What does it solve
Start with the project purpose, audience and boundaries.
01 / SMALLGREEN / SERVICE DIRECTORY + STANDARD
Find a small projectyou can run yourself
WHAT SMALLGREEN ISSmallGreen is a service directory and standard for turning open-source small projects into services you can deploy, control and run yourself.
See what a project does, who it is for, what it needs, what has been checked and how to leave before you run it.
02 / BEFORE YOU RUN IT
Decide from the projectnot the stack
A useful decision starts with three plain questions.
What does it need
See data flow, resources, external services and limits.
Can you keep control
Check evidence, maintenance and the path to remove it.
03 / OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS
Choose by the problemthen inspect the deployment
Each entry starts with what the project does and who it is for. Open the Service Card for architecture, requirements, limits and evidence.
Business Card MCP
A self-hosted private contact library that turns AI-identified business cards into searchable records in your own account
For People who want to turn an open-source small project into a service they can run, Consultants, sales professionals and freelancers who need a private contact library
CloudFlare-ImgBed
An image and file manager in its external-link fallback profile with KV metadata
For Small websites and content teams, Creators who need a simple image-management tool
Counterscale
Website analytics in your own account as an alternative to hosted analytics
For Company and content websites, Small teams that want control of analytics data