Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/shol-ly on 2024-11-14 12:41:56.

Hey, r/selfhosted! I recently published a new article outlining (note: not reviewing) several very capable self-hosted RSS feed aggregators and replacements for popular hosted services like Feedly and Inoreader.

As usual, there are a ton of great options in the space - apologies in advance for any I might have missed!

Completely open to feedback and suggestions for future articles in the series.

Self-Hosting Guide to Alternatives: Feedly, Inoreader (selfh.st)

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/BattermanZ on 2024-11-14 12:40:31.

Hello everyone,

I am considering buying an M4 Mac Mini to use as a server in combination of my Synology NAS, and one of the questions I am still trying to figure out is how to easily access it remotely.

I have a few requirements:

• Accessible via a simple web browser (I would put the page behind Authentik + NPM)
• Able to share sound
• Preferably self-hostable
• Open-source

I have read about Rustdesk but it seems like there are controversies around it. Also Meshcentral.

Anything I am missing? Any recommendation?

Also, how do you deal with a reboot of the computer? I can imagine you cannot log in to the computer session remotely?

Thank you!

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/lawrencesystems on 2024-11-14 11:29:06.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/80lm80 on 2024-11-14 08:46:17.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/JackChen0514 on 2024-11-14 08:21:49.

If you have a French ISP real residential broadband proxy, I can use Japanese or American network proxy to exchange

I have Rakuten 5G in Japan and T-Mobile Verizon AT&T in USA

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/Hatchopper on 2024-11-14 03:41:43.

I wonder if there is a self-hosted solution to encrypt files. There are a lot of file management container solutions but I have never seen one providing the ability to encrypt files.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/-eschguy- on 2024-11-13 22:36:29.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/znpy on 2024-11-13 20:27:23.

Hello there!

I had some nice experiences with Intel AMT, and it seems that AMD's dash should be similar?

However i can't find anything about it and on how to enable/configure/use it.

Is that actually a thing or shall I ignore it when picking hardware for self-hosting?

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/GAGARIN0461 on 2024-11-13 20:22:30.

Let’s be real here. Every other post in this sub is someone “showing off” a self-hosted media server or running a single Docker container on their old laptop and calling it a homelab. Can we stop pretending this is actual self-hosting? If your “infrastructure” goes down when your roommate trips over the Ethernet cable, maybe it’s time to reconsider your setup.

Self-hosting means more than just slapping together a handful of containers and calling it a day. What happened to deploying an actual cluster? Load balancing? Redundant power supplies? If you’re not running at least a Kubernetes cluster with persistent storage and failover, are you really self-hosting? Or are you just tinkering with a glorified home media setup?

Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing bad about starting small. But maybe it’s time we stop calling basic setups “homelabs” and recognize them for what they are: hobbies. Real infrastructure goes beyond running Plex and Nextcloud on a Raspberry Pi with 1GB of RAM.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/mediocreAsuka on 2024-11-13 19:01:53.

Hey guys, I'm a DJ, so I have a giant amount of tracks in all file formats under the sun. It is really hard to catalogue those by hand. Is there some software that can automatically tag them by genre, energy, ideally with tags? There are lots of desktop programs but pretty much all of them are lackluster at best, especially when recognizing really niche genres or adding metadata.

I have a pretty nice homelab already so having all my music WITH this extra information available via some sort of web app would be immensely helpful.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/GullibleEngineer4 on 2024-11-14 01:05:04.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/OkAngle2353 on 2024-11-14 00:10:07.

Wow, far better than syncthing IMO. I am mind blown.

Edit: I just checked my backups and if I can even restore. IT WORKS!

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/No_Kangaroo_3618 on 2024-11-13 21:04:17.

Originally posted this in the wrong communtiy r/homelab, so I'm repenting and posting here.

Currently refactoring my home lab. Currently coming from a NAS with TrueNAS and a conglomeration of old computers running Ubuntu Server. My TrueNAS machine could probably survive another year or two, but I think she's ready to croak.

I want to consolidate, reduce the amount of old machines. I got a new HP tower with 64 GB of RAM and I bought a GPU (sweet deal on an NVidia 3070 ti) to go with it for some upcoming ML projects. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the options for refactoring.

