If you're into self-hosting, here's something for music that you need to be aware of as it is incredible. https://github.com/Chevron7Locked/lidify/

#selfhosting #selfhosted #linux #opensource #music

Just a little warning to everyone at #39c3: you better not create any new encrypted communication apps, or it'll not go over well with the #UK:
"Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog":
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/creating-apps-like-signal-or-whatsapp-could-be-hostile-activity-claims-uk-watchdog
#encryption #infosec #SelfHosting

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Are there any good self hosted Dropbox like services that aren’t OwnCloud/NextCloud? I want something more lightweight.

#selfhosting #SelfHosted

@phaysis They did warn us in the #FreshRSS release notes that some of the extensions maybe be broken. At least a nice post-Christmas/Holiday distraction, now. 🤭 Something that will keep me holed up in my little corner of the house for a bit. #selfhosting

Had a genuinely uplifting moment today. A friend’s 10 year old lit up when I mentioned Raspberry Pi. She explained Linux, hosting, and coding because they learn it at school.

We spent an hour talking self hosting and projects. She now wants a Pi for her birthday so we can learn together. Moments like this give me real hope for the future.

#Linux #RaspberryPi #SelfHosting #DigitalSkills #Hope

#selfhosting #homelab #linux #hardware #server
made with love, internet resources and KolourPaint

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A meme with IQ bell curve, where on both ends are raspberry pi's and in the middle is high end server hardware. Titled "selfhosting/homelab hardware"

What's the general consensus regarding the latest #syncthingFork split?
What version do people deem trustworthy?

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing-fork-is-no-longer-available-on-github

#syncthing #security #selfhosting

I want to mention Continuwuity Matrix homeserver, which I've just installed to replace Synapse. It's still in beta, with v0.5 just released, but which does feel stable and quite close to production ready.
Matrix is something I've wanted to get into, and a year or whatever ago, I tried Dendrite, but homeserver projects tend to get abandoned, so I ended up with Synapse anyway, like most people do. But then I didn't do anything with it.
Continuwuity is written in Rust, and is a hard fork of a hard fork, and in active development. As a single user, I prefer something like this running, and hope to see this project evolve into its own thing, and be important.
I think it's a project worth trying, or at least keeping an eye on.
https://continuwuity.org
https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity

#homeserver #matrix #continuwuity #opensource #serveradmin #sysadmin #selfhost #selfhosting

Either I don't understand how htop works, or I'm missing something else. How is it possible that the load average is so high in all three segments, and still the load of each individual core is so low? What am I missing?

#linux #htop #homelab #selfhosting

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A screenshot of the CPU and memory summary of the htop command. It shows 19 cores with relatively low load. The load average is 171.47 103.37 52.56. Memory stays at 6.51G/31.1G and swap at 3.18M/31.8G. Tasks: 576, 2599 thr, 468 kthr; 5 running Uptime 1 day, 10:10:05

Seriously, how many of you, who are #selfhosting or have a #homelab are getting tired of other people's posts?

There are about 50 apps which are circulating and have established themselves as good solutions. Everyone seems to keep rediscovering them and writing about their "amazing" experience, their own piece of the internet, and many more cheesy phrases.

I'm not against discovery and learning, but I think it's now the 156th time I see someone amazed by #paperless and the 4513rd time someone installs #nextcloud or #Immich for their family.

Shouldn't we share really interesting things? Can we maybe keep progress reports to our own blogs, instead of blasting it to the whole world?

Dunno, maybe it's just me.
Happy holidays

This video tells a practical story of two Raspberry Pis and how different models and setups shine in different roles. It is a good reminder that choosing hardware is about matching tools to the job, not just chasing specs.

Useful viewing for makers and self-hosting enthusiasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoSPR_dZnYg

#RaspberryPi #Makers #DIY #SelfHosting

We're running the Mastodon instance "burningboard.net" on a hardened FreeBSD/amd64 system (pf firewall, seperation in jails, zfs with snapshots every 15 minutes, offsite replication with zfs send etc.)

Since the initial setup of the new system is done and everything is running smoothly for more than 24 hours, I did now raise the kern.securelevel to 2 to lock the system down even further 🙂

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?securelevel

#mastodon #mastoadmin #freebsd #runbsd #selfhosting #security @tux

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FreeBSD console where you'll see, that the kern.securelevel is raised to 2

"And what happened then? Well...in Whoville they say,
That the Grinch's small heart Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light,
And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!
And he, HE HIMSELF! The Grinch carved the roast beast!" #zfs #selfhosting

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Screen shot of a green terminal with black text. Shows the before and after effects of expanding a ZFS pool from 9 TB to 18TB.

🎄 Christmas Eve at the Lighthouse
Earphones on. Lights low.
A quiet voice from the tower while the internet sleeps.

