Syncthing-Fork is an open-source Android app for syncing files directly between your devices --no cloud needed.

Built on Syncthing, it uses peer-to-peer connections so your data stays private and fully under your control.

A solid alternative to Google Drive or Dropbox if you care about decentralization and privacy.

👉 https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHosting #Decentralization #Android #DigitalMinimalism

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Screenshot of Synching-Fork Android wrapper project page showing license MPLv2, release v2.0.16.0, downloads 220k, F-Droid v2.0.16.0, last month 55716, “GET IT ON Obtainium”, translated 72%, Build App passing, and description: “A wrapper of Synching for Android. Head to the releases section or F-Droid for builds. Please seek help on the forum and/or social media apps first before creating issues on the tracker.”

It is home sever rebuild day. Wish me luck.... #selfhosting

I've been running two degraded ZFS arrays for the last few weeks (Debian host).

Yeah, I know. Whatevs.

One of the pools was basically "scratch" backup space and one of the spindles died (breaking the utility of the mirror). Pulled the drive, wiped the remaining, put back in service with minimum fuss as a single drive. I'll throw another spindle at it when drive prices drop again.

The other array had the SSD cache die and it's been chugging along fine ever since. Not a big deal, but from a "experience" point of view it "feels slow" like a working md array.

New SSD arrived in the mail so that'll get sorted sometime today/tomorrow.

So, what's this post about?

Linux peeps, if you are thinking about md arrays, just stop, take the time, and throw 'yer leg over the zfs horse. It's worth it.

#Linux #RunBSD #zfs #md #mdadm #raid #homelab #SelfHosted #SelfHosting

Now I get notified when my certificates are expiring before everything breaks.

#monitoring #observability #certificates #grafana #selfhosting #sysadmin

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Custom builded Grafana dashboard that shows that 4 certificates are healthy.

Is anyone in the Fediverse self-hosting an RSS aggregator? Preferably that doesn't need docker?

Looking for recommendations. I'm currently using the Vivaldi integrated one, but that doesn't sync between devices.

#RSS #SelfHosting

After quite some time, I finally have all the pieces in place. Over the last 30 minutes, I’ve set up one of my servers from scratch. Here are some key changes:
- Reverse Proxy: Nginx with Modsecurity (WAF)
- Container Isolation: Every container runs in a seperate linux user
- Podman Quadlet: I rewrote all my compose stacks into quadlet files - now all containers are starting probably after reboot :party
- Grafana: Grafana's configuration is no managed by Opentofu which provitions at the moment the datasources (Grafana Loki and Prometheus) as well as the dashboards.
- Server hardening: Improved ssh configuration, firewall, permissions in general on this host
- Ansible: Everything is powered by ansible
- Certbot: Use wildcard certificates for my domains / subdomains for easier renew process
- Backups: All those services have proper backups configured which are timed with systemd timer and are replicated into my local homelab.
- Services that are running at the moment
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Grafana Loki
- Grafana Alloy
- GitLab Runner
- some other services that I wanna migrate to this server

#homelab #sysadmin #linux #ansible #automation #devsecops #selfhosting #declarative #gitops #monitoring

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Zed Editor launches Agent Metrics, offering public AI agent usage data:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/zed-editor-launches-agent-metrics-offering-public-ai-agent-usage-data/

Immich 2.7 adds duplicate resolution, editor shortcuts, new web actions, and much more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/immich-2-7-adds-duplicate-resolution-editor-shortcuts-new-web-actions-and-much-more/

SQLite 3.53 fixes WAL-reset bug, adds QRF library, new SQL features, improved CLI and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/sqlite-3-53-fixes-wal-reset-bug-adds-qrf-library-new-sql-features-improved-cli-and-more/

GNU nano 9.0 CLI Text Editor Released with New Features and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-nano-9-0-cli-text-editor-released-with-new-features-and-improvements

Microsoft has terminated developer accounts of VeraCrypt, WireGuard & Windscribe software:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/microsoft-has-terminated-developer-accounts-of-veracrypt-wireguard-and-windscribe-software/
(It was only by accident, right, Microsoft? RIGHT??)