Here's what I am considering (open to more options):

1. Proxmox on bare metal running TrueNAS, Ubuntu Server, and Ubuntu Desktop
2. Proxmox on baremetal, using Cockpit for storage management, Ubuntu Server, and Ubuntu desktop (I have never used Cockpit)
3. TrueNAS on bare metal, running Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop in VMs within TrueNAS (forgetting Proxmox entirely)
4. Ubuntu Desktop on bare metal running TrueNAS and Ubuntu Server as a VM, or forgetting Ubuntu server entirely.
5. Ubuntu Desktop, forgetting TrueNAS and Ubuntu Server entirely.

Someone suggested NixOS with Incus to run VMs if I need a particular OS, but research suggests that NixOS has somewhat of a steep learning curve.

Uses: Fileserver, backups, Immich (photo server and webapp), machine learning development and testing, development (webapps and stuff), and I would use Ubuntu Desktop as somewhat of a daily driver.

I've never used Proxmox but I consider it something perhaps valuable to learn. Also heard that Cockpit+Proxmox is excellent for managing ZFS and I'm down to clown around with it as a replacement for TrueNAS, but I've never even dinked around with it.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/amerhabib on 2024-11-13 20:57:10.

I'm a non-technical, self-taught, enthusiast.

I have a few VPS instances with Oracle. I self host some websites, erp and accounting programs for my small business, and am now exploring docker +portainer.

I do not fully understand the concept of ports, how to map them and how to deploy containers or stacks on portainer.

I've managed deploying baserow.io successfully but was sort of a fluke. I'd like to deploy odoo and plex but not sure how to get the ports aligned.

Also, how do I add a custom domain to my deployed containers?

Thankful for any advice!

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/Accomplished-Tip-227 on 2024-11-13 19:07:10.

Original Title: K3S is awsome for your HomeServer(s) I used to use docker in a single node use last weekend i was bored and thought it was time to upgrade some stuff.. k3s is just dope + you can use longhorn in rancher do make everything persistent without any issues.. awsome stuff working!

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/ProfessionalMatter99 on 2024-11-13 17:12:25.

Hi everyone,

With the occasional phone replacement, I've had to backup two storages in the family. I used two gmail accounts and now they are almost full.

I used to have an HDD in the past for this, but it broke and we lost the data.

Can anyone suggest a solution that is NOT cloud based, and that is reliable?

I don't want to pay monthly for cloud storage and world much rather spend that money on a home solution.

Mini NAS, a shit ton of DVDs?

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/Optimus_sRex on 2024-11-13 16:51:21.

I used to like getting my daily newsletter email from the newspaper, but with the state of things I need to read that less. Ideally I'd like to receive a customized newsletter hosted locally. Maybe local temperature and weather forecast, news scrapped from a local RSS feed, maybe shared announcements that apply to me and my family, and maybe even things like a report of energy use scrapped from the local utility website. Also things like the number of parking passes we have. Calendar info (like today is trash day.)

Anyway, does anything like this exist? And ideally can it be self hosted as I would no ads, tracking or what have you?

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/creeper6530 on 2024-11-13 16:42:03.

My family is moving to a new home, and with that comes change of ISP. All ISPs available there demand eye-watering amounts of money for a public IPv4 (~45 USD per year at least) and I failed in convincing rest of my family it's worth it for side projects, and so we'll stick with a cheaper CGNAT option. More precisely, it's DS-Lite (native IPv6 and CGNAT-ted IPv4), as far as I know.

Now I still don't want to lose all my stuff like Wireguard server or similar, so what options do I have? I don't want to pay for anything because then it'd be easier to just get the public IP, so only free stuff, ideally with unlimited bandwidth. I was looking around ZeroTier, Tailscale, Cloudflare, playit.gg and LocaltoNet, but so far haven't decided. Or would it be easier to just try to convince rest of my family that the money would be worth it?

All I truly need is some way to get a Wireguard connection (or similar VPN) up from outside network, then everything can run through it. Since in my experience many (especially public) networks still lack IPv6 support, going over v6 only isn't feasible.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/completelyreal on 2024-11-13 16:09:42.

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/RonaldoRonny on 2024-11-13 15:34:06.

