@ben
I'm currently using Geo Activity Playground to store and analyze my workout data. (Mostly #cycling). I host it on my #homelab

https://martin-ueding.github.io/geo-activity-playground/

#selfhosting

On Sunday I finished painting the our new mechanical room, which means I can finally finish up all the wiring - both electrical and networking. There are over 20 power outlets, and just about as many CAT6 ports in this one small room. I have a second patch panel on the way so I can get the rack tidied up too.

#building #networking #electrical #selfhosting #server

@perjakobsen Welcome!

If you are looking for something in particular to replace the "BigTech" services, this site has a good list: https://european-alternatives.eu/alternatives-to

@european_alternatives

Also, we mostly use #selfhosting services in our house, which requires more work, but means I have learnt loads :)

Best wishes!

Attempting to bookmark and make easier to find for me as I am now building our home setup.

#selfhosting #opensource #homelab https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/115887006158717033

What's an app that you wish you could self host that isn't currently available?

#selfhosting #homelab

@larsmb As probably nearly all OSS is currently running on distributed VCS you will move your work over to self-hosted or one of the fabled European hosting providers.

Your downstream will, in many cases, at some point notice the move and either replace you for being a political or security risk or move to your new distribution point. The laggards won't notice the change just like they did before until they get hacked for using ancient, vulnerable versions of whatever, just lime they did before.

You yourself might switch employers due to the original one now going bankrupt due to sanctions. A variation of that might apply to yourself.

#foss #supplychain #selfhosting #forgejo #codeberg #contingencyplans

My latest #blog post is up... in which I try to explain how to self-host a media server, all without making too many assumptions about my audience's tech nerdery.

https://skullvalanche.com/blog/self-hosting-your-media/

Special thanks to @buffyleigh for inspiring me.

#SelfHosting #Tailscale #Jellyfin

Readers: if y'all spot any inaccuracies or confusing bits that need more clarity, please lemme know. 😄

6 things RAID does not protect you from

“Among new NAS buyers, and perhaps even older users too, RAID is one of the most misunderstood aspects of network storage. In a multi-drive setup, you have RAID in place, so you are covered in case one of the drives dies. That’s the promise RAID sel ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/6-things-raid-does-not-protect-you-from/

#backups #RAID #selfhosting #technology

@anthropy

Netflix, Spotify, Office365, Google services, AWS, iCloud...even plenty of #selfhosting is just a hypervised VPS slice...

...folks get in conniptions about #AI #Datacentres yet are totally happy with their toys (which is presently about 50%)

There’s lots of things that we can’t do something about, so why not focus on something within our reach? Like trying to learn something new every day!
#LSNED #learnsomethingneweveryday #homelab #selfhosting #selfhosted #learning #personalgrowth

If you had to start over with your homelab completely from scratch, what would you do differently this time?

#homelab #selfhosting

I'm getting back into #selfhosting after 20-odd years off. I keep looking at containers and kubernetes and cloud-init and feeling like they don't offer a whole lot over just writing a couple of bash scripts to provision a server (just one with everything on it) from scratch. Does anyone have anything lightweight they like for hosting a web app?

#devops

#homelab #selfhosting #networking
Cleaned up the basement rack.

What's something you wish you knew when you started getting into self-hosting?

#homelab #selfhosting

Sunday evenings are when you find out what you’ve built.
Not in a demo… in the quiet.
Logs scrolling, backups done, nothing on fire.

Self-hosting isn’t about being clever.
It’s about being calm… because you know where everything lives.

The light stays on. The systems stay steady.
That’s the whole point.”

#Lighthouselore #Selfhosting #devops #mastodon

Hart an NeKoMa gearbeitet. Die Daten machen nun alle Sinn, und die Vorhersagen für die Ablesungen sind erscheckend genau.

Optional(!) ist das Gegenprüfen mit einer AI für die Verbrauchsdaten. (API Key erforderlich, oder lokale LLM).

#nekoma #selfhosting #strom #wasser #kosten #opensource #ai

Was mir an der Bilderverwaltung mit Immich auf dem Homeserver nicht gefällt, ist die Möglichkeit einer eigenen Ordnerstruktur. Ich sortiere seit 29 Jahren nach: Jahr - Ereignis - eventuelle Unterordner nach Monaten. Immich sortiert nach Datum. Da finde ich mich in meinen gut 25k an Bildmaterial nie mehr zurecht...
#immich #immichapp #selfhosting #homeserver #unplugtrump #unplugbigtech

In Vorbereitung des nächsten #DIDay evaluiere ich verschiedene Optionen, um für mich und meine Familie Email von Google umzuziehen in Richtung eines Managed Email Hostings - in der EU oder bestenfalls in Deutschland.

