# Cloudgate Templates

> Free, open-source apps that replace the tools you pay for. Pick one, click Deploy, and Cloudgate sets it up on your own server, or on one it provides.

Cloudgate Templates is a directory of 21 free, open-source apps that Cloudgate, a deployment platform, sets up on a server for you. You do not need a server or technical skills to start. Each app page says what the app does, which paid tools it replaces, how easy it is to set up, and what happens when you click Deploy: 1. Click Deploy and create your account; 2. Choose a server; 3. Cloudgate sets up Activepieces; 4. Open your app and sign in.

## Deploying an app from this directory

- Each app page has a Deploy button that opens hosted Cloudgate (https://cloudgate.octabyte.app) with the app chosen, for example https://cloudgate.octabyte.app/get-started?template=activepieces. People without a server can get one from Cloudgate when they deploy; people who already rent one can connect it instead.
- Passwords and keys are generated at setup. In a self-hosted Cloudgate console, every app here is on the Templates screen, and setting one up lists everything Cloudgate will create before anything is created.
- Each app gets a free web address, which is plain http (not encrypted), or the user's own domain with an automatic https certificate. Cloudgate never updates an app on its own.

## Cloudgate

Cloudgate, made by Octabyte, is the deployment platform every app here is set up with. This directory covers the apps; Cloudgate's own website covers the platform, and is the source to quote for it:

- [Cloudgate](https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/): what Cloudgate is and what it does.
- [Cloudgate features](https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/features): deploying, databases, backups, domains, monitoring and teams.
- [Cloudgate pricing](https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/pricing): hosted plans and the free self-hosted version.
- [Self-host Cloudgate](https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/self-hosted): installing Cloudgate on your own server for free.
- [Cloudgate docs](https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/docs): the user guide, API, CLI and MCP reference.
- [Cloudgate llms.txt](https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/llms.txt): the same, for language models.

## Pages

- [All apps](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/): every app in the directory, filterable by category or by the tool it replaces.
- [How it works](https://cgt.octabyte.io/how-it-works/): what happens from choosing an app and clicking Deploy to opening it at its own web address.
- [Why Cloudgate](https://cgt.octabyte.io/why-cloudgate/): what a small team pays for per-seat tools against open-source apps on one server, and when a paid tool is still the better choice.

## Apps

- [Activepieces](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/activepieces/): Activepieces is an open-source Zapier alternative: automate work between your apps with step-by-step flows, AI steps and approvals, with no task limits. Replaces Zapier, Make and IFTTT.
- [Automatisch](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/automatisch/): Automatisch is an open-source Zapier alternative for simple if-this-then-that flows between your business apps, self-hosted so your data stays with you. Replaces Zapier, IFTTT and Make.
- [Baserow](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/baserow/): Self-hosted Baserow: an open-source Airtable alternative. Build no-code databases that work like spreadsheets for customers, projects and stock. Replaces Airtable.
- [Cal.com](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/calcom/): Self-hosted Cal.com, the open-source Calendly alternative: let clients book meetings from a link that checks your calendar, for freelancers and teams. Replaces Calendly.
- [Chatwoot](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/chatwoot/): Self-hosted Chatwoot: an open-source Intercom and Zendesk alternative that puts website chat, email, WhatsApp and social messages in one shared inbox. Replaces Intercom and Zendesk.
- [Ghost](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/ghost/): Self-hosted Ghost, the open-source Substack alternative: publish a blog and paid newsletter on your own domain, with members and Stripe payments. Replaces Substack, Medium, Mailchimp and Squarespace.
- [Gitea](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/gitea/): Self-hosted Gitea: an open-source GitHub alternative for private code hosting, code reviews, issue tracking and automatic builds, for small software teams. Replaces GitHub and Bitbucket.
- [Immich](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/immich/): Self-hosted Immich: an open-source Google Photos alternative that backs up phone photos and videos automatically and finds any picture by face or place. Replaces Google Photos and iCloud Photos.
- [listmonk](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/listmonk/): Self-hosted listmonk, the open-source Mailchimp alternative: send newsletters and email campaigns to lists of any size, with no fee per subscriber. Replaces Mailchimp.
- [Matomo](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/matomo/): Self-hosted Matomo: the open-source Google Analytics alternative with goals, funnels and e-commerce reports, and your visitors' data kept on your server. Replaces Google Analytics.
- [Mattermost](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/mattermost/): Self-hosted Mattermost: open-source team chat with channels, threads and file sharing. A free Slack alternative that keeps your history on your server. Replaces Slack and Microsoft Teams.
- [Metabase](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/metabase/): Self-hosted Metabase: open-source business intelligence and a free Tableau or Looker alternative. Build charts and dashboards from your data, no SQL needed. Replaces Tableau and Looker.
- [n8n](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/n8n/): Self-hosted n8n: automate work between your apps with drag-and-drop workflows and AI steps, with no task limits. A fair-code alternative to Zapier and Make. Replaces Zapier, Make and IFTTT.
- [Nextcloud](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/nextcloud/): Self-hosted Nextcloud: an open-source Google Drive and Dropbox alternative to store, sync and share files, calendars and contacts on your own server. Replaces Google Drive and Dropbox.
- [NocoDB](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/nocodb/): Self-hosted NocoDB: a no-code database that works like a spreadsheet, with linked tables and kanban, calendar and form views. A fair-code Airtable alternative. Replaces Airtable.
- [Outline](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/outline/): Self-hosted Outline: a fast team wiki and knowledge base, and a Notion and Confluence alternative, where your team writes and finds its documents. Replaces Notion and Confluence.
- [Plausible Analytics](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/plausible/): Self-hosted Plausible Analytics: a simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative for small businesses. No cookies, so no cookie banner needed. Replaces Google Analytics.
- [Umami](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/umami/): Self-hosted Umami: open-source, cookie-free website analytics and a light Google Analytics alternative. Track many sites from one simple dashboard. Replaces Google Analytics.
- [Uptime Kuma](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/uptime-kuma/): Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted uptime monitor: get an alert the moment your website goes down and show customers a status page. Free, open source. Replaces Pingdom and Statuspage.
- [Vaultwarden](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/vaultwarden/): Self-hosted Vaultwarden: an open-source password manager for your team that works with the free Bitwarden apps. A private 1Password or LastPass alternative. Replaces 1Password and LastPass.
- [WordPress](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/wordpress/): Self-hosted WordPress, the open-source Wix and Squarespace alternative: build a website, blog or online shop with themes and thousands of plugins. Replaces Wix, Squarespace and Medium.

