Selfhosted Guides
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Woodpecker CI: Self-Hosted CI/CD That Isn't Overcomplicated
A practical guide to self-hosting Woodpecker CI for continuous integration and deployment. Covers setup, pipeline configuration, and how it compares to Gitea Actions, Drone, and Jenkins.
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Zitadel: Cloud-Native Identity and Access Management You Can Self-Host
A guide to self-hosting Zitadel for identity and access management. Covers Docker setup, OIDC/OAuth2 configuration, multi-tenancy, and comparison with Authentik, Keycloak, and Authelia.
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Yacht: Simple Docker Container Management for Small Homelabs
A guide to self-hosting Yacht for Docker container management. Covers installation, template system, container management, and comparison with Portainer and Dockge for small homelab use cases.
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Self-Hosting Matrix with Element: Decentralized Chat You Actually Control
A practical guide to running your own Matrix homeserver with Element. Covers Synapse and Conduit, bridges to Slack and Discord, encryption, and why Matrix beats proprietary chat.
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Proxmox VE: The Self-Hoster's Virtualization Platform
Run virtual machines and containers on bare metal with Proxmox VE — the free, open-source hypervisor that powers serious home labs.
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Umami: Simple, Private Web Analytics You Can Self-Host
Track website visitors without compromising their privacy. Umami is a lightweight, open-source Google Analytics alternative you can run on your own server.
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Mealie: Self-Hosted Recipe Manager and Meal Planner
Organize recipes, plan meals, and generate shopping lists with Mealie — a beautiful, self-hosted alternative to recipe apps and meal planning services.
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Self-Hosting Discourse: Build a Modern Community Forum
A practical guide to self-hosting Discourse as a community forum. Covers the official Docker installation, configuration, moderation, SSO, plugins, email setup, and comparison with Flarum.
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Self-Hosting Typesense: A Fast, Typo-Tolerant Search Engine
A practical guide to self-hosting Typesense as a search engine for your applications. Covers Docker deployment, collection schema design, search configuration, clustering, and comparison with Meilisearch and Elasticsearch.
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PhotoPrism: AI-Powered Photo Management You Can Self-Host
A practical guide to self-hosting PhotoPrism for AI photo management with face recognition, auto-tagging, and RAW support. Covers Docker setup, hardware requirements, storage planning, and comparison with Immich.
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Self-Hosting Zipline: A Modern File Sharing and Screenshot Server
A guide to self-hosting Zipline for file sharing and screenshot uploads. Covers Docker setup, ShareX integration, URL shortening, user management, and comparison with alternatives.
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Self-Hosted Dashboards: Homepage, Homarr, and Dashy Compared
A practical guide to self-hosted server dashboards. Compare Homepage, Homarr, and Dashy for organizing your services, monitoring your infrastructure, and building a personal start page.
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Frigate NVR: Self-Hosted Security Cameras with AI Object Detection
A practical guide to Frigate, the self-hosted NVR with real-time AI object detection. Covers setup, hardware acceleration, camera configuration, Home Assistant integration, and comparison with commercial NVR solutions.
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Coolify: A Self-Hosted Heroku That Actually Delivers
A practical guide to self-hosting Coolify as a platform-as-a-service for deploying apps, databases, and services. Covers setup, Git integration, one-click apps, and comparison with Dokku and CapRover.
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Vikunja: Self-Hosted Task Management That Replaces Todoist and Trello
A practical guide to Vikunja, the open-source self-hosted task and project management tool. Covers setup, features, integrations, and how it compares to Todoist, Trello, and Notion for personal and team productivity.
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Komga: A Self-Hosted Comics and Manga Server
How to set up Komga for managing and reading your digital comics and manga collection. Covers installation, library setup, OPDS support, and reader apps.
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Dashy: The Most Customizable Self-Hosted Dashboard
A guide to self-hosting Dashy, a highly customizable dashboard for organizing your services. Covers YAML configuration, widgets, themes, status checking, and comparison with Homepage and Homarr.
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Dockge: The Simplest Docker Compose Manager
Guide to self-hosting Dockge for managing Docker Compose stacks through a clean web UI. Covers installation, stack management, and comparison with Portainer and Yacht.
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Self-Hosting n8n: Build Powerful Workflow Automations Without Code
A hands-on guide to self-hosting n8n for workflow automation. Covers Docker deployment, building workflows, credential management, webhook triggers, error handling, and practical automation examples for self-hosters.
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Self-Hosting Duplicati: Automated Encrypted Backups with a Web UI
A practical guide to self-hosting Duplicati for automated backups. Covers Docker deployment, backup configuration, cloud storage backends, encryption, scheduling, and comparison with BorgBackup and Restic.