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submitted 2 years ago by beerd@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

I just recently started playing around with an old pc as my homeserver and am curious of any recommendations for lesser known self hostable foss software that you would recommend

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[-] Treevan@beehaw.org 23 points 2 years ago

The piece of string is very long!

https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

You may need to work backwards, identify a service as a need and then figure out which software to run.

[-] beerd@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

This is an awesome resource! I already have what i need (file, torrent, gitea server), but im looking for software to try out just for fun.

[-] Treevan@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I get ya but when you scroll that list you can see why it's a hard topic to reply to. There is a lot of fun to be had!

[-] ozoned@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  • Caddy - Reverse proxy
  • Owncast - Twitch alternative
  • Jellyfin - Home video streaming application
  • Joplin - Note taking app that syncs
  • Syncthing - syncs files from my LineageOS (Android) phones to PC
  • PiHole - AD blocker
  • Minetest - open source voxel game engine (basically Minecraft)
  • Veloren - open source adventure game
  • Invidious - frontend for Youtube
  • Libreddit - frontend for Reddit (about to stop working)
  • Proxitok - frontend for TikTok
  • Nitter - frontend for Twitter
  • Rimgo - frontend for Imgur
  • Libremdb - frontend for IMDB

Edit: Fixed PiHole from saying "VPN" blocker to "AD" :-D

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[-] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here are some I find really useful:

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[-] lodronsi@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago
  • dokuwiki
  • draw.io
  • gitea
  • woodpecker (ci/cd)
  • minio
  • postgres
  • freshrss (rss server and reader)
  • firefly3 (finance / budgets / expenses)
  • calibre
  • Pi-hole (primary on a pi, secondary on docker host)
[-] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Have you looked at Adguard Home instead of pi-hole? I had been on pi-hole for years and just recently switched to AGH. My primary is in docker and secondary on pi but I think I like your idea better so I'll probably switch that around. I like AGH better so far.

[-] lodronsi@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I haven’t looked into it yet. What do you like better about it?

(I put my primary pi-hole on a pi because it’s practically the only thing on it - I can reboot it quickly if needed and not have a lengthy downtime on my DNS - the was before I had the second one running)

[-] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I find the user interface to be more intuitive and it seems like it's a bit more effective than pi-hole at ad blocking. It also has built in adult content filter lists if you want that which includes forcing safe search on multiple search engines, which is interesting. One thing I'll miss about pi-hole is the local dns config. I had stuff set like "pi.local" and "unRAID.local" so I didn't have to type IPs over and over. Afaik, AGH does not have that feature.

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[-] denn_moe@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

!selfhost@lemmy.ml
https://lemmy.ml/c/selfhost

(still don't know how to link communitys here)

[-] dnu@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For a real hands off approach take a look at Yunohost or CapRover. Both are very easy installs and will give you a gui to manage your applications and other self-hosted services. It's a great way to dip your toes in. The only difference is that with yunohost, they bundle most of the self-hosted services with their own local-sso implementation, so you only need one login for all your services. This is nice if you want a set it and forget it solution. With CapRover, you basically just have a nice gui to manipulate docker installs, so if you find it a bit too restricting, you could just manipulate the docker installs yourself via command line.

Both are great entry points!

EDIT: Honorable mention of DietPi !

[-] magmaus3@szmer.info 10 points 2 years ago

From the things I use:

  • Uptime Kuna, for monitoring the availability of websites/services
  • Gitea, for hosting code
  • PicoShare, for sharing files
  • Maddy, for email
[-] kat@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago

How has your experience hosting your own email been? I often hear that the big providers (Google, Microsoft, etc.) will simply drop your sent mails.

[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 8 points 2 years ago

I also host my own mail and there's been little issues.

Microsoft is a pain in the ass if you're in an IP space they don't like like DigitalOcean. Which is ironic because they have the worst spam filter by far in the industry.