## Alternatives

- [Self-hosted alternatives to Zapier](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/zapier/): n8n, Activepieces and Automatisch, for connecting your tools.
- [Self-hosted alternatives to Make](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/make/): n8n, Activepieces and Automatisch, for automating work between apps.
- [Self-hosted alternatives to IFTTT](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/ifttt/): Activepieces, Automatisch and n8n, for simple if-this-then-that automations.
- [Self-hosted alternatives to Notion](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/notion/): Outline, for team docs and wikis.
- [Self-hosted alternatives to Confluence](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/confluence/): Outline, for team documentation.
- [Open-source alternatives to Google Analytics](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/google-analytics/): Plausible Analytics, Matomo and Umami, for website visitor statistics.
- [Open-source alternatives to Slack](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/slack/): Mattermost, for team chat.
- [Open-source alternatives to Microsoft Teams](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/microsoft-teams/): Mattermost, for team chat and calls.
- [Open-source alternatives to Mailchimp](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/mailchimp/): listmonk and Ghost, for newsletters and email campaigns.
- [Open-source alternatives to Substack](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/substack/): Ghost, for paid newsletters.
- [Open-source alternatives to Medium](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/medium/): Ghost and WordPress, for blogging.
- [Open-source alternatives to Wix](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/wix/): WordPress, for building a website.
- [Open-source alternatives to Squarespace](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/squarespace/): WordPress and Ghost, for building a website.
- [Open-source alternatives to Looker](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/looker/): Metabase, for business dashboards.
- [Open-source alternatives to Tableau](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/tableau/): Metabase, for business dashboards.
- [Open-source alternatives to Google Drive](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/google-drive/): Nextcloud, for storing and sharing files.
- [Open-source alternatives to Dropbox](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/dropbox/): Nextcloud, for storing and syncing files.
- [Open-source alternatives to Google Photos](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/google-photos/): Immich, for backing up photos.
- [Open-source alternatives to iCloud Photos](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/icloud-photos/): Immich, for backing up photos.
- [Open-source alternatives to 1Password](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/1password/): Vaultwarden, for password management.
- [Open-source alternatives to LastPass](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/lastpass/): Vaultwarden, for password management.
- [Open-source alternatives to Intercom](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/intercom/): Chatwoot, for customer chat.
- [Open-source alternatives to Zendesk](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/zendesk/): Chatwoot, for customer support.
- [Open-source alternatives to Calendly](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/calendly/): Cal.com, for booking meetings.
- [Self-hosted alternatives to Airtable](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/airtable/): Baserow and NocoDB, for spreadsheet-style databases.
- [Open-source alternatives to Statuspage](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/statuspage/): Uptime Kuma, for status pages.
- [Open-source alternatives to Pingdom](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/pingdom/): Uptime Kuma, for uptime monitoring.
- [Open-source alternatives to GitHub](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/github/): Gitea, for hosting code.
- [Open-source alternatives to Bitbucket](https://cgt.octabyte.io/alternatives/bitbucket/): Gitea, for hosting code.

## Categories

- [Websites](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/websites/): Self-hosted website builders and blogs, so you own your site with no monthly platform fee. (2 apps)
- [Team chat](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/team-chat/): Self-hosted team chat with channels, calls and your full message history on your own server. (1 app)
- [Automation](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/automation/): Open-source workflow automation that connects your tools and runs repetitive work, with no task limits. (3 apps)
- [Analytics](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/analytics/): Privacy-friendly, self-hosted website analytics and dashboards, with no data handed to an ad company. (4 apps)
- [Docs & wikis](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/docs-wikis/): Self-hosted wikis, team docs and spreadsheet-style databases, kept in one place you control. (3 apps)
- [Files & photos](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/files-photos/): Self-hosted cloud storage and photo backup that syncs files across your devices, on your own disk. (2 apps)
- [Passwords](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/passwords/): A self-hosted password manager to share your team’s logins safely, with no per-person subscription. (1 app)
- [Customers & sales](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/customers-sales/): Open-source tools for customer chat, bookings and newsletters, with no fee per agent or subscriber. (3 apps)
- [Monitoring](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/monitoring/): Self-hosted uptime monitoring that alerts you when a website goes down, before your customers notice. (1 app)
- [Developer tools](https://cgt.octabyte.io/categories/developer-tools/): Self-hosted Git hosting and developer tools, so your code, reviews and builds stay on your server. (1 app)

## Optional

- [Everything in one file](https://cgt.octabyte.io/llms-full.txt): every app page and alternatives page as Markdown.
- [Machine-readable index](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates.json): every app as JSON, with links to its page, Markdown copy and logo.
- Markdown copy of each app page: https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/<id>.md, for example [Activepieces](https://cgt.octabyte.io/templates/activepieces.md).
- [Source on GitHub](https://github.com/octabyte-io/cg-templates): every app's template folder; add an app with a pull request.