Settle in. This one’s meant to be heard. 🔊✨

#LighthouseLore #ChristmasEve
#SelfHosting #Fediverse
#QuietWeb #SlowInternet
#AudioPost

15:47 Check ⏱️

How is your system really feeling right now?

#LighthouseLore #1547Check #SelfHosting

Galera do blambers de devops pode me ajudar com self-hosting?

Preciso fazer um configuração de N máquinas rodando serviços/imagens dentro da minha rede de casa, no final, alguns serviços seriam acessíveis publicamente por meio de um Traefik em um proxy, recebendo as chamadas http e https. Só 2 máquinas seriam HA, todas conectadas por VPN Wireguard.

- Qual orquestramento escolho? Kubernetes?
Tentei docker swarm mas estava muito complicado de desenvolver e fazer deploy. Como próximo passo ia tentar o k3s + k9s.

- Estou usando fedora nos servidores mais essenciais, devo tentar outro sistema?
Outros sevidores rodam sistemas linux de uso geral, provavelmente só rodariam serviços simples que usam a GPU deles.

- Como escolho os centros de controle? Devem ser as máquinas ligadas 24h?

Obrigade a todes

#ajuda #fediajuda #DevOps #bamblers #selfhosting

For the $70-80 it cost me to buy a refurb 12TB HDD last year, today I can buy a refurb 4TB HDD.

Yay.

#selfhosting

Online-Kurse auf Admindocs.de: Linux-Administration 🚀

Egal ob du gerade erst mit #Linux anfängst oder schon länger in der Shell wohnst – diese Reihe packt die Themen an, die in echten Produkten wirklich zählen. Kein BlaBla, sondern praxisnahe Anleitungen zu System- und Servicemanagement, Netzwerkkram, Ressourcen-Tuning und Troubleshooting unter realen Bedingungen.

Jedes Kapitel hat echte Beispiele, die du direkt nutzen kannst, um Effizienz und Sicherheit in Enterprise-Umgebungen hochzuziehen.

👉 https://admindocs.de/category/linux-administration

#linux #LinuxAdmin #SysAdmin #OpenSource #ITSecurity
#Server #SelfHosting #EnterpriseIT #LinuxLearning #foss

2025 self-hosting wrapped

Let’s review which self-hosting service really worked for me in 2025.

I rarely talk about the one that just work. That’s the problem with good work … if something just works, and doesn’t bother you… you tend to forget about it even exists because using it is more a habit than an effort.

Paperless NGX

My almost daily work horse is Paperless NGX. It’s my default for all documents. My local printer-scanner has the Paperless Inbox set as default scanning target. All incoming snail mail that is worth archiving get’s scanned and sent to Paperless.

Paperless does the tagging automatically (with local machine learning models). Sometimes I have to correct a correspondent or a tag. But mostly it get’s it right.

Immich

This is my Google Photos replacement. A client on my iPhone constantly backs up my photos to my self-hosted Immich instance. It archives and indexes the photos (also with local machine learning models) so that I can search for faces and other objects.

NextCloud

My document sync backend. Mostly using it share files between devices and host contacts. Not using any fancy features or plugins. Really just for file sharing.

Occasionally sharing files with 3rd parties via temporary links.

My Joplin notes and OmniFocus files are synced via the NextCloud WebDAV interface.

Mastodon

Of course… one of the most widespread Fediverse software out there.

LinkDing

Hosting my own Bookmark service for years. Using the robust Links software for this.

BookWyrm

Another Fediverse service. This one around sharing books one has read or wants to read including reviews and quotes. Very lovely developer with great support for his community.

Wallabag

Wanna read an article later in a distraction free interface? Use Wallabag!

FreshRSS

This is my default RSS-Reader. Rock solid, self-hosted RSS fetcher.

Forgejo

Quitely serving all my public & private git repos. Simple, elegant, robust. Don’t need more

Peertube

being able to host your own video streaming to embed videos in various websites … awesome. And it’s also able to fetch and archive videos from various sources (online mediatheks, YouTube etc.)

WordPress

Of course WordPress … this is what you’re currently reading. And with the ActivityPub Plugin it’s even part of the fediverse.

Pixelfed

The Instagram alternative in the Fediverse. There is a bit of a love/hate relationship with this. It works. But there is not really much development going on for the self-hosted version… despite the buzz around it.

🌅 Lighthouse Lore — Morning Watch

At first light, the Lighthouse doesn’t shout.
It checks the logs.
It trims the wicks.
It keeps the beam steady while the rest of the internet thrashes about like a gull in a chip bag.

No algorithms barking orders.
No feeds screaming engage.
Just quiet systems, honest uptime, and a signal that means what it says.

Build slow.
Shine true.
Guide those who choose to look up.