FosseryWeb progress report:
I regenerated the HTML cheatsheets using the new page-builders tool, and fixed a lot of bugs/mistakes. Now I'm working on regenerating the JavaScript cheatsheets.
https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/
https://fosseryweb-min.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/

Vulkan 1.4.349 Released With Data Graph Optical Flow Extension:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.349

Hugging Face Contributes Safetensors To PyTorch Foundation To Secure AI Model Execution:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PyTorch-Safetensors

Godot gets a funding boost from Slay the Spire 2 devs Mega Crit:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/godot-gets-a-funding-boost-from-slay-the-spire-2-devs-mega-crit/

Legendary, the free and open source Epic Games Launcher, has moved to a new organisation:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/legendary-the-free-and-open-source-epic-games-launcher-has-moved-to-a-new-organisation/

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.8 Released with Fastboot Improvements, Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-8-released-with-fastboot-improvements-bug-fixes

Redox OS Establishes AI Policy To Forbid Contributions Made Using LLMs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-March-2026

NetBSD 11.0 Nears Release With RC3 Released For Testing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0-RC3

Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026.1 With Backend For Llama.cpp, New Hardware Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenVINO-2026.1-Released

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #Zed #Immich #SQLite #GNUNano #FosseryWeb #FosseryWebMin #Vulkan #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #HuggingFace #GodotEngine #Godot #RaspberryPIImager #RedoxOS #NetBSD #OpenVINO #Llamacpp #PyTorch #DBMS #SelfHosting #Development #IDE #CodeEditor #TextEditor #Programming #Dev #BSD #FosseryTech

Hello, we're on Mastodon 👋

🎧 Follow for updates on Navidrome, the open-source music streaming server 🎧

#music #selfhosting #opensource #streaming

Moderating #hashtags in #Mastodon is a dreadful task in a terrible interface. 🤷‍♂️

Is it me? Any #tips from the #community ?

#selfhosting

I have a domain at simply.com with a few services running on a server at home.

Previously I used Caddy with subdomains registered with my hosting provider's DNS panel, and ports 80 and 443 opened to the public internet. Anybody could access my services from the outside.

I've now changed to using WireGuard and a custom build of Caddy with a wildcard certificate for my domain. Pi-hole handles DNS for subdomains, e.g. cloud.example.com for Nextcloud.

I'm using podman system quadlets for Pi-hole and Caddy (both use privileged ports), and podman secrets for sensitive data.

In /etc/containers/systemd/caddy, I have 3 files:

Containerfile
--------------------
FROM docker.io/caddy:builder AS builder

RUN xcaddy build --with github.com/caddy-dns/simplydotcom

FROM docker.io/caddy:latest

COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/caddy /usr/bin/caddy
--------------------

caddy.build
------------------
[Build]
ImageTag=localhost/caddy
SetWorkingDirectory=unit
------------------

caddy.container
-------------------------
[Unit]
Description=Caddy container
After=network-online.target

[Container]
AutoUpdate=registry
ContainerName=caddy
Image=caddy.build
Secret=simply_account_name,type=env,target=SIMPLY_ACCOUNT_NAME
Secret=simply_api_key,type=env,target=SIMPLY_API_KEY
Volume=/srv/containers/caddy/conf:/etc/caddy:Z
Volume=/srv/containers/caddy/data:/data:Z
PublishPort=443:443

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
-------------------------

The Caddyfile is stored in /srv/containers/caddy/conf/:

Caddyfile
---------------
*.example.com {
tls {
dns simplydotcom {env.SIMPLY_ACCOUNT_NAME} {env.SIMPLY_API_TOKEN}
}

@caddy host caddy.example.com
handle @caddy {
respond "Hello World!"
}
}
---------------

See Caddy documentation for more on wildcard directives.

https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/patterns#wildcard-certificates

#selfhosting #homelab #podman #caddy

The excellent free open self-hosted online service platform Nextcloud has just started posting videos to its own PeerTube server. You can follow their account at:

➡️ @nextcloud_main

They've already posted nine videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://peertube.nextcloud.com/a/nextcloud_main/videos

You can also follow their Mastodon account at @nextcloud

#FeaturedPeerTube #Nextcloud #SelfHosting #FOSS #PeerTube

#KitchenOwl situation is another example of why you should move your code from GitHub.

The developer's account was blocked without any notice.

@tombursch is here on #Fediverse.

