Best Open Source Alternatives to Cloudflare Workers

Compare the best free and open-source alternatives to Cloudflare Workers — self-hosted and desktop replacements you fully control, ranked by GitHub stars, license and platform support.

Curated by open-source.store · Updated November 2026 · 1 alternatives

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Cloudflare Workers alternatives compared

Open-source alternatives to Cloudflare Workers, compared by stars, license and platform
Tool		License	Platforms	Self-hosted
Rivet	6,564	Apache-2.0	DockerLinux	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit

Top open-source Cloudflare Workers alternatives

Rivet6,564Apache-2.0

Rivet is an open-source actor runtime that replaces Cloudflare Workers Durable Objects with self-hosted stateful processes and per-actor SQLite storage.

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vs Cloudflare Workers: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed Apache-2.0.

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