If you want to get through to everyone you will have to:

  • Use a "good" TLD ( not .to, not .xyz, ...)
  • Don't use cloud platforms that are regularily used for spam (mostly DigitalOcean)
  • Use SPF
  • Use DMARC
  • Use DKIM
  • Use a PTR record
  • Don't make an open relay by accident
  • Use proper ports and certificates
  • Register an abuse account at the big players (Google, Microsoft, ...)
  • Don't use an dynamic IP
  • Keep it up to date
  • Minimize downtime

I can't recommend mailcow enough, it makes setting up a mail server a breeze.

https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized

Use the MXToolbox to verify your server(s).

https://mxtoolbox.com/diagnostic.aspx

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[-] jvalleroy@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

These are the ones I use most actively, on my FreedomBox:

  • bepasty for moving around or sharing temporary files
  • Quassel for staying connected to IRC servers
  • Radicale for synchronizing my calendar and tasks.
  • Syncthing for files I want to have available between my laptop, desktop, phone.
  • Tiny Tiny RSS for following blogs.
[-] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

I really like Memos. It's a micro blogging site that is minimal, but has a lot of neat features. I'm using it as a replacement for DayOne's journal app.

And I'll second Veloren. My kids and I are having a blast playing.

[-] vandrw@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here are a few I like:

  • Jellyfin - a media server software that allows you to organize and stream your personal media collection.
  • NextCloud - a self-hosted file sync and sharing platform. Not as good as Google Drive (of course), but it can do the job.
  • Bitwarden (with a Rust-written alternative named vaultwarden) - a password manager for storing and autofilling login credentials.
  • Matrix - an open network for secure, decentralized communication. WhatsApp, but in the Fediverse.
  • PiHole - a DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and other unwanted content.
  • Mycroft - an open-source voice assistant. You can make your own Google Home with it.
  • OctoPrint - web interface that allows you to control 3D printers. Pretty handy if you have one!
  • Gitea - a lightweight self-hostable GitHub
  • Home Assistant - an open-source home automation platform. Can integrate a lot of other things in your house.
  • The X-arr initiative - a collection of tools for managing and organizing media libraries. Pretty good if you deploy your own media server:
    • Sonarr - Select TV shows and it will automatically download episodes for you.
    • Radarr -> movies
    • Lidarr -> music
[-] Domiku@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

Jellyfin is a great FOSS alternative to Plex for TV/Movie playback.

[-] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago
  • Portainer server and agent for monitoring all docker hosts in one place
  • Traefik as reverse proxy
  • Dashy (complex) and Homarr (simpler) as dashboards
  • Gluetun for VPN access for containers and proxy for everyone on the network
  • Radarr/Sonarr for managing Movies and TV shows
  • Navidrome for music
  • Audiobookshelf for audiobooks
  • Transmission/qbittorrent/rtorrent/deluge as torrent clients
  • Pinhole for DNS
  • Technitium for more advanced DNS and DHCP (might replace all piholes with this or blocky in the future)
  • Plex/Jellyfin for media streaming
  • JellyfinVue - awesome frontend to jellyfin
  • Bazarr - for subtitles
[-] DengueDucky@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Caddy is simpler for the reverse proxy. Just sharing for people that get scared when they try to set up Traefik.

[-] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ngnix-proxy-manager is even simpler :) But along with the automatic router creation using labels, I've found traefik to be the most robust of all three.

The traefik syntax and configuration using yaml is really initutive. I can link a good guide here if someone wants it. The official documentation isn't that good.

One of my favourite guides explaining the configuration files for traefik.

[-] constantokra@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Nginx proxy manager is simple, but I can't manage to make it work with https on porkbun. Nginx-proxy works just fine and it's probably the simplest i've seen.

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[-] greybeard@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

You may be way ahead of me on this, but I highly recommend using docker for this endeavor(or podman), as it really allows you to try a lot out without making a mess of your system.

I run pihole, syncthing, and gitea locally(among less interesting things.)

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[-] BinaryEnthusiast@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

One of my most used softwares on my server is calibre and calibre-web. It allows me to self host my own book server with a very nice looking front end

[-] beerd@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Thanks, i think this will be my next project. By the way it migt interest you that you can self host the entire gutenberg project using kiwix

[-] BinaryEnthusiast@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Ohh that is very interesting. I really like hosting media like that. I feel it’s very important to share knowledge with people in what ways you can, especially literature

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[-] AsepticFuturisticFox@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago
[-] beerd@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I actually was looking around for rss readers, but havent found one that can save entire articles and serves them offline. Does this support that?