⚓🌫️
#LighthouseLore #QuietTech #DigitalStewardship #SelfHosting #Fediverse

Immich — Self-hosted photo and video management solution

Easily back up, organize, and manage your photos on your own server. Immich helps you browse, search and organize your photos and videos with ease, without sacrificing your privacy.

📸 https://immich.app

#photo #Immich #opensource #video #apps #tool #foto #management #privacy #tools #app #ImmichApp #organize #selfhosting

y'know, I appreciate the help and coaching i get from folks online. but I do get tired of the thinly-veiled misogyny.
#WomenInSTEM #Technology #SelfHosting #Jellyfin #HomeAssistant #FuckYesIDidItMyself

Changing #OIDC provider for your #Tailscale network requires contacting their support team. Still solved fast. Thanks @tailscale

By the way, did you know you can use your own identity provider to login to Tailscale? I’m now using #PocketID for that.

#homelab #selfhost #SelfHosted #selfhosting

Successfully set up a docker container behind an nginx reverse proxy... but my container is erased each time I start it (using a compose file, if that makes a difference).

This is after following explicit instructions on how to do this.

This is par for the course with docker in my experience. Follow explicit instructions that "just work" and... it doesn't quite work.

What assumed knowledge am I missing??

#Docker #SelfHosting #AskFedi #LazyWeb

#HomeLab status: #SelfHosted #Mastodon and #CalibreWeb services each running as separate #Docker Compose stacks on my 8GB M2 #Mac mini that also serves a household wallboard display and networked #TimeMachine backup host.

Anything else useful I should wedge onto it?

#SelfHosting #DevOps #macOS

Good morning Fedi friends!

Today is a really special day - it marks the one year anniversary of the installation/setup of this #GoToSocial instance 🎂​

For its first few days I kept the account private, doing tests with @stereo (my self-hosting support buddy - THANK YOU!)... and I only published its first public post on January 1st 2025.

I have nothing but great things to say about @gotosocial – I LOVE everything about it. A huge thank you to its developers - keep up the amazing work!

#MySoCalledSudoLife #SelfHosting

I configured my #homelab subnet as 192.168.1.0 and am using #tailscale with #headscale to connect remotely to my homelab when I'm away from home

I encountered an issue in France, as some internet providers use the same 192.168.1.0 subnet

I'm considering moving my homelab to a new vlan or moveing all my subnets

What options and strategies do you recommend? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Boots will be welcome 😉

#pool #vlan #ipv4 #networking #selfhosting #selfhosted #devops

#PocketID is very nice-looking and simple. It also supports custom schemas in callback URLs already (last time I tried it, the only schema allowed was “https”).

But while migrating from #Authentik, I realized that some #selfhosted services don’t provide the ability to change identity provider after initial account linking. Some database shenanigans are required.

#homelab #selfhosting #selfhost #oidc #sso

Wenn ich mir das so ansehe schein das Projekt CasaOS tot zu sein 🤔
Da tut sich auf Github ja scheinbar gar nix mehr .....

#casaos #selfhosting

https://github.com/IceWhaleTech/CasaOS

Hat jemand echtes Interesse an einem Netcup ARM VPS Piccolo?
Ich habe noch einen Community-Gutscheincode zu verschenken:
12 € pro Jahr, keine Setup-Gebühr.

Code in den Antworten – first come, first serve.

#fedilz #selfhosting #vps #arm

BookLore: A self-hosted, multi-user digital library with smart shelves, auto metadata, Kobo & KOReader sync, BookDrop imports, OPDS support, and a built-in reader for EPUB, PDF, and comics.

https://github.com/booklore-app/booklore

#Books #Reading #FOSS #SelfHosting #BookLore #Software

You know, at some point we're going to have to migrate from deny/exclude lists of domain names (adguard, pihole) to MiTM our own households with an HTTPs proxy that looks closely at PUT/GET requests and headers and strip out and replace some values to protect ourselves from ads. Not everything can use ublock..

#selfhosting #adguard #pihole #homelab

Shortest day of the year.
The light barely rises, the dark lingers longer than invited.

But lighthouses were never built for easy days.
They exist for the long nights, the rough seas, the moments when direction matters most.

The light is on.
It always is.

#LighthouseLore #WinterSolstice #ShortestDay #KeepTheLightOn #IndieWeb #Fediverse #SelfHosting

@jwildeboer I've just converted my first application (Forgejo) from MinIO to Garage. It's working great, and Garage is significantly easier to manage than MinIO was. Later today I'll convert Synapse and Mastodon over as well, and then retire MinIO for good from my network.

#FOSS #SelfHosting

🧭 Lighthouse Lore — 1224Z
While others slept, the tower shipped.
Kernel renewed. Systems steady.
No downtime. No drama. No excuses.

