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What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 days ago by tofu_oligarch@sopuli.xyz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello everyone!

I recently switched my Android phone to a custom ROM, and while setting things up, I wanted push notifications without relying on Google. That’s how I discovered UnifiedPush.

Really liking the concept, I decided to rent a small VPS (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM) and started hosting NTFY. So far, it's been working great. Over time, I’ve added a few more services like FreshRSS and Audiobookshelf.

All of this is just for personal use, so the resource usage is minimal (the whole setup only uses around 500MB of RAM). I really enjoy how much value you can get out of such a small machine.

That brings me to my question:

What other lightweight, self-hostable tools would you recommend? I’m especially interested in small, resource-efficient services that you’ve personally found useful.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 days ago (5 children)

MeTube, for when my friends send me a video on a service I don't use (facebook, instagram, tiktok). It supports a lot of sites.

[–] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 1 points 2 days ago

I have metube configured to download into a directory that jellyfin watches as a library, organized in folders by the channel name and then prefixed with the publish date. It works so insanely well and it makes it so easy to watch videos with friends.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What's the flow there? Receive link, copy, open MeTube, paste, download watch?

Tiktok and Instagram links are so frustrating when friends send them.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that's about it. You can watch it directly in the browser as well.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

I have never thought of doing this. That's now going on my server.

[–] tofu_oligarch@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Ohh good idea! At some point they stopped sending me videos as I was not able to watch them anyway :( thanks <3

[–] shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Any advantages over using Seal for Android? Is it primarily for iPhone users?

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Just checked out Seal. My impression:

It uses the same backend as MeTube (yt-dlp), so they have the same capability as far as website support and file formats.

Seal looks like a good option if you don't have access to your home network or if you don't have a dedicated machine to host things.

I still prefer MeTube because it's a web UI that I can access from any machine. I use a VPN to stay connected to my house so I could still use MeTube while away.

Is it primarily for iPhone users?

MeTube is just a web UI, not a phone app. It is accessible by any device that can see the local IP and port of the host machine.