I want to setup a home server that has all sorts of things. I posted a topic a couple of days ago and decided that Debian in combination with Docker was the best setup. But I'm not sure how to proceed. I installed Debian, and now I'm looking at the GNOME screen.

• Bitcoin Node
• Lightning Node
• VPN access from outside
• Home assistant
• Netflix alternative (movies save + stream to phone/laptop)
• Spotify alternative (music save + stream to phone)
• Dropbox alternative (save local instead of at dropbox)
• Adblocker for my network
• Home Assistant
• BTCPay Server
• CoinJoin server

Is it just best to install all these apart in Docker, but how is that a bit easy for a noob like me?

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/testdasi on 2024-11-13 15:30:56.

So I self host all the services we use and don't expect anything to change. My question is for those who also have a VPS backup.

Are you concerned about the security of your VPS? What do you do to mitigate the risks?

We had some recent extended down time which was nothing terrible outside of some minor annoyances but it made me wonder if I'm better off with a 1 core 2GB VPS to host the most critical services, such as bitwarden.

But then the thought of storing my personal password db online doesn't feel right at all. Sure I can be hacked but the probability of someone targeting an average Joe like me is pretty low. Compare that to the welknown VPS providers - I'm sure they are actively being targeted, if not hacked already.

Am I paranoid?

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/Tresillo_Crack on 2024-11-13 13:55:37.

So, I have to get people to complete this form in order to study its responses for a school project. The thing is that I used nextcloud forms, and I want to push it to its limits to see if my setup is well built and public proof.

https://cloud.tomasps.com/apps/forms/s/wMD2MwKBrtoAdiT8Yrz7LAee (The form is in Spanish, but ig you can translate it using your browser)

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/bram2w on 2024-11-13 13:26:59.

Original Title: Baserow 1.29: PostgreSQL, GitLab, GitHub and Jira data syncs, AI field updates, workspace export and import, shared data sources, and filtering, sorting, and searching for published apps, and more! — Open Source Airtable Alternative

This release brings exciting new features to Baserow, including data sync integrations with Jira, GitLab, GitHub, and PostgreSQL for seamless data updates across platforms. We've also made significant improvements to our AI field functionality, introducing choices output type for AI field classification, Anthropic and Mistral integrations, and a temperature setting option for more sophisticated AI-powered operations. We've also added: workspace export and import, shared data sources for Application Builder and filtering, ordering, and searching in published applications.

Jira, GitLab, GitHub and PostgreSQL data syncs

AI choice output type

End user filter, sort, and search in the application builder

More information at: https://baserow.io/blog/baserow-1-29-release-notes

Do you have ideas for how to make Baserow even better? Most features come directly from community feedback. Drop us a note at the forum or tweet us to share your thoughts.

Try out Baserow 1.29: https://baserow.io

GitLab repository: https://gitlab.com/baserow/baserow

Our community: https://community.baserow.io/

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/e1z0 on 2024-11-13 08:53:35.

Hello, I recently launched a Free Shell Service where beginners can get acquainted with the Linux command line and learn the basics, while experienced users can take advantage of all the features the shell offers, such as IRC, IM, chat clients, compilers, script interpreters, web hosting, etc. This is a personal project of mine, focused on installing and configuring Linux and other OSes, with plans to add BSD/Solaris later. I invite everyone interested to register and join — everyone is welcome without exception. Please don't judge harshly for this post; it's not an advertisement, and no profit is being made. Here

The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/InTheMiddleOfThe0016 on 2024-11-13 06:53:45.

Hey all! I'm curious—what do you guys use your VPS for?

I’ve been experimenting with mine for a while, and it’s turned into a bit of a playground for different projects. Here are a few things I've done:

• Hosting Personal Websites and Blogs - I’ve set up a couple of lightweight sites with Nginx and WordPress. It’s a great way to practice managing my own stack and playing with new themes and plugins.
• VPN and Proxy Server - I set up a VPN to secure my connection when I'm on public Wi-Fi. It’s super convenient, and I feel safer using my own VPN vs. public ones.
• Game Servers - Tried running a Minecraft server on it for friends, which was a blast. It’s great if you want to have some control over plugins and mods without relying on public servers.
• Data Backup and Sync - I use my VPS as a backup location with rsync. Works like a charm for offloading files, especially for those that don’t need immediate access but are good to have archived.