Eigene Domain, MFA, Security, Privacy, das Übliche.

Mein Favorit ist gerade https://domainname.shop/ , aber da mache ich mir ein bisschen Sorgen über die Security.
Was denkt ihr? Welchen Anbieter nutzt ihr? #fedihelp #fedihilfe #selfhosting

apparently a pretty much abandonned website i host has uploaded 3,14gb while my mastodon only uploaded 1,89gb. Like tf?

#website #selfhosting

Anyone here migrated from Apple Photos to Immich? If so, how did it go? Any gotchas? How are you liking Immich in comparison to Photos? Thx!

#Apple #Immich #SelfHosting

For all the #selfhosting folks, what are you using for your own link shortening service? I mainly need it for my own use. While this type of thing necessarily needs to be public, I would prefer it support user authentication to create links to avoid the service being abused for spam/malware/phishing.

Quiet systems aren’t accidents.

They’re the result of time spent thinking, simplifying, and choosing boring solutions on purpose.
When nothing happens, that’s the work doing its job.

Still watching.

#selfhosting #devops #LighthouseLore

#Greed has definitely blinded the heads of #bigtech

The evolution of #AI is going in the direction of #selfhosting

Most people won't think of it that way, the apps they use will just utilise local hardware. New processors are "AI enabled" etc.

For simple "AI" tasks, like speech and face recognition, that will be local.

As local capabilities increase and FOSS programmers get on board local alternatives will become available.

You can have your AI cake and eat it too.

Here’s to the DevOps who plan so nothing goes bang.
Here’s to the engineers who make reliability boring.

Quiet systems aren’t accidents.
They’re the result of careful design, hard choices, and work done before the lights ever flicker.

#selfhosting #devops

My #Mastodon instance is going to be moved from #Hetzner to this beaty ^_^

#HomeLab #SelfHost #SelfHosted #SelfHosting #MiniPC #JetKVM

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An Asus mini PC with JetKVM connected to it

I've just installed OpenCloud, and it's pretty good. A new self hosted open source cloud sync server. It's still lacking features and a bit basic, but the backend is written in Go, and the front in Vue / Typescript, so it's really light and snappy - compared to similar apps written with PHP.

https://opencloud.eu/en/features

I have it running alongside Nextcloud, and haven't decided yet if I'm replacing it. Though, the reason I went looking for alternatives anyway, is because Nextcloud has been feeling more and more bloated and sluggish.

#webapps #selfhosting #serveradmin #cloud #sync #opensource #digitalsovereignty #opencloud

The light doesn’t rush.
It doesn’t shout.

It waits, steady, patient, unbothered by the storm.

Still watching.
🗼🌒

#LighthouseLore #StillWatching #HauntedCalm #GuidingLight
#selfhosting

Some days the infrastructure just behaves.

Backups run.
The VPN stays up.
Latency stays civilised.
Nothing crashes, stalls, or demands attention.

People mistake that for luck.
It isn’t.

It’s boring choices made early, exits kept open, and systems designed to be forgotten once they’re working.

Boring is beautiful.
Quiet is strong.

#SelfHosting #DigitalIndependence #GoodPlumbing

Every few years I get an email that reminds me why I selfhost.

Polite tone. Friendly branding.
Hidden constraints. Locked exits.

Owning your infrastructure isn’t about saving money.
It’s about not needing permission to leave.

#SelfHosting #IndieWeb #DigitalIndependence

My fellow homelabbers: which sultion would you recommend if you would like to build a Spotify like Streaming Service for youre family with music you have in a local library?
Important would be that there is an App for at least iPhone/iPad and that things like smart playlists, multiuser etc ist supported so everybody could use the same big catalog but with its own playlists, favourits etc.
If have already found three projects which could be okay: Navidrome, Funkwhale and Koel.
Any thoughts about this? Which route would you go?
#homelab #selfhosting #spotify #navidrome #funkwhale #koel @homelab @homelab_de

Consecuencias directas de haber montado un punto de entrada desde inet a la Raspberry con Headscale+Tailscale:
1. Blog fuera de Wordpress.com y ya está corriendo en la Raspberry con Ghost. Además, le he metido un entorno de no producción para jugar, todo ello utilizando los profiles de Docker.
2. Linkding vuelve a ser accesible desde fuera de casa, ya no tengo que estar conectándome a la VPN para cargar los favoritos.

