Selfhosted Guides
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Plausible vs. Umami: Choosing a Self-Hosted Analytics Platform
Plausible and Umami are both open-source, privacy-focused web analytics alternatives to Google Analytics. This comparison covers features, setup, dashboard quality, data accuracy, and which is right for your use case.
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Outline vs BookStack: Choosing a Self-Hosted Wiki
Outline and BookStack are the two most popular self-hosted team wikis. Outline is a modern Notion-like editor with real-time collaboration; BookStack uses a book/chapter/page hierarchy. This guide compares them for homelab and team use.
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Dawarich: Self-Hosted Google Maps Timeline Alternative
Dawarich is a self-hosted location history tracker that replaces Google Maps Timeline. Import your Google Takeout location data, browse your movement history on a map, and stop sending location data to Google.
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Whoogle: Self-Hosted Google Search Without the Tracking
Run your own Google search frontend with Whoogle — no ads, no tracking, no JavaScript required. Docker setup, configuration, and tips for private search.
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Monica: The Self-Hosted Personal CRM for Your Relationships
Monica is an open-source personal relationship manager. Track contacts, log interactions, set reminders for important dates, and manage the context of your relationships — all self-hosted.
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Joplin Server: Self-Host Your Note Sync Backend
Joplin is an open-source note-taking app with Markdown, E2E encryption, and notebook organization. Self-hosting Joplin Server gives you full control over your notes sync without relying on cloud providers.
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Renovate: Automate Dependency Updates Across Your Self-Hosted Projects
Renovate is a self-hostable bot that opens pull requests for dependency updates automatically. It handles npm, Docker, GitHub Actions, Helm charts, and dozens of other package ecosystems.
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Self-Hosting Wazuh: Open-Source SIEM for Home and Small Business Security
Wazuh is a free, open-source SIEM that monitors your servers for intrusions, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues. This guide covers installation, agent setup, and practical alerting.
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Headscale: Run Your Own Tailscale Control Server (Free and Open Source)
Headscale is an open-source implementation of the Tailscale control plane. Self-host it to get Tailscale's WireGuard mesh networking with no monthly fees and full data sovereignty.
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NocoDB: A Self-Hosted Airtable Alternative Built on Your Own Database
NocoDB turns any MySQL or PostgreSQL database into a collaborative spreadsheet-like interface — no data lock-in, no per-seat fees. This guide covers Docker installation, connecting existing databases, views, API access, and whether NocoDB is the right fit for your team.
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Invoice Ninja: Self-Hosted Invoicing and Billing for Freelancers and Small Teams
Invoice Ninja is a full-featured open source invoicing platform covering quotes, expenses, time tracking, recurring billing, client portals, and Stripe payment processing. This guide covers Docker deployment, creating your first invoice, and whether it is the right fit for your business.
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Grocy: The Self-Hosted Household Management System That Replaces a Dozen Apps
A complete guide to self-hosting Grocy for grocery tracking, meal planning, chore management, and household inventory. Covers Docker setup, barcode scanning, shopping lists, and Home Assistant integration.
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code-server: VS Code in Your Browser, Self-Hosted
code-server runs Visual Studio Code on a remote server and makes it accessible through your browser. Complete setup guide, use cases, and comparison with alternatives like JetBrains Gateway.
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Planka: A Self-Hosted Trello Alternative Built on Open Source
Complete guide to self-hosting Planka, an open-source kanban board for project management. Includes Docker Compose setup, feature comparison with Focalboard and Vikunja, and team collaboration best practices.
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Self-Hosting Passbolt: Open Source Password Management for Teams
A practical guide to self-hosting Passbolt as a team password manager. Covers setup, GPG-based encryption, browser extensions, and comparison with Vaultwarden and Bitwarden.
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Ryot: Self-Hosted Media Tracking for Movies, Books, Games, and More
Deploy Ryot as a self-hosted media tracker for movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, video games, and workouts. Covers Docker setup, integrations, import from other services, and comparison with alternatives.
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Building a Bulletproof Backup Strategy for Your Self-Hosted Services
A comprehensive guide to backing up self-hosted services. Covers the 3-2-1 rule, tool comparison (Restic, BorgBackup, Duplicati, Kopia), automation with cron and systemd, restore testing, and off-site options.
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Focalboard: Self-Hosted Kanban Boards and Project Management
A practical guide to self-hosting Focalboard, the open-source project management tool from Mattermost. Covers setup, board types, templates, and comparisons with Vikunja, Huly, Leantime, and Trello.
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Navidrome: A Lightweight Self-Hosted Music Streaming Server
Deploy Navidrome for personal music streaming with Subsonic API compatibility, multi-user support, and a modern web interface — a fast alternative to Plex and Jellyfin for music.
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NetBird Zero-Trust Networking: Policy-Driven Access Control for Self-Hosters
A deep dive into implementing zero-trust network access with NetBird. Covers access control policies, group-based segmentation, posture checks, SSO integration, and advanced network design patterns.