Selfhosted Guides
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Self-Hosting Gotify: Simple Push Notifications for Your Server
A guide to self-hosting Gotify for push notifications. Covers setup, comparison with ntfy, integration with monitoring tools, and building notification workflows.
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Caddy: The Easiest Self-Hosted Web Server with Automatic HTTPS
A practical guide to self-hosting Caddy as your web server and reverse proxy. Covers automatic HTTPS, Caddyfile configuration, reverse proxy setup, and comparison with Nginx and Traefik.
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Self-Hosting Traefik: The Modern Reverse Proxy for Your Home Lab
A practical guide to setting up Traefik as a reverse proxy for your self-hosted services. Covers automatic HTTPS, Docker integration, middleware, and comparison with Nginx Proxy Manager and Caddy.
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Setting Up WireGuard: The Modern Self-Hosted VPN
A practical guide to setting up WireGuard as a self-hosted VPN. Covers server setup, client configuration, common use cases, and comparison with OpenVPN and commercial VPN services.
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Home Assistant: The Open Source Smart Home Hub That Replaces Everything
A practical guide to Home Assistant for self-hosting your smart home. Covers installation, device compatibility, automations, dashboards, and why it beats vendor-specific apps.
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Syncthing: Peer-to-Peer File Sync Without a Server
A practical guide to Syncthing for decentralized file synchronization. Covers setup, sharing folders, conflict resolution, and comparison with Nextcloud, Dropbox, and Resilio Sync.
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Self-Hosting Tandoor Recipes: Your Personal Recipe Manager
A practical guide to self-hosting Tandoor Recipes for managing your recipe collection. Covers setup, importing recipes from websites, meal planning, shopping lists, and comparison with Mealie and Paprika.
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Self-Hosting Grafana and Prometheus: Build Your Own Monitoring Stack
A guide to self-hosting Grafana and Prometheus for server and application monitoring. Covers setup, dashboards, alerting, and comparison with paid alternatives.
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Self-Hosting Authelia: Add Single Sign-On to All Your Services
A guide to self-hosting Authelia for single sign-on and two-factor authentication. Covers setup with reverse proxies, MFA configuration, and comparison with alternatives.
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How to Self-Host a Minecraft Server: Complete Setup Guide
A practical guide to running your own Minecraft server. Covers hardware requirements, Java vs Bedrock, server software options, Docker setup, performance tuning, and keeping your server secure.
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Self-Hosted Email in 2026: Your Options from Practical to Paranoid
A realistic guide to self-hosting email. We cover the major options — Stalwart, Maddy, Mail-in-a-Box, mailcow — their trade-offs, and when you should just use a paid provider.
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Replacing Notion with a Self-Hosted Alternative: AppFlowy, AFFiNE, and Outline Compared
A detailed comparison of the top self-hosted Notion alternatives — AppFlowy, AFFiNE, and Outline. Features, setup, trade-offs, and honest recommendations.
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Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring: Uptime Kuma, Gatus, and Statping-ng Compared
Compare the best self-hosted uptime monitoring tools. We cover Uptime Kuma, Gatus, and Statping-ng — with setup guides, feature comparisons, and honest trade-offs.
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Self-Hosting Vaultwarden: Run Your Own Bitwarden-Compatible Password Manager
Complete guide to self-hosting Vaultwarden — a lightweight Bitwarden-compatible password manager. Covers setup, security hardening, backups, and comparison with Bitwarden's official server.