multi-tenant n8n for agencies — what actually works
How automation agencies bundle managed n8n for clients in 2026 — per-client isolation, predictable pricing, an…
Reselling managed Matomo to clients in 2026
How analytics-savvy agencies productize managed Matomo for clients — per-site isolation, full data ownership, …
Reselling managed Mautic for small agencies
ow small marketing agencies productize managed Mautic as a recurring-revenue line — wholesale pricing, per-cli…
Open-source tools for indie podcasters in 2026
Six open-source tools for the indie podcast operator: Castopod hosting, Owncast simulcasts, Mautic newsletters…