Selfhosted Guides
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Limesurvey: Self-Hosted Survey Platform
LimeSurvey is an open-source survey platform with conditional logic, multiple question types, export to CSV/SPSS, and full data control. Replace Google Forms and SurveyMonkey with a self-hosted alternative.
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Gitea: Lightweight Self-Hosted Git Server
Gitea is a lightweight self-hosted Git service with issues, pull requests, CI/CD (Gitea Actions), package registry, and a web UI. Run your own GitHub-like platform on minimal hardware.
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Plane: Self-Hosted Jira Alternative That Doesn't Fight You
Plane is an open-source project management tool that gives you Jira's functionality without the complexity. Self-host it with Docker for full data ownership and team collaboration.
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Immich: Self-Hosted Google Photos Alternative
Immich is a high-performance self-hosted photo and video backup solution with mobile apps, face recognition, album sharing, and map view. This guide covers Docker deployment, mobile setup, and keeping your photo library private.
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CryptPad: End-to-End Encrypted Collaborative Documents
CryptPad is a self-hosted suite of encrypted collaborative tools — documents, spreadsheets, kanban boards, whiteboards, and more. All content is encrypted before reaching the server; the server never has access to your data.
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Nextcloud Hub: Self-Hosted Google Workspace Alternative
Nextcloud Hub combines file sync, calendar, contacts, office editing, and video calls in one self-hosted platform. This guide covers Docker deployment, performance tuning, mobile clients, and the key apps that make Nextcloud a full collaboration suite.
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Homebox: Self-Hosted Home Inventory and Asset Management
Homebox is an open-source home inventory app you can self-host. Track what you own, where it's stored, warranties, and maintenance schedules — without trusting a third party with your data.
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Watchtower: Automatic Docker Container Updates Without the Hassle
Watchtower monitors your running Docker containers and automatically updates them when new images are available. Covers setup, scheduling, notifications, and when to use automatic vs. manual updates.
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Mealie: The Self-Hosted Recipe Manager for Home Cooks
Run your own recipe manager with meal planning, shopping lists, and family sharing using Mealie — no subscriptions, full data ownership.
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Vaultwarden: The Lightweight Self-Hosted Password Manager
Vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust. Covers Docker deployment, HTTPS setup, organization sharing, emergency access, and how it compares to the official Bitwarden server.
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PocketBase: Self-Hosted Backend in a Single File
PocketBase is an open-source backend-as-a-service in a single Go binary. Covers setup, real-time subscriptions, auth, file storage, and building apps without a separate database.
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RomM: Self-Hosted Game ROM Manager
RomM is a self-hosted ROM manager with web UI, metadata from IGDB and MobyGames, cover art, and direct game launching via EmulatorJS. Organize your retro game collection with a Plex-like interface.
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Stirling-PDF Advanced Features: Beyond Basic PDF Tools
Stirling-PDF is a self-hosted PDF manipulation suite with 50+ operations. This guide covers less-obvious features: OCR, PDF/A conversion, batch operations, API access, and security settings.
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TubeArchivist: Self-Hosted YouTube Archive and Media Server
TubeArchivist lets you download, organize, and stream your YouTube subscriptions from your own server. Stop losing videos when channels get deleted, and watch your archive without YouTube's algorithm.
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MeTube: Self-Hosted YouTube and Video Downloader
MeTube is a web UI for yt-dlp that lets you download YouTube videos, audio, and playlists from a browser interface. Covers Docker setup, download formats, audio-only mode, and integration with home media servers.
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Self-Hosted Video Transcoding: Jellyfin, Handbrake Server, and FFmpeg Pipelines
Learn how to set up self-hosted video transcoding using Jellyfin hardware acceleration, Handbrake automated pipelines, or a custom FFmpeg server to handle any video format on any device.
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Stirling-PDF: Self-Host Your Own PDF Toolkit
Stirling-PDF is a powerful, self-hosted PDF manipulation tool that handles merging, splitting, compressing, converting, and 50+ other PDF operations — all without uploading your files to the cloud.
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SFTPGo: A Modern Self-Hosted SFTP, FTP, and WebDAV Server
SFTPGo is a full-featured, self-hosted file transfer server supporting SFTP, FTP/S, WebDAV, and S3. Covers setup, virtual users, storage backends, and web admin UI.
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Paperless-NGX: Complete Guide to Self-Hosted Document Management
Paperless-NGX is an open-source document management system with OCR, automatic tagging, and a clean web UI. This guide covers Docker deployment, scanning workflow, automatic classification, and searching your document archive.
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Kimai: Self-Hosted Time Tracking for Freelancers and Teams
Kimai is a self-hosted time tracking application built for freelancers, agencies, and teams. It tracks time by project and activity, generates invoices, supports multi-user access, and integrates with accounting workflows.