Websites that are fully yours. Built on SpaceClub, with no vendor lock-in. 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/feed.xml TalkingSites 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/authentik/ <p>Authentik is an open source identity provider. Instead of a separate account for every app, people sign in once and Authentik vouches for them everywhere else, using standards like OpenID Connect and SAML.</p> <h2>What it does</h2> <ul> <li><strong>One login for many apps.</strong> Your website editor, files, meetings and your own apps all sign in through it.</li> <li><strong>Groups.</strong> Put someone in a group and they get that group's folders, rooms and pages.</li> <li><strong>Sign-up and invite flows.</strong> Custom steps for joining, like an invite link that puts people straight into the right group.</li> <li><strong>Your look.</strong> The login page can carry your brand.</li> </ul> <h2>How we use it</h2> <p>It's the centre of most setups we build. Every other tool connects to it, so adding or removing a person happens in one place.</p> 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/bigbluebutton/ <p>BigBlueButton is open source video conferencing, built for teaching and workshops. People join from their browser, with nothing to install.</p> <h2>What it does</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Rooms</strong> that stay the same, so a group always meets at the same link.</li> <li><strong>Shared whiteboard and slides</strong> for presenting.</li> <li><strong>Breakout rooms</strong>, polls and shared notes.</li> <li><strong>Recordings</strong> of sessions.</li> </ul> <h2>How we use it</h2> <p>We give each group its own rooms and connect them to one login, so members can find their meetings without a separate account.</p> 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/coolify/ <p>Coolify is an open source platform for hosting apps on your own servers. Connect a Git repository and it builds and runs it in Docker, with HTTPS, backups and logs.</p> <h2>What it does</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Deploys from Git</strong> whenever the code changes.</li> <li><strong>Runs anything in Docker</strong>: websites, databases and tools like Mautic or n8n.</li> <li><strong>Handles domains and HTTPS</strong> certificates.</li> <li><strong>Backups and logs</strong> in one place.</li> </ul> <h2>How we use it</h2> <p>It's what we host on. Because it's open source and everything is in Docker, any part of your setup can move to your own server if you want it to.</p> 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/matomo/ <p>Matomo is open source web analytics. It shows how many people visit, which pages they read and where they came from, and the data stays on your server.</p> <h2>What it does</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Visits, pages and sources</strong>, in a dashboard like Google Analytics.</li> <li><strong>Privacy settings</strong> that let you respect visitors, including running without cookies.</li> <li><strong>Your data</strong> is never shared with an advertiser.</li> </ul> <h2>How we use it</h2> <p>Every site we build is connected to Matomo from day one.</p> 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/mautic/ <p>Mautic is open source marketing automation. It does what Mailchimp does, sending newsletters to lists of people, and it runs on your own server, so the list of contacts is yours.</p> <h2>What it does</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Newsletters</strong> designed in an email builder and sent to your lists.</li> <li><strong>Sign-up forms</strong> for your website.</li> <li><strong>Segments</strong>, like members, alumni or event attendees, kept up to date automatically.</li> <li><strong>Campaigns</strong> that send the right email at the right time, like a welcome series.</li> </ul> <h2>How we use it</h2> <p>We set up your lists, forms and email design, connect the sign-up forms to your website, and look after sending so emails reach inboxes.</p> 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/n8n/ <p>n8n is a workflow automation tool you can host yourself. You build automations by connecting steps on a canvas: when this happens, do that.</p> <h2>What it does</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Triggers</strong> like a new calendar event, a form sign-up or a time of day.</li> <li><strong>Steps</strong> that read and write to hundreds of services, from email to spreadsheets.</li> <li><strong>Logic</strong> for branching, waiting and repeating.</li> </ul> <h2>How we use it</h2> <p>We build the small automations that save hours, like a reminder email on the morning of a booked tour, and a follow-up draft ready for the team afterwards.</p> <p>n8n's licence lets you host it yourself for free; it's &quot;fair-code&quot; rather than fully open source.</p> 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/tools/nextcloud/ <p>Nextcloud is an open source alternative to Google Drive and Dropbox. Files live on your server, and people use them from the browser, the desktop app or their phone.</p> <h2>What it does</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Team folders</strong> shared with a group, so new members see them straight away.</li> <li><strong>Sharing links</strong> for people outside your team.</li> <li><strong>Office documents</strong> edited together in the browser.</li> <li><strong>Desktop and phone apps</strong> that keep files in sync.</li> </ul> <h2>How we use it</h2> <p>We connect Nextcloud to one login and to your groups, so access follows group membership instead of being managed by hand.</p> 2026-11-11T03:49:57Z https://talkingsites.org/false