#selfhosted #selfhosting #selfhost #bigtech

…signal restored

#selfHosting #adultswim #loops #smtp #imap #bumper #xmpp #linux #pixelfed #peertube #snac2 #sharkey #mastodon #fediverse #bookwyrm #pleroma #akkoma #misskey #firefish #iceshrimp

💖 hi! i'm self hosting a gotosocial instance now, and this is my new primary account! please boost to help me federate this instance more!!

about me: i love people, and i especially love the people in my local community. some of my goals in life are getting my own wiki page (im vain), building a housing cooperative, and being the best woman i can possibly be for my partner. i love being intentional with my aesthetic, which has evolved over the years into the pink & black combo i do now. 🖤💖

i have been on some form of mastodon since 2022. i believe we all need to do as much as possible to boycott companies that do or support unethical things, like donating to fascists. for me, using the fediverse is a great alternative to corporate social media.
still, i really value my time - so my following list is very small and i do not spend large amounts of time here. i try to spend my time doing productive things - lots of which are related to @vs - or connecting with the people i love.

on this account you can expect to see lots of random thoughts, some questions, polls, photos (including some cw'd lewds), ventposts, and general nonsense. thanks for following me! 💖

#intropost #introduction #trans #transjoy #Minnesota #vegan #coop #homeschool #anarchy #anarchist #ocd #audhd #fedora #linux #foss #selfhosting #grapheneos

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photo of me. i have split hair coloring, with black on the left and pink on the right. i'm wearing a stetson, pink sunglasses, and a pink sweater with red hearts on it.

Dieser Atlantic-Artikel zeigt sehr eindrücklich die fragile Basis des #AI Booms.
Aus #cybersecurity Sicht stelle ich mir zwei Fragen:
1. Wollen wir trotz der #digitalsovereignty Debatte die Zuspitzung auf die Hyperscaler weiter forcieren - oder gestalten wir aktiv Vendor-Diversifikation?
2. Wie resilient ist mein AI-Use-Case wenn LLM-Kosten signifikant steigen? #OpenWeight und #Selfhosting sind keine Nischenlösungen, sondern sinnvolle Optionen im #TPRM.

Hier der Artikel von Matteo Wong und Charlie Warzel, #TheAtlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/ai-boom-polycrisis/686559/

I'm new to #selfhosting; I currently have several services running in my #homelab, all as #docker containers.

I've noticed that several services use common components such as #redis, #nginx, #postgres, etc.

Would it be possible or advisable not to duplicate individual components? For example, would it be possible to have a single independent container with Nginx or the DBMS serving Nextcloud and other services?

ver 0.2.1 🎉

Two small but not entirely unimportant bug fixes

- some instances could not find the pxvoid instance (therefore, following was not possible). This should now work on most instances.

- some instances could not display posts made before following in the user-feed. Older posts should now also appear in the feed.

Thanks to https://social.wake.st/@liaizon for pointing out this bugs to me

#pxvoid #gallery #art #selfhosting

Do you people think that my VPS with 2GB RAM and 2 CPU cores is enough to run matrix end to end encrypted for me and a few others?

#matrix #selfhosted #selfhosting #technology

ver 0.2.0 🎉
A small new version-change has arrived. There are a few stylistic changes:

- Funky blur in the fixed header
- Small icons for the buttons

But also new features:
- Multi-instance hosting on one server with the nix file
- Follower counter on the top

And there are also some new content-related changes:
- Code of Conduct (I know that I'm currently the only one working on pxvoid, but I'd rather exclude transphobia, homophobia, fascism, and racism right from the start – we want to keep things nice and cozy here )

Have fun with it!

Demo: https://pxvoid.nerdbude.com

Edit: add demo link

#pxvoid #gallery #art #selfhosting

In letzter Zeit mache ich aus gegebenem Anlass wieder mehr #SelfHosting. Natürlich achte ich dabei besonders auf den Stromverbrauch. Nach guten Erfahrungen mit der #ARM64-Architektur selbst bei leistungshungrigen Anwendungen wie Mastodon setze ich jetzt auch zuhause auf auf die aus Smartphones bekannte Technologie.

Es gibt zwar #SBCs mit offenerer Hardware, aber der #RaspberryPi ist überall erhältlich, gut dokumentiert, leistungsfähig und preiswert. Und es gibt ihn mit bis zu 16 GB RAM.