#selfHosting #SelfHosted

#DeskPi #Fediverse #HomeLab #RaspberryPi #RaspberyPi5 #SelfHost #SelfHosting

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2 Raspberry Pi 5 on a DeskPi SBC rack.

I self-host some things. I outsource others. Not because one is morally superior, but because defaults matter.

Convenience scales faster than consent.
Data outlives intent.
And “free” usually means “opaque”.

I’m interested in systems that respect users by design, fail in understandable ways, and let you leave without drama.

That applies to software. And to platforms.

#Privacy #DigitalAutonomy #SelfHosting #OpenSource #Fediverse #DataOwnership #PrivacyByDesign #TechEthics #ByernNotes

BTW, this #mastodon instance is running at home in a VM using 4 GB memory in #proxmox hosted on a used Futro S740 ThinClient (49 EUR)
- Intel® Celeron® J4105 Prozessor
- 16 GB Memory
- 480 GB m.2 SSD
- connected to the world via FTTH 400/200mbits

#selfhosting

The inner photo is from before the memory and storage upgrade.

Nothing has happened in my #homelab recently, so I decided to make some problems myself.
After some time using #TrueNAS on my custom-built server, I decided I don't want it anymore. It is nice, but feels like an unfinished product. You have Apps and data backups, but no simple way to backup apps configuration. You have LXC, but no snapshots for them...

I'm going to migrate it to #Proxmox. Trying to move one of zfs pools without losing data. Wish me luck.
#Selfhost #SelfHosted #Selfhosting

We're happy to announce v0.18 of Keila, the Open Source email newsletter tool. This release adds smarter segments, public archive links, editor improvements, and many fixes. You can give it a try at https://www.keila.io or set up a self-hosted instance: https://www.keila.io/docs/installation
#opensource #floss #update #selfhosting #myelixirstatus

Speaking of #JDLL, some of you may remember that I had the honor of speaking at the 2025 edition, invited by the awesome @yunohost team to share my experiences self-hosting with them.

I asked my husband to tag along and bring our daughter so she could see me speaking on stage... and see that mamma does cool stuff outside the house too.

Well, my daughter brought up Lyon and the conference on the way to school the other morning. I asked her: "did you have a good time?" and her immediate response was: "I didn't understand anything you said!"

Me: "Well, it's normal, I talked about grown up stuff."

Child (4 then, 5 soon): "But what did you say?"

And then I proceeded to try to explain the concept of #selfhosting and #digitalsovereignty and how empowering it is to use a tech stack independent of #BigTech platforms... in an accessible way that she would understand.

It was SO DIFFICULT.

I probably failed spectacularly and she still doesn't understand. But it made me think that it'd be worth trying to explain this to older kids... like pre-adolescents or in their early teens? Maybe a project for another time.

Edit/add-on: my daughter asked me to speak about the Pink Panther or Bluey next time so she could understand 😂

#MySoCalledSudoLife #resist #parenting

Homeserver. Nützlicher als gedacht - oder Zeitverschwendung am Basteltisch?

Server im eigenen Heim: Daten bleiben in den eigenen vier Wänden, Backups und Familienkalender sind lokal verfügbar. Aber: Aufwand für Einrichtung, Lernkurven, Pflege, Absicherung und Fehlersuche. Was spricht für - und was gegen das Projekt "mein kleiner Homeserver"?

#Homeserver #homelab #Selfhosting #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/homeserver-nuetzlich-oder-zeitverschwendung

So I have a second instance of #PocketID and #KanBn now. Don’t ask. I have plans.
#homelab #selfhosting #selfhosted #selfhost

github the most popular code repository for open source projects and owned by microsoft just banned lots of adult games without explaining why.[1] This comes in the wake of Mastercard and Visa forcing Steam and itch.io to remove hundreds of adult games from their platforms.[2] Fortunately there exists self hosted and or community owned code repository software projects (ie the code and tooling for the repositories themselves) such as forgejo/codeberg and gitea. If people want to get out from under the thumb of corporations deciding they aren't allowed to publish adult games they should use these freedom respecting solutions and if past that point governments start censoring them they should use tor or i2p to hide the identity of the website and monero (XMR) the private cryptocurrency to take donations

My take on monero as I expect I suprised you by mentioning cryptocurrency: https://veganism.social/@ambiguous_yelp/115849785746217342

