Selfhosted Guides
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Mailu vs Mailcow: Choosing the Right Self-Hosted Email Stack
A practical comparison of Mailu and Mailcow for self-hosted email. Covers resource usage, features, spam filtering, ease of setup, and clear guidance on when to choose each solution.
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Miniflux: The Minimalist RSS Reader That Does One Thing Well
A comprehensive guide to self-hosting Miniflux, a lightweight RSS reader built in Go. Covers Docker setup with PostgreSQL, keyboard shortcuts, integrations, API access, and comparison with FreshRSS.
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Self-Hosting Outline: A Modern Team Wiki and Knowledge Base
A complete guide to self-hosting Outline, the open-source Notion alternative with real-time collaboration, Markdown support, and Slack/SSO integration. Covers Docker setup, S3 storage, OIDC auth, and comparison with BookStack and Wiki.js.
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Self-Hosting Email with Mailcow: A Complete Docker Mail Server
A practical guide to self-hosting your own email server with Mailcow dockerized. Covers Docker deployment, DNS configuration (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC), administration, security hardening, and honest trade-offs.
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Kasm Workspaces: Self-Hosted Browser Isolation and Virtual Desktops
A practical guide to self-hosting Kasm Workspaces for browser isolation, secure remote desktops, and containerized application streaming. Covers setup, workspace images, security use cases, and production hardening.
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Metabase: Self-Hosted Business Intelligence That Non-Technical People Can Actually Use
A guide to self-hosting Metabase for business intelligence and data analytics. Covers installation, connecting databases, building dashboards, sharing reports, authentication, and comparison with Superset, Redash, and Lightdash.
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Appwrite: A Self-Hosted Firebase Alternative You Can Actually Own
A comprehensive guide to self-hosting Appwrite as a backend-as-a-service platform. Covers installation, databases, authentication, storage, serverless functions, realtime features, and comparison with Firebase and Supabase.
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Self-Hosting Stable Diffusion with ComfyUI: Local AI Image Generation
Deploy Stable Diffusion with ComfyUI using Docker. Covers GPU requirements, model management, node-based workflows, and why ComfyUI beats A1111.
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Huly: Self-Hosted Project Management That Rivals Linear and Jira
Deploy Huly as your self-hosted all-in-one project management workspace with issue tracking, documents, chat, and HR tools — replacing Linear, Jira, and Notion.
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Leantime: Self-Hosted Project Management for People Who Hate Jira
A practical guide to Leantime, the open-source self-hosted project management tool designed for non-project-managers. Covers Docker deployment, key features, configuration, and how it compares to Vikunja, Plane, and Taiga.
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Paperless-ngx Complete Setup Guide: Docker, OCR, Tagging, and Workflow Automation
A step-by-step guide to deploying Paperless-ngx for self-hosted document management. Covers Docker Compose installation, OCR configuration, consumption directories, automatic tagging, and building a paperless workflow.
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Self-Hosting NetBox: Network Documentation and IPAM Done Right
A practical guide to self-hosting NetBox for network documentation, IP address management, and infrastructure modeling. Covers setup, data modeling, API usage, and comparison with alternatives.
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Self-Hosting the Unifi Network Controller: Centralized Network Management
A practical guide to self-hosting the Unifi Network Controller for managing Ubiquiti access points, switches, and gateways. Covers setup, adoption, VLANs, and comparison with alternatives.
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Self-Hosted vs SaaS: A Real Cost Comparison for Email, Storage, Passwords, and More
A detailed cost breakdown comparing self-hosted alternatives to popular SaaS services over 3 years. Covers email, cloud storage, password management, calendars, and the hidden costs most guides ignore.
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Dify: Self-Hosted LLM Application Platform for RAG and AI Workflows
Complete guide to self-hosting Dify, an open-source platform for building LLM applications. Covers Docker setup, RAG pipelines, workflow automation, agent tools, and comparison with Flowise and Langflow.
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Gitness: Self-Hosted Git and CI/CD From the Makers of Drone
A practical guide to self-hosting Gitness (Harness Open Source), the all-in-one Git hosting and CI/CD platform. Covers setup, pipeline configuration, and comparisons with Drone, Woodpecker CI, and Gitea Actions.
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Memos: A Lightweight Self-Hosted Note-Taking and Micro-Blogging Platform
Deploy Memos for private, lightweight note-taking with markdown support, tags, and a clean timeline interface — a self-hosted alternative to Twitter-style micro-blogging.
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GoToSocial: A Lightweight Fediverse Server You Can Actually Run on a Raspberry Pi
A practical guide to self-hosting GoToSocial, the lightweight ActivityPub server. Covers Docker deployment, federation, migration from Mastodon, and honest comparison of trade-offs against heavier alternatives.
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Grafana Loki: Self-Hosted Log Aggregation Made Simple
Learn how to deploy Grafana Loki for centralized log management in your self-hosted infrastructure, with Promtail collection and Grafana dashboards.
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Gokapi: Lightweight Self-Hosted File Sharing with Expiring Links
Deploy Gokapi for lightweight self-hosted file sharing with automatic expiration, password protection, and end-to-end encryption. Covers Docker setup, cloud storage backends, API usage, and comparison with alternatives.