This is how you build trust in the dark:
quiet maintenance, boring graphs, and a light that never goes out.
Entrepreneurship isn’t noise — it’s reliability. 🌊⚓

#LighthouseLore #SelfHosting #MastodonAdmin #Fediverse
#Bootstrapped #IndieInfrastructure #Reliability #OpsLife

Short day, long shadows.
Dogs walked, servers humming, kettle on.

Building things the slow way:
owning the stack, minding the details, choosing sustainability over scale for scale’s sake.

The lighthouse keeps running —
quiet, independent, intentional.

#LighthouseLore #IndieBusiness #SelfHosting #Fediverse #IndieWeb

My holiday project will be to setup ente and get rid of google photos

#SelfHosting

Paperless-NGX has become the true successor to #DEVONthink 3 for me, which now focuses on AI and changed its payment model. The automatic document classification is impressively accurate. Container hosting makes self-hosting straightforward. If you want modern, intelligent document management that works cross-platform with full control, #paperlessngx is an excellent choice. Great mobile apps available too. The only downside: no way to financially support this brilliant software. #selfhosting

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The image shows a computer screen with a web application called Paperless-ngx open in a browser. ​On the left side there is a vertical navigation bar with items such as Home, Documents, Correspondents, Tags, Document Types, Storage Paths and other administrative options. The center of the screen shows the details of a document, including fields like Title, Archive Serial Number, Issue Date, Correspondent, Document Type, Storage Path and Tags. On the right side of the screen there is a preview of a two-page IKEA invoice in German, with the IKEA logo at the top, seller and buyer information, delivery address and a table listing items, prices and tax details.

@plwt yup, I have experience on self hosting #gitlab and #forgejo. Forgejo has very small footprint compared to gitlab. Very-very love my #selfhosting forgejo.

In the past few days I’ve seen talk about RAM prices shooting up due to demand from big datacenters.

Today I read that a historic brand like Crucial - I own plenty of their hardware, including SSDs - is dropping consumer products to focus on gear for those same datacenters.
The result (or maybe the intention?) is to push people away from self hosting, undermine the OwnYourData idea and make everyone depend on huge datacenters for life.

So much for owning your data.
So much for decentralisation.

Because taking down one giant datacenter is far easier than taking down thousands or millions of individual nodes.

Friends and colleagues, don’t trade your freedom for a bit of convenience. Once you give it away, getting it back is very hard.

Always Own Your Data.

#OwnYourData #SelfHosting

Weekend project: set up an IP cam server with Frigate on a Raspberry Pi I had lying around at my parents' house.

I'm worried about those old bastards, but I'm also worried that the stream from those cameras will end up on some hidden Internet forums.

I'm not interested in using the "cloud services" so kindly offered to me by big companies.

#privacy #selfhosting

The lighthouse is in its slippers.
The servers are wearing cardigans.
The kettle has been promoted to senior management.

The sea is politely murmuring,
the dogs are auditing the biscuit supply,
and the light goes round and round
like it’s got nowhere else to be (because it doesn’t).

Nothing urgent. Nothing loud.
Just a small, stubborn glow
doing its best against the weekend.

We’ll keep the light on 💡

#LighthouseLore #DangerouslyTwee #CalmTech #Fediverse #IndieWeb #SelfHosting

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113667636910565210

Good morning Fedi friends! Today is the 1 year anniversary of the start of my #selfhosting adventures with #YunoHost.

I'm currently self-hosting #GoToSocial, #Pixelfed, #PeerTube and #NextCloud – and I'm always on the lookout for the next great app to install.

Thank you @yunohost for making me a more empowered digital citizen 💖

To give back, I'm writing a simple #selfhosting guide for newbies. ICYMI, here's the latest chapter: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-2-installation-setup/

Wishing you all a great day!

Currently writing a self-hosting guide for newbies, showing off the beauty and ease of #YunoHost.

Part 1 was really popular - beyond my expectations - with 1500+ unique visitors. Thank you!

For reference:

🔗​: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/

Part 2 (step-by-step installation and post-installation) will be super visual. I tried to keep things simple but I still have 27 - yes TWENTY-SEVEN - screenshots. I'll keep #AltText relevant to each step on a need to know basis or else it will turn into a novel... and will be too overwhelming for people using screen readers.

Aiming to get it published by Wednesday AKA the one year anniversary of the start of my own self-hosting adventures with YunoHost.

This is the guide I wish I had had back in the day... I would have started A LOT sooner. I'm basically writing it to my old self, hoping it will be useful for others 🥹

PSA: if you're using YunoHost please consider donating to them, to keep the project healthy and long-lasting (it's run by a team of volunteers, maintaining hundreds of apps): https://donate.yunohost.org

#MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS #advocacy #selfhosting