Self-Hosting

How to run your own servers, Docker stacks, and self-hosted services without losing weekends to config files.

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Jellyfin is the media server with nothing behind a paywall

Free open source media server Jellyfin streams your library to any device. Every feature is unlocked, with no premium tier and no account needed.

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v2rayN says update now because its updater was unsafe

v2rayN security update 7.24.4 patches a downloader flaw that let a man-in-the-middle serve a malicious file, and drops the allowInsecure option.

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ConvertX is a self-hosted file converter for 1000 formats

Self-hosted file converter ConvertX runs 19 conversion engines behind one Docker container and handles over 1000 formats without uploading a file.

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Amnezia builds your own VPN and hides that it is one

Amnezia is a self hosted VPN client that installs the server for you over SSH, then disguises the traffic so networks that block VPNs cannot spot it.

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OmniGet wraps yt-dlp in an app that plays your courses

OmniGet is an open source video downloader app built on yt-dlp, with a clipboard hotkey, a course player, an ebook reader, and no command line.

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Portainer 3.0 is the push your homelab needed to switch

Portainer 3.0 freezes Community Edition on 2.x and bets on Kubernetes. Why homelabs should switch now, which tool to pick, and how to move your stacks.