Wer einen Server am Internet betreibt, muss zügig #Sicherheitsupdates einspielen. Viele vergessen aber, laufende Software neuzustarten, damit die neue Version läuft statt der alten. Dabei hilft auf debianbasierten Linux-Systemen das Tool #needrestart, das leider meist nicht vorinstalliert ist.

Auf meinem Raspberry Pi 4 läuft needrestart schon immer korrekt (automatisch nach apt upgrade). Auf meinem Raspberry Pi 5 musste ich aber erst eine Konfigurationsdatei anlegen, wie es der Hauptentwickler hier beschreibt:
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/blob/master/README.raspberry.md
Bis dahin behauptete das Tool immer, dass ein reboot nötig sei, weil ein veralteter Linux-Kernel laufe.

Als nächstes will ich auf beiden Raspis die Festplattenverschlüsselung aktivieren. Das ist unter #Raspbian bzw. #RaspberryPiOS leider nicht so einfach wie auf anderen Debian-Systemen. Wenn ihr das geschafft habt: Schreibt gern eure Tipps!

#rpi #rpi5 #raspi #raspberrypi5 #homeserver #howto #til

🚨Hülfe 🚨

Ich hab ein Problem mit Proxmox und meinem Paperless-NGX Container (LXC).

Ich habe in den Container Filebrowser Quantum installiert um den /consume Ordner frei zugeben.

Leider kann ich mit meinem Scanner (Brother ADS 1800W) den Ordner nicht ansprechen. Ich hab alles probiert (Ftp/Sftp/Netzwerk u. Sharepoint) .
Was übersehe ich muss noch irgendwie und wo samba installiert werden oder was auch immer ?

Wäre toll wenn jemand Ahnung und eine Idee hätte ....

​​

#selfhosting #proxmox #paperlessngx #filebrowser #freigabe #brother #scanner

Vorhin nochmal Ollama und Paperless-AI angeworfen.

Es funktioniert aber das dauuuuuert und der kleine Thinclient geht in die Knie.

#Ollama #paperless #thinclient #selfhosting #proxmox

Small hack I’m using today:

Clipped the first 5 minutes of a YouTube video and converted it to MP3 using a simple `yt-dlp` batch script.

Now streaming it via VLC to my Google Home speaker — a clean way to turn any video into a focused audio snippet.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqrcxUqASQg

In this case, it’s the Hanuman Chalisa — a short devotional recitation often used for focus, calm, and mental clarity.

Batch script:

```
@echo off
set URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqrcxUqASQg
set START=00:00
set END=05:18

yt-dlp.exe ^
--download-sections "*%START%-%END%" ^
--force-keyframes-at-cuts ^
-x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 ^
-o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" ^
%URL%
```

Clean, local, no extra apps.

#ytDLP #VLC #GoogleHome #CommandLine #Automation #SelfHosting

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Picture of Lord Hanuman the monkey God in Hindu mythology, in a meditative pose

State of homelab tech 2026: AI + self-hosted software transforming home infra despite hardware scarcity. From hobby to legitimate strategy. The self-hosting renaissance continues. 🏠🤖

#homelab #selfhosting #AI #infrastructure

Source: https://contextwindow.news/article/the-state-of-homelab-tech-2026

Self-hosted AI energy reality check: home box PUE ~30% vs datacenter 90%+. 100W+ idle, fighting your AC. Privacy and control are great, but the energy math matters too. 🏠\u26a1

#selfhosting #AI #energy #homelab #sustainability

Source: Bluesky (Asa / 3fz.org)

After months of procrastination, today I finally took the time to set up an instance of Panoramax in my homelab. The setup was very smooth. Actually, I had booked the full day for it, and by 12PM the instance was publicly available.

At the moment, I'm not accepting contributions (pictures) since I want to make sure everything is running fine before opening to the public.

Kudos to @panoramax for this amazing project!

#Panoramax #homelab #selfhosting #osm

And, we’ve finally done, a mere 10 hours after starting.

Pro tip: Don’t accidentally disable sshd.service before rebooting a headless server.

#selfhosting

Do you have a basic shared hosting plan? You can now host a #Fediverse instance on that plan. Check out #Starling: https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling

#activitypub #Fediverse #LAMP #selfhosting