[1]
Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Won’t Explain Why
2026.01.07 09:28:XX XXX
https://www.404media.co/github-ban-suspension-adult-modding-games-illusion/

[2]
Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io
2025.07.28 11:00:XX EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/mastercard-visa-backlash-adult-games-removed-online-stores-steam-itchio-ntwnfb

#Github #FLOSS #Microsoft #Erotica #Erotic #Censorship #Gaming #Mastercard #Visa #Steam #Itchio #SelfHosting #Forgejo #Codeberg #Gitea #Tor #I2P #Monero #Cryptocurrency

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@jbhall56/115854562364706323

#selfhosting people take note. Just because you're self hosting doesn't mean you're immune. Absolutely enable 2FA on all your shit. At this point in the timeline if something doesn't support 2FA you need to make a security judgement call and consider changing that something to something else that does.

toot.io relay service boosted

Jeff Hall - PCIGuru » 🌐 2026-01-07
@jbhall56@infosec.exchange

File-sharing platform ownCloud warned users today to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to block attackers using compromised credentials from stealing their data. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/owncloud-urges-users-to-enable-mfa-after-credential-theft-reports/

CC: @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net @kkarhan@infosec.space

#backup #selfHosting #homeLab

#SelfHosting week 1, phase 3.
Decision is almost made, considering a site based on hybrid solutions:
Newsletter -> buttondown
stories -> writefreely
interactions/comments -> lemmy (where stories from writefreely will spread to fediverse) and at this point I find less useful to federate Writefreely, given that this platform has no comments. Makes sense a "reply via e-mail" pointing to LetterBird page I have, and "follow [category/community] on Lemmy to comment via Fediverse.
What's missing? A stable navigation menu, and an internal search engine. Found a way to place a landing for the site, through writefreely's admin settings.
My main (no longer so hidden) intention is get rid of WordPress, despite self-hosted its philosophy is drastically changing.
And I even have Bearblog which solves some of the issues for nav menu and maybe search bar, but it's a centralized platform depending on one person only. Of course accessibility is the main focus, both in back and front-end.

Any suggestion or feedback is highly appreciated, this month will be dedicated to tests and experiments.
#a11y #accessibility #ActivityPub #blind #blog #blogging #feedback #fediverse #FollowerPower #lemmy #newsletter #SelfHost #SelfHosting #WordPress #WriteFreely #writing

Lighthouse Lore 🌊

At the edge of the map, where the sea mutters old secrets, the Lighthouse keeps watch.
Dogs on patrol. Circuits humming. Logs written by hand and heart.
No algorithms shouting here, just a steady beam, turning patiently,
reminding the lost that calm still exists… if you know where to look.

#LighthouseLore #CalmCorner #SelfHosting #Fediverse #GuidingTheLost

When your productivity is shot to s#"$ because #Logitech services are not working. So? Well then your #MXMaster4 mouse also does not work apart from the two main buttons. #purplescreenofdeath

What the hell people? Will I need the cloud to sit on my chair next also?

#selfhosting #selfhosted #homelab #hatecloud

Diese Woche im Fokus bei @ajfriesen und mir: Home Assistant Langzeitdaten und Metriken im Homelab.

Welche Verfahren gibt es zur Speicherung? Welche Lösungen? Und womit kann ich die Daten visualisieren?

Beim Podcatcher eurer Wahl oder hier: https://podcast.smarthuette.de/episodes/home-assistant-langzeitdaten-und-metriken-im-homelab

Viel Spaß beim Hören!

#homeassistant #metrics #influxdb #prometheus #victoriametrics #grafana #watchtower #docker #linux #homelab #selfhosting #selfhosted #smarthuette

#SelfHosting week 0:
Phase 0. Choosing domain name for self hosting: plusbrothers.online seems available. the .net is my main website based on #WordPress
Considering also plusbrothers.community but who knows if it's possible. Something that warns users that's the same site but with other purposes.
What to do there: Mastodon instance with more than 500 characters if possible. Then Castopod, and maybe a WordPress to transfer English blog there.
Finally, choosing the most appropriate VPS server where to install #YunoHost currently confronting most famous VPS vendors' websites user interface for #accessibility - this is a showcase for customer care. Less accessible means less disability-friendly, that means "I'd prefer you don't come to us". Hostinger has an accessibility statement but it's very superficial and maybe copy-pasted from a template just because obliged by european laws, not for real care.