I hope you enjoy this one, it's my favorite video I do each year. It's my list of Open Source software I'm using on a regular basis in 2026. If you go back and watch my previous year videos on this, you'll see a lot of the same items, and a lot of new ones as well. 

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=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Beginning
00:09 Introduction
00:42 Authentik
01:50 Nextcloud
03:40 Navidrome
04:45 Jellyfin
06:00 Metabase
07:10 Beszel
08:41 Bookstack
09:15 vaultwarden
10:35 Pangolin
11:40 Immich
12:50 Chhoto URL
13:20 LubeLogger
14:!5 Quant-UX
15:45 Netbird
17:05 Peertube
19:25 Home Assistant
21:05 Matomo
21:55 Nexterm
22:35 Forgejo
23:!5 Guacamole
24:10 LXConsole
25:50 Invoice Ninja
26:40 OBS - Open Broadcast Studio
27:20 Thunderbird
28:45 Nextcloud Talk
29:25 Ollama and Open-Web-UI
31:50 Ardour
32:20 FreeCAD

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A personal walkthrough of open source software used in a home lab setup for 2026. Covers a wide range of self-hosted applications including Authentik (SSO/identity provider), Nextcloud (file storage and collaboration), Navidrome (music server), Jellyfin (media server), Metabase (dashboards/reporting), Vaultwarden (password manager), Pangolin (reverse proxy with WireGuard tunneling), Immich (photo management), Netbird (VPN overlay network), Home Assistant (home automation), Forgejo (Git hosting), Guacamole and NexTerm (remote access), Invoice Ninja (invoicing), OBS (screen recording), Thunderbird (email), Firefox, Ollama with Open WebUI (local AI), and more. The overarching theme is data ownership, privacy, and independence from subscription-based cloud services.

The Open Source Software I'm using in 2026!