[-] darcmage@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This will create rss feeds with the full article. It can then be used in your aggregator/reader of choice to allow offline reading. I use it in combination with FreshRSS and Feeder on android.

https://github.com/heussd/fivefilters-full-text-rss-docker

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[-] stales@monero.house 6 points 2 years ago

pihole/adblock monero node/support monero network p2pool/mining pool for monero wireguard/vpn Tor relay, i have thought of using an old pc to support Tor

[-] Contend6248@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nextcloud, Bitwarden (vaultwarden is the name of the OSS server), Adguard Home / Pihole and Paperless-NGX might be some things which can have a pretty big impact in your daily life.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Personally, as well as NextCloud, I'd host instances of LibreX, CloudTube, PiHole, Gitea, XMPP, and CryptPad.

If it's fun you're after, though, why not try hosting a Minecraft server? And how about XMPP or Matrix, to keep in touch with friends?

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[-] I_Am_Jacks_____@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Home Assistant! You can host it inside a VM.

[-] beerd@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I attempted to use different home assistant softwares, but i always ended up deciding that i will wait till offline voice recognition is a bit more usable (not being a native englis speaker its a rougher experience). I will pobably try it again soon though.

[-] greybeard@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

Home Assistant, despite the name, isn't an Assistant like Alexa or Google Home, it is actually a home automation integrator. It connects to practically everything, and then workflows can be triggered off the states of your IOT stuff. In my house, I use it to, among other things, turn down/off the light when grid power goes down and I'm running on battery power, as well as send me a notification that I've lost grid power.

[-] bird@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

I have two instances of BookStack. A public-facing one for bird stuff, and one for home stuff. I also self-host an instance of Plausible Analytics as a privacy-respecting alternative to Google Analytics.

[-] alehel@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I've got a pretty booring setup compared to most 🤣. Ubuntu Server running the following in docker,

  • Plex
  • Audiobookshelf
  • Komga

Audiobookshelf has come a really long way. The version out now is heaps and bounds better than what it was 1 year ago.

[-] JurassicPork@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On my 2 raspberry pi's I am running Pihole, Pivpn, Syncthing, Photoprism, Unify controller, Heimdall (webpage that has all my servers....locally accessible, or non local via wireguard connection via pivpn) Might be more can't remember! Prob more from other suggestions on here over next few days 😂

[-] Parsnip8904@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Might I suggest Dashy/Homarr? Heimdall has been abandoned I think. I went from Heimdall to Organizarr to Dashy/Homarr.

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[-] derek@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Syncthing to replace Google drive and Photoprism for Photos. Both have a great functionality and run well on my 12yrs old home server with 2gb of ram.

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[-] luna@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

conduit is a lightweight Matrix homeserver. If you tried running synapse and found it to be an utter mess, conduit is much better!

Also, if you want to actually learn, I would strongly recommend against using Docker containers for everything. Besides being stuck with what the developers prefer, all the work of installing things is already done. Build things from source (optional), configure all the pieces yourself, work out all the dependencies and actually learn how things work. That's the fun, at least in my opinion. That's why I have yet another SBC with no OS to fiddle with this weekend: I'm looking to migrate from OpenWRT to real Linux so I can do everything myself instead of relying on OpenWRT's scripts.

[-] Nitrousoxide@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Also, if you want to actually learn, I would strongly recommend against using Docker containers for everything. Besides being stuck with what the developers prefer, all the work of installing things is already done.

I really disagree on this point. You should use docker or podman (preferably Podman) to containerize your applications on your server to keep them ephemeral and separated from the host OS wherever possible. This improves security, makes setups reproducible, and eases backup and restore procedure. If you want to build from source do so with a containerfile/docker file to keep your build environment fresh and clean.

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[-] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

This reminds me that I need to learn how to use SSH so I can put files on a server.

I have been doing everything the hardway, but I have a few capable older computers I want to put to work.

Self-hosting is going to be my new hobby, I know it.

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