Best Self-Hosted Remote Alternatives in 2026
Remote is a global HR platform for hiring, paying, and managing international employees and contractors with compliance.
2 Self-Hosted Alternatives to Remote
Ever Gauzy
3.6KEver Gauzy offers ERP (enterprise resource planning), CRM (customer relationship management), hrm (human resource management) as a self-hosted accounting.
Horilla
1.1KHorilla is a self-hosted hr & people management replacement for Breezy HR, Deel, and more.
Why Look for Remote Alternatives?
Remote is a global HR platform for hiring, paying, and managing international employees and contractors with compliance.
Self-hosted alternatives give you full data ownership, predictable costs, and zero vendor lock-in. You run the software on your own infrastructure and control everything.
2 Best Open-Source Alternatives to Remote
Ever Gauzy
All-in-one ERP, CRM, HRM, ATS, and PM solution. — 3,574 GitHub stars. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
Horilla
Horilla is a free, open-source HRMS that streamlines HR processes, from recruitment to offboarding, with customizable modules. — 1,098 GitHub stars. Licensed under LGPL-2.1.
Why Self-Host Instead of Remote?
- Data ownership. Your data stays on your server, not on Remote’s infrastructure.
- Predictable costs. Pay a fixed VPS cost instead of growing per-user or per-usage fees.
- No vendor lock-in. Export and migrate your data anytime. You control the database.
- GDPR and compliance. Hosting your own tools simplifies data residency and compliance requirements.
Why teams switch from Remote
- → Data ownership. Your data stays on your server -- not on Remote's infrastructure.
- → Predictable costs. Pay a fixed VPS cost instead of growing per-user or per-usage fees.
- → No vendor lock-in. Export and migrate your data anytime. You control the database.
- → GDPR and compliance. Hosting your own tools simplifies data residency and compliance requirements.
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