Selfhosted Guides
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Self-Hosting AI with Ollama and Open WebUI: Run LLMs Locally
A practical guide to running large language models locally with Ollama and Open WebUI. Covers Docker setup, GPU vs CPU considerations, model recommendations, and hardware requirements.
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Pi-hole: Network-Wide Ad Blocking for Your Entire Home
A complete guide to setting up Pi-hole for network-wide DNS-based ad blocking. Covers installation, configuration, blocklists, performance tuning, and comparison with browser-based ad blockers.
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The Complete *Arr Stack Guide: Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, and More
A comprehensive guide to building the full *arr stack for automated media management. Covers Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Lidarr, Docker Compose setup, quality profiles, and integration with Jellyfin or Plex.
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Self-Hosting Changedetection.io: Monitor Any Website for Changes
A guide to self-hosting changedetection.io for website change monitoring. Covers setup, notification integrations, visual diffing, filtering, and practical use cases.
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Self-Hosting Immich: A Google Photos Replacement That Actually Works
A guide to self-hosting Immich for photo and video management. Covers setup, mobile apps, machine learning features, migration from Google Photos, and honest trade-offs.
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Stirling PDF: The Swiss Army Knife for PDF Processing
A comprehensive guide to self-hosting Stirling PDF for document processing. Covers Docker setup, merge/split/rotate, OCR, format conversion, form filling, security features, API automation, and comparison with online PDF tools.
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Self-Hosting Calibre-Web: Your Personal Ebook Library in the Cloud
A practical guide to self-hosting Calibre-Web for managing and reading your ebook collection. Covers setup, OPDS feeds, Kindle integration, and comparison with Calibre desktop and Kavita.
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Self-Hosting AdGuard Home: Network-Wide Ad Blocking for Your Entire Home
A guide to self-hosting AdGuard Home for DNS-level ad blocking. Covers setup, comparison with Pi-hole, configuration tips, and honest trade-offs.
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OPNsense: Build Your Own Enterprise Firewall and Router
A comprehensive guide to replacing your consumer router with OPNsense. Covers hardware selection, installation, firewall rules, VLANs, WireGuard VPN, IDS/IPS with Suricata, and comparison with pfSense.
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Self-Hosting Jellyfin: A Free, Open Source Plex Alternative
A practical guide to self-hosting Jellyfin as a media server. Covers setup, hardware transcoding, client apps, and honest comparison with Plex.
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K3s: Lightweight Kubernetes for Self-Hosters
A practical guide to running K3s for self-hosted applications. Covers single-node and multi-node setup, deploying apps, Helm charts, persistent storage, Traefik ingress, cert-manager, and comparison with Docker Compose and Nomad.
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Portainer: The Docker Management UI That Makes Self-Hosting Easier
A practical guide to Portainer for managing Docker containers through a web interface. Covers installation, container management, stacks, templates, and comparison with other Docker UIs.
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Self-Hosting MinIO: S3-Compatible Object Storage on Your Own Hardware
A guide to self-hosting MinIO for S3-compatible object storage. Covers setup, use cases, backup integration, performance tuning, and comparison with cloud S3.
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Self-Hosting Plausible Analytics: A Privacy-Friendly Google Analytics Alternative
A complete guide to self-hosting Plausible Analytics as a lightweight, privacy-respecting replacement for Google Analytics. Covers setup, features, costs, and trade-offs.
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Vaultwarden vs Bitwarden: Which Self-Hosted Password Manager Is Right for You?
An in-depth comparison of Vaultwarden and Bitwarden for self-hosted password management. Covers features, resource usage, security considerations, and which one to choose for your setup.
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Linkwarden: Self-Hosted Bookmark Manager with Archiving
A practical guide to self-hosting Linkwarden for bookmark management. Covers Docker setup, browser extensions, collections, automatic archiving, collaboration, import/export, and comparison with Linkding and Wallabag.
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Self-Hosting Nextcloud: The Complete Google Drive & Dropbox Replacement
How to replace Google Drive, Dropbox, and iCloud with Nextcloud — a self-hosted file sync, calendar, contacts, and collaboration platform. Covers setup, apps, performance tuning, and honest trade-offs.
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Self-Hosting Excalidraw: A Collaborative Whiteboard That Feels Like Paper
A guide to self-hosting Excalidraw for collaborative diagramming and whiteboarding. Covers setup, real-time collaboration, comparison with draw.io, and practical use cases.
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Self-Hosting Git with Gitea: A Lightweight GitHub Alternative
A practical guide to self-hosting Gitea as a GitHub/GitLab alternative. Covers features, resource usage, CI/CD with Gitea Actions, migration from GitHub, and when self-hosted git actually makes sense.
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Self-Hosting ntfy: Simple Push Notifications for Your Server
A practical guide to self-hosting ntfy for push notifications. Covers setup, sending alerts from scripts and services, phone integration, access control, and comparison with Gotify and Pushover.