Selfhosted Guides
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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FreshRSS Setup Guide: Docker Install, Mobile Apps, Extensions, and Theming
A complete guide to setting up FreshRSS as your self-hosted RSS reader. Covers Docker Compose deployment, feed management, Google Reader API for mobile apps, extensions, custom themes, and daily workflow tips.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.